Tomorrow's meeting - Monday Nov 9 - PLEASE NOTE

 Due to circumstances beyond our control the Drive Thru will continue as we have been having it the last 6 months.

We are unable to set tables up in the lobby due to construction.

Also, the weather is suppose to be beautiful.

Blast - Monday's Meeting - November 9, 2020

Lots of reminders below but we are trying to keep it to just one Blast. 

 

The Drive Through has been renamed to Stop, Swap and Shop.   With winter upon us we wanted to continue to have the drive through for those that do not feel comfortable coming to the meetings but we are making some changes.  We will be setting up tables just inside the sliding glass doors at Manna.   A diagram is attached.   The diagram shows Dottie inside for the Pizza Box swap but weather permitting, she will be outside under the overhang.   Think of it like going to the grocery store, going in for a few things, grab them and back to the car.  If you really cannot come inside, park in one of the 4 handicap parking spaces to the south of the overhang and someone will come to you. 

 

A diagram has been attached to show the layout in the lobby.

 

The Greeting Table will be moved from the lobby to the large room where the meetings are held.  They will be on the left as you come in the door.  Diane will have a basket for you to drop your dues in.  It would helpful if you put them in an envelope but if you don’t one, she will have some. 

 

The 20/20 dues are due.  To take advantage of the discount, they must be paid by November 9.

$20.00 for renewing members and $30.00 for new members.  If mailing, they should be sent to Diane Cox.  They can be dropped off at the greeting table. 

 

Guild Projects: The monthly Fat Quarter Raffle starts this month.  Batiks will be collected.  You will get a ticket for every FQ you bring and at the end of the business meeting we will draw for the winner.  You can also get in the raffle if you are only doing the Stop, Swap and Shop. 

 

Lynn also has copies of the Sunflower pattern for the challenge.  Stop in and sign up and pick up your pattern.  Remember, you can do it any way you want.  Fabric, paint, any embellishments.  Just make it your own vision!  It is to be finished at 15” x 15”.  

 

 

The Holiday Party this year will be a little different.   We have decided we will not have refreshments but you are free to bring your drink and a snack if you wish for yourself. 

 

In place of refreshments, we are going to have a little gift bag for those that attend, or do the Stop, Swap and Shop.  However, you must RSVP.  Let us know by telling them at the greeting table this month when you check in for the meeting or email Nancy [nansols@comcast.net], or call or Text Nancy at 816-517-1627.  Be sure to identify yourself if you text.  RSVP not later than November 15. 

We are collecting non-perishable food items for Manna’s food pantry this year.  They are in need of canned fruits.  We will collect these items if you wish to donate at the November and December meetings.  We will have a box in the lobby directly across from the double doors below the hand sanitizing table.

 

We would also like you to bring your favorite Christmas quilt or hand made Christmas item for a special show and tell.   If you don’t have a favorite, that’s okay too.  

 

The Fat Quarter raffle for December will be holiday fabrics.

 

Snow Days and guild cancelation:  When Lee’s Summit school buses aren’t running, our meetings will be cancelled.  We will also send a blast should this happen.

 

Outreach is still in need of any and all cotton fabric you would like to donate.  It takes a lot of fabric for a quilt especially backing.  Please check in your stash and consider donating fabric that you bought a while ago and now don’t know what to do with it. 

 

Ways and Means have the following items for sale:

 

Binding needles- $3

Yarn needles- $1

1 Misting bottle- $9

Best Press- $13

Ruler arrows- $7

45MM Olfa Blades- $20

Hugo tape:  1/2" ($6) and 1" ($8)

Bohin super needle threader- $16

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Jelly Roll Day - Saturday, Sept 26th

 This Saturday, September 26^th, the Lee’s Summit Quilters’ Guild will be celebrating National Jelly Roll Day!  Here’s what you need to know:

 

9:00 AM – Kick off and share our projects

11:00 AM – Check in and draw for prizes

1:00 PM – Check in and draw for prizes

2:00 PM – End with a progress report and final prize drawing

 

Feel free to come and go as you please.  If you want to stay in the meeting but don’t want everyone watching you, feel free to turn off your video but please plan on joining back in at the check-in times!  Please mute your microphone while you are using your sewing machine. 

 

You will need to register in advance for this celebration at this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvf-mtpz8uHdA1Ffnwj919UhMV2MxIphbS

 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the fun.

