MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Maitland, FL
President Alissa called the meeting to order; 50 members and
1 guest were present. The six new members introduced themselves.
ICEBREAKER
Alissa passed out paper and asked members to make
suggestions for what the guild will do with the charity quilt we made for
QuiltCon 2016.
TREASURER’S
REPORT
Joan
received membership forms and dues for renewals and new memberships, including
6 new members. Each person joining or renewing chose a gift of a Modern Quilt
Guild mug or project bag. Joan
asks anyone who plans to join or renew to please pay their dues right away, so
the new roster she will be email to members soon will be up to date. Members also signed up and paid for the Mandy Leins class on May 7th, "Improv on a Photo." There are still places available in the class.
RAFFLE
BASKET
Leandra
returned the Raffle Basket filled with many new and special items. The basket, which
brought in $48 for raffle tickets, was won by Debra.
EDUCATION
Education
Coordinator Ede reported that Christa Watson will be teaching a class on
September 24th and that Stephanie Kendron of Modern Sewciety, who
conducted the recent podcast with OMQG officers, may be coming to the class.
Diana reported that she will be reviewing Watson’s new book and will post her
view on the guild blog and at Amazon.com.
Ede also
reported that Jacquie Gering is coming March 17-19, 2017, to give a trunk show
and teach for two days.
CHARITY
PROJECTS
Education
Coordinator Sharleen reported last month that the group supporting the
deploying Florida National Guard troops, for whom the guild made hundreds of
pillowcases, had requested items to fill the cases for the soldiers, and contribute
items were collected.
Sharleen
explained the current annual guild charity project, providing 70 quilts to the
House Next Door, a nonprofit which serves child victims of sexual abuse, by the
end of the year. She has received 17 so far. The quilts to be donated should be
48” x 60”, though smaller will be accepted.
She will
announce a 30-day charity challenge at the May meeting, which will be due at
the June meeting.
Cara
reported that Kate has started a Kickstarter campaign to purchase sample quilts
from Wandering Stitches, with her employee discount, for the House Next Door;
she has 15 so far.
UFO LOG
UFO
Coordinator Kelly reported that the UFO log is available on the website now. Someone
reported that items added this year are not on the linked log, so Kelly will make sure the updated UFO log is
available at the link. Add UFOs to your list any time. Members receive one
entry per finished UFO in a drawing for prizes at the December holiday party.
LAS VEGAS
MINI QUILT SWAP - #vegasmeetsorlandoswap
Tanyia reported
on the mini quilt swap with the Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild, reminding those
participating that their minis are due to her June 1st, so should be
brought to the May meeting or mailed to her. They should be wrapped with a card
on the outside, showing the recipient’s name, and a note introducing yourself.
If you want to show your mini at Show and Tell in May, Tanyia will wrap it for
you. She said, if the person has not posted anything in Instagram to share
their tastes, to go by their list of likes and dislikes. No extras are allowed
in this swap. Minis are to be 12”-to-24” each side, any shape. Tanyia will mail
them to Las Vegas as a group.
LUNCH
Tanyia
announced that lunch this month will be at 12:30 following the meeting at Applebee’s
on US 17-92.
GUILD
LIBRARY
Yanick
brings the guild library of quilting books to each meeting. See her to see what
is available and to check out books, which must be returned at the following
month’s guild meeting.
BLOCK OF THE
MONTH
April’s Blocks
of the Month were won by Cara.
Kate
presented the Block of the Month for May. Directions are available on the guild
blog. The blocks should be 12” and monochromatic, any color. She said, “do not
be afraid” to improvise.
FABRIC
AUCTION
Members went
in groups of ten, in the order they signed in, to shop the piles of fabric,
bags of fabric, boxes of magazines and patterns, and tools and miscellaneous
items donated by members. Fabric sold for $2/yard, bags of fabric $3-5, patterns
$1, books and magazines $.25, and various amounts for miscellaneous items, with
all receipts going to the guild education fund.
SHOW AND
TELL
REMINDERS
Remember to
return membership forms and dues for this year to Joan, if you haven’t already,
so we have current information for everyone and all names for the new roster.
If you are taking part, remember to have your Las Vegas Mini Quilt Swap mini to
Tanyia by June 1st.
The meeting
was adjourned at 11:50 am.
UPCOMING
EVENTS
·
April 11 – Sew Day, 10-4, Maitland Public
Library
·
April 16 – Sew Day, 10-4, Dr. Phillips Public
Library
·
May 4 – OMQG Guild Meeting, 10 am, Sewing Studio
·
May 7 – Mandy Leins class, “Improv on a Photo,”
10-4, Bernina Sewing Center, Lake Mary
·
June 1 – OMQG Board Meeting, after the guild
meeting
·
September 24 – Christa Watson class, “Modern
Quilting in Style”
·
Next year’s QuiltCon East 2017, in Savannah, GA,
Feb. 23-27, 2017. The Modern Quilt Guild will post a course catalog online on
June 1st; member registration begins June 25th. Quilt Entry runs July 1 – Nov. 30.
·
March 17-19, 2017 – Jacquie Gering trunk show
and 2 days of classes
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