Minutes
and Show & Tell
Minutes
Pride City Quilt Guild
Minutes – July 21, 2025
Call to order: 9:30 by Holly Vigil. Please silence cell phones.
Minutes for June 16, 2025 are accepted as corrected.
- Guest name correction – Enni Maanpaa
Committee Reports
Welcome & Sunshine: Cathy Ortega
- Attendance: 52 Members
- Guests: 1
- Nicole Allison-Scott (new member)
- Drawing for wearing a name tag: Kay Loudenberry
Fat Quarter Drawing: Allie Russell
- Next Month: Batiks
In-House raffle: Allie Russell (Won by)
- Bag of Notions – Stana Grant
- Two Puzzles – Mary Ellen Rhea
- Four T-Towels & Doilies – Pat Rotolo
- Sand Bucket full of 2#'s of grey fabric – Carol Nachtigall
- Paper piecing kit with purple fat quarters - Pat Montez
- Four Misc. kits/projects & Back to School panel – Cindy Bair
Treasurer's Report: Pat Rotolo
- As of June 30, 2025
- General Fund: Beginning $9,931.09 - Ending $9,431.86
- Quilt Show Account: Beginning $1,637.01 - Ending $1,637.01
- Raffle Account: Beginning $669.00 - Ending $519.00
Programs: Holly Vigil
- Today – Diane May – Thread Catchers
- August 18 – Holly Vigil – Professional Tote
- Class Fee $15.00 for pattern
- Prep work cutting is essential prior to class
- September 15 – Pride City Quilt Guild 40th Anniversary Celebration
- Party Hats are allowed!
Motion was made and approved for the guild to spend $300.00 for "surprise" during the PCQG 40th Anniversary Celebration in September.
- October 20 – Robyn Whetsel – Bargello Table Runner
- Class Fee $15.00
- Supply list and pattern available at the next meeting.
- December 15 – Holiday Luncheon (Do Drop's buffet)
- $9.00
- Sign-up with Holly Vigil or Diane May
Love (Charity) Quilts: Diane Sabus
- Charity quilt kits need to be checked out providing name and quilt information in notebook.
- Diane explained quilt bundles for guests
- When washing quilts before returning them use Color Catchers
- Diane reminded members to return all the Zip Lock bags
- Let Diane know if the quilt needs finished as she is willing to complete quilts
- Diane has provided fabric from her own stash so please get kits completed or returned
- Diane provided examples of fabric yardage washed several times using approximately 20 Color Catchers and the amount of dye collected in the Color Catchers.
Regional Quilt Show: Cass Pearson
- No Report
Newsletter: Mary Beth Shaufler
- No Report
Librarian: Sara Warren
- Two new books
- Quilt As You Go Made Modern by: Jera Brandvig
- Quilts! Quilts! Quilts! The Complete Guide to Quilt Making by Diana McClun & Laura Nownes
Announcements:
- Jean Heuton donated a Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt top that needs completion for anyone interested.
- Church grounds keeper has requested members not park over the grass in front lot to help him in mowing.
- State Fair Sign-up – Allie Russell
- State Fair runs from August 22 – September 1, 2025
- Week days: 3:00pm – 11:00pm
- Weekends Friday-Sunday: 11:am – 11:00pm
- Labor Day: 11:00am – 11:00pm
- Allie has sign-up sheets for two hour time slots (scrap paper provided to write down the time you signed up for).
- Bring a friend
- Bring a project to work on during your volunteer time
- The hand quilting project will be set up and available to work on – please only experienced hand quilters.
- Quilt is nearing completion – once quilt is completed it will be displayed at the State Fair and raffled.
- Volunteers will receive a ticket to fair and free reserved parking (close to building!).
Respectfully Submitted,
Diane May