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PRESIDENT’S LETTER: Mark Towle

Meetings:

July 11 3-5p -Board

Meeting

Evening Meeting 6:45-

8:30p no meeting

July 19–Day/

Business10a-12p

Meetings held

First United Methodist

3900 Lexington Blvd,

Missouri City, TX

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President’s letter 1

Programs , Com-

munity, Service,

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Quilts of Valor 4

Quilt Show 5

Birthdays, Mem-

bership, Rep at

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Bees, 9

Minutes, Bylaws 12

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July 2018

Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild Of Texas

Volume 10 Issue 11

CPQG Members,

I hope everyone had a fantastic Fourth of July!!!

The countdown continues: 2 months to the quilt show. The deadline for

entry forms for your quilts is July 19. I challenge everyone to enter a

quilt in the show. We are looking forward to seeing your wonderful

quilts.

The election of board members for the 2018-2019 board will occur at

the July day meeting (July 19). The nominating committee worked hard

to find a terrific slate of officers for next year’s Board.

This month, July, there is only a day meeting (July 19) and a board

meeting (July 11). Do not forget to signup for the July workshop

(Quiltsmart with printed interfacing with Veronica Cox).

Have a marvelous month and keep working on your quilts for the

show!!!

Mark

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I hope everyone had a happy July 4th! I know you are all working on your quilt(s) for our show. July 19, 2018 - Veronica Cox - will present the Ease of Printed Interfacing. Veronica loves sharing her quilts, not only the creation techniques and tips, but also in being up close and per-sonal to better understand the art behind each creation. Her lectures do not include slide shows because she prefers passing around the quilts so the attendees may better understand the tech-niques used to create them. Veronica has more than 600 quilts that she uses in various classes and lectures thereby making each one unique and different.

Programs by Gwen Goldsberry

Financials by Diane Hickey

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Membership by Pam Biswas

The nominating committee has met and has been successful in getting volunteers for several of the open board

positions for the 2018-19 year.

Since we have only one more general meeting prior to the July elections at the July day meeting, we are sub-

mitting an appeal to all members to consider volunteering for one of the remaining open positions. As we all

know, the guild cannot continue to function without a slate of officers. Therefore, the nominating committee is

appealing to each of you to consider a position to keep YOUR guild functioning.

Below you will find a brief description of the duties for the remaining open positions.

President elect –

Assists the President as needed

Presides at board, regular and special called meetings in the absence of the President.

Moves up to the President position the following year.

Coordinates the end-of-term appreciation gift for the President.

Performs all other duties pertinent to the office.

Program elect –

Plans, schedules and contracts speakers and programs for the following year.

Assists the Program Chair (First Vice President-Programs) when needed.

Moves up to the First Vice President-Programs position the following year.

Acts as liaison between speakers regarding programs, contracts and workshop.

Performs all other duties pertinent to the office.

Workshop elect –

Chooses workshops, working in conjunction with the Program Chair Elect to coordinate and schedule the

following year’s workshops.

Assists the Workshop Chair when needed.

Moves up to the Workshop Chair position the following year.

Performs all other duties pertinent to the office.

Each of the above positions are a vital part of the Guild function and to fulfill the purpose of our guild. If you

have any questions or wish to volunteer for one of the open positions, please feel free to contact one of the

nominating committee members listed below.

