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October Meeting

Monday October 15, 2018

Hope Church
14480 Old Simcoe Road
Port Perry

Join Us!
President's Message

Sisters of the Cloth,
    
Hello, from this rainy beginning of October. It makes me want to hibernate in my sewing studio, which has benefited from a cleaning out and is ready to receive inspiring new swag. Refer to the email blast for details about our garage sale reboot and remember to bring small change and any quilty friends that could use some new to them treasures.We will start with our information portion of the meeting, which I will try to keep as brief as possible then on with the shopping.
    With the colder weather and shorter nights, we lose some of our more experienced guild members. Take a moment and look around for any faces that you are used to seeing. If you know that they are absent because of not being able to get a ride to guild, let me or Vicky Meraw at the membership table know.If you would be willing to offer a drive to one of these members, let Vicky know as well. We are trying to match up potential partners from similar areas.
     Robin Jeffrey is starting the work to redesign our Patchers website. Part of that process will be getting your permission to use your quilts and likenesses in media. It will be part of the new membership process in the spring but Vicki will be chasing us all to update our current membership. This will be especially important for us as we prepare for our upcoming quilt show. Take a moment and give serious consideration to being part of the show committee. Monica gives some details further in the newsletter. We are a small guild, that produces a premium show (if I do say so myself!).
- Sandy
October Program: Garage Sale Reboot!

If you are donating or selling, please arrive between 6:30 and 7:00 to get things set up.
We will start at 7:30 with a brief meeting session.
Then Sandy will signal the start of the sale.
There will be refreshments, and prize draws,
but in order to allow plenty of time for browsing
and making your purchases,
there will be no Show and Share this month.

Here's your opportunity to sell off some of your unwanted or unneeded quilty items and bring home some new-to-you items.
.Book your table now and get your items priced!!  

Acceptable items include:
Books, patterns, equipment, notions,kits, thread, and pre-cuts
such as jelly rolls, fat quarters, layer cakes and charm packs etc.
(any fabric must be organized)
Members Tables: $10.00 or $5.00 for a 1/2 table
Please book your table
We need to know how many tables to set up
Call or email Sylvia now at
905 655-6992 or sylviamariapatterson@gmail.com
Guild Book Club Table: Library items no longer circulating
Magazine Table: All members are encouraged to donate magazines for this club fundraiser
Magazines - $1 each or 3 for $2
Club Table: Donate items for the club to sell as a fundraiser
Then gather up your cash; loose change and small bills for shopping for bargains!
AND invite friends join us to find some Quilting Bargains!!
 
Treats for October provided by:

Hazel Holt, Karen Lee, Sandy MacDonald and Kim Sprague
We thank you for volunteering to bring treats to the meeting
Outreach

Our next sew days for Outreach are:
Thurs., Oct. 25, Thurs., Nov. 22 and Thurs., Dec. 13.
We meet 10 a.m. til 9 p.m. at the Hope Church. We take a supper break from 4:30 til 6 p.m. You are welcome to join us for Chinese food at Hong Xin (It's in the McDonald's strip mall in Port). We will continue to work on quilts for the hospice. (If anyone who is binding a current hospice quilt needs a label, let Karen Lee or I know.)
- Sandy
Staytreat Sew Day

We have Hope Church booked from 9 -9 on Saturday, Nov. 3. For $25, this is a day for you to sew on your own projects and get a head start on your Christmas to do list. There will be some irons to share and you only need to bring what you need to work on. Your lunch, supper and snacks will be provided. That being said, my brother is unavailable to cook for us. If anyone is willing to take on the food portion of the workload, you will get your sew day for free. Otherwise you will be stuck with my sad cooking! (I don't recommend it!) I will have the sign up sheet at the Oct. meeting. We sold out last time and had to turn away people so sign up quickly.
- Sandy
Port Perry Patchers UFO Challenge 2018-19

If you are an avid quilter, you probably have a stack of unfinished projects hiding somewhere!  Whether you ran out of time, did not have the right materials, or just became frustrated, unfinished quilt projects pile up easily – and can take up a lot of precious space. 
Make a promise this year to clean out some of your UFOs by joining our UFO Challenge Group.  Let’s work together and get ‘em done!  This is a WIN-WIN guarantee for you personally.  Maybe you only need to bind a quilt.  Perhaps your UFO is a small wallhanging or a Christmas kit that you have purchased years ago and just never got around to starting….
HOW DOES THIS WORK?
  1. Pick up the registration form at the guild meeting in September.
  2. Record 6 projects that you want to finish over the course of this year.  Remember you can choose from any of your UFOs: kits, fabric that has been on your shelf for eons, a set of placemats, wallhangings, tablerunners, baby quilts, lap quilts, bed quilts, purses or bags, embroidery projects, applique, ….the list is endless.
  3. Make yourself a copy of this list.
  4. Bring one copy of this list to the October 2018 Guild Meeting along with $6.00 in cash and register with the UFO Co-ordinator, Lynn Burnett.
  5. At each guild meeting, we will randomly draw a number from 1-6.We will send that number out to the membership via email.This is the number that you are to work on for that month.
  6. At the end of the month, fill in your progress on your personal copy of these projects.Bring your completed UFO to earn tickets for the final draw at the June luncheon.
  7. Incomplete projects do not qualify for the prize draws.  Complete means: quilted, bound (with a label and hanging sleeve, if applicable).
  8. Every UFO completed and signed off on time will earn your 5 tickets for the June draw.Have a stressful month and cannot finish on time?Earn 1 ticket for the draw when you do finish it!
  9. Cost to enter the challenge is $1.00 per item on your list (maximum $6.00).
  10. By the end of the year, you will have 6 finished projects, or you will have at least made a significant dent in your stack of UFOs.
  11. The challenge will run starting in October, first number drawn at that meeting.  There will be no UFO number for December, meaning that whatever number is pulled in November, you will have virtually 2 months to complete that project!  Hope that it is a BIGGIE!  UFO number months are:  October, November, January, February, March and April (April’s UFO must be in for the May Guild meeting).
Port Perry Patchers
2018-19 UFO Challenge Registration Form
Name: _________________________________________
 