 

If you have any trouble joining on Zoom please contact Edwina Smith on her cell phone (check directory for the number).

Vote on Challenge Quilts

Hello Quilters! 

Voting is now open for the Challenge Quilts!  Please visit the link below to see the beautiful quilts and read the instructions on how to vote.  Voting will close at midnight on September 30th.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1hz14lX2pwZXUnc6dsZgd08g2QcZXCK28XwmeCC1rvlA/edit

If you have any problems with the link working or need any help with voting, please contact Edwina Smith. 

Enjoy the quilts and have fun voting.

September newsletter has been updated - I forgot to include the Guild Meeting Minutes from August 10th

 I have put the minutes in the September newsletter now.  They start on page 7.  Sorry for any confusion.

I think I forgot we actually had a meeting last month! LOL!

A reminder:  Joy is taking back library books at Monday's meeting.

Important message - Guild Meeting - Mon., Sept. 14th

Please read this entire important message!

 

Regarding the meeting on Monday:

 

Our meeting on Monday, September 14^th will be at Manna Fellowship’s OLD building that we used last month!

 

17324 S Route 291

Pleasant Hill, MO  64080

 

A conflict has arisen with using the new building so please note this change.  If you talk to other members, please make sure they are aware of this change.  Sorry for any confusion this may cause!

 

The Drive-Thru will be exactly like last month at 9:00 – 9:30 AM, and we will also be collecting Challenge Quilts (see more details below).

 

If you choose to attend via Zoom, please register following these instructions.  The meeting will open at 9:30 for time to visit and settle in before the guild business meeting starts at 10:00.  Extra attention has been given to improve your experience by adding additional lighting to be able to see the quilts better.

 

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

When: Sep 14, 2020 09:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

 

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsc-6hqDkvGNye3R2WZTXrwbfZ1Wvnmk50

 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

If you are attending the meeting in person, please wear a mask.  There is plenty of room for us to socially distance.  We will start our business meeting at 10:00 AM.  Robyn Gragg is our guest and will be showing her beautiful quilts. 

 

 

It’s Time to turn in your Challenge Quilt!

 

Bring your Challenge quilt to the drive-thru just prior to the September Guild meeting. You will receive a receipt for your quilt. You will need it to reclaim your quilt after display at the October meeting. Photos and opportunity for Voting will take place online prior to the October meeting. Edwina has it all under control! Details will be announced in a blast.

 

Please review the Challenge quilt requirements and rules (posted on the Blogspot). Fill out all portions of the entry form (page 2) and turn in with your quilt. Place both your quilt and the entry form inside a non-see-through bag. 

If you are not able to make the meeting, please have a friend deliver your Challenge quilt for you or text/email Dottie to make other arrangements. d7quilt@aol.com 

816-668-7098

 

 

Member Update

 

We received sad news that Cindy Farrell’s cancer is back and this time she is losing the battle.  She has been in the hospital but was scheduled to be released home with hospice being called in to care for her.  Please remember Cindy and her family in your thoughts and prayers.  If you wish to send her a card, her address is available in your member directory.

 

Thank you for your patience during these crazy times.  If you have any questions about anything, please contact Edwina Smith. 

Virtual Bee -- Monday, Aug. 17 9am-noon

 We will have our next “Virtual Bee” on Monday, August 17^th at 9:00 AM – Noon.  If you would like to attend, please register by clicking on the link below.  You will be prompted to enter your name and email address.  Once you register, Zoom will send you a confirmation email with all the information you need to join the Bee.  A reminder email will be sent on Sunday evening.

 

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

When: Aug 17, 2020 09:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

 

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctfuuoqjksGNa21Rv0DTJUz0FCjBtEQqSu

 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

Our last Bee was really fun and we learned the following things from each other.  We also got to see some of our members sewing rooms!  This is a great way to get more comfortable with Zoom, so please consider joining us!

