President's Message
PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE
Hello again, Quilters! We are finishing another program year, Empire’s 36th. Wow! We’ve made a lot of quilts for charities, had some terrific speakers and workshops, gotten to know one another better, shared some laughs and some tears and some food, made some changes and kept some things as they were.
One area of upcoming change is how we handle our charity donations. A task force set up in January worked to revise some of our procedures. The new policies, to go into effect this September, are in this newsletter and will also be on our website. We gave this matter a lot of thought, but it's not set in stone. If you have strong disagreements or great suggestions, please let Lee know in writing.
2018 - June 23, July 28, August 25, September 22, Oct. 27, and Nov. 17.2019 - Jan. 26, Feb. 23, March 23, April 27, May 18, June 22, July 27 and August 24.
We officially elected new officers at the May meeting, and also announced positions filled. Unfortunately two positions still need volunteers: Trips and Vendors. Please consider taking on one of these jobs, alone or with a friend.
Also at our May meeting Gretchen created a great display and explanation of what we should do for December donations. She will repeat it in June.
Good news: Gotham Quilts has agreed to continue having Empire’s workshops in their classroom. Hopefully many of you will attend several of these sessions.
If you haven’t renewed your membership, please do so right away. Dues are still $60 plus an additional $10 if you want the newsletters mailed to you.
Support our local quilt shops. We’re lucky to have them.
Workshops
FRIDAY JUNE 8th - Remarkable Hand Applique by Machine with Mark Sherman 11am-5pm
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Guild Business Meeting: 1:00 pmSaturday Sept. 8th 2018Location: Church of the Holy Apostles296 Ninth Ave @28th St New York, NY 10001 (Map) Please join us! Meetings are free for new members. Guest Fee $10
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We've added new Trips in the Notices sections!
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THE SWAP RETURNS - DO THIS AND GET 42 DIFFERENT FABRICS EACH MONTH
1. Choose either a color or a design from the monthly list and find 6 fabrics of that color or design.
2. Cut a 6 inch wide strip across each of the fabrics. Then cut each strip into 7 squares.
3. Sort the 42 total squares into 7 sets containing one square of each fabric.
4. Put a set of fabrics in each of 6 letter sized envelopes and seal. (Hold the 7th set at home.)
5. PRINT your first and last name on each envelope and either the color or the design you chose.
6. Put a rubber band around your set of envelopes.
7. At the beginning of meeting, find the SWAP sign and register by printing your name and the color or design of the fabrics in your envelopes on the clipboard. Leave your set of envelopes next to the clipboard.
8. At the second break in the meeting a swapped set of envelopes will be ready and marked with your name for pick up. You will receive 6 envelopes from different people. The envelopes contain 36 different fabrics, plus the 6 you left at home makes 42 different fabrics total.
WHY DO YOU EVEN CONSIDER CHARM PACKS WHEN THERE IS A SWAP AVAILABLE AT YOUR MEETING?
THE MONTHLY LIST
Sept : Greens - Stripes Feb : Reds - Japanese Prints
Oct : Oranges - African Prints Mar : Purples - Geometrics
Nov : Browns - Winter Holidays Apr : Aqua/Turq/Teal -Flowers
Dec : Pinks - Pokka Dots May : Yellows - Black & White
Jan : Tans - Hearts Jun : Blues - Ocean/Beach