Joan Bell – 361-549-9590

Linda Towle – 281-232-6344

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QUILT SHOW: “A Decade in Stitches” September 7-8, Stafford Centre Hope you’re all putting the final touches on your show quilts, cause July 19 is the deadline to turn in your entry forms. (Quilt turn is Aug. 16, at the daytime meeting.) The form, along with the Category List and the Rules & Regulations, are available on the guild website under “2018 Quilt Show”. Even if you’re not planning to enter a quilt into the show, we still very much need your par-ticipation. The funds raised at this event go toward guild expenses, program presentations, as well as support for all our charitable activities. Please consider helping in one or more of these areas: Create a one of a kind quilt for the Live Auction (Kay Paul) Make a quilt, table runner, wall hanging or other craft item for the Artisan Market. (Sally Staner) Donate an item or items to the raffle baskets. (Rita Evans or Peggy Johnson) Buy or sell an ad for the show program. (Pauline Manes or Sherri Stringfield) Give a package of store bought, single serving goodies for the vendor goodwill basket (Carol Kettlewell) Volunteer, volunteer, volunteer! (Sherri Stringfield or Susie Doe) Everyone will need to purchase a wristband to enter the show, even if you’re volunteering. Pre-sale begins at the July 19 meeting, and continues through both August meetings. CPQG members receive a $1 discount off the advertised price. The next meeting of the full show committee will be Saturday, July 7, 10:00 am-12 noon at the University Branch Library, downstairs meeting room. If you are in charge of an area, please make every effort to attend this meeting, as we really need to bring everything together now.

QUILT SHOW NEWS by Barb Wall

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Volume 10 Issue 11

Community Service by Sakeenah Mubashsh

Community Service by Sakeenah Mubashshir

Greeting Guild Members… HAPPY 4TH OF JULY (USA birthday)

AND HAPPY 6TH OF JULY (my birthday)!!!

I would like to report that the Storage Unit Clean-up Day (June 21, 2018) was a success. A special

thanks to the following members for their help:

Barbara Baxter Carol Kettlewell Pauline Manes Liz Narcisse

Darleen Patin Cathy Price Sherri Stringfield Barbara Young

In addition, thanks goes out to the following members who helped with quilting, sewing, crocheting, etc.,

over the past month:

Helen Wilems Shirley Grover Barb Wall Candy Horsley

Veronica Rutenberg Mary Goodman

Community Service truly appreciates the hard work of all Guild Members.

HOBBS UPC Labels

REMINDER, we continue to collect Hobbs UPC Labels. The UPC label provides a discount to the

Guild when purchasing batting from the Manufacturer. If you are purchasing Hobbs Batting for

your quilting, PLEASE recycle the bags by turning them in to Community Service at the Guild Meet-

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Basket Raffle

Hey Guild Members! The Basket Raffle committee has come up with a few “Guild” basket

ideas. This would allow you participation without funding an entire basket by yourself…1.

Gift Card Basket- any amount to anywhere…Target, Walmart, Kroger, Jo-Ann Fabric, Quilt

Stores, Starbucks, to any store you prefer…2. A Basket of Blues and Whites/Beige- fat quar-

ters and I think there are a couple of Blue and White quilt books out there …3. Modern

Quilt Basket-KONA solids only (fat quarters), and maybe a modern quilt book also. 4. Lon-

garm Gift Card Basket- gift cards from longarmers (for example, a discount off the total

price of quilting, no charge for the thread, no charge for the batting)… if any longarmer

would like to participate in this please let us know. 5. Of course a donation of money would

be accepted to purchase fill up basket items as well. Please note all fabric has to be

quilt shop quality fabric.

All of you and our Bees have been wonderful in the past donating to the basket raffle.

Guests are always so excited when they see them!!! We always have such an assortment! I

will have a list of ideas for baskets if you need help for individual baskets. Thank you all for

participating.

Peggy Johnson, Rita Evans, Allison Etzler

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Current Bees

BEGINNER BEE RSVP BEE

Every Monday and Wednes-day 11:00-3:00 bring lunch Liz Narcisse 832 343 6523

Beulah.narcisse@gmail.com

Sharps Town Community Cntr

6600 Harbor Town Dr. Houston, TX 77036

ELECTRIC QUILT

2nd and 4th Wednesday 9:30-noon Nancie Roach 713 771 6762 c. 832 483 8544

nancie.roach@gmail.com Bayland Park Center 6400 Bissonnet Houston, TX 77074

SUGAR LAND BEE

Every Tuesday 10:00-2:00 bring lunch Barbara Baxter 281 242 5403 twobs@comcast.net

