March 1, 2008 Meeting

Workshop Information
After the Show and Tell, there will be a workshop on "Art Basics" like Color, Composition or using unusual fabrics like Lutredor etc.

Meeting Minutes

Announcements

Penwag Art to Wear annual fashion show is May 10 at Santa Clara Marriott. Tickets are $40. www.penwag.org. Contact Loretta Gilmartin.
Costume Continum annual conference is here in San Jose at the Red Lion Inn April 25-28. Loretta will be exhibiting there. www.cc26.org
Terri Thayer’s quilting mystery book, Wild Goose Chase is out and available in bookstores, online and possibly at your local library.
Carolyn shares that a useful book on color is Color, Color, Color by Ruth Heller written for children but helpful to adult understanding.
Nancy Riffle has a textile piece in the Olive Hyde Gallery Textile show in Fremont March 21 to April 19. Join me at the artist’s reception on Fri. eve. March 21 7-9 pm.

Topic: Treasurer’s Report
Julie announced a treasury balance of $4800. Dues are $30 and guest fees are $5. Some members have not paid for 2008.
Resolution: Dolores, Virginia, and Nancy volunteered to help Jaye contact members who have not yet renewed membership for 2008. We’ll encourage members to renew but we agreed to go ahead and remove from the Yahoo roster members who have not renewed by the end of March.

Topic: January 2008 Retreat
Kudos all around to the hotel staff, accomodations, participants, and especially Dolores for a highly satisfying experience! Thank you! If you missed the opportunity, plan now for the “second annual” scheduled for Jan. 2009 in Capitola.

Topic: CQFA flyer
Project remains under construction. Jaye suggested we might want to do a simple format of a small card, i.e. “moo cards”. We could display them in hand crafted baskets, bowls, etc. at quilt shows & meetings.

Topic: Upcoming Meetings
Last year’s meetings seemed to go well with a member or two taking responsibility for organizing each meeting. The member(s) either made a presentation or organized a guest presentation. We also discussed the possibility of one luncheon meeting at a restaurant, possibly with a speaker.
Resolution: We’ll adopt plan for 2008 to assign group members to each meeting.
May 2008-Carolyn and Julie-Painting on Fabric
July 2008-Maureen, Terri, Virginia
Sept. 2008- Diane and Sue
November 2008- Nancy and __?___ Possible art sale/exchange. SAQA slideshow? (consult with Julie)

Topic: Featured Speaker or Workshop Leader
We’d like to invite a regional or nationally known speaker at least once during the year. Suggestions include Eva Henneberry, Sue Ellen Peterson, Marcy Tilton, Rosalie Dace or Gloria Laughman.
Resolution: Terri agreed to take the lead on this. In fact, she already contacted Eva Henneberry who would like to come but lives 300 miles away. She will contact us should she come this way. Terri also raised the possibility of her joining us on retreat.

We combined a lengthy Show ‘N Tell with demonstrating some new techniques and the use of a couple of untraditional materials, including Lutrador. Loretta even showed Puff paint used in a new way for embellishment. Maureen brought a completed piece she did using the deconstructed screen printing technique she demonstrated here in January. We capped off the day by sharing boxes of new fabric gathered from the free give aways.

Minutes by Nancy Riffle