Lorain County Piecemakers Quilt Guild
Volume 24 Issue 2 – October 12, 2023

President: Chris Yoo
Treasurer: Sue Schillig
Secretary: Open
Vice President: Margaret Miller
Community Service: Maria Lucki
Hospitality: Maryann Doucette & Jean Tobia
Membership: Karen Neuschaffer & Sandy Gallagher
Honor Quilts: Kaye Koler
Sunshine Committee: Val Watring
Challenge Committee: Kelly Grace, Susan Thornton, Helen Smelser
Communication Committee: Kelly Grace
Bits & Pieces Editor:Kelly Grace
Articles due by Saturday before meeting, Newsletter sent out Sunday before meeting.

Meetings:  2nd Thursday of month
Time:        7:00 PM
Location:  New Russia Township Lodge,
46300 Butternut Ridge Rd, Oberlin, 44074
Additional Info: Please remember that there is always a sew day the day of our meeting – starting around 10!

Website: https://loraincountypiecemakers.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/LorainCtyPiecemakers
Guild email: loraincountypiecemakers@gmail.com

Meeting Minutes:
Chris Yoo

No minutes due to Quilt show setup.

Sunshine Committee
Val Watring

Committee Report: Meeting minutes: No meeting – we had our quilt show!!

Newsletter Update:

We have lost our former member and Chairperson of the Home of the Brave project, Jan Alderman.  We sent a sympathy card to her family. In case you would like The Alderman’s address:
Mr, Larry Alderman
7637 Red Maple Place
Westerville, Ohio  43082

Fondly, Val Watring

By-Laws Section 8:  The Sunshine Committee shall notify members in case of illness or bereavement.  Cards will be sent; unless it is determined a blue basket is needed.

Blue Baskets:  When members lose a spouse or child, we support them by giving them fat quarters of fabric in their favorite colors.  The Sunshine Committee will supply the bag and card to be signed by the membership.

Membership

Hello everyone,

We currently have 40 members paid.  We will resume dues collection in October and November.  You can mail your dues to Sandy or myself at our homes.  Addresses are in the membership roster.

Thank you,

Karen and Sandy

Notes from the President
Chris Yoo

To say our show was a HUGE success would be an understatement.  We received rave reviews. Everyone was amazed at the wide variety of quilts we had on display.  One nice gentleman said it was “a feast for the eyes.”  I could not agree more.  We had a bus tour of 39 ladies from Utica, Ohio and they loved the show!!

I want to thank everyone again. It takes many hands to put on this quilt show, and we rocked it!  I would like to recognize all the members who volunteered their time, talents and quilts.  We would also like to offer a special “Thank You” for committee chairpersons and their committee members.  Without you the quilt show would not be possible. Those are:

Teri Walter, Kaye Koler, Helen Smelser and Val Watring (Raffle Baskets)
Genny Dangerfield and Margaret Miller (Quilt Show Cafe)
Julie Bragg (Quilt Show Layout & Quilt Stands)
Karen Neuschaefer (Ads, Door Prize, and guidance in many areas)
Jean Tobia, Maryann Doucette, Fran Webber, and Peggy Huges (Country Store)
Val Watring (Advertising)
Kelly Grace (Typing and Printing Labels, Newsletter, blog, website and keeping our forms up to date)
Susan Schillig (Quilt Show Program and Treasurer extraordinaire)

And to all those who donated items for the baskets and country store, and for everyone who entered something in the show to help make our 2023 show a success—Thank you so much!!!

Also, there was no way we could put on this caliber of a show without all the wonderful volunteers who stepped up on Thursday to setup, then again every day of the show, and then finally on Sunday to tear down.  To everyone who volunteered to help THANK YOU!

For the record, the Lorain County Piecemakers held their biennial Quilt Show September 15-17th, 2023 at New Russia Township Lodge, 46300 Butternut Ridge Road, Oberlin, Ohio.

We had five Vendors: Artfully Quilted Design, Color Connexion, Connie’s Wool, McGlass Studio, and Sew Creative Cottage.

Admission was $5 with a free door prize ticket.  We had 560 people that attended.  The door prize was an outdoor utility wagon that came with a loaded picnic basket, bottle of wine, scrap throw quilt, and soft sided cooler.  The door prize was won by Dan Patrick. The Raffle quilt was won by Megan Mitchell.  Both winners are here in NE Ohio and will be picking up their prizes during the quilt sew day in October.

The Viewers’ Choice was awarded to Donna Clapper for her beautiful, amazing cross stitch quilt called, “Old World Santas.”

We hung approximately 146 quilts and a few three-dimensional items, such as quilted shoes and a stool.  Our teddy bear quilt challenge was also very popular.

