President’s Message
Happy Holidays to all! I hope you had a good Thanksgiving and are looking forward to all the festivities of December. There is a lot happening at the beginning of next year and lots of reasons to quilt. I hope you get time to work on your projects in December. After all there are many reasons to quilt – Challenge quilts, Silent Auction pieces, and quilt show entries.
January will be our Ugly Fabric Auction – last chance to donate is this month’s December meeting. Also in January quilt registration for the show begins on the 15th. At our February meeting we will have short demos by members and the Challenge Quilts are due and voted on. And Super Saturday is February 16.
We are trying a few new things at this year’s show. One reason is to try and increase attendance, particularly non-quilters. A second is to produce a little more revenue at the show. Daisy and Debby will be sending out more details on these changes in the next couple of weeks – we are still working out some of the specifics, but I wanted to give you an idea of what they are planning.
We are going to change a few things at the Silent Auction, since sales have been slowly declining over the past few years. We will be accepting larger items – up to crib size quilts. We will also have a few gift baskets that people can bid on. Finally, there will also be a “purchase now” option for all items.
You will also have the opportunity to sell any quilt you enter in the show. When you register your quilt there will be a new question asking whether you want to list it as being for sale and at what price. We are still finalizing the process for how the sale will take place – more details will follow. The guild will take a small commission on any quilt that is sold.
Our hope is that these, plus other changes will help increase attendance at the show. We want to attract more of the general public to the show, hopefully resulting in more interest in quilting. I know that some people come to the show looking to purchase a quilt – these changes will help.
Finally, thank you to everyone 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 is a great need in our area for food pantries and any donations they receive are appreciated.
I wish everyone a wonderful and happy holiday season.
Susan Fasnacht, president@northernstarquilters.com
ALL members are asked to bring a little snack to share for the December meeting.
No Strings Attached. 
Raffle Tickets – Tickets for the 2019 grand prize quilt, Jack’s Chain, will be available at the November Guild Meeting. Please pick up your Raffle Ticket Packet and support this year’s nominated charity La Dulce Esperanza, a summer camp for the children of migrant workers.
It’s that time of the year again!
Roll Your Own – Every year, Comfort Quilts has a Summer Project. This year Carol Auer and Karen Carlson created jelly rolls of our favorite colors to be transformed into beautiful quilts. At our October meeting you may be one of the lucky members who gets to select from the many quilts created as part of the “Roll Your Own Project” by taking a chance on the Winner’s Choice Raffle. Winners can select as their prize any of the quilts that are exhibited on the wall in the cafeteria . The more tickets that are sold the more quilts will be raffled. Proceeds go to support the Guild and its activities. Raffle tickets will be 1 for $1 or 10 for $5.
Remember to return the log cabin blocks at the October meeting.
Hope everyone is working on their quilts for our 2019 Anniversary Show!
September’s 
2020 Show Charity Raffle Quilt: Pat Julian, the raffle quilt coordinator, will be giving out 120 block kits for the quilt. If you would like to be a part of this project, pick up a kit or two of these log cabin blocks and return them at the October Guild meeting.
Thank you for the lovely basket of fabric and threads. I am looking forward to creating some quilts with them. I appreciate the support guild members have given me and the entire Board over the past year – thank you again. I hope all of you have a wonderful summer and have an opportunity to get lots of sewing done.