May 22 gathering

At the May gathering, there were 14 members present (Carol, Joann, Narda, Rosanne, Alora, Gloria, Cynthia, Evelyn, LaQuita, Cherry, Elizabeth, Bobbie, Joyce, and Laurel).

Agenda:

• Blank membership cards were given to the Treasurer, who will have them ready for our next gathering.
• We discussed next month's road trip to the quilt show on the York, PA fairgrounds. Afterwards, we will get something to eat.
• We continued our ongoing discussion of making a quilt show in February a reality.
• We agreed to participate in an event in November by creating a group sampler quilt. We will each complete a block. The colors will be "autumn"--gold, brown, orange, burgundy, forest or hunter green, and navy. Carol and Evelyn will chose four light/neutral background fabrics, for the sake of continuity and visual uniformity. The block will be 12" finished (12.5" unfinished). Bring your completed block to the July gathering. Wash your fabric first!

Block	To be Completed By
Wagon Wheel	Cherry
Bow Tie	Roseanne
Log Cabin	Saundra
Crossroads	Alora
Drunkard's Path	Narda
North Star	Evelyn
Birds in the Air	Vivian
Basket	Bobbie
Sailboat	Cynthia
Shoofly	Elizabeth
Flying Geese	Gloria
Drinking Gourd	Joann
Underground RR	Joyce
Bear Paw	Carol
Monkey Wrench	Adrienne
Simple Monkey Wrench	Laurel

• We brainstormed about ways to increase our membership thru recruitment; one idea was to contact local churches.
• In our educational segment, Joyce demonstrated paper piecing.
• This is the month that we are to complete our log cabin block in our Underground Railroad sampler quilt. Some of us brought our completed blocks to the meeting, others brought the fabrics. The Jacob's Ladder block should be completed in June.
• We had a Show and Tell of our quilts.