President’s Message
October Mini Mosaic Workshop with Carol Lynch
It’s hard to believe the holidays are upon us already. The days seem to just fly by. Reminder – our November meeting is a week earlier than normal because of Thanksgiving. The meeting is the second Tuesday – November 13. Our speaker will be Rayna Gillman. You may remember that Rayna was one of the Invitational Quilters at our 2017 show. We are pleased to have her return to the guild and talk about her work.
At our November meeting we will also be holding the Holiday Boutique. It will take place starting at 6:00 in the lobby area just outside the auditorium (no stairs to climb). Make sure you bring extra cash so you can buy something from one of our vendors.
I dropped off two Comfort Quilts today at Kennedy Catholic. Every year the school holds an auction to raise money. Sister Barbara use to donate wardrobes containing several “American Girl” doll outfits she sewed as an auction item. With her passing the Guild started donating a Comfort Quilt in her memory to replace them. The auction takes place on Saturday, November 10 starting at 6pm and the admission price includes dinner and drinks. It looks like they have lots of auction items. If you are interested, more information can be found at kennedycatholic.org/auction.
Finally, I want to write once again about volunteering to help at the Guild. Last month’s meeting was a good example of our problem when we were unable to find a volunteer to staff the Library table for the evening. As a result there was no library in October. It is hard to run an organization such as ours that relies on volunteers to do the work when we lack volunteers. Other than at the quilt show, only a small percentage of our membership gets involved with working on one of our committees or activities. As the New Year approaches we will start looking to fill the slate for next year’s Board and I hope our search will go better than last year. Please consider getting involved, we cannot depend upon the same people to do the work each year. There are plenty of opportunities – some big and some small – where we can use your help. Let me know if you are willing to become more involved, and we can find something that will fit your interests and time constraints.
I look forward to seeing you on November 13th.
Susan Fasnacht, President@northernstarquilters.com
No Strings Attached. 
Raffle Tickets – Tickets for the 2019 grand prize quilt, Jack’s Chain, will be available at the November Guild Meeting. Please pick up your Raffle Ticket Packet and support this year’s nominated charity La Dulce Esperanza, a summer camp for the children of migrant workers.
It’s that time of the year again!
Roll Your Own – Every year, Comfort Quilts has a Summer Project. This year Carol Auer and Karen Carlson created jelly rolls of our favorite colors to be transformed into beautiful quilts. At our October meeting you may be one of the lucky members who gets to select from the many quilts created as part of the “Roll Your Own Project” by taking a chance on the Winner’s Choice Raffle. Winners can select as their prize any of the quilts that are exhibited on the wall in the cafeteria . The more tickets that are sold the more quilts will be raffled. Proceeds go to support the Guild and its activities. Raffle tickets will be 1 for $1 or 10 for $5.
Remember to return the log cabin blocks at the October meeting.
Hope everyone is working on their quilts for our 2019 Anniversary Show!
September’s 
2020 Show Charity Raffle Quilt: Pat Julian, the raffle quilt coordinator, will be giving out 120 block kits for the quilt. If you would like to be a part of this project, pick up a kit or two of these log cabin blocks and return them at the October Guild meeting.
Thank you for the lovely basket of fabric and threads. I am looking forward to creating some quilts with them. I appreciate the support guild members have given me and the entire Board over the past year – thank you again. I hope all of you have a wonderful summer and have an opportunity to get lots of sewing done.
