QBTB met Oct. 28th with a full house of over 50 people including 2 guests and 5 new members. Please note the change of meeting days for November and December due to the holidays. New Dates: Nov 18 and Dec 16 Treasurer's report: $6329.29 with bills paid. Secretary: expect 2 messages/month--minutes and meeting reminder Membership: 69 paid members. Roster available on computer. Community Service: Patterns available for walker bags. Continue working on charity quilts. Crayon Challenge Using 2 crayons, make a kitchen or dining project with 50% of fabric in the crayon colors. Website will have directions. Project due in December. Jackie Anderson is heading this project. Free Class: Fast as lightening quilt. Perfect for our charity quilts. Friday Nov 6th from 5 to 9pm or Sunday November 8 from 9am to 1pm. Work parties at the Club House: Directions to Club house: West Park Condos. Starting at corner of Bridgeport Way and Cirque go west (to water) to first street on left which is 79th. Turn left. You will pass Drum Intermediate School. After 2nd speed bump you will see West Park Condo sign on the right. Take first entrance, turn right and right again following the north fence line. Address: 8002 52nd St. Ct. W. Phone is: 253-565-2885. Mardell's cell: 253-208-6662. Park along fence. These work parties are quite fun and lots gets done. Plan to sew, iron, cut, or whatever. Jackie Anderson has labels for charity quilts. Program: Judy Scholes announced that our guild membership cards will get us into the NW Festival in Puyallup November 12-14. November meeting will have Carol Olson showing art quilts and batiks and talk about dyeing fabrics. (Nov. 18) December meeting will be a pie social with other activities. (Dec. 16) Raffle quilts: Delores Slingerland's generously donated quilt top was shown off. It will be our 2010 raffle quilt. Rose will be quilting it. It is a gorgeous top with an Amish feel--black background and bright solids including 56 appliqued stars. Wow! The drawing for our 2009 raffle quilt was won by our own Judie Scholes. It was fun having it go to one of our most active members for once. The raffle raised $ 1785.00 for the guild. Thanks to Norma Jean Nyman for her hard work and to all those who sold tickets. Fall Retreat, 2010: There are 3 slots left. It will be Oct 7-10, 4 days for $265. There is a black and white challenge project if you want to do it. Block of the Month: There are some new rules that will be e-mailed out. The cute pumpkin blocks were won by Cheryl Kneale. Fund Raiser: Susan Harmon is preparing for the Oberlin Bazaar at 1603 Rainier Ave, Steilacoom on Nov. 7 from 9 to 3pm. Work Party Oct 31 9-5 to make tote bags for the booth. Work party is at the West Park Condos Club House. Directions above. Round Robin Quilt Challenge: Mary Johnston is organizing a group for this project. The center block is due at the November meeting. Wreathes Across America: Mary Bradshaw is raising money for wreathes for service peoples graves at Christmastime. Show and Tell was held before the meeting on the back tables and some of the quilt retreat projects were displayed among other things. Always check out our website for updated information: www.quiltersbythebay.org Our program was a presentation by local quilter Colleen Wise who comes to quilting from an engineering background and does wonderful quilts with a 3-D effect. All have personal meaning to her. Imagine--she starts her quilts with the title. It was really fun hearing how she works and enjoying not only her body of work but her delightful humor. Respectfully submitted, Marcia Cramer, Secretary