December 2024 Sew Day
Before we get to the nitty-gritty of the recap, can we just take a moment and recognize something? When our guild has a potluck, members SHOW up. If you skipped the sew day, you didn’t just miss great quilts, lots of laughter and holiday cheer. You missed bagels, mini sliders, multiple soups, salads, cookies (so many cookies), a box of chocolates, cakes and pies… Not only are our members creative people, they are great cooks. Thank you so much for all of your efforts in the potluck department!
Let’s start with the latest announcements. Registration for the 2025 Retreat at Camp Crestfield is open! You can go here to enter your information. All of the information is on that page, but if you have any questions, please reach out. Something different this year, Cheralee is good to go with payments if you would rather do installments. All balances still need to paid by the deadline, March 22. 2025.
We are also partnering with Quilt Company East to give you two opportunities to see Tara Faughnan, the 2025 QuiltCon featured speaker! First is a Zoom lecture, Value Creates the Design, on April 21, 2025. The cost is $6 and we committed to 40 spots for our members. The second event is an improv workshop, the Give & Take Quilt. This workshop is also through Zoom on May 3, 2025. (This does clash with a special Saturday guild meeting, just so you know.) We have committed to 8 spots in this workshop. The cost is $70 and is 6 hours long. Both events, and more information, can be found here.
We still have room in our Quilted Jacket workshop! We have opened it up to non-members and need to get it filled. If you’re on the fence, please let us know if you have any questions. Find more info here.
If you didn’t hear the announcement, we have the candidates for the election next month! You can read a short bio for each woman in the email sent out December 12, 2024.
President - Nicole Gallagher
Programs - Rose Saville-Iksic
Membership - Connie McFadden
Treasurer - Cheralee Stover
Social Media - Jennifer Mack
You’ll be able to vote on Zoom this year, and we have other exciting announcements, so please make a point to join us next month!
Here’s the last, most important, news. ;) The Q4 UFO challenges are due in January. You are encouraged to bring no more than 5 UFOs for Show & Tell. If you received an email from Cheralee regarding previously submitted UFOs and photos, the deadline to respond to the email is Tuesday, December 31, 2024. To get credit for them, please submit photos for the previously completed UFOs if they aren’t on the Challenges page. This doesn’t apply to the projects you are bringing to the meeting. If you already replied, THANK YOU.
The last day for hashtags to count for THIS year’s round of tickets is December 31, 2024. Instagram has made some changes and we will need to count them by hand. This gives us enough time to make the counts and ensure you get credit.
