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August “Around the Block” Newsletter

The 2026 Nomination Committee is still looking for volunteers for the elected positions of President, President-Elect and Membership Vice-President.

If you are interested in volunteering for one of these positions, please let me know.
Here is a quick recap of officer position descriptions. More details about the duties can be found in the By-Laws or the Position Notebooks.

The President shall preside at all meetings of the organization and the Steering Committee. In consultation with the other officers, the President shall appoint all Committee Chairpersons. The President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees except the Nominating Committee. The President may appoint Ad Hoc Committees as needed.

The President-Elect shall assist in such duties as the President may direct and shall serve in the absence of the President. The President-Elect shall chair the Nominating Committee.

The Membership Vice-President shall serve in the absence of the President and President-Elect, keep a current list of membership, collect all membership dues, and publish the Membership and Information Directory for distribution.

Officers for the upcoming year shall be solicited by a Nominating Committee. A nominee must have been a member of the organization for at least one year and must give prior consent to the nomination.

Thanks!
Kerry Cohen

The CITY HALL SHOW has been a beautiful success.

Take down day is August 5th at 9 am and the quilts will be driven to Janet Taylor’s home in PineyZ. You are welcome to stop by for your quilt by arrangement or pick up your quilt at the August 14th meeting. If you need me to hold your quilt for pick up later, please let me know. (Some of you have already done that.)

Thank you to those who participated, either as a quilt entry or an observer/admirer. This was an exceptional show which contributed to the knowledge and appreciation of quilting in the greater Tallahassee community.

Janet Taylor

Philanthropy is still in need of a chairperson. It is more fun than you might think. For description of position, it is on the QU website, or you can contact Ann Gaber. I am in the QU Directory.

For the time being it is being managed by Ann Gaber, Evelyn Gonzalez and Jeanne Brenner. And greatly appreciated assistance from Karen Skinner, Wendy Adams and Joann Stock. There are others. Please forgive my omissions! And thank you to all who have been working with the Philanthropy quilts! You have been terrific using our new system of signing kits, tops and quilts in and out. It is still new so it is being explained below for those not familiar yet.

At our next meeting please come to our tables to turn in your completed tops and completed “comfort” quilts. If your quilt was made from a kit provided by Jeanne or Evelyn, please log back in with them. You will see signs for the clipboards for signing in or out. They are trying to keep track of the kits. If your quilt is not from that group, you can turn it in to Ann Gaber at the table next to Jeanne’s.

PLEASE REMEMBER: TOPS WITH LOTS OF PIECING ON THE OUTSIDE BORDERS SHOULD BE EDGE-STITCHED TO KEEP THE SEAMS FROM PULLING APART.

Come to us as well to pick up quilts to quilt either on your standard sewing machines or on your long-arm machines. We try to label the quilts which we have cut batting and backing for clearly for these two categories of sewing machines. We can also provide quilts to bind when quilted ones are turned into us. Sometimes they need to be trimmed first. If you do not have any use for the trimmed materials, please turn them into us. We can use them in future kits or for binding.

If you are interested in helping with our franken-batting efforts where we fuse larger leftover pieces from our large batting rolls to pair with our tops, please contact Ann Gaber. Also, if you would like to help create kits for tops made from our donated fabrics, you can contact Ann. I have a notebook of fun smaller quilts (size 40-ish inches by 60-ish inches) we can work from.

Joy,
Ann

Newer Members getting to know each other and some of our more
established members. Everyone is welcome! Meet at Ann Gaber’s home (in directory)

New Date: Monday, August 18th 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.

The trip will take place Saturday, September 20, 2025

Participants will be meeting at Walmart by Costco at 7 AM to depart at 7:30 AM. We will arrive in Jacksonville at the Prime Osborne convention center between 10 and 10:15 AM. We will be boarding the bus to return to Tallahassee at 3:30 PM with an arrival time back in Tallahassee between 6 PM and 6:15 PM. Bus is equipped with a restroom however we are allowing enough time for a rest stop along the way.

Fee: $65.00 and that includes your bus fare, driver tip, and show admission. Lunch is on your own. The fee must be paid by the close of business at our August meeting.
Refunds: Refunds are available up to the close of business of the July meeting. After that, it will be necessary to find someone to buy your seat.

Non-QU members will be invited to join our trip to help fill the seats that are still available. For additional questions or to reserve your seat, please contact Christine Walsh.

Thanks,
Christine