Minutes November 5th, 2009

Pat called meeting to order.
Treasurer reports:$567.07.
No Old business.

New business:
Jo Ann will lead Christmas Bells in December.
She will be bringing colored reed but we need to bring For One Bell:
•3/8" flat in natural, cut 8 spokes 18" long
•# 1 rr in natural,
•11/64" fo natural,
•#2 rr natural

If you have your own dyed reed that you want to bring, then you also need:
11/64" flat reed dyed green
3/8" flat reed dyed red
#2 round reed dyed red for braided border, cut 16 at 20" long
We will meet early at 6:00 pm with snacks. You will need to bring:
•a snack or dish to share
•your own drinks.
Plates, napkins, and forks provided.

Marty, JoAnn, And Ann had show and tell baskets. Pat reported a talk with an attorney and we are ok to copy patterns to be used as teaching tool. We only need to get permission to use if we sell the pattern or use it more than 6 times. Our by-laws are ok on this. Apparently some of you cannot open these minutes so you will find them on the blog ( thanx to Darleen). 13 members in attendance. Motion to adjourn Anne and Marlene.
Note: Donna is taking a leave of absence from Guild due to job constraints. May be able to come to all day weave on a Sat. Otherwise we'll see her when she has more time.

Minutes June 4, 2009

Vice President Pat called the meeting to order. Marlene reported a balance of $363.35. JoAnn approved the May minutes with a 2nd by Mary. Twenty members were in attendance.

Old Business
Election of Offices, After some coercion the following members have been elected to become our new officers from September 2009 to June of 2011.
President- Pat
Vice President- Marty
Treasurer - Ann
Recording Co-Secretaries - Lori and Sara
Corresponding Secretary - Elizabeth
Blog Administrator - Darleen agreed to continue but is more than willing to help someone learn.

Dues will remain at $15.00

Members are reminded to look for a plastic OR glass bowl (see note below*) for the October Twill Basket. The base should be about 6", top diameter about 12" and height about 6". It will be easier to weave if the bowl is somewhat flexible and has no rim or a small rim. As JoAnn mentioned, the basket CAN be woven without a form also. Orders for bases will occur in September.

New Business
Pat suggested a UFO summer weave at the library and will contact the library. Check your email and the blog occasionally for information about date and time. (those without will be phoned)

Marty made the motion to adjourn and eat. Motion was seconded by Marie.

Again the food was fantastic. Many weavers got close to completing the sides of their tall toilet tissue basket. Thanks Ann for leading.
*Bowl Update----I am currently weaving the basket around my GLASS Pyrex 4.5 quart bowl. ( base is 5 1/2, top is 11 and height is 4 1/2) I have to be a little careful but it is not bad. I duct taped the bowl inside and worked upside down for a few rows. This is one bowl in a set of 4 graduated bowls, so watch for a picture when I get all 4 bowls covered!

Minutes May 7, 2009

I neglected to pick up the Project Sign Up Sheet when I left last night. Does anyone know who has it or where it is?

Minutes May 7, 2009
Vice President Pat called the meeting to order. There was no treasury report and the emailed/mailed reading of April minutes were approved as read by JoAnn and 2nd by Diane T.

Old Business
Extra copies of the materials list needed for June's Tall Bath Tissue Basket were available. The list is also posted on the blog; go to the blog, type in "Materials June 2009" to locate the list. Ann has ordered bases and handles for everyone.

Marlene showed the book that was donated to the library in memory of Shirley. Judy believed she told the family about the donation but Marlene will check to make sure the library will send a note to Shirley's daughter or if they don't, she will write the note herself.

Members were reminded that officer nominations and elections will be held in June. Pat has volunteered to step up from Vice President to President, with the stipulation that Dawn/or someone else will chair the 3 winter meetings when she doesn't attend guild. Darleen explained that she currently has a variety of personal challenges and after much consideration has decided to not run for another term. She will gladly train someone to take over as administrator of the blog and will still do some posts. Marlene would like to step down as Treasurer since she has held this post for many years "but will continues unless someone else wants to do it". Elizabeth has volunteered to be the new Corresponding Secretary. So positions needed to be filled next month are Vice-President, Secretary and possibly Treasurer.

Members who have not finished their Northwoods or who purchased a kit should look over their supplies. There is one pair of leather handles left over. Either someone is missing a set or Darleen can not count- which is a distinct possibility. Please email Darleen if you find something missing from your supplies.


New Business
The June Meeting will start at 6:00 since it will be a Snack and Weave. Snacks and Hors d'œuvres of all kinds are welcome. Bring your own beverage. Plates, napkins and plastic-wear will be provided.

A Sign Up sheet for 2009-2010 Projects was passed around.

Pat talked a little bit about the pricing of basket. The link to the handout that she referred to will be posted on the blog . Pat also addressed the issue of coping patterns for individual use vs. each individual buying their own pattern. She stressed the importance of all members getting along with one another.

