The October Business meeting was held at the Moose Lodge on October 9th.

President: A vote was taken at the business meeting to decide if dues will be prorated quarterly for new members only beginning 2008. The vote carried and new members dues will be prorated quarterly. As always, returning members have until January 31, 2008 to register and pay dues. Those not doing so by then will be dropped from the roster and will no longer receive the newsletter.

Membership: Jeni Kenzel introduced a visitor, Karen Harding's sister and a new member Marjorie Carano.

Nomination Committee: Anne Pendred and Susan Boyd introduced the candidates for election. Elections of officers took place at the meeting which resulted in a tie between Cleo Lawrence and Wanda Williams, candidates for president. There will be a second election held via snail mail with the results being announced at the November 13th Business Meeting. Each member will receive a ballot via snail mail with instructions and a self addressed stamped envelope to return the ballot. The winners of the other positions were not announced at this time. All winners will be announced on November 13th.

Education: Joyce DeLucia reported that Nancy Lewis will be here on November 13th for a Stamp Hands On Demo. The cost is free. The supply list : scissors, neutral thread, favorite hand piecing needle and pins. There will be things for sale so bring your checkbook. This class is full with 47 people signed up. The class will start immediately after lunch. Below is the LeMoyne Star you will be making at the class.

Cathy Wiggins will be here in January to do a Rose Class. The first class on Wednesday January 16th is full at 20. Cathy will do a second class on Thursday January 17th. Sign ups for the second class are being taken. You may send your $25.00 check to Joyce DeLucia or sign up and pay at the November 23rd meeting. There is a kit with a fee that is payable to Cathy Wiggins on the day of the class.

Meet the Quilters Day: Will be January 15th at the Myrtle Beach Recreation Center. The theme for this year is "Sew Long Ago". Joyce DeLucia and Jean Marshall have worked very hard coming up with wonderful door prizes and favors for the day. There will be a workshop on November 27th at the Moose to assemble favors. We will be joined by some of the Beach Quilters from Oak Island. Joyce showed two aprons that were made by members of our group for MTQ day and also showed an Overall Sam quilt that was done.

Pot Holder Making Day

Anyone interested in helping to make the potholders for MTQ day will gather at Joyce DeLucia's home on Monday November 19th at 10:00AM.

Please RSVP, directions will be given at that time. Supplies: Crayola Crayons if you have them, Embroidery Floss (any colors if you have them to spare), Scissors, Embroidery Needle. If you have any small calico type print fabric to donate, please bring that along. Joyce will set up tables for eight people. If you want, you can ride three blocks to the clubhouse and have lunch. There's a nice view of the water! Any questions contact Joyce DeLucia.

Programs: Sally Johnson was not at the meeting. She was enjoying her new grandbaby. There are no more programs scheduled for 2007 other than October 23rd will be a Comfort Quilt Workshop and November 13th will be the Nancy Lewis class, the 27th is the MTQ workshop and December 11th our Christmas Party at the Moose Lodge.

Secretary: There are a few errors on our web site. I am working to correct them. Actually, you wouldn't have noticed them if you were not looking for a particular picture from our Quilt Show. A few pages of pictures are not coming up. I will have it fixed as soon as I can.

The Brunswick Quilters 5th Annual Retreat is next week.

Comfort Quilts: October 23rd is the next comfort quilt workshop. There were great tops turned in from the challenge Marita gave us with that "awful" fabric. You can really see who has talent!

Block of the Month: Lucymarie Timmermann continues to wow us with her crazy curve demos and blocks. I can't wait to see what we will wind up with when we get all the blocks done.

Vice President: Liz Scott had no response to the ticket pulled last month for the craft/sewing case. A new ticket was pulled and Becky Klass was the winner. Congratulations Becky!

The Russets of Autumn Fat Quarters: Janet Fahey won 32 fat quarters.

50/50: Joyce DeLucia won $26.00

Evening Bag made by Diane Wyte was won by Mary Zeigler.

Next month's Fat Quarters: Shadows and Silhouettes, Black, Black and White, Black with Gold

Show and Tell: We were treated to some beautiful pieces at the meeting. My camera is broken, so I didn't get any pictures. Hopefully I'll have a new one soon.

Whiteville Luncheon: Eleanor Hoff announced that the Whiteville luncheon will be held on Tuesday October 30th. The program will start at 9:30AM. Cars will be leaving the Shallotte Welcome Center at 8:30AM.

After the meeting Donna Lockwood had a badge making class. We'll be seeing a lot of new badges very soon. They all looked great.

How to know if you are a REAL quilter

There's more fabric in the house than food.
"Fat quarter" is not the heaviest part of your body.
Your ironing board is always set up, but you never iron clothes.
You think of your job as an interruption of your quilting time.
You pet fabric.
People are always picking thread off you.
You can measure a scant 1/4 inch by eye.
"Featherweight" doesn't mean boxer.
Your "UFO's" are not from outer space.
You clean up your sewing room and your family thinks that you are leaving home.

See you all on the 23rd.

Wanda Williams