Tuesday

August 26, 2014

Charity Auction

5:00 p.m. 

Mall in the Hall

6:00 p.m.

Auction

  West Des Moines United Methodist Church

The word change, as a verb, means to transfer from one thing to another. At our August DMAQG Board meeting, the Board voted to change our Guild meeting venue from the WDM Methodist Church to the WDM Christian Church. We have had a long association with the WDM Methodist Church, but many Board members were concerned that we could not talk about, show, or sell raffle tickets for the Guild show quilt.

Beginning January 2015 we will a hold our Guild meetings at the WDM Christian Church at 4501 Mills Civic Pkwy, just about 2 blocks east of I-35. Many of you are familiar with this site.  It is the location of our workshops and classes.  

There were many things that caused us to favor this location:

• The seating is stadium-like, so you have better visibility.  
• There are NO stairs. 
• There is plenty of parking.
• It will save us $80 per month.
• We can show the raffle quilt, talk about the raffle and sell raffle tickets.

There are many changes in our lives, this will just be one more.

CHARITY AUCTION

On August 26 we will hold our 16th annual auction to benefit Women's Health Issues. The charities this year will be the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, American Heart Association, and the Alzheimer's Association.  The formal auction will begin at 6:00 p.m. with Mr. Tim Busby serving as our auctioneer.

New this year - a place to grab a drink or a cookie/bar and wait for Mall in the Hall to open at 5:00 p.m.. There will be a small fee for these items, as we have to pay to use the room. The café will be open from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  So bring your items to sell, grab a snack, and wait to buy.

I hope you all grab a friend and attend the auction.  

Mildred Agena

President

Mall in the Hall is an exciting part of the Women's Charity Auction evening.  This wonderful giant quilting garage sale is a great place to purchase books, tools, fabric kits, and much, much more.

This year we are making a few changes in the Mall in the Hall procedures:

• The committee will do all the pricing.  This will keep prices more consistent and fairer to all.  Bring your items to Fellowship Hall from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the day of the auction.  Items should be worth less than $50.  The committee will move items to the live auction, if needed.
• Bring items sale ready.  Items that need to be kept together need to be in a clear plastic bag or container.  Please make sure to indicate yardage on fabric.
• Only the Mall in the Hall committee will be allowed in Fellowship Hall until the Mall in the Hall sale starts at 5:00 p.m.  This will insure that all will have a chance to get the bargains. 
• After dropping off your items for Mall in the Hall, go enjoy refreshments at the coffee shop which opens at 3:00 p.m. This will be an opportunity to meet and greet other Guild members.
• A new addition to Mall in the Hall will be the Christmas Boutique.  Please see the following article to get ideas that you can contribute to this new area.
• As always, you will pay for Mall in the Hall items in Fellowship hall.

Let's make this the best Mall in the Hall ever!

New for the 2014 Quilt Show 

Quilt Appraisals

We are going to have a new addition to this year's show - the availability of appraisals by an AQS certified appraiser.  Our judge for this year's DMAQG show, Carol Butzke, is not only a certified judge but also a certified appraiser (who also teaches quilt appraising for AQS).  This has provided a wonderful opportunity for our guild to be able to offer appraisals.

On Monday, September 29, 2014, Carol will be available to provide up to 14 quilt appraisals of quilts, current and antique, that will NOT be in this year's show.  Carol will then be able to appraise member quilts hanging in our show during the days of the show.  Her written appraisal will be sent to the quilt owner within a month of the show and can be used for insurance purposes or for valuing quilts being entered in other shows. 

We will be providing more information about this opportunity in the next few months.  Basically, if you have one or more quilts you would like appraised, you will need to complete the appropriate paperwork (available at the DMAQG July and August meetings) and provide a check made out to Carol Butzke in the amount of $45/quilt - both of these things sent to Renee McPhee, 2112 NW Gabus Drive, Grimes, IA 50111 no sooner than August 1, 2014 and no later than August 26, 2014, date of the annual DMAQG Charity Auction.   (Note:  paperwork is required only for current quilts; antique quilts are appraised differently.)  Renee will contact each member having a quilt appraised with drop off and other information. 

If you have any questions about this appraisal opportunity, please contact Mary Shotwell at 515-279-2368 or WMShotwell@aol.com  or Renee McPhee at 515-333-1902 or reneem@perspectivecp.com.

Mary Shotwell and Renee McPhee

2014 Judging Co-Chairs

Because there are no library hours in August, members who currently have library books checked out should plan to return books at our next regularly scheduled September meeting. It's the honor system!

Book Donations

Your book donations are appreciated, however, due to limited space in our storage cabinets, we ask you to contribute books only published after 2000 and in good condition.

Magazines are Welcome

Please continue to bring your quilting magazines to share with others.   Each month magazines are placed on a cart and made available "free" for members to pick up, if we have them available.

Happy Reading!