Darleen and Sue will lead a simple twill bowl in October. The basket is based on a pattern by Dianne Gleixner and she uses a plastic bowl as a mold to weave the sides. Darleen mentioned that right now Wal-Mart had perfect plastic bowls in their Summer Dinnerware section for about a $1. Dollar stores might also be a good place to look. JoAnn recommended drilling holes in the bottom of the plastic bowls and wooden bases to help keep them together while weaving.

Darleen also has been weaving the baskets over both aluminum and glass bowls, holding the bowls to the wooden bases with duct tape. Judy mentioned it is nice to weave the basket without drilling as then when you USE the basket, the plastic bowl can become a liner. The directions say the bowl should have a base of about 6", the top diameter should be about 12" ( mine was larger and worked fine) and the bowls height should be about 6". Again your mission before October ( but do it now, while all the plastic stuff is out) is to find a cheap plastic bowl:
Base 6' DIAMETER; TOP APPROX. 12" DIAMETER; APPROX. 6" TALL
Since I am working up the baskets in 4 sizes just about any bowl will do.

Several baskets were looked at as possibilities to use up all the 3/8" left over from the Northwoods Bushel.

The motion to adjourn was made by Marie and 2nd by Sara.

Minutes April 5th 2009

Minutes April 2nd, 2009
Silver Creek Basket Guild

Dawn called the meeting to order about 6:35. Since Marlene is on vacation there was no treasurers report. Members agreed to wave the reading of the March 5, 2009 minutes since the minutes had previously been mailed, emailed and posted on the blog.



Old Business

Members were reminded the Saturday Weave of the Northwoods Bushel Basket will be April 25th from 9:15 to 3:30 followed by 30 minutes for cleanup at Ripon Public Library, 120 Jefferson Street. (a map is on their website http://www.riponlibrary.org/, The library opens at 9 AM, so we will be setting up those first few minutes) Lunch was discussed with members deciding to use a pizza delivery service. The guild will pay for pizza but members are also free to bring their own sack lunch if desired. The color of the filler seagrass was discussed. Many members decided #3 Natural should be ordered. It was suggested that members who have green at home will bring it on the 25th and some trading and sharing will go on.

Dawn reminded everyone that Lake County Guild’s BasketFest is May 1-3 in West Bend. Here is there website. http://www.lakecountrybasketguild.com/

Dawn asked for suggestions for handling Show and Share so we have more weaving time on guild meeting nights. Several suggestions were made. The final suggestion was to not have a formal presentation of baskets but to just start weaving after the meeting and then as people needed a break they would walk around and look at the baskets.

New Business

New members Tracy and Niki and were welcomed. ( daughter-in-law and daughter of existing members!)

Updated membership information was distributed. Thanks to Marty for handing that out. Any corrections should be reported to Darleen. A new membership list will be made again in the fall.

Darleen showed a brochure from “Weaving in Winona” June 26-28. Prices looked pretty reasonable for both workshops and housing. http://www.weavinwinona.com/

May Project

Judy will lead "Sweetie" on May 7th. Members are encouraged to print off your own pattern at the Bases To Weave Website; http://www.basestoweave.com

Judy will be bringing all the supplies for this basket; wooden base, round reed and beads. A few pattern copies will be available at the meeting.


June Project

Ann will be leading Tall Bath Tissue Basket in June. An order sheet was passed around for the wooden lids and 6” x 20” handles. Members who were absent and want a lid or handle should contact Ann. Materials list will be sent and posted in a few weeks.

Darleen asked for suggestions as to how to handle the punch card gift she is accumulating from East Troy Basketry. Tool totes were selected for give away drawings.

Minutes March 5th, 2009

Thirteen members attended the March 5th meeting of the Silver Creek Basket Guild. The guild welcomed new members Diane and Mary. Marlene reported the treasury balance remains the same at $386.26. Since the February 5th minutes had been distributed, it was suggested to wave the reading of the minutes.
Old Business

Guild Guidelines
Dawn asked if there were any questions regarding the revised guidelines. Sara made a motion to approve the new guidelines as stated. Second by Stephanie. Motion carried by approval from all members in attendance and one absentee vote from Judy relayed by Stephanie.

Saturday Weave
Members discussed a Saturday Weave at the Ripon Library to weave Northwoods Bushel on April 25th. The guild will purchase supplies and those members weaving will reimburse the guild. JoAnn will be obtaining the patterns. Marlene will contact the Library to see if Saturday, April 25th is available. A sign up sheet will be passed around at the April 2nd meeting.




New Business

Marty will be leading Amish Tray, a twill basket by Lyn Siler, for the April 2nd meeting. A complete material list will follow shortly but FOUR colors (or 3 colors and natural) of 3/16” flat oval are needed. 11/64” flat oval or 1/4” flat oval will also work. JoAnn reminded people reed must be cut a great deal longer than Siler states in her book for the basket.
Darleen suggested guild members donate Lyn Siler’s book A Basketmakers Odyssey to the Green Lake Library in memory of Shirley. Members felt this was a good idea and Marlene will discuss this with the library.

Show and Share
JoAnn is back for her “month in basket weaving heaven” and had many amazing baskets to show us. Don is sending a picture which will be posted on the blog shortly. Sue showed the Pantry Basket we will weave in the fall. Several other guild members had baskets to show .