 

Faux Piped Binding Tutorial (pdf)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B13nE5Js5-RpUEdkelJfSHdpZ0U/view

Edwina uses:

1 ¼” strips for main color

1 ½” strips for accent color

Nancy uses:

1 ½” strips for main color

1 ¾” strips for accent color

Nancy also recommends pressing toward the accent color

 

Gudrun Erla has a good online tutorial for machine binding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQZ1w3nZsr0

 

Wawak - - Online store that has EVERYTHING

https://www.wawak.com

 

Hannah Salamone  (Joan Gardner’s Niece)  - - personalized “Quarantine” quilt labels

https://www.etsy.com/listing/779850970/free-download-or-customized-printable

 

Kelly Cline Vintage Linens in Quilting

http://www.kellyclinequilting.com/category/vintage-linen/

 

Quilting Bits & Pieces  - -  Great Quilt Shop in Eudora, Kansas.  Have a nice “twilling” BOM going.

https://www.eudoraquiltshop.com/home

 

Make T-Shirt yarn (for virus masks) by cutting horizontal strips (1” wide) from t-shirts.  Don’t cut where painted logos appear.  After cutting, stretch and release strips until they “roll” up.  Cut to length suitable for face masks (6” to 8” depending upon size).

Monday, August 10th, Guild Meeting

Hi all!

 

This is just a reminder and a few more details about our meeting this Monday, August 10^th.  I’m hoping this will go smoothly, but please be patient with us as we try yet another work around so that we can actually meet in person!  A face mask is required to be worn by anyone that chooses to stay for the in-person business meeting (unless you have a medical reason not to wear one)!

 

Here is the schedule for this coming Monday when we meet at Manna Fellowship Church(17324 S Route 291, Pleasant Hill, MO 64080)

 

9:00 – 9:30  Drive Thru as in previous months.  Please follow the signs in the parking lot for the correct route.  In addition to the usual people manning the drive-thru will be Klonda Holt (Programs) to accept sign-ups for the Rope Bowl Workshop with Tia Curtis in October.

 

9:30 – 10:00  Break to set up for Business Meeting and Program inside.  If you are staying for the meeting, please leave parking places available close to the business on the north side of the building.

 

10:00  Business Meeting will be begin and is also available on Zoom!  (I’m hoping this gives most people an opportunity to get home and join on Zoom if they also need to do the Drive-Thru.)  Registration is required to attend on Zoom, so please click on the link below or copy and paste the address in your browser and complete the registration.  You will also receive a reminder email Sunday evening from Zoom.

 

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

When: Aug 10, 2020 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

 

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvdeGtrzIiH924YSxUx3fz8w6gvqwsnlCP

 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

After the Business Meeting our guest speaker will be Kathy Cox with Midwest Textiles and Supplies. She is a sales representative for the Lee's Summit based company. She will present a lecture on the fabric consumer in COVID-19 pandemic and challenges fabric manufacturers are experiencing.

 

The following week, Monday, August 17^th, we will have our Bee on Zoom again.  We had a great time and I hope more people will join us.  I will be sending out information with a link to register next week.

 

If you have any questions please contact me!  I’m looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday.  I sure have missed my quilting friends!

 

Edwina Smith

(816-739-6745 or eddiesong@hotmail.com)

 

LSQG News and Virtual Bee - Monday, July 20, 9:00 - 4:00

Hi all!

I’m sure a lot of you already heard, but I wanted everyone to know that our Guild trailer was stolen last Sunday in the early morning!  The contents were dumped in Kansas City.  One of the residents by there sent the Guild a Facebook message and asked if we had dumped our stuff there.  By the time we were able to get there only about 1/3rd of the PVC pipes we use to hang the curtains were left.  People in the neighborhood came by and helped themselves to what was dumped! 

A police report was filed and we have also filed a claim with the insurance company.  I put together a committee to make plans going forward on replacing our stolen items.  We will have a report for you in August.  I guess if you want to put a positive spin on this at least we had already cancelled our Quilt Show! 

I don’t know about you but I sure could enjoy some time visiting with my quilting friends so let’s have a Virtual Bee!  Since we can’t use the Duck Pond yet, I have set up a Zoom get together on Monday, July 20th during our regular Bee time – 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM.  Even though we can’t physically be together we can sew together!  You can log on and stay all day or you can come and go as you please.  It would be nice if we could all stop sewing at 11:00 and show each other what we are working on and visit a little while.  Maybe we can even eat lunch together?  If you aren’t familiar with Zoom or online “meetings” this would be a great way to give it a try.

Below is a link where you can register to join us.  Just click on the link and fill out the requested information.  Sunday night I will send everyone who registers a reminder email with all the information you will need to join. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcOqgrzoiH9bs2Zr-fXM9OUKcPyR7MffH

If you have any trouble getting logged in please call or text me at my cell phone number listed in the membership book and I will try to help you. 

