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Sunny Sue’sSunbonnet Sue Quilt Club of the Olympic PeninsulaAugust 2016To further the act and skill of quilt making and to foster an appreciation of quilts old and new.For the past several years theSunbonnet Sue Quilt Club website hasbeen hosted by a company calledWebsites for Quilters. A year ago theyannounced that they had been purchased by Like Sew. This new companyoffered to convert our website to their services but the cost was morethan the club could bear and their monthly hosting fees were considerablyhigher than what we had been paying. They were willing to keep ourwebsite on their servers until our contract ran out. Of course, I didn’trush to find a new webhosting company; after all our contract didn’texpire until August 2016!! The months flew by and suddenly I was under adeadline!! I found that there were a lot of webhosting companies outthere!! After reading reviews and doing research I settled on Weebly, awebhosting company based in San Francisco. Since it wasn’t possible toconvert our old website to Weebly it was necessary for me to build a newone! This week our newly designed website was officially launched.Our new website has much of the same information as the old one butupdated and reformatted. You’ll find more photos and even a slideshow ofthe Quilt Show winners. It’s much easier to edit and update than our old

New Website – continued .site. And best of all it will cost the club less than half of what we werepaying.I hope you’ll take a look around the new site. It’s located at the sameaddress (sunbonnetsuequiltclub.org). The password to the members onlysection hasn’t changed it’s still SBSQC. Hopefully, you’ll find the siteeasy to use, clean and informative. Please let me know what you think. It’sstill a work in progress so if you have suggestions on how to make itbetter please let me know.Merrie Jo SchroederIMPORTANT DATESWebmasterIn August the business meeting willcontinue to be held at 10:00 am onthe 2nd Wednesday.Board meetings will be the firstWednesday from 9:00 to 9:30 am.That way all members will be able tosew or attend any classes held thatday.August 39:00 Board Meeting10:00 AnnouncementsBaguettesAugust 1010:00 Business Meeting1:00 Art Quilt Sues(Karen’s Quilt Shop)August 17Congratulations to every memberwho had a part in the very amazing,very successful 2016 Pathway ThruThe Stars Quilt Show! Thank you toeach and every TEAM member whowas a part of this accomplishment!Job Well Done!!!Membership UpdatesWelcome New Members Pepai and Vicky:8/22 Whipple Pepai 360-681-5117 13 Riley Road SQpepalapu@sbcglobal.net10:00 Announcements11/30 Sheesley Vicky 559--360-2401 193 Falfa Lane (Oct-Apr) FresnoCA 93727 *** 6137 E. Clinton Ave SQ (Apr-Oct) vpsheesley@gmail.comAugust 24Please change Karen Clatanoff's e-mail address to: fclatanoff@gmail.com.10:00 AnnouncementsPlease change the SBS Member's addresses as follows:August 31Judy Gates 500 W. Hendrickson Rd. 505810:00 AnnouncementsCommunity QuiltsAnn Taylor 500 W. Hendrickson Rd. 5010, Phone: 360-670-5010Page 2

NEWS FROM THEBAGUETTES:Baguettes are continuing towork on “Professional Tote” byThe Creative Thimble for themonth of August. Judy Ramoswill be the leader. Again,Baguettes provides no formalinstruction. There is helpthough, from the leader and theother Baguettes working on theproject.In September the Baguettes willstart a new project, “UnionSquare Floor Tote” by KenzieMac. The Leader will be JudyAndersen. Judy bought herpattern with the additionalstrapping from Nancy’s Notions.Please feel free to join us onthe First Wednesday of themonth at the Sunbonnet SueQuilt Club Meeting.Peeps from your VeepsNo PEEPING! Oops I mean No PEEKING! Your Peeps have been busytaking photos from the quilt show and putting a random few into theFIRST SBSQC Quilt Calendar. The Veeps are the only ones in the club whoknow which quilts’ photos are in it. Don’t bother asking; we won’t tellyou. The rules are No PEEKING! All will be revealed after (1) you haveplaced your orders to us in advance, (2) we place the order with theprinters and (3) we receive the order and bring them to you at SBSQC. Assoon as we get the price quote, we will be selling advance copies. StayTuned! Don’t miss out!A quick review of what’s coming up:1. Retreat at St. Andrew’s August 22-26. If you are attending, meetwith Kath Beecher in the lobby after the announcements at clubon August 17th.2. September 21 is the Table/ Library Book Sale. We have 10 tablessigned up so far.3. September 22 is the trip to La Conner Quilt Museum. There isroom for 26 people on the bus. The price is still not confirmed;stay tuned.4. October 17-19 is Kamp Sew-a-Lot. It is full and has a waiting list.5. We vote for Volunteer of the Year on November 9th. Be thinking ofwho you would like to nominate.6. December 14th is the Holiday Party. Thank you, Frosty’s Flakes!Your Veeps, Kath and JudyPage 3

Happy AugustBirthdays to:1-Aug JanBock2-Aug JudyReed2-Aug WinSkillman8-Aug ShirleyHomer8-Aug BeverlySimon9-Aug MarciKleinberg10-Aug HesterCrary13-Aug PatriciaGallup15-Aug SusanAbbe15-Aug Margarett Barton15-Aug ElaineLenox16-Aug BonnieCauffman16-Aug LiisaFagerlund16-Aug DorisHartnessChristmas stockings in August? That’s right. On August 31 (Community Quilt day)we’ll be unveiling the 2016 Christmas Stocking program! This is the club’s 15th yearparticipating in the project. Our goal is to make over 250 stockings this year!! We’regiving you lots of time to make at least a few stockings! We’ll have patterns, fabricand batting.There are just 4 basic requirements:1. Large size (please use our pattern which is fairly large and provides lots ofroom for “stuffers”)2. Quilted3. Lined4. A loop for hangingAvoid the Holiday rush and complete your stockings before Halloween!!Also needed a couple of members to work on the Christmas stocking committee -help with the organization of fabric and patterns, collect finished stockings, spreadthe Holiday spirit!! Please contact Merrie Jo by email if you’re interested in being aSanta’s helper.Besides Christmas stockings we’ll have a few Community Quilts that need bindingand there will be kits available to take home.The Community Quilt display at the quilt show received lots of positive commentsand support from our visitors. Many had no idea that we provide quilts andChristmas stockings to the community. Thanks to all who staffed the area anddemonstrated tying and binding.16-Aug JudyRichey18-Aug JackieGriffith18-Aug AnneOgden19-Aug JudyGates19-Aug MarilynHiestand20-Aug CatherineBilyard25-Aug ToniTobin30-Aug BarbaraClevenger23-Aug LeeGrau28-Aug CarolynO'Neill30-Aug MarthaScott24-Aug BerneitaMiles28-Aug DianeRoss31-Aug PattyLavelyHope to see you on August 31.Merrie Jo SchroederJulie MaloneMaryann BallardGail MabbuttPage 4

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strapping from Nancy’s Notions. Please feel free to join us on the First Wednesday of the month at the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club Meeting. Page 4 1 hristmas stockings in August? That’s right. On August 31 ( ommunity Quilt day) .