Ohio Star Quilters Guild
July Newsletter

Belated and Correct June Birthdays!

Penny Groscost  6/3

Cathi Dix  6/16

Barb Hanny  6/4

Katie Binkley  6/11

Carol Hofacker  6/20

Charlotte McNerney  6/12

Betty Schlecht  6/15

Belated and Correct Anniversary’s!

Mary Adams  6/11

Gabriele Beck  6/26

Sue Haering  6/9

Catherine Lewis  6/21

Betty Schlecht  6/1

July Birthdays

Phyllis Coats  7/11

Sharon Knoop  7/28

Hazel Kohlbarger  7/5

Phyllis Nuber  7/9

Diane Wadsworth  7/3

Jacki Zeigler  7/3

July Anniversarys

Jo Coon  7/16

Sandy Erwin  7/30

Mary Ann Fitz  7/26

Peggy Horgan  7/26

Sue Koblin  7/4

Kathy Welch  7/4

Happy Birthday and Anniversary wishes to all.  (Let us hope these are all correct this month!)  In looking over my computer program, almost everyone’s birthday or anniversary date had gotten changed somehow.  I will see about chasing the gremlins out of my hard drive and getting it all fixed up once again. 

New Member to add to the Roster Book:

Carol Brown

1853 S. Bay Dr.

Port Clinton, OH  43453

Browndc@thirdplanet.net

419-734-2139

B  5/20     A  1/22

My apologies to Carol for overlooking her when I put together the roster book.  Thanks for your understanding.

While I am on my apologies band wagon, let me clarify that the May program was given by Peggy Waddington, not Mary Ann Fitz.  Sorry Peggy!!!

The June meeting was held on June 25^th.  The program was given by Allison Gollehon from the Black Swamp Quilt Shop in Milbury.  She spoke on the use of wool in quilts and gave us some great ideas on techniques and tools to make working with wool successful.

The mystery tour that was held on June 21^st was discussed and deemed a great success for all who attended.  We began at the Follett House Museum in Sandusky, and then went to Sandy Erwin’s for lunch, followed by Jo Coon’s for dessert.  Please remember, this mystery tour can only take place if members will graciously open their home to us.  If not for these two ladies, there would not have been a trip this year.  So next year, when someone calls to ask you to put your home on the tour, please say yes.  Your sewing room need not be extravagant.  We WANT to see how people sew in closets!!!  And start cleaning now so there will be NO excuses next year!!!

The Mystery Trip is planned for Saturday, September 13, and we need $35 (for the bus and lunch) by August 15 (can be mailed to Peggy Horgan directly, made out to OSQG), or they can give her a check (preferred over cash) at the next meeting (picnic).  Once again, surplus moneys will be returned based on the number of individuals who sign up for the trip.

Other upcoming dates to fill your calendar with are October 18, 2008, this will be a workshop on the It’s A Wrap technique.  You may remember the purse that I made with cloth-covered clothesline.  January 24, 2009, this will be the Mystery Quilt Class and is it ever neat.  Another good one to use up all those scraps should you chose to do so!

Hopefully all of you have gotten your quilts ready and have either dropped them off or are doing so today in preparation for the quilt show this weekend.  This will be my first quilt show with the guild and I am looking forward to it.  The show runs from 10-5 on Friday, July 18 through Saturday, July 19^th.

Raffle tickets should be selling like gangbusters and I hope you are all really putting your best foot forward to sell as many as possible.  The organization we chose to donate to will not be helping to sell tickets, but they still deserve our best effort.  Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep is a very worthy cause to support and I hope we can turn over a big check to them. 

Connie Starnesʼ blocks were turned in and Charlotte McNerney’s were passed out to all those doing the block exchange.  Some really beautiful blocks are being made and it will be exciting to see these quilts finished.

Hostesses for the month of August are Cece Henry, Betty Finn, Donna DiCarlo, De Masing, and Debbie Beaulieu.

The July meeting will be our annual picnic. It will be held on July 23 at 6pm at Veterans Park on Finke Rd.   You will need to bring a covered dish and one yard of UGLY fabric.  Imagine any of us having ugly fabric!!!! 

There is also one other item of I need to bring to your attention.  Bonnie Legg and De Masing have asked that someone else take over the raffle quilt until it is raffled off in October.  This is a Guild problem and will need the Guild to make some important changes in the way the raffle quilt is handled from now on.  So please put on your thinking caps and have some ideas ready for discussion at the August meeting. 

See you at the quilt show!!!!!