LEBANON QUILTERS GUILD 2015-2016
Officers
President………………………Patty FrazierCorresponding Secretary…………….Louise Bell
Vice President………………Donna SherkTreasurer……………………………………Linda Rohland
Recording Secretary…….SueMechuraMember-At-Large……………………..Pauline Charles
Committees
Block-of-the-Month………Doug WilsonMembership…………………………………Sue Bechtel
Charms…………………………Kay HouckNew Member Packs…………………Rosemary Stieg
Community Service……….KathyChickeyNewsletter/Historian……………….Rosemary Stieg
Education………………………Elaine BrantHospitality………………………………….Sue Kemmerer
Ways and Means…………..Anne AnnaballiFall Retreat……………………………ChristennaStamm
Quilt Show……………………Amy Wissinger/Maureen Light Sue Kline, Sue Bechtel
Spring Retreat………………Patty Frazier
Programs
August……………………….Pat and Arlen Christ, Antique Quilts
September………………….General Business Meeting
October……………………..Nancy Bills: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
November………………….Quilters Guild Member Showcase
December………………….Annual Christmas Gift and Cookie Exchange
January……………………..Quilters Guild Member Showcase
February……………………..Shannon Strain, Quilting Ergonomics
March…………………………Bev and John Stevens, Primitives and Penny Rugs
April……………………………Karen Kay Buckley, “From The Beginning…”
May……………………………Barbara Dahlberg, “My Journey to Art Quilting”
June……………………………Potluck Dinner, Quilt Challenge Showcase
Membership: Membership in the Guild peaked at over 200.
Charms Theme: “Fruits We Love” was the theme of this year’s charms.
Block of the Month: Doug Wilson used patterns used from Quilters’ Cache each month.
Log Cabin Challenge: Pauline Charles won the challenge.
Best of Show Quilt:The annual Quilt Show was held on November 13, 14 and 15 at the Expo Center. “Bouquets of Blue,” hand-made and hand-quilted by Kitty Zackey, won the Viewers’ Choice award.
Workshops/Retreats: Community Service:
August 2, Workshop: Erin Underwood hosted this workshop. Participants completed an Optical Illusion quilt.
September 12, Workshop: Participants completed projects using the Paper Piecing technique.
October 6, Workshop: Nancy Bill workshop: Swirling Hexagon quilt.
November 8, Workshop: Erin Underwood hosted a workshop where participants completed tuffets, which were displayed at the Quilt Show.
December 6, Sit-and-Sew Jenny Woodring demonstrated how to make her Christmas ornament.
February 13, 2016 Sit-and-Sew at Philhaven
March 12-13 Spring Retreat at Philhaven (Sit-Sew-Socialize)
March 19 Pineapple Quilt class, taught by Pauline Charles
March 23 Day of Caring (sewing quilts for DVI) at Philhaven
May 14 Sit-and-Sew at Philhaven
July 9 Sit-and-Sew at Philhaven
July 29-30: Bus trip to the AQS show in Syracuse, NY.
Community Service:
A quilt completed by members was donated to Philhaven, and will hang in the hall outside the meeting room.
Tote bags were made for Morning Star.
$200 Christmas donation was given to families in need
$400 was given to Philhaven for the purchase of fleece blankets. Members bound the blankets.
$300 and was given to the Lebanon Rescue Mission.
261 pounds of food was donated to Lebanon County Christian Ministries
326 quilts made for Domestic Violence Intervention (DVI)
222 pillowcases made and donated to children at the Hershey Medical Center
42 twin-sized quilts were made for Supportive Concept