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President's September Message

Betty Colbert, President
Betty Colbert, President
 

Greetings:

Can you believe it? Fall is just around the corner. Time in not marching on, it is running at full speed.

What a great meeting we had last month. I am looking forward to October. I will be gone in September, so therefore no board meeting this month. Thank you for the great August attendance.

We are still looking for a Daytime Door Prize chairperson. If no one volunteers, we will simply eliminate the door prizes for the day meeting. Lori Garcia needs two assistants for the evening door prize table.

Also, we are in need of a historian, as Lynn Brown is stepping down to go on to bigger things. And, we need someone willing to take on the responsibility of the storage room. Sheila Plane and I are only temps until someone steps forward.

Until next time, Happy quilting and God Bless,
Betty Colbert, President

P.S. Volunteers are always needed to take photos, and to help with various little jobs at meetings. Please see Betty Colbert and offer your services. Thanks.


Advertising

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May 7-9, 2009 in Salt Lake City, UT
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500 quilts on display, $23,000 in awards,
100 classes, 175 booths, special exhibits!
Plan now to attend!
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BAREFOOT QUILTER
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Advertising Available

Tina Jones
Tina Jones

Great News! Advertising in our Monthly Newsletter is more convenient and affordable than ever!

Ads are only $5 per month for all sewing or quilting related items or services. All ads include text only and are approx. 1 x 2.65-inches (typical address label size). Ads must be pre-paid.

The deadline to submit payment and text is the day of the guild meeting. Ads run in the Guild newsletter as well as the website.

If you would like to place an ad, call Tina Jones, Advertising Chairperson at (661) 212-6236 or stamphappytina@hotmail.com


Editorial – Member Services Database

As many of you know, I have been a member for a long time and have been listed as contact person on the Guild search pages. I often get a phone call from a member, or sometimes an outside person asking if I know someone who is willing to make a quilt for them, or if I know someone who will hand quilt a quilt top made by a grandmother or aunt they have received and want to finish, but don't know how. Other questions come up such as to where can I take lessons? Where can I get my scissors sharpened, and do you know someone who knows how to~~~~~? etc. etc.

We now have clarification of our rules and status as a tax-exempt social group, (not a fund-raising or philanthropic organization). Cotton Patch Quilters has many talented teachers, professionals, and service people who could be networking and helping one another. To make this a bit easier to do, we are compiling a database of people within our guild, or who are well known to members for doing quality work so we can "network" and have a reference list from which to work. This will include our members who are professionals or business owners.

At the September guild meeting, there will be sign-up sheets for you to list your businesses, your skills, and people you use who do quality work that have helped you out. This is not an advertising program or promotional program, it is only a referral listing we can look to if we are looking for something specific we want done. If you have any questions about this, you can see me after the meeting and I will be glad to answer to the best of my ability. For now, I will be the keeper of this list, and you may contact me for a list, or for information. Please consider putting your name and talents on this list so that our membership may avail of your services.

Roberta Williams


Membership

Members renewing their membership to the Cotton Patch Quilters Guild of Kern County after August 2008 will be charged a $5.00 late fee.

New Members – if you have not had your picture taken, please ask for Roberta Williams or meet her at the break to have your picture taken. Also any member whose picture is not in the directory, please meet Roberta at the break or drop off a picture of yourself to Isabel or Roberta.

Membership cards will be handed out at the Guild Meetings. Stop at the membership table to pick yours up, or send me a self-addressed, stamped envelop with a request and I will mail it to you.

See you at the Guild Meeting!
Membership Chairperson Isabel Carrera


Welcome To Our New Members

We would like to welcome the following new members to our Guild. Please greet them and introduce yourself when you see them at our Guild meetings.

New Members that joined our Guild on August 21, 2008:

  • Betty Fidler
  • Gale Foreshee
  • Susan Sims


Recipe Show & Tell

The ladies who bring "goodies" for refreshments have been requested to also provide a copy (or copies) of the recipe so that others my enjoy making the tasty treats at home. The above treat was so good, that there was a demand for it to be printed, so here is some "tell" from Show and Tell. Enjoy!! I didn't get the name of the contributor, but a big thank you for this one!

* Julia's Crispy Squares
a teacher at Virginia Avenue School

1-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups Karo syrup
Blend and stir until it just bubbles

Stir in:
1-1/2 cups chunky peanut butter
6 cups Rice Crispies
Pour into baking pan and push to all sides to make it even

Topping: 1-1/2 cup dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
Melt together and pour over the rice crispy mixture and cool
Cut when the chocolate topping becomes dull

(You may not be able to wait, because the are soooo good warm)

Last updated: 8-30-2008

Sept Lecture/ Workshop - Phyllis Binkley

Aug Show & Tell

Aug Door Prize Winners

Guild Quilt Challenge - With A Song In My Quilt

Advertising Available in Newsletter & Website

Member services database

Recipe: Julia's Crispy Squares

Quilts of Valor

Membership Report

New Members

Sept BOM

Loving Hands news

Sew Fun news

Library news


Guild Meetings

Third Thursday each month

Day: Social 9AM
Meeting 9:30-11:30AM

Building available for workshops and friendship groups all afternoon.

Evening: Social 6PM
Meeting 6:30-8:30PM

Veteran’s Hall
400 W. Norris Rd, Bakersfield, CA 93008
(Click for Google Maps directions)

December meeting Evening only, date varies.


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