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Berkshire Quilters’ Guild Minutes – 11/8/2022 Meeting opened at 6:30
Refreshments Provided by our members Business Reports Treasurers Report - no change from last month, three checks still pending. Voted and approved Secretary’s Report – Will now be sent out 1 week before the meeting. No changes or additions required. Voted and approved. Regular Business: Holiday Party - Chairs budget is $150.00 may need a little more. Members are asked to bring: 1) An unwrapped children’s gift. Given to CHP for disbursement 2) Members, please bring an appetizer or finger food. 3) Bring a wrapped gift value, it could be sewing related. Thank you, ladies, for taking this on with short notice. Community Quilts - If anyone knows of a group or family in need of a quilt (s) Please let our chairs know. CHP received 9 Children’s quilts Freeman Center received six Hyde Park, an elderly housing received 6 Adult quilts. Thank you, ladies, for all your efforts. Lee Library - The annual quilt show sponsored by the Lee Library Association and Pumpkin Patch Quilts are on view in the J. Peter Scolforo Gallery at Lee Library, 100 Main St., during the month of November. Hours are M-F 10-6 Sat 10-2. Guild Library - It was decided earlier in the year to dissolve the library main reason no librarian and storage issue with. The guild spoke with Senior Center, library will continue. The Guild has spent hundreds of dollars on books and members have graciously donated. Once dissolved it would be hard to restart a library again. The library will open to paid members only. We now have a librarian. ThankYou for stepping up. Voted/ accepted to keep library. Dues: Covid put a lot on hold. April 2022, we held our 1st in person meeting and decided not to collect dues till end of 2022 year. It was decided and voted upon to start collecting dues for continued operation of guild. Since we no longer meet in Jan and Feb (winter months). The guild’s new year begins in March 2023 and runs through Dec 2023. Dues will be collected starting in Dec 2022 for our new fiscal year, or you may send your payments in March 2023. Program Committee - Addressed several issues they saw. 1) With no officers to approve or set budget it was hard to get speakers. The past budget was $600.00 for the year. Inflation has caused that number to jump. Before S left, she had a speaker lined up, cost $1000.00. Another issue was, it takes a year or more to get speakers. The Guild voted to approve a budget of $1500.00 to secure May's speaker in 2023. 2) Hard for program committee to plan without knowing how many members we will have in 2023. Officers and Committee Chairs were voted on and/or announced. See the listing under Officers and Committeess. Committee Chairs - Thanks to all members who stepped up and signed up to be a committee chair for 2023. There are about 4 positions that still need to be filled. Remember you can partner with someone. Below are guilds in MA where we are listed. https://quiltguilds.com/massachusetts-quilt-guilds Quilt Guilds in the State of Massachusetts Massachusetts Quilt Guild And we are listed, old info yes, but anyone moving to area will be able to find us here also along with FB. Great Barrington Berkshire Quilters’ Guild. We have about 45 members who pay $30.00/year in dues. We meet at 6:30pm on the second Tuesday of the month at the Great Barrington Senior Center. 917 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA Email: berkshirequilters@mail.com We now have a FB and Website chair who will update these media sites. Did you know Massachusetts has a Directory for Quilt Guilds by city. New Members: As we get new members secretary and another member have been working together to update our list. If anyone knows of a member who is not receiving our email, please let J know. Working on “Miss You” letter seeing what members will return in 2023. Respectfully submitted, J - Secretary |
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Berkshire Quilters Guild – October 11, 2022, Meeting Minutes Meeting opened up at 6:30 pm
Thanks to the members for refreshments
Treasurers Report - Read and accepted
Secretary’s Report – Read and accepted. Discussed and voted to have minutes
sent out with our monthly guild reminder. Corrections can be made by contacting J or presented at the next meeting.
September’s minute correction: Made correction to M name.
COMMUNITY QUILTS:
Chairs will continue to bring in kits for children and adult quilts.
FABRIC SWAP: Oct 22 in Lenox from 12-1:30. An email will be sent out with specific information. HOSPITALITY:
November’s refreshment sign up list will be sent in minutes.
BQG WEBSITE: Current chair will no longer be updating it. Anyone wishing to take over will be trained. Powered by Weebly.
LIBRARY:
In the past, the guild decided to give away so many books from the library. Someone will have to run this program before any books can be removed.
BOM:
November’s project is the iron pocketbook for large/small irons. See J if interested. December’s project will folded corners, sign up sheet will be at Nov Mtg.
PROGRAMS:
Demonstrations iron pocketbook marking, Xmas ornament, and others will be some of the demonstrations for members to learn.
Respectfully submitted J - Secretary
Thanks to the members for refreshments
Treasurers Report - Read and accepted
Secretary’s Report – Read and accepted. Discussed and voted to have minutes
sent out with our monthly guild reminder. Corrections can be made by contacting J or presented at the next meeting.
