The August meeting of the Fort Worth Quilt guild will be conducted on zoom. It will be a business meeting only, but there will be time for visiting once the business is concluded. There are two items on the agenda,
1) elect the officers and board members.
2) present the budget for next year. It will be voted on in the September meeting,

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81003871530?pwd=aVJmWVZNRlJkRzdGbzIrYkkxUTFSQT09

The zoom link will open at 6:15 and the business meeting will begin at 6:30. Please attend.

Topic: FWQG Aug Business meeting

Time: Aug 15, 2023 06:15 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

August meeting is by Zoom!
September meeting will be the Officer Installation and Pot Luck. Bring a dish to share. Tea and water will be provided.

Don't forget that the August meeting is needed in part to confirm and vote for the upcoming board. Please see the proposed board for the 2023-2024 year:

President: Lynda McGee

Vice Presidents: Dorene Joyce

(programs) Janet Swords

Treasurer: Meri Cozart

Secretary: Becky Alrubaiie

Members at large: Dave Beers

Yvette Richie

See you online at our regularly scheduled meeting time, Tuesday, August 15 at 6:30.

NTQF 2023

Important dates :

quilt turn in – Sunday, August 13

show starts – Thursday, August 17

show ends - Sunday, August 19

quilt pickup – after 5 pm on Sunday, August 19.

RMEMBER: ORPHAN QUILTS will be charged $5 a day until claimed!

Tickets – We still have 25 tickets left. That’s $300 we are missing out on. If you still need a ticket, please contact Lynda McGee (817.343.9124). Remember, 100% of these ticket sales goes straight to OUR guild.

Carpool -- please consider going with a quilt buddy (or 3). The guild will provide a free ticket to the driver. You can use the guild facebook site to reach out. It is only accessible to guild members. Let Lynda know if you need that free ticket (we even had a member donate a ticket since she will be out oftown)

Volunteers : We still need volunteers. There are openings on

Tuesday for setup (any time between 8:30-3).

Thursday for T-shirts (3-5).

Friday for T-shirts (12-3 and 3-5:30), mini sales (2:30-5:30), bag check (5-6).

Saturday for bag check (11:30-2:30), T-shirts (12-3), mini sales (1-3), takedown (5-6:30), quilt return (5:45-8). Use signup genius for the ‘guild’ positions

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4DAAA62FA0F94-north and for Expo positions use

http://www.sewingexpo.com/AmbassadorApplication.aspx .

If you registered a quilt(s) in the show, it’s time to finish and/or prep. Look at quilt entry preparations http://www.fwqg.org/uploads/1/2/7/7/127780965/div_categoryinstructions.pdf

If you need someone to drop off and/or pickup your entry, contact Lynda McGee or Molly Risewick as soon as possible to schedule an early drop.

Get those booth items to Ann Houpt!!

There will be some new and interesting things at the show. Special quilt exhibits (they sound

fascinating). A ‘treasure hunt’ with a small prize for completion. ‘Make Space’ area with interesting crafts to make while there. Something new, called Quilt Street, will be introduced at our show…may include a little party. More vendors than last year.

Check out the guild website fwqg.org for all the quilt show information and links.

Tights Knots July Meeting

Our meeting was hosted by Carolyn Hughes. We started with lots of conversation. Everyone was happy to see each other and spend time catching up. We talked about children, dogs, our first TVs and phones.

As my great niece Dixie would say, “Old lady stuff.” Then we ate dessert first before it melted. You know the saying, “Life is short, eat dessert first.”

Show and Tell was short and sweet. Apparently, our bee members were busy this month with vacations etc. Pat Wagers shared some wallets she made for her daughter. Grace Stroud had a lovely Blooming Nine Patch quilt to show. It was made of 1 ½ “ squares. (Wow, just saying, wow.) Like I said short and sweet. This month was one of the months we brought socks to donate to Safe Haven. Lots of fun socks were collected in time for back to school.

We ended our meeting playing Left Right Center for animal print fabric this month. I was not the only one who was confused by what is an animal print. I brought some hippo fabric. Soon it was down to just me and Grace. Sadly, Grace Stroud took home the fat quarters. There is always next time.

Try to stay cool out there folks.

Where has the summer gone? Can you believe it is August already. The North Texas quilt festival is only a few weeks away. I am so looking forward to going and seeing all the beautiful quilts everyone has made. Our guild is blessed with many great quilters.

Teachers are busy setting up their class rooms getting ready for another school year. Those with children are shopping for school supplies and clothing. Of course we are looking forward to September when triple digit temperatures days are just a memory.
A big “Thank you”to all that brought snacks to the July guild meeting and “Thank You” to those who helped me set up and clean up after the meeting. I appreciate your help. Our August meeting will be a zoom meeting.
August Birthdays
8-04 Judi Janes
8-13 Grace Stroud
8-15 Olivia Baron
8-15 Beverly Regan
8-18 Anna Downs
8-20 Laurel Grannan
8-21 Judy Faulkner
8-27 Jean Wheeler
8-29 Peggy Herring
Marilyn Smith
Hospitality Committee

September is the beginning of our new year. Membership dues will be collected at the Sept meeting since Aug is a zoom meeting. Dues are $30 for under 65; $25 for 65 and older; free to members 80 years or older who have been members for at least 10 years. Please bring cash or you may pay by check made payable to Fort Worth Quilt Guild. Anyone unable to attend may send a check to :
Barbara Hughes
3701 Wayland Dr
Ft Worth, Tx 76133

See everyone in September.

Membership co chairs:
Barbara Hughes 903-926-3581 hughesb@eastex.net
Dave Beers 817-666-8404
quilts by Dave@gmail.com