Keegan’s Wood Community Cntr 9600 Keegan’s Wood Drive Houston, TX 77083

PECAN GROVE QUILTERS

Every Wednesday 10:00-2:00 bring lunch Judy Wolter 270 498 3633

jmwolter@yahoo.com

Joy Lutheran Church 717 FM 359

Richmond, TX 77406

BAYLAND QUILT TOPPERS

Every Friday, except 3rd Fri-day 9:00-1:00 Nancie Roach 713 771 6762 c. 832 483

8544 nancie.roach@gmail.com Bayland Park Center 6400 Bissonnet Houston, TX 77074

MATERIAL GIRLS CLOTH DOLL

CLUB 3rd Saturday Nancie Roach 713 771 6762 c.732 483 8544

nancie.roach@gmail.com

Quilt Works

9431 Jones Road Houston, TX 77065

BEE BALLERINAS – RSVP BEE

Every Monday 4:00-9:00 bring snacks Kathy Perry 281 928 4666

kperry4390@yahoo.com

1231 Deerbrook Drive (Stonebridge sec of Great-

wood) Sugarland, TX 77479

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Officers

President: Mark Towle

President-Elect: Rebecca Trevino

VP Programs: Gwen Goldsberry

Programs Elect: Joan Bell

Workshops: Kay Paul

Workshops Elect: Darlene Patin and Jody Wolter

Secretary: Cathy Price

Treasurer: Diane Hickey

Membership: Pam Biswas

Rep at large/Parliamentarian: Sherri Stringfield

Editor/Advertising: Diane Aleman

Important EMAIL Addresses

Editor-cpqgtx@gmail.com president@cpqgtx.com webmaster@cpqgtx.org

membership@cpqgtx.org

Committee Chairs

Activities:

Bee Coordinator: Penny Hurst

Community Service: Sakeenah Mubashshir

Bo’s Place: Katherine Onstott

Fort Bend Women's Shelter:

Sakeenah Mubashshir

Lone Star Santa: Pauline Manes

Project Linus: Jennifer Pazicni

Quilts for Kids: Barbara Young

Quilts of Valor: Barbara Baxter

VA Hospital/VA Initiatives:

Gwen Goldsberry

Donation Quilt: Diane Hickey

2018 Donation Quilt: Katherine Onstott

Quilt Show: Barbara Wall

Hospitality: Peggy Johnson, Rita Evans

Webmaster: Jennifer Pazicni

Library: Linda Towle

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The Monarch is published monthly by the Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild of Texas. It is distributed, via e-mail, free to members. We are always looking for news items, articles, and suggestions. Inclusion subject to space availability. Articles must be received by the Monday following the Thursday morning meeting for inclusion in the next month’s newsletter. Send articles to cpqgtx@gmail.com If you do not have e-mail capability, legibly written information will be accepted by the deadline. According to the CPQG By-laws, if you need a printed copy of the newsletter, please notify the editor. A fee applies to all printed copies of The Monarch.

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Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild Minutes of the May 2, 2018 Board Meeting

(approved June 6, 2018) The meeting was called to order by Mark Towle, President at 3:00 pm at the Hickory Inn BBQ location on FM1092 in Missouri City.

Board Members in attendance: Mark Towle, Rebecca Trevino, Cathy Price, Judy Wolter, Diane Hickey, Kay Paul, Darlene Patin, Gwen Goldsberry, Joan Bell, and Sherri Stringfield. A quorum was present. Committee Members in attendance: Pauline Manes, Linda Towle, and Sakeenah Mubashshir.

