Yearly Archives: 2016

First, a big reminder – this month’s Meeting is being held a week earlier than normal on December 13th.  In this season of thankfulness, I want to thank those of you who brought food items in November to donate to the local food pantries.  If you missed the opportunity to bring an item, you can always contact your local food pantry directly to make a donation.  There are many people in our community who could use some extra help.

Some of you may have noticed a glitch in the Membership Directories.  Despite the proof reading efforts of Jennifer and me, the book was published with everyone’s cell number also listed as their home phone.  We will have an insert to the Directory available at our December meeting that lists both numbers correctly.

We are trying something new for our February Winter Program – an Ugly Fabric Auction!  This fun filled event is sure to amuse you.  Donna is bringing in two entertaining auctioneers to run the event.  We will be collecting your fabric donations starting this month on through to the February meeting.  More information can be found in the February Program article.

I had mentioned at our November meeting that there is a new quilt magazine called Quiltfolk that I saw at the Houston Quilt Show.  The magazine is a quarterly publication with stories about quilters, and it is chock full of beautiful photos of people and quilts.  With over 150 pages and no advertising, it is a unique concept in depicting the art of quilting.  We have a few copies of the inaugural issue of the magazine in our Library to look at.  The publisher has supplied us with subscription cards that give 10% off an annual subscription. Additionally for each subscription sold by the Guild, we will receive a 10% commission.  Subscription cards will be at the Library Table.  I urge you to take a look at the magazine, and consider purchasing a subscription – it would make a great holiday gift.

I wish everyone a wonderful and happy holiday season.

Susan Fasnacht, President
president@Northernstarquilters.com

The 2016 Quilt Show photos are now posted on our website.  To view the photos, please go to Quilt Show, Quilt Show Photos, 2016 Quilt Show Photos.

Thank you to all of you who could rearrange your schedules last month and attended our meeting on Wednesday.  Our turnout was good considering we changed the date just a few days before our meeting.  It was nice seeing everyone and catching up on what people have been doing.  We had a great presentation by Pat Harrison that evening and I heard her workshop was terrific.

Needless to say, I have gone over the calendar for the rest of the year with the Kennedy Catholic to make sure we have the correct dates and times scheduled.  We did find the need to reschedule the February and April meetings since the school is closed on the original meeting dates.  They have been moved to a week later.  The new dates are February 28 and April 25.  Fortunately, our speaker for April, Marge Tucker, was available for that week, both to lecture at our Meeting and to hold her workshop the following day.  Please make sure you change your calendars.

Our first shout outs have gone out announcing A World of Quilts XXXVIII and postcards were available at several Shows that are taking place this Fall.  If you hear of any Show or event where you think we should advertise, contact either Chris Roche or Noreen Lippolis at quiltshow@northernstarquilters.com.

Also, we have created a new Facebook page.  We will be shutting down the old Facebook page in one week. We would like to ask if you are on Facebook, please follow us at https://www.facebook.com/northernstarquilters.   Also share the page with your friends and ask them to follow us too.

I hope to see you at our October meeting.

Susan Fasnacht, President
president@Northernstarquilters.com