Holmes Valley Quilters

Holmes Valley Quilters is a not for profit guild that was founded in January 2008 and serves the rural communities of Holmes, Washington, and Jackson counties in northwest Florida.

Saturday June 20th, 2009

 

 

by Michelle Chitty Public Relations Officer Holmes Valley Quilters

 

The May meeting of the Holmes Valley Quilters Guild was called to order at 5:30. There were 42 members present and two guests in attendance. The quilters opened the meeting with prayer and everyone settled down for our guest speaker’s presentation.

 

Sue and Sandy from Quilting By The Bay a prominent Quilting store in Panama City Florida were there to tell the ladies about all the new class and workshops going on at QBTB.

 

Sandy and Sue from Quilting By The Bay hold up a quilt that can be made with a panel and borders.

Guild members watch intently as Sue and Sandy hold up quilt after beautiful quilt for the members to see.

 

 

 

Guild president Kathy Anderson and Sandy from QBTB hold up a Christmas quilt while Sue also from QBTB holds the microphone for Sandy to tell members about the quilt.

 

Sue and Sandy also brought a “Mini Store” where members could shop for fabric, magazines, books and other neat gadgets.  Quilter’s had fun touching and holding many items as well as buying. Every self-respecting quilter knows she who dies with the most fabric wins!

 

Guild president Kathy Anderson presented the charity quilts to guild member Carolyn Jordan who will give them to Mr. Berry Lee with DCF. Mr. Lee will then distribute them to the children in the Guardian ad Litem program.

 

These are just some of the quilt’s to be given to the Guardian ad Litem program.

 

 

Next we moved into our time of “Sew-N-Tell”. This is the time where guild members get to show what they have been working on the past month.

Guild members look on as Vice President Carol Kelly tells fellow guild member Norma Dunn how to preserve a very old quilt that was given to her by her family. 

 

 

As Guild President Kathy Anderson took the floor again to confirm the date of August 15 as the next sewing class the guild will host. Members will be able to make place mats for their dinning table.

 

A thanks was extended to Velma, Alma, and Melanie for the wonderful refreshments this month.

 

Meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.

 

 

Current Membership is 58.

 

You can contact us at holmesvalleyquilters@hotmail.com or check us out on the web at: http://holmesvalleyquilters.embarqspace.com/

 

Story/Photos, written/submitted by: Michelle Chitty Public Relations Officer Holmes Valley Quilters