The Minutes of the April 4th, 2018 Board meeting were approved as presented. The Treasurer’s Report from March 2018 and April 2018 were not available. Discussion Points: Anniversary Items Pauline Manes indicated that she will present these again tonight and then she will place an order for the shirts since a minimum order has been met. She noted that only 50 logos have been paid for and 100 is the minimum order. They cost $170 for the 100, and only $100 has been collected. Cathy Price made the motion to go ahead and buy the minimum 100 logos and plan to sell them at meetings. Kay Paul seconded this motion. The Board voted to approve this motion. Standing Rules Changes Rebecca Trevino, Cathy Price, and Sherri Stringfield met and prepared proposed changes to the Stand-ing Rules based on changes to the By-Laws. Cathy Price sent the latest draft to the Board last month for review. Since the By-Laws were approved, the revised Standing Rules can be voted on by the Board. Kay Paul made the motion to accept the latest version of the Standing Rules presented at the April Board meeting. Gwen Goldsberry seconded the motion. The Board approved this motion. Mark requested that the revised By-laws and Standing Rules be sent as PDF files to him so he could get them to Jen Pazicni to be published on the website. Library Update Mark noted that there are still several bags of books that are being brought to the membership for dona-tions. Rebecca Trevino made a motion that the books left after the May 19th meeting be packed up for donation. Diane Hickey seconded the motion. The Board approved the motion. These will be donated to the Fort Bend Women’s Shelter Pennywise program for resale. Donation Quilt 2019 At this time, only one quilt top has been presented as a possibility. This will be shown to the member-ship tonight to see if a volunteer can be found to custom quilt the top after the quilt show is over. The quilt top is finished enough to be photographed in July so that the Trifold can be published. The top is made from fabric donated by Kay Paul and Cathy Price, and assembled by Cathy Price. Nominating Committee The nominating committee for next year’s Board consists of Joan Bell, Diama Cortez, Gracie Clark, Paul-ine Manes, and Linda Towle. Joan reported that they are working on this and will have a slate for re-view by the Board. Known open positions are President-elect, Secretary, Rep-at-Large, Workshop Chair-elect, Program Chair-elect. The Membership Chair may be open. The committee is soliciting candi-dates. Election Committee It was noted that the current election committee structure requires only the Second Vice President – Membership and one active member to coordinate the election unless a written ballot is required and additional committee members are needed. Since Pam Biswas has not been able to attend many busi-ness meetings, the First Vice President -Program Chair Gwen Goldsberry was request to coordinate the election committee if needed.

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Changes needed for Standing Committee Chairs were discussed. The Retreat coordinator position is open at this time. Storage Unit Combination Change Sakeenah Mubashshir has the instructions for the change. She is planning to make the change when the June 21st cleaning is done. The last time this was changed was in 2014; prior to this, it was updated yearly. Darlene Patin made a motion that the Guild return to updating the combination yearly with a lim-ited number of members having access to the combination. Gwen Goldsberry seconded the mo-tion. Discussion of this motion to establish who should have access occurred. Only the Presi-dent, Quilt Show Chair, Workshop Chair, Treasurer, and Community Service Chair will be given the combination when they take office. Other members who require access to the storage unit will have to coordinate access through this group. The Board voted to approve the motion and these restrictions. July Board Meeting Date The current date for the meeting would be July 4th. Rebecca Trevino made a motion that we meet on July 11th in this same location and at 3 pm, if the room is available. Diane Hickey seconded the motion. The Board approved the date change from the 4th to July 11th. Joan Bell will see if the room is available for that date and the June and August dates so the date, time, and location can be pub-lished. Board/Committee Reports: President-elect: Rebecca Trevino No Report Program Chair: Gwen Goldsberry reported that tonight is Paula Barnes and “Red Crinoline Quilts and History”. May 17th is Sandra Coffey and “Are We Crazy or What?”. June 6th is Lisa Pat-terson and “Applique – Pictorial and Faces”. Program Chair-elect: Joan Bell reported she has two vendors for Board approval and contract. For September 20th, 2018, Kelly Thomson. The presentation would be $150; the workshop on Zentangle quilting would be $250. She is a local presenter. Joan Bell made a motion that the Board approves this presenter and workshop. Cathy Price seconded the motion. The Board ap-proved the motion. For February 21st, 2019, Suzi Perron on Barn Quilting. The presentation would be $350 and the workshop would be $450. Thirty students are the max, 10 is breakeven. Joan Bell made a mo-tion that the Board approves this presenter and workshop. Sherri Stringfield seconded the mo-tion. The Board approved the motion. Gwen will send Joan an electronic version of the approved Guild contract. Joan will bring a list-ing of each of the meeting dates next year and the planned presenter/workshops to the next Board meeting. Workshop Chair: Kay reported that she has eight signed up for the Sandra Coffey workshop and will be accepting additional signups for the next two meetings. There is no workshop in June. The last workshop for this year will be in July and will be Veronica Fox with Flying Geese. The August date is our quilt show turn-in session. Workshop Chair-elects: Judy Wolter and Darlene Patin indicated that they are working on workshops in conjunction with Joan. Secretary: Cathy Price No Report Treasurer: Diane Hickey has the electronic payment device set up and has been learning how it works. Sherri Stringfield made a motion that the Board accept electronic payments without the member paying the upcharge at this time. Diane Hickey seconded the motion. The Board ap-

