MEETING
MINUTES
Wednesday,
October 4, 2017
Maitland,
FL
WELCOME
President Sarah opened the meeting requesting that anyone who
would like to have a quilt in the guild’s special display, “Challenge Accepted”
at the Mancuso World Quilt Florida quilt show in January, to please email her
with the quilt name, dimensions, and their blurb about the quilt, including
comment about how it was a challenge.
PROGRAM
Sarah
introduced Pamela Schwartz, Chief Curator/Program Manager at the Orange County
Regional History Center, to present a very interesting special program on the
One Orlando Collection at the History Center, which includes one of our Quilts
for Pulse (QFP). Our guild has given a QFP to everyone on the history center
staff. She noted that the center has become a resource for other cities’
history museums dealing with similar situations, most recently Las Vegas.
She
noted that it is unusual to create a collection when time hasn’t passed to give
perspective on what is, or may be, important over time, but they worked to
collect more than 10,000 preservable items left in memorials following the
Pulse shootings on June 12, 2016, that make up the One Orlando Collection. She
said 4-6 staff members, including 3 new staff funded by the county for this
Pulse-related project, worked 31-days straight outdoors in Florida summer heat
and rain, collecting items, making decisions about what to take, what to leave,
reorganizing the display each night, and then cleaning to preserve the items
left at the 4 memorial sites: Lake Eola, Dr. Phillips Performance Center,
Orlando Regional Medical Center, and the Pulse nightclub building. They left
signs at the sites to let those leaving items know that they might be collected
if wouldn’t last in the elements or when it was decided to preserve them. Much
of their work involved cleaning to remove mold, mildew, smoke, and spilled wax.
They worked to gather the stories for items they could trace, and they have
created a digital archive so people everywhere can access the collection online
and find information about items associated with each of the victims or the
shooting in general.
She
told several stories to explain museum issues. IKEA gave a white couch signed
by its employees and then was signed by many more people; it is part of the
collection but had to be deeply cleaned because full of mold after time
outside. A man in Ohio made 49 white wooden crosses painted white, one for each
victim, and the history center had special boxes made to hold each individual
cross with items left for the individual each represented, not just to preserve
the crosses but also to protect other items in the collection from
decomposition of the wood and house paint in them. Each item had to be
conserved, catalogued, digitally archived, and stored.
She
mentioned how much the our QFP quilts mean to many recipients, who have told
her so, including the history center staff. The task force on how to create a
memorial on the Pulse nightclub site is looking for input, which you can
participate in by going to One Pulse Foundation online and creating an account
with password (required so everyone’s voice is counted only once).
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Modern Quilt Guild (MQG) Update
Debra
J reported on the MQG, noting that all members should have received the MQG monthly
email yesterday. It includes a lot of information, including signup for the
QuiltCon swaps (you do not need to be present at QuiltCon to participate),
upcoming webinars, supply lists for QuiltCon 2018, and how to make submissions
to be considered for publication. There is also a link to a demographic survey
all members are invited to complete.
November Special Program
Sarah,
reporting for Vice President, who was absent, reported that Jen Lee of Red
Thread Studio is going to be giving a special program at the next meeting demonstrating
and lecturing on Big Stitch and Sashiko styles of hand stitching. It will take
the entire meeting, and there will be kits for everyone who has signed up to
sew along at the meeting. There will be NO
SHOW AND TELL IN NOVEMBER, though we will have Block of the Month and
the Education Basket.
Challenge Quilts – Bring to the December
Meeting
Please
bring all guild challenge quilts to the December meeting, whether you have
shown them already or not, so all of the quilts made in the Quirky Scrappy
Quiltalong, the Unmodern Made Modern challenge, and the Creactive Club
challenge can all be shown by group.
Block of the Month (BOM)
The
autumn leaf Blocks of the Month were won by Sharleen. Diana showed the Block of
the Month for November, Spools. The tutorial has been posted on the guild blog.
Diana said the spool ends should be dark and to angle the strips of colored
fabric representing thread, but NOT to add the frame around the block as shown
in the tutorial link.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Marge
reported on income and expenses for the month and explained how guild money is
used to subsidize the cost of classes when we bring in teachers from out of
town. She also explained that the guild is paying for the teacher at the
November program, including kits provided for those wanting to sew along, so
all members can benefit.
Retreat
Marge
noted that signup for the retreat is now closed and that, if someone wants to
cancel, they need to do it very soon – cancelling just involves cancelling their
room with the Wyndham Ocean Walk. She noted that each room has a kitchen and
they are time shares, so she believes all will have pots and pans, utensils for
cooking, dishes and silverware.
Each
room has just one free parking space in a garage next to the building, so if
roommates have more than one vehicle, there will be a charge for parking there
or across the street in another parking garage. Alissa warned people parking
across the street to opt for “all day” parking or they will be charged each time
they leave and return.
Marge
said those attending will receive a lot of communication from her in the coming
month. Everyone reserving a room has paid a security deposit, which is refundable
if there is no damage.
