President Marge Cree welcomed everyone to the March 2023 General Meeting. There were a large turnout (about 60 people) and lots of new members and guests!
Treasurer Pamela Edwards had a long line of people waiting to pay their annual dues:
Kathy Aber, 2022-23 Community Outreach Coordinator, gave us a recap of the charity quilts and other items that the Guild made during the past year:
- 31 pillowcases for Harbor House and the Orlando Rescue Mission
- 174 placemats for the Seniors First Meals on Wheels birthday gifts
- 30 drawstring bags for the Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, who provides them to the Guardian Ad Litem (foster care) program
- 45 quilt blocks in Ukrainian blue and yellow sent to Claudia Pfeil to use for the Piecing for Peace project
- 46 quilts and 48 pillowcase for Ukrainian refugees, mailed to Poland by the Quilted Twins shop in Dade City
- Festival of Trees quilt for the Orlando Museum of Art fundraising
- QuiltCon charity quilt to be donated to the Adult Literacy League in Orlando for fundraising
- 250 pounds of fabric, notions, thread and other supplies sent to the Navajo Quilt Project
- 326 blocks for our 2022 Call for Blocks to be used when emergency disaster requests are received
- 43 quilts donated to House Next Door in Deland, a counseling and support center
- 72 'clothing covers' donated to the Carolina Village, an assisted living and medical care center
- 5 quilts for a family in Kentucky impacted by the storm disaster
- and last but not least, the 2020 and 2022 QuiltCon quilts were delivered to the Zebra Coalition
Karol Evans, our Community Outreach Coordinator for 2023-24, gave an overview of the organization we're supporting for this year - the Village at Impower, transitional housing for homeless and foster youth between the ages of 18-24.
Our guest speaker was Irene Roderick - she shared her journey of improv quilting with photos of quilts she has made over the years. She was inspirational, and her work is absolutely beautiful, winning a number of awards in various quilt shows, including QuiltCon! Check out her website HERE.
And as usual, there were beautiful items shared by our members during Show & Tell:
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