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Representative-at-Large: Sherri Stringfield No Report It was noted that the Junk Hippie event should be explained to members who were not aware of what this event is. Community Service: Sakeenah Mubashshir noted that Mary Ashcroft has a friend who helps with char-ity projects and needs a written acknowledgement of their contribution from the guild. Pauline noted that there is a form for contributions that would probably cover this and it can be done. Sakeenah also noted that per our By-laws two meetings are free for visitors, but then visitors are expected to join. There are visitors that are attending once or twice yearly and working on charity projects for the guild, but they have never joined. Should any action be taken? After discussion, it was noted that if visi-tors are regularly attending meetings, membership should step in and these individuals should be encour-aged to join, but we do not have an easy way to follow-up on this. Membership funds are used to pay for the presenters, so attending, but not joining is detrimental to the Guild’s ability to provide quality presen-tations. Quilt Show 2018: Sherri Stringfield reported for Barb Wall on a couple of events. Volunteer signup starts in tonight. The next large meeting of the committee is May 19th at the upstairs conference room at the FB University Branch library at 10 am. Barb Wall submitted this report: Quilt Show Committee Report for May 2 Board meeting

The committee meeting went very well. Our next meeting will be Saturday, May 19, 10am at the library, in the upstairs conference room. We need to encourage all committee chairs to attend so we can get a good idea on where we stand with all areas of the show.

We identified the main areas of show income that we need to concentrate on: Vendors (Cathy Price & the vendor committee)-Our vendor/booth count was down by 8 from the same

time for the 2016 show. Several suggestions were made regarding possible vendors. The committee has contacted some of those people with positive results. There was also discussion on how to entice past vendors who have not yet committed to come.

Ticket Sales (Auian Ward/Debbie Garner)-Discussion was held on contacting the activity coordinators at senior centers located in the vicinity of the Stafford Centre to offer pre-sale tickets. Auian and Barb W. will pursue that option.

Program Ad Sales (Sherri Stringfield)-Each guild member is requested to sell/purchase program ads. 50 members selling only $30 each would cover the $1500 in printing costs. Suggestions were also made to try to get ads from area quilt shops and retreat centers.

Sponsorships (Pauline Manes/Barb W)-This year, we are trying to get larger companies to sponsor the show. Discussion was held on levels of sponsorship and what should be included as “perks” to spon-sors. Pauline & Barb are working on a cover letter and sponsor form.

Sign-ups for show volunteers will begin at both May meeting. Sherri S. is making sign-up sheets for set up/quilt hanging and actual show volunteers. Susie Doe will work on sheets for quilt take in and judging volunteers.

There’s a change in the show budget. We budgeted $270 for a security officer on Saturday, but that fee has gone up, and is now $315.

The café, during the show, will be provided by the Stafford HS NHS booster club, and they will keep the pro-ceeds.

