Hello again. Guild members who attended the meeting in October were entertained by Dianne Stephenson’s informative and stimulating presentation. Sorry I missed it!

I want to thank Debbie Barrett for assuming the presidential responsibilities for the month, and filling my shoes. My feet were elsewhere, callused from walking the cobblestone paths and roads in both France and Spain.

Leslie Rutledge did a fantastic job coordinating our first ever quilt display at Amica Centre. The residents and visitors were thrilled. Leslie was helped by her capable team including Betty Clarke, Carol Piercey, Colleen Bohan, Debbie Barrett, Joan Elliott, Joan Gold, Linda Dunlop, Rita Douglas, and Sonia Milanez. One example of teamwork.

While in France, I visited the fourteenth century Château de Pau, perched on a rocky spur overlooking a ford across the Gave River. Once used by Napoleon as a holiday home during his period of power, it has a small garden that was tended by Marie Antoinette. Today the building houses room after room of immense detailed original tapestries made of wool and silk. No wall is left uncovered. The rooms are dark, to keep the tapestries from fading. The tapestries were used to heat the rooms, and later for decoration. Each tapestry was the work of a team. Seeing these tapestries made me think of all our guild members, and how we also gather together to create visual memories, for our family members and the community.

This will be our last meeting of 2015. Think again about the Guild as a team, and how you can contribute to being part of this successful team. Please consider running for one of the vacant positions. Nominate yourself!

Looking forward to seeing each and every member at our November meeting. To everyone, best wishes for the holiday season. Enjoy the time you spend with your friends and family.

Bena Luxton

As you know, our AGM is coming up in February and several executive positions are coming vacant. We hope you will give serious consideration to occupying one of them. Those of us who have done so can attest to the fun we have had and the new friendships that have been made. If there is a position you think you might be interested in make a point of finding out more about it from the person or people currently in it. You may be surprised to find out that it is not always as daunting as it may at first appear.

These are the positions that will be available:

Vice President
The Vice President takes over the duties of the president in the absence of the president. They also oversee the storage locker and post office box rentals.

Treasurer
The treasurer looks after all the money business of the guild. That business includes preparing year end financial statements, any required tax returns, preparation of draft and final budgets, and presenting financial and budget details to the AGM.

Newsletter Editor
Prepares and distributes the monthly guild newsletter for the nine months of September through November and January through June.

Member-at-Large
There are two members -at-large. Although there are two members each serving a two year term, one new member is elected each year. The members -at-large greet members arriving at guild meetings, look after the 50-50 raffle which includes applying for the annual license, assist with show and tell, and are another avenue of communicating with the executive. They also communicate congratulations or condolences to fellow guild members on behalf of the guild. In the second year of his or her term, the member-at-large is the Nominating Committee Coordinator for the upcoming elections.

Library
The person responsible for the library puts out the books for each meeting and stores them away afterwards. They record books in and out, collect library fines, purchase new books for the library , and cull any that are outdated.

We have a very talented group of people in our guild. We hope you will consider sharing your talents with your guild.

Our November meeting is your last chance to be sure your membership for 2015 is current and that you are a member in good standing if you wish to show a quilt in the 2016 quilt show in June. You will actually have until the first week of December, so if you can’t make it to the meeting be sure your 2015 form is postmarked by December 5th. If you know of past members who have mentioned they may like to participate, please pass the information along. Membership forms are available on the web site.

The renewal of membership for 2016 will be at the February meeting, but you are always welcome to bring it to the January meeting.

The guild currently has 137 members. We had 83 members present at the October meeting and we welcomed 1 guest. Five people joined the guild – 3 new members and 2 returning members.

Remember to wear your name tags if you would like to win a door prize. Everyone who signs in, has an opportunity to win. Nametags are available for $1.00 each at the membership table.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.

Happy Quilting!

Joan Herrin,
Membership Coordinator

Hello Lions Gate Quilters,

As you all know, our Free Motion Machine Quilting and Shrinky Stretchy Pliable Patchwork Workshops were undersubscribed. After putting the word out through the Guild Gathering, we were still coming up short. We commenced with further advertising efforts including another notice through the Gathering, emailing all the Lions Gate Guild members, and cooperation from several retail outlets that are quilt related. Viola! we were able to sufficiently fill our classes.

Free Motion Machine Quilting, with Terry Grusendorf, was held on October 17th, at Gloria Dei Church, with registration of 18 people. This was the first time we have used the hall at Gloria Dei, and found it to be very nice for several reasons, but not really bright enough. The number of electrical plugs was a bit shy, as well. The workshop, however, was great!

We have booked the facility at St Stephens Catholic Church for the January Extravaganza. The theme of the day is quilting with precuts. Elaine Andrew will lead us through creating a Long John Jellies quilt, using a jelly roll. Attendees will be asked to bring their quilts made from precuts of all types for show and tell, and we will have a potluck lunch. The cost for the day is $25. About six people are registered so far, so hopefully it will fill up at the next guild meeting. The past four years, we have had 44 or 45 people attending each year.

Registration for our Lonestar Circle workshop with Krista Hennebury on February 20th was brisk at the last meeting. At a maximum of 18 attendees, we have only a few spots left. There will be opportunity to sign up at the next guild meeting.

Jane Andrew