The November meeting of QBTB was held Nov 18th.  About 35 members attended.

The treasurer reported a balance of $10,055.36 will all bills paid.
(Much of the money is earmarked for retreats.)

Community Service:  Kim Killen and Jackie  Anderson showed off 11
quilts ready for Mary Bridge.  Most came from the sewing party held
last month and a few from individual members.  Great start!

The Crayon Challenge continues with items due at the December meeting.
 Bring them in a brown bag as they should be a secret until voted on.

The December meeting will be held December 16 and will be a pie social
and bingo party.  Cards will  be $1 or 6 for $5.  The money will go to
the program committee for use in hiring speakers.  There will be
prizes!

There will be sign-ups for the Post Card Class next meeting.

Judie Sholes has speakers lined up for May and Sept of next year.
Cathy Lindell is a pattern designer and Susan Moyer does on point
quilts with an interesting technique.

The Fall Retreat has one place left.  A wait list will be started.

The Web site will add a bulletin board for announcements, special
sales, and things to sell.
The Master Calendar will also be added to the Website.  Any dates that
go on the calendar should be submitted to the Web Masters Cheryl
Kneale or Carol Carroll.

Block of the Month:   Trina needs a few more volunteers to present a
block.  Sherryl Pfaff designed a cute kimono block for next month.
Betty Bliss won the triangle squares this month.

Ways and Means:  Susan Harmon reported the bazaar netted $282 which
was not as much as hoped, but another $150 was added at the meeting.
Thanks, Susan, for all your hard work on this project.

Six Round Robin Center blocks were shown off and sent on their way for
their first borders.  What a variety.  It will be fun to see how they
turn out.

Raffle Quilt:   Norma Jean Nyman agreed to head up the raffle ticket
sales again.  Thanks so much, Norma Jean, it is not an easy job.
Rose expects to have the quilt quilted and ready in February.

Announcements at the meeting:   If you have a message for the group,
please submit it to the president so she can get it put on the agenda.

Show-and-Tell:   Norma Jean showed us her hour glass quilt that used
the technique she taught at a previous meeting and also a charming
baby quilt.

Nancy Keay brought her memory quilt done for a  young woman who lost
both parents.  She was working on it at the retreat and it was so nice
to see it all finished.  It will be such a treasure for the girl with
photos from her childhood.

Carol Carroll showed her Laurel Birch quilt.  And Jeri Lindstromg
showed  some amazing quilting of her geometric quilt.

Program:    Our guest speaker was Carol Olson a prize winning quilter
who does much with dyes.  Her body of work shows such personality and
her way of working is so interesting.  It was fun to see the
progression of growth from her first quilt , through life experiences,
into dying fabrics, and finally into longarm quilting.

     --Respectfully submitted,  Marcia Cramer,  Secretary