Submitted by Barbara Wall, QS Chair 4/30/18

Rebecca Trevino made a motion to adjourn. Judy Wolter seconded this. All approved. There being no other business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 4:36 pm.

Respectfully submitted, Cathy Price, Secretary Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild

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Minutes of the May 17, 2018 General Meeting of the Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild The meeting was called to order by Mark Towle, President, at 10:00 am at the First United Meth-odist Church (FUMCMC) of Missouri City. Mark Towle, president, welcomed members, guests, and visitors to the meeting. The April 2018 business meeting minutes were approved as published in the May newsletter. The Treasurer’s Report for April 2018 was approved as published in the May newsletter. Announcements: Mark Towle:

Several visitors and guests were welcomed today. The Baytown Guild Donation Quilt is being shown by Becky. Tickets are available. This year’s By-Laws have been published on the website. The Standing Rules were updated and are on the website. A nominating committee is needed to set the list of candidates for next year’s Board. A review

shows that the Treasurer, Secretary, the Rep-at-Large, President-elect, workshop chair-elect and programs-elect positions will be on the ballot. The Board member who will be on the nominating committee is Joan Bell, Pauline Manes, Linda Towle, Gracie Clarke, and Diama Cortez.

The 2019 Donation Quilt group has a top, batting, and backing. The election committee will be Pam Biswas, back up by Gwen Goldsberry, and Kay Tanner if

needed in July. Anniversary commemorative items –Pauline Manes will have the shirts at the next meeting on

June 6th. The Board meeting will be held on the first Wednesday at 3 pm prior to the evening meeting.

The location will be at the Hickory Inn BBQ on 1092. The June meeting is on the 6th. The July meeting will be on the 11th due to the holiday on the 4th.

The next meeting will be June 6th, and then we will not meet again until July 19th. The Board Election will be held on July 19th.

Board and Committee Chair Reports: President-Elect: Rebecca Trevino No Report Programs: Gwen Goldsberry reported that today’s presentation will be Sandra Coffey with “Are we crazy or what?” Workshops: Kay Paul announced that the workshop for today still has slots open. The workshop will be Sandra Coffey. . Workshop Chair-Elect: July Wolter and Darlene Patin Judy reported that one “workshop” will be the shop hop held in Waco on a Friday in January. Forty shops meet at the con-vention center for two days. Instead of a shop hop where we get a bus and drive to multiple shops, Judy and Darlene are thinking we could rent a bus and drive to Waco, spend the day, and then return to Stafford Treasurer: Diane Hickey No Report Representative-at-Large: Sherri Stringfield reported we will have representatives at the Junk Hippie sale at the Fort Bend Fairgrounds on July 14th. Activities: Lisa Patterson reported that one of the fall activities will be Round Robin quilt making. Retreat: Sally Staner reported the fall retreat will be at Jordan Ranch again. The cost this year is $300/person double occu-pancy. There will lots of activities and they usually visit quilt shops in the area. Carol Kettlewell and Barb Wall will be coordinating the retreat. Community Service: Sakeenah Mubashshir reported that she will be having a storage unit cleanout on June 21st. Barbara Baxter reported that the Quilts of Valor workshop will be May 26th at the church from 10 – 2:30. Librarian: Linda Towle reported that any books left today in the purge books will be donated to Fort Bend Women’s Shelter Pennywise program for sale. 2018 Quilt Show Committee: Barb Wall noted several upcoming dates:

Deadline for entry forms is July 19th

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Quilt turn-in will be August 16th She has the Save the Date cards and encouraged everyone to take some and pass them out to places like hair sa-

lons, nail places, etc. Get the word out about the show. The May Birthday prize and the door prizes were presented. Show and Share was presented by Carol Kettlewell. The program by Sandra Coffey “Are We Crazy or What” was presented. The meeting adjourned at 12:00 pm Respectfully submitted by Kay Paul for Cathy Price, Secretary Coastal Prairie Quilt Guild