Decisions...decisions...

WARNING - THIS IS A LONG POST! 

Make sure you have time to sit and read all the way through.  We have decisions to make and I'd like to hear from all of you.

Decision #1)

The meeting room is not available to us on the Second Saturday, however we do have the room reserved for the follwing week, June 16th.  In the past, the June meeting has been our "birthday party" meeting.  I thought it might be fun to do a road trip since we've talked about going out Karen's (Shelly) way. I created the following map that shows a route that would get us to Painted Pony, then to Lunch in Kemah, then we could hit Sew Contempo on the way back if time and budgets permit. This is all just a suggestion.  I checked into the other 2 shops in the area; Pinwheels and Posies and Cactus Quilts, they are 30 minutes further away in opposite directions but we could squeeze one in and skip Sew Contempo.  Also, what if anything do we want to do for birthdays, I don't recall doing gift exchanges? 

Please chime in and let us hear your thoughts, just click on the comments link below this post. 

• Do we do our road trip on our usual 2nd Saturday (June 9th) and still meet in  the community room on June 16th?
• Do the road trip on the 16th and cancel the meeting room? 
• Gift exchange?

Here is the link to Google map and the suggested route http://g.co/maps/3gtxy

Decision #2)

We need to book our retreat for March 2013. I contacted Margie at Retreats by Margie and the following dates are available:

*   14th to 17th
*   21st to 24th
*   28th to 31st

Please let me know if you plan on attending and your date preference by indicating your first, second and third choice.  Please respond by May 31st so I can send her a check to reserve our spot.

#3 Decision has been made...

Our Quilt Show Contribution.  We discussed at the May meeting our project for the Quilt Show.  We will make the quilt a little larger than this one pictured below.
 

The tutorial appears here (Granny Square Quilt tutorial), we will all need to make 4 blocks.  They will be due at the October bee meeting.  That is only 1 block per month so NO DEADLINE EXTENSIONS! We must stick to this deadline so we have time to set it, quilt and bind it.  We all have our own projects we need to get finished for the quilt show; am I right ladies?   

Clyde will purchase the required Kona Snow that we will all use for the background.  You will get your Kona snow fabric at the June meeting.  Each person will get enough 2.5" strips to complete your 4 blocks and extra in case of a mistake (sshhh).  Please do not trim your blocks, we will trim them down after we gather all the blocks.  Please do NOT use the following fabrics: batiks, flannel, plaids, home spuns, metallics or conversation prints.  If you have any questions about a certain fabric and if it can be used in the quilt, please post your questions here so we can all discuss.  I think it would be really cute in 30's prints and softer tones...just my opinion however.  Here are some other versions I found online that are also nice.

Recap:

1) What is your vote for our June meeting?  Road trip?  What date?

2) Are you in for Margie's Retreat next March?  Please list dates in order of preference.

3) Save your scraps and get started on your Granny Square blocks!

All for now!  (Whew...I told you it was a long post!)

TTFN, (Ta Ta For Now)

Amy