Committee Reports

We will have coffee available both mornings. You may want to bring your own coffee mug. Feel free to bring breakfast snacks to share. PLEASE: NO ORANGES AT THE RETREAT. ONE OF OUR MEMBERS IS HIGHLY ALLERGIC.

March 17, 2023 will be the cut-off date. We will need to start ordering food

and will need to have a number of those attending.

Go to: fatquartershop.com for a helpful “packing list”

There will be ironing stations at 2 or 3 places around the room.

You are welcome to bring items to sell - $10.00 per table (which goes to the guild).

If you have a sale table, please bring a helium balloon so participants can identify sale tables.

Doors to the Fellowship Hall will open at 9:00 and you are welcome to bring your machine and “stuff” in at that time.  Some of you may find it easier to drive around to the back door.  (more info to follow).

See ya soon, Linda. 

Looking forward to being back at the Senior Center, 5701 NW 34 Blvd, Gainesville on February 20th. Any member interested in joining our fun as we make quilts for our community agencies, please drop by between 10 AM and 2 PM. Bring your sewing machine and a project if you have one started or there will be kits for small quilts available. Also bring a bag lunch as we take a short break around noon to eat.

Thanks for all you do to get out the word to the Tree City Quilters.  Sharon

Anyone with questions or in need of a project quilt kit, please let me know.

Sharon Fuentes, sfuentes10204@aol.com 386-418-1002

Thank you all for your dedication to others in need.  

Show and Tell

MARCH 24 - 25, 2023

TCQG QUILT RETREAT REGISTRATION FORM

Name: _________________________________________________________

Home Phone #_____________________ Cell:___________________________

Emergency Contact:_______________________ Phone#___________________

Must receive no later than March 17.

Member Non-Member

___1 day - $25 ____ 1 day - $35

___2 days - $50 ____ 2 days - $65

___ No Meals - $25 ____ No Meals - $25

Make check payable to: Tree City Quilters Guild, and bring to February or March meeting or mail to: 

Linda McSwain

24803 NW 155 th Ave

High Springs, FL 32643

Any questions:  Call or email Linda @ 386 984 5877 or uss64@aol.com

If you have to cancel, please let us know no later than March 17, as food is ordered based on number of attendees. Food will be ordered, delivered, and ready to serve.

Please sign up for one of the following meals in which you will help set up, serve and clean up after.

Friday Lunch______________                Friday Dinner________________

Saturday Lunch____________                 Saturday Dinner______________

We will also need several volunteers to stay behind on Saturday evening to help with clean up. We want to leave the church as tidy as we found it.

Minutes from January 9, 2023 Meeting of Tree City Quilters Guild

Trish Everitt opened the meeting by welcoming all. In attendance were 38 members, including new member Melanie Sowers, and one visitor, Nondy Smith. Trish recognized Jan Fenniman, Pamela Howell, Anne Mullis, Louise Rothman, Charlene Stroehlen, and Marité Haynes, all who were celebrating January birthdays.

1. Old Business

a. The December minutes were approved. First and second motions to approve were made by Donna York and Betty Sue Vincent, respectively.

b. The September Treasurer’s report was approved. First and second motions to approve were made by Yoka Aarnoudse Betty Sue Vincent, respectively.

2. Announcements

a. Several members announced that they had not received the January Newsletter.

b. Sharon Fuentes announced that the charity workshop scheduled for January 16, 2023, would not be held at the Senior Center which would be closed for MLK day. Betty Sue Vincent agreed to see if there was a room available at Grace Baptist Church on that date. Sharon was to let members know by email of the new location for the workshop.

c. Of the two dates open for the spring retreat, those present opted for March 24 and 25.

3. Program - Sharon Fuentes, Sandy Pozzetta, Donna York, and Elaine Peltcs presented quilting techniques in a round-robin forum.

a. Sharon Fuentes showed how to achieve flat seams by using Best Press Starch® and a clapper board when pressing on a wool mat.

b. Sandy Pozzetta demonstrated a time-saving technique to construct a simple nine patch using two 6-inch squares assembled right sides together.

c. Donna York shared a technique to rejuvenate old dried thread using mineral oil.

d. Elaine Peltcs demonstrated how fork pins (she used Magic Fork Pins) could be used to achieve perfectly matched seams.

4. Door Prizes were won by Tammy Clark and Becky Zolt.

Following Show and Tell, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted by Cathy McVay

Tree City Quilters Guild

Treasurers Report for January 2023

Beginning Balance Ending Balance

Savings Account $3,955.17

Date Income Deposits/Payments

1/31 Interest for September $ 0.34

Ending Balance on January 31 $3,955.51 $3,955.51

Checking Account $5,561.22

Date Income Deposits/Payments

1/10 Membership Dues $ 30.00

1/24 Storage for Feb (87.33)

1/24 Florida Dept of State

Annual Reports (61.25)

Net amount (118.58)

Ending Balance on January 31 $5,442.64 $5,442.64

Charity Account $ 887.30

Date Income Deposits/Payments

1/24 Storage for Feb (87.33)

Ending Balance on January 31 $ 799.97 $ 799.97

TOTAL IN ALL ACCOUNTS $10,198.12