Project # Description Status Before Status After
 
1		  
 
 
 		    
 
2		  
 
 
 		    
 
3		  
 
 
 		    
 
4		  
 
 
 		    
 
5		  
 
 
 		    
 
6		  
 
 
 		    
 
Fee for each item is $1.00
$1.00 X __________ items = $ __________
Challenge Fee paid __________________    CASH        CHEQUE
Collected by: _______________________________________
*MAKE A COPY OF THIS LIST FOR YOUR RECORDS*
Membership News

Congratulations to Karen Lee who won the membership draw at September’s meeting. She will enjoy a due free year...I’m sure she will put her refund to good use!

Just a gentle reminder to all those who have yet to renew your membership....it’s time. Hope to see you at the October meeting.
- Vicki
November Program: Cheryl Czaplinksi

From Sew Unique Quilting in Port Hope, Cheryl will be sharing a trunk show of her original quilts, and examples of her incredible long arming skills. @sewuniquequilting
PORT PERRY PATCHERS' QUILT SHOW 2020 - SAVE THE DATE!
 
Our next guild show will be held Friday and Saturday, May 8 & 9, 2020 at the Scugog Community Centre Arena.  Every four years we take this opportunity to show off our members’ wonderful quilts, attract new members to the guild and raise funds for our programmes.
 
Show convenors, Sandy Curl James and Monica Wolfe, need your help in planning and executing the event and hope you will join us at our first show committee meeting at Hope Church,  Monday, November 5th at 7 p.m.
 
We are looking for members to chair or assist with advertising & promotion, the Cafe, floor plan and rentals, guest services (welcome desk, silent auction etc.), the Guild Boutique, Memory Lane (commemorating our members who are no longer with us), the Merchant Mall (recruiting and co-ordinating spaces for our vendors), quilt display and registration and producing the show book.  A sign-up sheet, along with a more complete list of tasks and job descriptions, will be available at the October guild meeting.
 
For more information, or if you are unable to attend the October meeting, please email Sandy at curljames2733@gmail.com or Monica at monica.e.wolfe@gmail.com.  We would love to hear your ideas for activities and displays to make this our best show yet.
 
September Program: Penny's Trunk Show
September Show & Share
Quilt Shows and Events:

Creativ Festival
October 11-13; 9-6, 9-6, 9-5
International Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
Advance Admission Ticket pricing is in effect! - SAVE $2 on regular admission tickets until October 10th
 
Once Upon A Quilt-Quilt Expo 2018
Brant Heritage Quilters Guild
October 19-20; 10-7, 10-4
Best Western Plus, Brantford, Ontario
www.brantheritagequilters.com


Twisted Stitchers Quilt Show 2018
November 3-4; 1-6, 10-4
Ajax Community Centre, Ajax, Ontario
www.twistedstitchersquiltguild.com
 
For a complete listing of all quilt shows across
Ontario and Canada
www.quiltersconnection.ca
and
Check the CQA website for additional shows listed in their calendar

Guild Meetings    2018-2019
 
October 15
November 19      December 17
January 21            February 11
March 18                     April 15
May 13                        June 17
Guild Executive 2018-2019
President - Sandy Curl-James
Vice President - VACANT
Past President - Joanne Reynolds
Secretary - Judy Graham
Treasurer - Leianne McCallum
Membership - Vicki Meraw
Outreach - Sandy Curl-James & Karen Lee
Programs & Workshops
   - Laura Palmer & Sylvia Patterson
Social - Lynn Stanton & Jo Whiston
Greeters - Jan Saywell & Monica Wolfe
Set-up - Dianne Brown
Kitchen - Karen Lee & Marie Robinson
Library
   - Hazel Holt & Mary MacDonald & Wilma Smith
Communications & Promotion - Robin Jeffrey
UFO Challenge - Lynn Burnett
Sunshine - Jane Shier
Newsletter - Joanne Reynolds
Show Chairpersons
   - Sandy Curl-James & Monica Wolfe
Archives - Evelyn Morrison

 
Executive meeting dates 2018-2019:

October 22
November 26
January 28
February 25
March 25
April 29
May 27
Sponsors
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: November 7, 2018
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