DMAQG Piecetime News 
November/December 2014
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In This Issue
Upcoming Meeting
Thank You
Community Giving
2015 Guild Membership Renewal
Directors-at-Large
2014 Quilt Show Wrap-up
2014 Workshop Wrap-up
January 2015 Workshops
About DMAQG
 
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December Tea & Annual Guild Meeting

 

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2013 Email Accent

 

I cannot believe how fast this year has gone. I want to thank the Guild Board for all their hard work this year in continuing to meet the goals and challenges of their respective positions.

 

I also want to thank everyone who volunteered for anything - providing treats, educating children, charity auction, quilt show, moving books, taking on Board positions,etc.  It would not get done without volunteers.

 

This year has brought change to the Guild. The Board voted to change our meeting place.  This change is effective with our meetings on January 27. The Board also voted  to combine the Newsletter Editor and Website Coordinator into one position called the Social Media Manager.  This position will be the Guild's first contract position.

 

It has been a privilege for me to be a part of all of this. The Guild is made up of a wonderful group of people who give so much to the Guild and to our community.

 

I hope you will have your President's Challenge completed on December 6 as we finish the year with our annual tea and election of new officers. 

 

Mildred Agena

President

Mildred Agena 
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 Thank You

 

I am looking forward to seeing you at the December Tea on the 6th!  Please remember to bring your Hatchet Blocks as thank yous for the retiring board members.  The list has grown to 15!  The retiring Board members are:

  
Mildred Agena - President
Joyce Moore - Recording Secretary
Sue Conard - Corresponding Secretary
Marilyn Dillivan - Treasurer
Nan Earll - Programs
Ann Reed - Programs
Doris Coady - Director-at-Large
Coleen Hayes - Director-at-Large
Kathie Anderson - Quilt Show
Deanna Wilson - Quilt Show
Phyllis Blood - Community Giving
Karen Pavlik - Newsletter
Elaine Voyce - Website
Susan Harn - Librarian
Terry Holt - Retreat

 

Many thanks to the Board members who explained their positions at Newcomers, and Guild members who presented the fun and interesting programs.  Your time and efforts are sincerely appreciated!     
 

Thank you for a great year working with Newcomers and small groups!
 

Karen Macon
President ElectKaren Macon

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Community Giving

Well you did it!  We have 76 twin quilts for the YMCA Supportive Housing Unit.  Many thanks to all who contributed to this challenge.  So plan on attending the tea in December if you want to witness the YMCA dance!

 

After the October meeting, we will be completing the delivery of all the community giving items for this year.  While we will give a complete report later, we do want you to know now that it has been an incredible year in terms of your generosity and awesome quilting skills.  Thank you so much.

 

Our thanks to the following people for their donated time and talent for the month of October. If we missed you, please sign the sheet at the January meeting.

Sue McMain            Connie Tilman         Helen Smith
Karen Macon            Judi Smith              Debbie Sage
Dottie Abendroth       Jean McLaughlin     Deanna Wilson
Kathi Russi              Marylee Eldon         Eileen Fogarty
CK Sparks               Sue Guess             Sue Conard
Sharon Cummings     Joann Schnebly

Phyllis Blood and Sandy Lanning,

Community Giving Co-Chairs

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2015 Guild Membership Renewal
 

Our $30 Guild memberships run on a calendar basis and it is time to renew for 2015. Click on the link to the 2015 Membership form. Please print this form and fill it out with your current information. Then bring the completed form and your $30 payment to one of our Guild meetings (December 6, 2014 Tea; or afternoon/evening meetings on January 27, 2015, or February 24, 2015). 

  

You can also mail the completed form with your $30 check to our Guild mailing address: P.O. Box 27035, West Des Moines, IA 50265. 

  

Memberships must be received by March 1 to be listed in the 2015 Directory. If you plan to pay for your 2015 membership at one of our Guild meetings, please have the form completed before standing in line to better help things move along efficiently. We will also have membership forms at the meetings for you. 

  

Joyce Moore

Recording Secretary

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Directors-at-Large

"Thank You" to all who helped with and supplied treats for our monthly Guild meetings. We do have a few vacant spots for the upcoming year.

 

For the afternoon, we need help with treats for:

March (1 or 2more)

June (1 or 2 more)

September

 

For the evening, we need help with treats for:

January

March

April

May

September

                                                                                

Please contact one of the Directors-at-Large if you or your small group is able to bring treats.