I hope you will consider joining us, even if you just drop in to say hi and visit a little while.  It will be great to see everyone there!

I hope to see you on Monday,

Edwina Smith

Drive Thru July 13th at First Baptist in LSMO

Hello Quilters!

 

There is a lot of information here to keep you up to date, so please read everything!

 

Reminder!!!  Our Drive-Thru is this coming Monday, July 13^th at 9:00 AM at

 

First Baptist Church of Lee’s Summit

2 NE Douglas Street

Lee’s Summit, MO  64063

 

I know there is construction there and there are signs that say no through traffic, but you can drive around the sign to enter the parking lot that is behind the church off of Maple Street.  There will be signs for you to follow.

 

The following will be available at the Drive-Thru:

Pizza Box Parade

Community Outreach (Items available are Pillowcase kits, Bosom Buddies kits, Fidget Mat kits, Quilt top kits to piece, Quilt tops to quilt, Quilt tops to hand sew the label and binding on the back)

Little Sisters of the Poor

Quilts of Valor

Drop off President’s Gift

Quilt Show Boutique

Ways & Means (Binding Needle $3.00; Misting bottles $9.00; Best Press $13.00; Ruler Arrows $ 7.00; Hugo Tapes: 1” $8.00 and ½” $6.00; Olfa rotary blades: 45 mm $20.00 and 60 mm $30.00; Bohin Super Needle Threader $16.00)

 

Quilt Show – We discussed the Quilt Show at the Board Meeting on July 6^th and your Board voted to cancel the show for 2020 because of the Covid-19 Virus.  Even if we could have access to the church, we were concerned for the health of everyone involved.  We anticipated attendance to be down and we were concerned we would have a hard time finding enough volunteers.  Nancy Solsberg will be accepting handmade items that would have been sold at the boutique at this Drive-Thru, but it will be the last time.  We are considering our options on what do with the Boutique items we have already collected and I will communicate details as soon they become available.  If you donated an item for the Silent Auction and would like it back, please contact Cathy Wight to make arrangements. 

 

Bee – The Bee scheduled for July 20^th will be on Zoom instead of The Duck Pond!  I will set up a “meeting” on Zoom from 9:00 – 4:00 and we can all sew at our own homes, but with each other!  Details will be sent out next week.  I hope you will consider giving Zoom a try.  This will be a great way try out Zoom and enjoy a day spent with friends.

 

This has been a very difficult time for everyone and we have been working hard to keep things going with Guild even though we haven’t been able to meet like usual.  Please watch for more information to come next week.  To make sure you haven’t missed anything subscribe to the Blog!  Information on how to subscribe was in the last newsletter.

 

I hope to see you all on Monday!

 

Edwina Smith, President

Hello Quilters!

Our regularly scheduled Bee for Monday, June 15th is moving, at least for this month. We will only be working on Community Outreach projects. Unfortunately there will not be any Quilts of Valor or open sewing this month!

The management at Raintree still hasn’t given us the go ahead to use the Duck Pond. We are in great need of getting some quilt tops kitted up with backing and batting so they are ready to be quilted. We will be meeting at 9:00 AM at

Manna Fellowship Church

17324 S. Route 291

Pleasant Hill, MO 64080

My church is just 5 minutes further south of the 150 exit off 291 South. Going south on 291 the church is on the right just before you get to the 58 Hwy stoplight. I know this isn’t the ideal situation but at least we will be able to meet and get more Community Outreach quilts ready for July. 

I will be bringing the Community Outreach tops, backing & batting along with an iron and ironing board. If I have room I will bring a large cutting mat and cutter, but we could probably use 1 more. We will need at least 1 sewing machine to sew backings together. If you are planning to come and can bring some of the needed items, please email me at eddiesong@hotmail.com or call me at 816-739-6745 so I make sure we have everything covered that we need.

Thank you for continuing to work on projects to bless our Community even though we haven’t been meeting. Rosanna Smith took a trunk full of quilts to the Salvation Army Children’s Shelter this week and I know they were greatly appreciated.

Please come and help us if you can. The more help we have the quicker we will get done. Bring a lunch too just in case it takes us longer than 3 hours! 

Hopefully we will be able to get back to some semblance of normal soon!

Edwina Smith