Show & Tell

Workshop Snowflakes

Fort Mitchell Fall Festival

Meeting Minutes

Kim Scarborough presented a wonderful workshop on creating kitchen sink quilts. There was show and tell and lots of scrap fabric on Mount Scrap More!

April Show & Tell

March Tea, Workshop & Show & Tell

May 1,2023
Hi to All Gala Members and Fans

Meeting was called to order by Bettyanne McGlinchey, President

31 members attended the meeting

Frances Thomason gave an update on the Quilt show to be held on april 22 at FT. Mitchell. 70 quilts were turned in so far. If you brought a quilt today and it has not been logged in please take out of stack and get logged in. If this is not done we have no information and it may not be displayed. All volunteers for the Quilt Show will have their name on a list given to people at FT. Mitchell entrance and you will not have to pay entrance fee. Volunteers are asked to wear pink shirts. There will be two groups of volunteers. One group will work in the quilt room and one group will work at sales table.

Our treasurer , Audrey Bergeron, is collecting yearly dues of $25. If you have not paid please contact
Audrey to make your payment.
Beth Hickman reminded everyone about the upcoming Kitchen Sink Quilt Workshop to be held on July 29. The cost is $10 per person. There is a limit of 20 people. The fee is not refundable but is transferable.

Beth Hickman gave an update on Glenna Shephard. She is recovering from bypass heart surgery. As long as her recovery does well, she will be able to go back on list for a kidney transplant after 3 months.

Bettyanne McGlinchey updated everyone regarding our workshop and program schedule.
Rosemary Dekker was not able to attend today to do our program.
There was some confusion about program schedule for May so Bettyanne said she would contact
Juanita Christian , vice president, to clarify that.
The workshop for May is the next Skill builder which will be on the Log Cabin. Sunny Pedigo will be our
teacher.
Linda Hayes asked that anyone with UFO Challenge items to be sure to show them to her or send photos of completed item by the end of the day. Otherwise, you will owe a fat quarter.
An officers meeting will be held at lunch break at the May meeting.
Becca Chester an d Kathy VanCour drew numbers for BOM, Name Tag, and Sign in.
The BOM for April is the Pineapple pattern. Becca and Kathy showed examples of this block and
provided a demo on how block goes together.
The Quilts of Valor block that were done in 2022 need to be sewn together. It was suggested we have a sew them. Becca will work on some dates for us and we will revisit the idea.
There were several UFO and Show and Tell items shown.
Since we had extra time we went around told our names and shared a project we are working on.

The meeting was then concluded.

The afternoon workshop led by Frances Thomason on Free Motion Feather Quilting was attended by 8 members.

Respectfully Submitted:
Bettyanne McGlinchey, President

April 6,2023
Gala Newsletter for all Gala Member and Fans

First l owe all of you an apology for not getting the newsletter done last month. I was sick and then the quilting show came up.
President Bettyanne McGlinchey called the meeting to order.
There were 21 members and 2 visitors present. Everyone took a few minutes to tell our names.

Linda Hayes gave an update on the Quilt Show to be held at Ft. Mitchell on April 22,2023.
Several places were announced where quilts may be turned in for the quilt show.
They are as follows:
Sewority Sisters Guild On Saturday , March 25, 2023,
Sunday Best Quilt Shop , Stitch Therapy Quilt Shop,
and Hometown Quilt Shop from April 4 thru the 13th .
Hanging of the quilts will take place on Monday, April 17. Each quilt will have a sign . Rosemary Dekker and Beth Hickman volunteered to put signs on the quilts when they are put up at quilt show.
Judging will take place on Wednesday, April 19.
During normal hours of operation the quilt guild will have members setting with the quilts on Friday. Sunday afternoon all quilts will be taken down.
Our sales table will be set up on Friday around 11 am. Pat Mistretta has Square so we will be able to take credit card and cash sales.
Anyone who is a volunteer for the quilt show will not have to pay an entrance fee at the gate at Ft. Mitchell.
All volunteers are asked to wear pink shirts any shade. Nametags will be furnished.

Linda Hayes: UFO Challenge
Today is the first due date. Please show completed items to Linda or send a photo by text or email by the end of the day, otherwise you will owe another fat quarter to the pot. Each time you complete the item listed on your form your name goes in for a chance to win all the fat quarters at the end of the challenge.

Cathy Poyner announced the Sewrority Sisters Quilt Guild is having a retreat and there are still someslots available . If you are interested please contact Cathy.
Rebecca Chester and Kathy VanCour did Block of the Month drawing which Alberta won.
Lee Ann Scoggins did the Name Tag drawing which Rosemary Dekker won.

The Sign In drawing was won by Lee Ann Scoggins

Updates on Guild members:
Juanita Christian fell last week while in Maine and has broken some ribs and has a large hematoma on her hip.
Glenna Shephard will have open heart surgery on Tuesday , March 21. When she recovers she will go back on list for kidney transplant.
Dixie fell and broke both ankles.

Next month our afternoon program will be free motion quilting feathers conducted by Frances Thomason. There’s limited seating . If you have signed up for this program please bring a sewing machine that is capable of dropping the feed dogs and please bring a table. If you have signed up for this program and cannot please let Frances know as there is a waiting list for this program.
Next month Rosemary Dekker will be presenting our morning program on preparing a quilt to be quilted on a long arm.
Beth Hickman reminded us about the Kitchen Sink workshop on July 29. There is a $10 fee which is non-refundable but can be transferred to someone else if you cannot attend. There are 10 signed up and 10 more slots available.
Linda Walker asked if there were more of the Guild information cards available . We will give them out at Fort Mitchell. Cathy Poymer will order more for us as there was a small quantity available.
Carol Bradshaw provided a program on Quilts of the Underground Railroad. Handouts included titles of print resources which she used to develop the program.
There were several items for UFO and Show and Tell items shared.
The meeting was concluded.
A ST. Patrick”s Day Tea was held . Yummy treats were enjoyed.
Our afternoon Skill Building Workshop was led by Lee Ann Scoggins. We learned techniques for 4 and 9 patch blocks. 12 members attended.
Respectfully Submitted:
Bettyanne McGlinchey, President