The Devine Quilters
P.O. Box 50006 Columbia, SC 29250
http://devinequilters.blogspot.com/

June 2010 Newsletter

From the President:
Dear Quilters,
 Hope everyone is doing well and finding time to quilt in the middle of all of our summer activities. I personally have been very busy the last week trying to get ahead of schedule as one of my college friends is coming in just under two weeks to stay for a week while Todd is out of town. We always have the best time together and I am looking forward to a week of fun filled with zany, crazy, antics. I followed her instructions and planted plenty of mint this year so she can make mint juleps. I had never had one until last summer. They are her specialty!
 Our guild is so lucky to be able to have the Heart Quilt exhibit next month. Please bring your friends along to enjoy an evening of fun to see this wonderful exhibit, have ice cream and enjoy good friends.
 I picked my first tomatoes from the vine yesterday morning. They are big and fat and juicy! We have been getting cherry tomatoes for awhile now. Hopefully the wait for eggplant, squash, celery, cucumbers, beans, peppers, and cabbage won't be much longer. There are two banana peppers that are almost ready. Things always taste best fresh from the garden don't they? We split our garden this year between front and back yard and it is so fun to see the difference between front and back. Of course you can't forget the herbs either. It is wonderful to go outside with a pair of scissors just before cooking dinner. 
 So until next time keep quilting away. See you all in July if not before!!!!!
 ---Lynn

Bring to the July 12 meeting: Regular first floor room 6p: social time 7-9p: meeting

Show and Tell
Remember your Secret Sister
Any finished charity quilts
For Children’s Garden: popsicle treats that can be frozen
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Contact Us:

President First Vice President Second Vice President
Lynn Lucas Helen Brown Lynn Buske
957-7563 779-5917 808-6120
doozledo@windstream.net lbrown229@sc.rr.com LBuske@aol.com

Secretary Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Teresa Coolidge Libby Law Beth Karr
520-6524 782-8324 699-6577
TCoolidge@aol.com libbyplaw@mindspring.com nebulosa@sc.rr.com

Hospitality & Membership Charity Programs Immediate Past President
June McCaskill Mary Cross Margaret Caughman
438-5155 799-0073 808-2388
deviqui@aol.com Mcross1915@aol.com quiltedapron@aol.com




Programs

We will be back downstairs in July for another Prom Party from 6 to 7 and our annual Ice Cream Social, with thanks to Donna (for new dresses, bring your scissors) and Debbie for the ice-cream, etc. And more thanks to Lynn Buske who is managing the program while I am away (this gives her practice for next year). She has arranged for us to host an exhibition of the Heart Quilts. We will enjoy learning the stories behind the quilts and get ideas for our own quilts. We will be able to see how they were constructed and ask questions about ideas we don't understand. ---Helen

Minutes for June 7, 2010 Meeting

Meeting called to order by Lynn Lucas.
There were no human guests to introduce, however, Jodi Spillane introduced her 2 hedgehogs.
Minutes from the May 3, 2010 meeting approved.
Old Business: Opportunity quilt. Lynn Lucas opened a discussion of the opportunity quilt. At a Devine Board meeting earlier in the evening, the Board concluded that, because raffles are not legal in South Carolina, we could not raffle the opportunity quilt. Based on Lynn’s phone conversation with Ned Badgett, Assistant Director of Public Charities, our guild could lose our non-profit status. A motion was made and approved by the guild that a live auction be held at the September general meeting to sell the unfinished quilt, “as is”, to the highest bidder. The bids would start at $100.00 plus the cost of the materials. {see further details in article below}.
The July and Sept. meetings will be held on the 2nd Mondays due to holidays.
June birthdays are Joyce Greer, Mary Cross, Libby Law, and Elly Hansen.
Mary Cross, Love Goddess, announced that August meeting will be dedicated to making charity quilts. Bring sewing machines and irons. We will make the megaphone design using the Accuquilter cutter. Bring 8” X 8” inch squares if you can. A few people will start cutting the megaphones at the Design group this Thursday at Quilted Pearl.
Libby Law, Treasurer, announced our bank balance at $3,350.00.
Helen Brown announced that the program for next month includes the Heart Quilts, an extension of the Prom Party, and an ice cream social.
Teresa Coolidge gave a demonstration of a batik quilt made from 10’ squares. Deborah Hotchkiss gave a demonstration of using the computer and websites to obtain ideas. Elizabeth Kelbaugh gave a demonstration of using EQ on the computer to design quilts.
The quilt guild’s blog is devinequilters.blogspot.com.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:45pm. ---Teresa

Financial Report
June 10, 2010

Balance January 1, 2010 $3,137.04
Income to date 1,602.00
Expenditures to date 1,280.00
Net Income $3,459.04 --Libby

Love Goddess (Charity Quilts Program) Report

The quilts for Epworth are almost complete. We have four finished and a fifth will be ready at the July meeting. It was suggested to me after the meeting, that as there is another (sixth) quilt almost finished, that we give it to the recent social work graduate. Please let me know your feelings on this matter. (mcross1919@aol.com )
Thank you all for the other love quilts. I will stitch labels on them and take to their respective homes.
As the summer is here, let's bring those popsicle treats that can be frozen for the Children's Garden.
---Mary


Membership/Hospitality

July birthdays: (that we know about):
Lynn Buske 7/10 Annette Price 7/21 Wilma Black 7/24
Liz Florom 7/26 Lynn Lucas 7/29
Remember your Secret Sister!


Opportunity Quilt Update, cont’d.

Format details of the auction will be promulgated later. The beginning bid will be the cost of the fabric/expenses plus $100. Known expenses so far (assuming all invoices are in) are close to $200, but if there are any outstanding invoices (get them in ladies!), it might be closer to $300. This amount should be settled by the next meeting.
The quilt was designed to finish 89" by 97". The center panel has been appliquéd, the log cabin border blocks have been pieced, the vine and vine blocks have been pieced but the leaves have not been appliquéd. The mountain blocks have been pieced and the four corners have had the leaves appliquéd to them.
There is probably enough extra fabric for binding and piecing some of the backing. (A picture of the finished design is on the last page of this newsletter).



Upcoming Meetings:
August 2nd - Love quilt workshop (charity)
Sept 13th - Stamping, rubbings, and stenciling on fabric demos by members; guild quilt auction
Oct 4th - Judy Twitty – Traditional Crazy Quilts
Nov 1st - Challenge “The Wonderful World of Insects” *
Dec 6th - Party and stocking making. Presentation: My Crazy Quilt – quilts finished this year
inspired by the programs.

*2010 Devine Challenge: “The Wonderful World of Insects”
Your quilt should include a recognizable piece of the challenge fabric, which you purchased from the guild (as a fund raiser). Your name will then be added to the list of participants in the challenge. Your finished quilt must be at the 11/1/10 meeting. Theme: any take on the world of insects. You may use a traditional insect pattern, make a quilt with delightful insects or show a world that insects would surely inhabit.

Upcoming Events
York County Quilters Guild show: October 8 & 9, 2010. 10am-5pm. First Presbyterian Church, 234 East Main St, Rock Hill, SC 29730


Visitors
Our regular meeting is held on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm at Shandon Presbyterian Church at the corners of Blossom, Woodrow and Devine Streets in Columbia, SC. Use the entrance facing Devine Street and ask at the security desk for directions to Davis Hall on the first floor. Our membership is $24.00 per year and is prorated for new members.

Plan for finished auction quilt: (you should be able to click on the picture to select it, then click on a corner and drag it diagonally to enlarge it.)