September’s minute correction: Made correction to M name.
COMMUNITY QUILTS:
Chairs will continue to bring in kits for children and adult quilts.
FABRIC SWAP: Oct 22 in Lenox from 12-1:30. An email will be sent out with specific information. HOSPITALITY:
November’s refreshment sign up list will be sent in minutes.
BQG WEBSITE: Current chair will no longer be updating it. Anyone wishing to take over will be trained. Powered by Weebly.
LIBRARY:
In the past, the guild decided to give away so many books from the library. Someone will have to run this program before any books can be removed.
BOM:
November’s project is the iron pocketbook for large/small irons. See J if interested. December’s project will folded corners, sign up sheet will be at Nov Mtg.
PROGRAMS:
Demonstrations iron pocketbook marking, Xmas ornament, and others will be some of the demonstrations for members to learn.
Respectfully submitted J - Secretary
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Meeting Sept 13, 2022 Host: Meeting opened meeting at 6:30 pm.
Refreshments – Thanks to our members who signed up
Business Reports
Treasurer’s Report - read report and accepted
Secretaries Report –emailed out 1 week after August meeting. Discussion: do we read report every month or email and voted on for approval following month
Sheffield Congregational Church
Sheffield Church is holding a Quilt Raffle on the first Friday of Oct. Oct 7 at Sheffield Farmers Market from 3-6 pm.
Any details needed; info will be mailed out.
Connecticut Shop Hop
Begins Sept 14 – Sept 25 Details online. Type in CT Quilt shop hop
MA Shop Hop
Runs from October 12-16. Passport Registration is $8.00
Grand Prize is a Bernina 335 sewing machine
The first seven hundred to register will receive a commemorative gift.
Seven shops are participating. Bingo will be played. If you are a winner, you will
Receive an instant prize.
For more details See– Brookside Quiltworks
2 Sheffield Rd South Egremont MA
Jelly Roll Quilts
I sent out two emails showing the types of quilts you can make with C presentation.
Directions for two patterns were included.
There is a 3rd Pattern for $4.00. Call shop for pattern.
Community Quilts
T and S are bringing in fabric kits for the CHILDRENS QUILTS.
Quilts made are displayed at Sheffield Library in April. They want to give members ample time to pick up kits to make the quilt(s), do not forget to get labels for the quilts. Remember we are not meeting in Jan and Feb due to winter weather.
They also have adult kits. Each month adult kits will be on the left side of table Children’s kits will be on the right side.
Where do our community quilts go?
Aug 8th - 5 children’s quilt went to CHP
Sept 9 – 10 went to Laurel Lake Rehab and Nursing Home.
Please think about getting a kit to give back to our community.
You never know the effect a quilt can have on someone.
You pass on a kindness to someone; they pass on a kindness, and so on.
Let us help Community Quilt chairs in reducing their seventeen bins of fabric.
Respectfully submitted. J - Secretary
Refreshments – Thanks to our members who signed up
Business Reports
Treasurer’s Report - read report and accepted
Secretaries Report –emailed out 1 week after August meeting. Discussion: do we read report every month or email and voted on for approval following month
Sheffield Congregational Church
Sheffield Church is holding a Quilt Raffle on the first Friday of Oct. Oct 7 at Sheffield Farmers Market from 3-6 pm.
Any details needed; info will be mailed out.
Connecticut Shop Hop
Begins Sept 14 – Sept 25 Details online. Type in CT Quilt shop hop
MA Shop Hop
Runs from October 12-16. Passport Registration is $8.00
Grand Prize is a Bernina 335 sewing machine
The first seven hundred to register will receive a commemorative gift.
Seven shops are participating. Bingo will be played. If you are a winner, you will
Receive an instant prize.
For more details See– Brookside Quiltworks
2 Sheffield Rd South Egremont MA
Jelly Roll Quilts
I sent out two emails showing the types of quilts you can make with C presentation.
Directions for two patterns were included.
There is a 3rd Pattern for $4.00. Call shop for pattern.
Community Quilts
T and S are bringing in fabric kits for the CHILDRENS QUILTS.
Quilts made are displayed at Sheffield Library in April. They want to give members ample time to pick up kits to make the quilt(s), do not forget to get labels for the quilts. Remember we are not meeting in Jan and Feb due to winter weather.
They also have adult kits. Each month adult kits will be on the left side of table Children’s kits will be on the right side.
Where do our community quilts go?
Aug 8th - 5 children’s quilt went to CHP
Sept 9 – 10 went to Laurel Lake Rehab and Nursing Home.
Please think about getting a kit to give back to our community.
You never know the effect a quilt can have on someone.
You pass on a kindness to someone; they pass on a kindness, and so on.
Let us help Community Quilt chairs in reducing their seventeen bins of fabric.
Respectfully submitted. J - Secretary