Most members finished or came close to finishing their Small Cristi. A few bases are still available.
Thanks to Dawn for leading.

Minutes February 5th, 2009

Eight members attended the February 5th meeting of the Silver Creek Basket Guild.
Marlene reported a treasury balance of $386.26.
Since all members had read the January 8th minutes, it was suggested to wave the reading of the minutes. Members present agreed.
Dawn had Easter baskets to Show and Share. Other members showed baskets they were currently working on.
OLD BUSINESS

Members reviewed changes to the guidelines. It was suggested that meetings in January through March be changed to Saturday rather than Thursday nights. Although all members agreed it was difficult to go out nights in the cold winter weather, many members expressed concerns that there would be too many conflicts for members to attend regular Saturday meetings. So, for now, the guild’s guidelines will keep the meetings on Thursday nights.
Additional changes were made to the number of officers, filling officer vacancies and when guideline voting would occur. The final vote on the guidelines will occur at the March 5th meeting. The revised guidelines will be emailed or mailed to all members and posted on the blog. Please read the guidelines before the March meeting as we will voting on them without taking time to reread them again at the meeting.


NEW BUSINESS

Examples of the Small Christi.

Dawn showed an example of the Small Christi she will lead in March. She will be ordering the bases with a cost of approximately $3.00 per base. Members need to contact Dawn by February 12th to order a base.



Darleen reported the guild has a new e-mail address at silvercreekbasketguild@gmail.com. In the hopes of attracting new members, the new e-mail address and guild information will be posted on various basket weaving web sites. Darleen said she has already received several confirmations that we will be added to their listings.

Marlene suggested a Saturday Weave at the Ripon Public Library of the Northwards Bushel Basket (14”x14”x12” high). The sides are woven in a over two under two twill which forms the tree shapes. You can also look at the basket at East Troy’s web site HERE. The guild will purchase the pattern and materials. Cost and date will be determined at the March meeting. If interested please bring your calendars so we can set a date.

Darleen mentioned Basket Fest was moved to West Bend and is the first weekend in May. Members discussed the excessive registration cost of classes at the weekend. More information can be found at Lake County Basket Guild.

January 8, 2009 Minutes

Minutes January 8, 2009

Seven members and one guest attended the January 8th meeting of the Silver Creek Basket Guild. Before the meeting was called to order, members reminisced about Shirley. Marlene passed around a memorial card from the funeral which will be placed in the club’s records.

The meeting was called to order by Darleen. Marlene reported a balance of $436.14, but is expecting a bill from Dawn for the plant sent to Shirley's funeral. Darleen read the minutes from December 2008.

Marty, Judy, and JoAnn all had baskets to show and share.

Old Business
Darleen contacted East Troy Basketry and reported the guild voted to cancel any further planning of a spring workshop with Eileen.

Members present read and suggested changes to the guidelines. Marlene is making the final copy and it will be sent separately for member’s to review and finalize at the February meeting. Major changes include switching from 5 officers to 4, switching officer elections to June and officer terms of 2 years.

The major discussion surrounded ways to encourage members to run for an office. It was mentioned the current officers have been running the club for many years. Suggestions included; officers not paying dues, electing two co-presidents, having no president; the person leading the basket also would lead the meeting and having the vice-president become the president after two years. Marlene spoke of the need for a good president to keep the group on track during the business portion of the meeting (so we would have time to weave the project).

New Business
Dawn has received a thank you note from Shirley’s daughter.

Darleen relayed comments from several members who had gone to Messiah’s Chili Luncheon and noticed that baskets were priced quite low and larger baskets (some even left over from the previous year) had not been sold. Since the smaller baskets were selling, it was suggested that perhaps we should all make simple, smaller baskets and NOT fill the baskets with theme items for our donations. The church is a wonderful meeting place and we all want our donations to do the most good. Marlene suggested rather than donating baskets to sell, we could just give baskets to the church’s shut-in’s similar to what East Troy Basketry does. The topic was tabled as we look for someone in the group to discuss this with the church; perhaps a guild member who is also a church member.

Monthly Project Review

February is a UFO month, bring any unfinished item you want to work on. We will also vote on the Guidelines.

In, March Dawn will be leading “Small Christi”. Linda Taylor led this 4 1/2”W by 2 3/4”H basket with a wrapped coiled rim about 3 years ago. Darleen showed the Christi she made accented with small glass beads on #1 round reed using macramé cord as a lasher.

Marty showed a beautiful, small square basket with a colored twill design in the base that she is considering leading in April.

Judy brought the basket she will be leading in May. The pattern “Sweetie” by Candace Katz can be seen HERE. If that won't work on your computer, just google “bases to weave” and click on free patterns. Judy will provide the bases and beads for us to purchase.




Marlene led her “Thrift Store Small Wall Basket”. ( I had to ask... Marlene saw one like it unpriced at a thrift store. So instead of asking for a price, she went home and wove one!) Almost all members got their baskets close to completion or at least up to the rim. Thank you Marlene, it is a cute little basket and we all had fun weaving it.

Respectfully submitted,
Darleen