Quilt Show Income: 
Admissions – $2,800.00
County Store – $2,619.00
Raffle Baskets – $2,051.25
LCP Café – $891.96
Ad Sales in Program – $430.00
Vendors – $327.42
Total Income:  $9,119.63

Quilt Show Expenses
Room Rental – $1500.00
Quilt Poles, etc. – $485.69
Postcards – $179.11
Show Programs – $300.00
Clamp Rental – $25.00
Advertising    – $268.25
LCP Café – $259.06
Raffle Baskets – $62.59
Total Expenses:        $3,079.70

QUILT SHOW NET PROFIT – $6,039.93 (less raffle quilt)

Sue did not include the following in the above Net Profit calculations:
2023 Quilt Raffle Profit – $820.01
Honor Quilt Show Income – $431.93

In closing, I would like to thank Julie Bragg for keeping historical records for our shows.  I have added 2023 to her list below:

2023 – 146 quilts and 49 members submitted quilts
Collected $9,119.63 – Profit:  $6,039.93 (plus quilt raffle = $6,859.94)

2021 – 205 quilts and 46 members submitted quilts
Collected $9,422.00 – Profit: $6,345.71

2018 – 159 quilts and 45 members submitted quilts
Collected $9,391.22 – Profit: $5,660.87

2016 – 153 quilts and 50 members submitted quilts
Collected $6,712.67 – Profit: $3,465.95

2014 – 160 quilts and 53 members submitted quilts
Collected $4,009.11 – Profit: $2,161.86

2013 – 126 quilts and 30 members submitted quilts
Collected $4,203.00 – Profit: $2,180.17

October Birthdays

Deborah Nied – October 9
Lynette Thomson – October 23
Lillian LaCrosse – October 24
Christina Yoo – October 25
Bobbie Bruck – October 28
Christine Bereznay – October 28
Carolyn Bradley – October 30

Programs/Workshops

October:  BRUCE’S SHARPENING will be at the hall from 11-4 during the all day sew.
Prices are as follows:
Rotary Blades – $1 each
Scissors – $3 all sizes
Pinking Shears – $6
Knives (non-serrated) –  (aerated knives can be brought, but won’t be completed that day).  $8
Cash only please
PM Program:  Betsy Bauman will present “Why Quilter’s Are Smart”

November:  PM Program – Medina Needlework Guild will share their work and skills.
December:  Potluck and gift exchange
January:  PM Program – Sara Hume KSU – Ohio’s Historical Quilts
February: PM Program – Hidden Stitches – How to stitch meaning into your quilts
March:  Daytime Workshop:  English Paper Piecing with Roseanne from Anna’s Sewing Center
PM  Program:  Roseanne will present tips and tricks for successful, professional binding.
May: PM   Sew 4 Service
June:   Judy Riggle Sew Day
July:   Christmas in July
PM  Potluck starting at 6:30

Margaret

Challenges
Kelly Grace

UFO Challenge

Currently 16% of UFO’s are completed (101 out of 646). Keep it up, lets see if we can beat least years number of finishes. I’m hoping to have a few finished for the October meeting! If you cannot come to a meeting to show off your finish, please send me an email (or text) or post it in our Facebook group and let me know it’s a UFO so I can mark it down as complete. Good luck this year!

Fat Quarter Exchange
Fat quarter exchange turned out awesome this year as usual! If you were not at the August meeting and need to turn your fat quarters in, or pick up your fat quarters, please contact me. If there are any questions please let me know.

Monthly Challenge
New challenge will be issued at the meeting, get ready! 🙂

If you have a suggestion for a monthly challenge, let me know!

Secret Santa Exchange
We are going to start signups for the Secret Santa exchange in August. We will leave it open until October and then I’ll send out names. That will give everyone 2 months to put together your gifts. Remember you must make something (any size), if you add items to it but the total must be under $25 and it must be wrapped or in a bag with their name on it. We will exchange gifts at the December potluck. If you’d like to sign up before the October meeting, just send an email to the guilds email address and I’ll get you on the list.

Block Exchange 
On hold until 2024! Maybe next years Hoffman fabrics will get more people to participate! Please make sure your quilt tops from 2022 are completed in time for the quilt show, let’s show them off!

President’s Challenge
Make something using the Ohio Star block which is featured as our guild logo. There will be a special exhibit at the Quilt Show for the President’s Challenge.

Build a Bear Quilt  & Roll Over Betsy Ross Challenges
At the December Potluck, I’ll set up a table with ballots, two cute little bears, and room to display entries for the
BUILD A BEAR QUILT CHALLENGE
and
ROLL, OVER, BETSY ROSS: CREATE YOUR OWN FLAG CHALLENGE

When you arrive, please take your bear quilt and/or flag over to the table, so we can set it up with a number and people can vote for their favorite bear quilt or flag.

Once the meeting’s in progress, I’ll count up the ballots and present the appropriate bear to each winner.

Susan the bear enthusiast

Do you have an idea for a challenge? Please drop a note in the suggestion box or send an email to the guild email (address above).

Community Service

Maria Lucki

In September 5 dog beds were delivered to The Lorain County Dog Pound.

On the 19th of September one box of food and several bags of used clothing were dropped off at We Care We Share in Lorain.

Maria

LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR/GENESIS HOUSE: Provides temporary safe shelter, food, and support services to victims of domestic violence and their children.  Serves roughly 25,000 annually.

BLESSING HOUSE:  Founded in 2005 to house children, birth to age 12, when their parents are addressing their own crises.

Honor Quilts
Kaye Koler

No report

Did you know the guild has an Accuquilt Go? This will be brought to sew days by Chris Yoo if you’d like to use it. There is a list of dies owned by other guild members on the website (https://loraincountypiecemakers.wordpress.com/accuquilt-dies/)

Treasury Report
Sue Schillig

Treasurers Report and Financial Statements of the guild are on file for audit and will be made available for review upon request.

Sue Schillig, treasurer

STRAY THREADS…

Sue Schillig

No Report