20 Nov President’s Message – December 2025
Seems as though time is flying by at jet speed! It’s already time to prepare for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Yikes!!! I’m not sure about yours, but my sewing machine is working overtime!
As this year comes to a close, I’d like to thank our 2025 Board members: Michelle Braisted 1st VP (2025 programs), Colleen Cassidy 2nd VP (2026 programs), Peggy Bowker and Shirley Garth Co-3rd VPs (Membership), Beth Bryant Treasurer, Mary Jo Harrison Recording Secretary, Katie Rawls Communications Secretary, and I had the pleasure of being your President. This has been a fabulous group to work with this year. Yes, we did have a few lengthy discussions, but mainly to get the problem solved correctly, and we’ve all been on a similar page. Many thanks to each of you for your dedicated work.
On a similar note, congratulations to our newly elected 2026 Board of Directors. Many of us will be returning for another year of service, which will help to ensure a flow of continuity: Colleen Cassidy, 1st VP, Peggy Bowker Co-3rd VP, Beth Bryant Treasurer, Katie Rawls Communications Secretary, and I will be your President once again. And we are pleased to welcome newcomers: Shirley Whittaker 2nd VP and Kay Fisher Co-3rd VP, who will bring fresh ideas for the coming year. Thank you all for your willingness to serve. I’m looking forward to another fabulous year! On a sad note, Donna Willoughby, our newly elected Recording Secretary is stepping down because of health issues. I’m sad for all of us. I was looking forward to working with Donna this year. With that said, if you’d like to join this awesome board as our Recording Secretary for 2026, please contact Mary Jo Harrison ASAP.
I’m still smiling as a result of our November program. Oh, my golly, such an array of creativity and what a delightful way to end a fabulous year! Seeing all the beautiful quilts along with fantastic smaller items was truly amazing. Items were from a lengthy list of categories; it was like a mini quilt show! Thank you all for sharing.
One more thank you is in order. I have been in awe all year that so many of you stepped “Outta Your Box”! It was sew much fun to see new skills acquired with these creative projects. This past month Beth Bryant tested her skills of “What do you do with a panel?” and a really cute Grinch quilt emerged. Coleen Quinn-Cooil created a mini quilt while on her first cruise, and showed it off by hanging it on the outside of her cabin door. Terry Passon, never having worked with wool, created an adorable felted snow bunny in a recent class. Katie Rawls collected fabric scraps from her late mother-in-law’s stash and added more from her mom’s stash as well as some of her own. She hand-pieced and hand-quilted these scraps into a beautiful heirloom quilt. Emily Ferguson stitched herself a dress; she also shared her blue-ribbon Williamson County Fair quilt. Marian Pickney created a sonic quilt using a grid technique. Ginabeth Young created a Christmas quilt from a pattern that she had to resize. She used Christmas panels for the back, so this was a two-for-one kinda quilt. Kay Fisher made small Freddy Moran-type face quilts, one of her husband and one of a friend, while taking a class with the Music City Guild. Wow.
December is our final “hurrah” for 2025. We will be celebrating at the Williamson County Enrichment Center. It is sure to be a great ending to an awesome year with Kay Fisher and her crew at the helm. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Keep on Quiltin’……… Lots of Hugs, Joyce