Meeting called to order at 10:30 am by Gail McLain, President.
Gail McLain read some fun facts.
Welcome (Debbie Sutton)
Visitor – Donna Kimbrough
Membership (Sherri Frickel)
Winners:
Name Badge – Jacqie Blackwell
Door Prize – Shannon Hobbs
New members:
Rosemarie Cook
Stephanie Murphy
Pam Talley
Cheryl Brown
Emi Brinkley
91 active members as of today per Sherri F.
Sunshine (Gail McLain)
Birthdays:
Jill Rains & Dorothy Berlinicke
Guild sang Happy Birthday to them.
QOV (Janet Calvert)
Presented at the Nat’l Infantry Museum on 02/15/26.
Next presentation will be at Pierce Chapel Church on 04/18/26.
Asked for completed kits to be turned in.
Requested longarm volunteers.
Next Saturday Sew Day will be 03/21/26 at Cornerstone church for prepping quilts and pillowcases.
Donations received:
$30 from February SSQG meeting
$20 from last mini retreat
In need of 5” sq fabrics in red, white and blue. Need 315 to make the specific quilt. If a member turns in 315 blocks (Janet will provide the guild a list of how may of each color), that member will receive a USA pin.
WIP (Sandy Burnett)
25 to date joined WIP program for 2026.
18 WIP’s have been completed to date.
Next WIP due is #2 and will be due by May SSQG meeting.
Explained how program works for new members.
Retreats (Cathy Poyner)
Last mini retreat had:
38 on Thursday
44 on Friday
37 on Saturday
Next mini retreat will be at the end of May.
Around 20 members have signed up for next retreat in Covington.
Charlene Mehlenbeck reported that they have a few extra tshirts for sale: 3 L short, 1 each of XL and 2XL long.
Fundraising (Karen Moore)
Quilt donated by Athena Hart – 5 blocks are done. Waiting on rest to complete.
WAHA will be in October. Athena Hart donated 6 tops that will be completed into quilts to sell.
Looking for longarm volunteers.
Reminded members to purchase raffle tickets for 50/50 and birthday baskets.
BOM (Becky Land)
Showed the March BOM. She will post of FB. Reminded everyone to use white for the background on all BOM’s.
Community Outreach (Anita Rodger)
3 4 Bee:
Has been extended to April meeting.
Received 44 quilts last from 18 members.
To date 88 quilts have been received.
Might do 3 4 Bee again in the Fall.
18 quilts were taken to Oak View Hall.
Next Community Outreach sew days are March 26-28. Will be working on quilts, pillowcases and tote bags. Tote bags are needed for the Child Advocacy Center.
Asked for fabric donations.
Reminded members to add an SSQG tag to made items (put on back).
Suggested quilt size 36×35 or larger.
Hope Harbor visit planned for 3/20/26.
Can find easy tote bag patterns online. Suggested adding a toy, book, stuffed animal to the bag. Clothing donations are also needed for children aged 4-17.
Programs (Jill Rains)
Showed various 60 degree rulers made by Creative Grids. Three different sizes, 8, 4 (her favorite size) and 3”.
Discussed tips regarding bias cuts.
Showed on screen Kristamoser.com and YouTube.com/@krista.moser. Mentioned the blog as very informative.
Shabby Fabrics, Fat Quarter Shop and Missouri Star all have patterns specifically for the 60 degree triangle.
Karen Moore showed two of her quilts utilizing the ruler, in addition to many that Jill showed:
Heart Cookies
Clover Hill
Poinsettia
Winter Visit
Hollow Star Mini
Bumble Bee Blossoms
Can find great longarm quilt stitch designs at creativestitches.com, urban elements and sew shabby.
Raffled two 60 degree rulers:
Large – Kerri Gonyou-Schelp
Tiny – Betsy Rider
Show and Tell
Lu Enloe – disappearing 9 patch
Stephanie Murphy – Linda Hayes quilt
Syble Bailey – Patriotic quilt
Janet Thomas – QAYG and Stained glass strings
Lee Shattuck – Kara Montgomery Brown Bag Mystery quilt
Klothilde Luna – Cream/blue/pink quilt
Carla Stickles – William Morris design with wool
Cathy Poyner – Treasure Box Fabric, Laundry basket quilt, linen closet and Fall themed Twisted Wreath
Betsy Rider – Beautiful Day fabric quilt
Janet Calvert – Kaleidoscope quilt and then QOV quilt by Melissa House
Rosemarie Cook – Nosegay quilt
Laura Julian – American Patchwork Pie
Raijeim Douglas – Lone Star Quilt mini and 3 squares
Raffles
Birthday baskets:
Jill Rains to Shannon Hobbs
Dorothy Berlinicke to Charolette Matthews
50/50:
Susan Taylor $110
Other mentioned items:
Charlene Mehlenbeck mentioned that 24 have signed up for the one block wonder class. All class fees will be donated to the guild.
Michelle Malecki mentioned that if anyone to like to order the original SSQG blue tshirt, they are $20 for long sleeve and $15 for short sleeve. Must have 30 sold to order.
Meeting ended at 12:26pm