 

Thank you for your continued help with treats!

 

Doris Coady - 276-3225

Coleen Hayes - 3218418

Suzanne Lemon - 226-0463

Myra Waggenspack - 343-9017

Directors-at-Large

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2014 Quilt Show Wrap-up

Many thanks to everyone who helped in some way to make the 2014 Quilt Show a success.  The show committee always gets it done!!  You are a creative, hard-working, dedicated group that meets the challenge of planning our show each year.
 
Special thanks go to our AQS liaisons, Mary Shotwell and Jill Reber. AQS reported attendance was up this year!  Thanks to our members and your spouses (who helped with set up and take down), for volunteering to fill the many volunteer slots needed to make our show a success.  Thanks also if you served on a committee, showed your quilts and treasured quilts, made or bid on a Little Quilt, or loaned props for the special exhibits. 
 
A very special thank you to Martha Henrichs for designing this year's raffle quilt, and to all who helped make it including the ladies at Sacred Heart Church who hand-quilted it.  It was very exciting to draw the winning ticket and find that it was won by Marilyn Dillivan, one of our members!!
Thanks to the Quilt Block and Creekside Quilting for allowing us to use their shops for drop-off sites prior to the show.
 
Financials will be reported at the annual meeting of the Guild on December 6.
 
The Des Moines Area Quilters Guild is a very talented and sharing group and we look forward to the 2015 show.  Diane Crawford and Cindy Ohmart are the show co-chairs and we look forward to hearing all they have planned for the 2015 show.
 
Kathie Anderson and Deanna Wilson
2014 Quilt Show Co-chairs
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2014 Workshop Wrap-up
 

We're shocked at how fast this year has gone, and how much we've learned!  When choosing teachers for 2014, our goal was to find teachers that would appeal to as many members as possible, and therefore fill classes. Imagine our delight when several classes filled on the day of the December Tea!  Thank you all so much.

 

We had many members who took classes from four and five teachers, some even seven!  While the majority of members signed up during the tea, you continued to support the Guild by signing up throughout the year.  We even had brave souls that were willing to try our mini-class experiment during the month of February, and we think they all felt they got their money's worth.

 

A total of 325 class slots were filled by members, and 6 slots were filled by non-members.

 

Thank you so much for supporting our Guild and making our position so rewarding.

 

Nan Earll & Ann Reed
2014 Program Co-Chairs
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January:  Kathy Russi &
Martha Henrichs

 

Wednesday,  January 28, 2015
EASY PROJECTS FOR YOUR SEWING ROOM
Session A  9:00 a.m. - Noon
Session B  1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m
Cost: $10 for each session

Each session will include 2 organizational projects designed to help you organize your quilting materials or space. The projects in Session A will be different than the projects in Session B.  Examples of the organizational projects will be available at the December Tea. The sessions will be taught by DMAQG Program Chairs Kathy Russi and Martha Henrichs.

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Our Website
 
Please stop by and visit our guild website often at www.dmaqg.org for news and information about DMAQG. Look for the photo albums in the blog from the photographers we've had documenting events for us! Also remember to check the calendar to keep up-to-date on all Guild meetings and workshops.

If you have anything to contribute to the website, please send it to  elainevoyce@mchsi.com.
Newsletter

 

The Piecetime newsletter is published electronically twice a month. The Programs portion of the newsletter is sent on the Friday before the Newcomers monthly meeting held on the third Tuesday of the month. The News portion is sent out the Friday before the Guild's monthly meeting held on the fourth Tuesday of the month.

If you would like to submit news or articles, send them to  ktpavlik1@gmail.com.

About Us

 
The mission of the Des Moines Area Quilters Guild is to stimulate an interest in quilts and quilt making, educate its members, provide for the interchange of information, and encourage community giving. 

Meetings

 

The monthly meetings of the Des Moines Area Quilters Guild are held January through October on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the West Des Moines United Methodist Church, 720 Grand Avenue, West Des Moines.

 

We have an afternoon meeting and program at 1:00 p.m. and an evening meeting and program at 7:00 p.m.

 

Things to bring:

■ Name tag (required to win a door prize)

■ Membership renewal form
■ Workshop registration form
■ Items for show and tell
■ Items for Community Giving