Re-cap of October's meeting

What a full and final meeting for the 2014 year of GreatFul Threads.

Jackie Cory won ribbons on her work submitted to the Mount Olive Quilt Show and the Tennessee State Fair. Both she and Delores Dady have quilts in the upcoming Folk Art show at Reflections Gallery. There will be a reception to meet the artists Nov. 6 from 4-7:00.

Jackie will be teaching a second Altered Book class on Nov. 12 from 11:00 – 2:00. Call Reflections Gallery to sign up, 423.892.3072.

Several ideas were suggested for projects  with children at the Discovery Museum. It was decided that GreatFul Threads will work as a group with the children 3 times during the year.

Liza Blair of the Discovery Museum suggested an art project for next year during AQS. This project will involve a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Because any group applying for this grant must be a 501 C3, GT will have to work with a group that is.

A retreat has been set at Home Harvest Retreat April 24-6 in Trenton, GA. Details will be determined in 2015.

The program for 2015 will be art quilting videos on YouTube. The Bernina Quilt and Sew studio is set up with a big screen TV so the videos can be viewed as a group. Members will make a project using information learned from the video and bring a completed project  the following month.

Brenda Cregger volunteered to be the Children’s Discovery Museum Liaison. Her job will be to communicate with  Karen Dewhirst and Liza Blair concerning programs and events that involve members of GreatFul Threads.

2015 Challenge for the year will be art quilts around the theme “Bird”.

Sandy Suggs has planned an event at Hamilton Place Mall in Center Court inviting all guilds in the Chattanooga area to participate. Two members from each guild will be sewing on personal projects while others will be answering questions and selling tickets for a raffle quilt. Funds retrieved will be donated to a local charity. All members of GT are asked to make an art quilt of their choice 36” X 36" by March 1. Two quilts will be chosen  from each guild to hang on a clothes line in the Mall at Center Court during this event. Purpose of the event is to promote quilting in the Chattanooga area.

The Self Portrait Challenge was accepted by 8 members. They were fantastic as can be seen by the  pictures. Thanks to Sharon and Linda for taking pics.

Thursday, November 6 guild members will meet for a day out to Yates Bleachery in Flintstone, Ga. We will then  go to Samaritan’s Thrift Shop in Ooltewah with lunch in between. Vista Mahan will send out driving directions. If you are interested in going please contact me so

 we can arrange a time and place for carpooling.

Thanks to all for making 2014 a wonderful art quilting year! A special thanks to Bill and Melissa Klingensmith for being our host this year and in 2015.

Denise