Ankeny Area Quilters' Guild

President Louise Whitlow called the meeting to order.  There were 52 members present and 3 guests.  Louise thanked the guild for making her time as president a good experience.  She was presented with a gift from the guild members of a collection of purple fat quarters (Her favorite color).
Vice President Tamara Watts-McPhail read some of the thank you letters the guild received from the children who received donation quilts given to Children and Families of Iowa.  The notes were very touching.
The new Board Members were voted on by a show of hands.  Pam Messer made a motion to close the election.  The motion was seconded by Jenna Ingle.  The new board members are:  Jan Hart, Treasurer, Deb Dickerson, Director at Large Elect, Deb Pierschbacher, Retreat Chair Elect, Connie Lovelady and Janet Neuschwanger, Quilt Show Co-Chair Elects and Cathy Sanders, Program Chair Elect.
The Quilt show was successful with a profit this year.  The revenue was $13,399.74, expenses $8978.89 with a net profit of $4420.85.
Retreat Chair Connie Lovelady shared that the theme of the upcoming Quilt retreat is, “Tool Time”.  This is a time to learn about those tools and rulers that you have at home and aren’t quite sure how to use them.  There will be some presentations at the retreat regarding different tools.  Remember to save some money each month for the retreat.
Program Chair Sharon Lesan introduced our speaker for this evening, Lynn Doyle, of Bloomin’ Minds Designs in Council Bluffs.  She entertained us with her trunk show of delightfully whimsical designs–and the stories behind them.  Lynn got her start sewing in 1963 with 4H.  Many in our group could relate to her 4H background.  There were brisk sales after Lynn’s presentation of her many patterns and kits—who doesn’t need another pattern for inspiration.
Our new Program Chair Janet Neuschwanger presented her story board of next year’s speakers.  She has been hard at work getting interesting people to speak at our meetings!  We will start out in September with Heidi Kaisand, “The Family Jewels”.
The new guild year starts next month.  The board will be providing the treats for September.  See Director at Large Sharon McCarthy to sign up for your turn to bring treats.  The fat quarter lottery was won by Janet Neuschwanger.  There were four door prizes donated by our speaker.  August birthdays were celebrated.  Show and tell is always a delight.
President Louise Whitlow requested that our guild work on a Round-Robin quilt.  Louise got the quilt started and has purchased fabric for it.  There are no rules about what you can add to the quilt. Just add something, and then pass it on to the next person or small group for their contribution.   She would like to have it completed to put into next summer’s Quilt Show.
The meeting was adjourned and finished with treats and fellowship.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Evers

Members present were Louise Whitlow, Sharon Lesan, De Tapper, Jan Heddinger, Susan Body, Tamara Watts- McPhail, Janeen Pearson, Connie Lovelady, Janet Neuschwanger and Kathy Evers.
Louise called the meeting to order.  The secretary minutes were approved.  The treasurer’s report and checks written for the month was presented by De. A motion was made by Kathy and seconded by Sharon Lesan to approve the checks and treasurers report.  Motion approved.  Checks written for the month were:
AAAQG Treasurer Report 8/2/11
Beginning Balance 6710.21
Checks written over $100

Vice President Tamara advised that there are still open positions for the next board.  People that are interested so far are: Jan Hart, Treasurer, Deb Dickerson, Director at Large Elect, Deb Pierschbacher, Retreat Chair Elect, Connie Lovelady and Janet Neuschwanger, Quilt Show Co-Chair Elects and Cathy Sanders, Program Chair Elect.  We are still in need of a Vice President and Communication Chair Elect.  There are important positions that need to be filled.  The next month’s board meeting will be discussing the budget.  Treasurer De suggests that we need to address additional money to go to the church if we are going to continue having the extra use of the building during Friday night sewing or retreats.
Quilt Show Co-Chair Janeen let us all know that the quilt show was a success.  The revenue totals were $13,399.74 and expense totals were $8,978.89 making a profit of $4,420.85.  All the pins and bags were either sold or given to volunteers for their hard work.
Retreat Chair Connie announced the theme for the next quilt retreat will be “Tool Time”  This will be a time to take the mystery out of all the tools you have but may not know how to use properly.  The retreat is to be held April 19 — April 22, 2012.  She is still working on getting a signed contract.
Program Chair Sharon Lesan shares that our August meeting will be a program and trunk show by Lynn Doyle of Bloomin’ Minds.  Lynn will have patterns and kits for sale so you can get a start on your holiday projects.  You may join Lynn for an early supper before Guild at Okoboji Grill at 5:00 PM.
The vote for the upcoming board will be by show of hands during the August meeting.
This is Communication Chair Susan Body’s last board meeting.  Susan has been on the board for 9 years!  We thank her for all her service.  Communication Chair Elect Denette Stoll will begin coming to the meetings.
President Louise passed out thank you gifts to the board members for all their work on the board during the past year.  A motion was made by Sharon Lesan and seconded by Tamara Watts- McPhail to adjourn the meeting.  All were in favor.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Evers

A big THANK YOU to Louise for doing a wonderful job as the 2010-2011 guild president!  We appreciate all your hard work for our guild.

Kathy Evers presents Louise Whitlow a gift from guild members at the August meeting.

Lynn Doyle, of Bloomin’ Minds Designs in Council Bluffs charmed and entertained us with her trunk show of delightfully whimsical designs–and the stories behind them.  Who can forget the inspiration behind her “Silvery Moon” design?  And how about those ice cream coupons her husband, Mike (a Blue Bunny rep) donated for door prizes!  She is a self-described “fabri-holic” who traces her love of sewing and fabric back to her 4-H days.  Many of us could relate, but how many of us still have our 4-H Record Book?!   She studied  Art Education and has worked in many fabric and quilt shops.  One of her last jobs was to order fabric and patterns, which transitioned into designing her own pattern line “Bloomin’ Minds”.   Many quilters take the summer off from sewing and quilting, and we gleefully welcomed the fall quilting season by purchasing from the huge selection of patterns and kits that Lynn and her husband Mike brought for us.