Ocean
Walk is providing 6-7 ironing boards for the sewing room, so you do not need to
bring your big boards, but do bring your irons and extension cords. There will
be 50 people sharing the sewing space. Marge, Beth, and Alejandrina are going
to visit Wyndham Ocean Walk to check out the layout, and Marge will let us know
anything we need to know about that.
They
are looking for people to give demos at the retreat, so please let Marge know
if you are interested in giving one. Jeff said he will give one on sewing
machine cleaning. Alissa is going to present a Mystery Block with instructions
twice a day, to be done Sunday morning, large enough to be a mini, or a number
could be assembled together to make a quilt; she will provide information in
advance about materials needed. There will be games and giveaways. We can have
wine and other beverages in the sewing room but must be discreet about it in
the hallways.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Quilts for Pulse Legacy
Mary
W is collecting information on QFP. Betty pointed out that Quilting Arts has an
article about QFP in its current issue in an article on craftivism, which
includes the many statistics from QFP that were part of our Pulse booth at
QuiltCon in February this year.
Legal Aid Society
Quilts
are still being made for young adults aging out of foster care for a Legal Aid
Society project. Four kits are available which need quilting; those who take a
kit to quilt, please let Sarah know if you take one.
Festival of Trees Quilt
Wendy
showed the finished Festival of Trees quilt, which needs binding; Judy S
volunteered to do the binding.
Calls for Blocks
Beth
said in the recent past, when we find out about a Call for Blocks, it takes
several months to announce it to the guild, collect blocks, assemble them into
quilts and have them quilted and bound. She would like the guild to be
proactive instead of always behind the requests, so we are going to continue
making the large Half Square Triangle (HST) blocks, now of 2 - 12” squares. We
will ask members to make them and bring them to meetings as we build up a
supply, so when there is a call for blocks, they can be assembled quickly into
one or more quilts. The first blocks in this effort, requested for this meeting
were 10” squares made into blue and white blocks. Beth asked that blocks now be
made of 2 - 12” squares and made of one white or gray square and one low volume
fabric in any color.
Beth
reported that she has received 5-6 quilts to be taken to Texas for those
recovering from Hurricane Harvey. Beth will take and store any donation quilts
anyone wishes to give her for needs as they arise. She says she will add plain
white or gray blocks to the HST blocks for assembling quilts quickly with plain
squares (negative space), and she showed several examples during Show N Tell,
quilts that were made of orphan blocks at extra Sew Days at Caroline’s house.
When
specific blocks are requested, such as the bee blocks for Manchester, Beth will
let us know about the Call for Blocks, and it will be up to individual members
if they wish to make special blocks. The guild will focus on sending completed
quilts instead of blocks. She also reported that she has not heard anything
about a call for Puerto Rico yet, but there will be no way to get them quilts
for awhile.
Beth
announced that she is going to have white fabric and various items for adding 2
red Xs to each for Project 70273 at Sew Days and the Retreat. She hopes to have
blocks made by as many members of the guild as possible, which will be
assembled into a guild quilt when there are enough, so please give any Project
70273 blocks to Beth. The 70273 project is only 35% completed, so lots more
blocks are needed.
EDUCATION
Classes
Education
Coordinator Anne reported, and Alissa confirmed, that the recent Amanda Jean
Nyberg “Spin” class was a success. Anne reported on 3 exciting teachers the
guild has scheduled to teach classes next year:
January
20, 2018 – Sarah Sharp on paper piecing
April 21, 2018 – Jen Carlton Bailey on curved piecing
October 20, 2018 – Melissa Averinos on people faces or cat faces
Education Basket
Zonetta returned the Education Basket
filled with 2 Amanda Jean Nyberg pouches, patterns, wine, chocolate, bobbin
holder, starch, note cards, fabric bundles, and more. The basket was won by
Susan F.
MEMBER AT LARGE
Jane
announced that the guild is going to post a list of members’ professional
services on the blog, so if you want your business to be listed –
quilting-related or not – please get the information to Jane.
DOOR PRIZES
Door
prize winners, chosen by random number generator from their number on the sign
up sheet, were visitor Barbara and members Dorothy, and Janet. The prizes
included a 12-1/2” square ruler and pattern provided by Accuquilt, acrylic
templates and 7 yards of fabric provided by Marcus Brothers and Wilton Brands.
SHOW AND TELL
Donation Quilts of Orphan Blocks
GUILD LIBRARY
Librarian
Yanick said that several members have had books out of the library for more
than a month and asked that anyone who has an overdue book to please mail it
back to her at “book rate” or “media mail,” which is very inexpensive (include
the book only, no note with it, for the low price), so they are available for
other members.
LUNCH
Members
going to lunch together met at Blaze Pizza in Winter Park.
UPCOMING EVENTS
· October 9, 2017 – Maitland Public Library Sew Day, 10-4
· October 21, 2017 – Dr. Phillips Public Library Sew Day, 10-4
· October 31, 2017 – email Sarah by this date to have a quilt in
the guild display at Mancuso World Quilt Florida in January, 2018 – send her
your name, the quilt name, dimensions, and a blurb describing the quilt and use
the word “challenge” [for the display, “Challenge Accepted”]
· November 1, 2017 – OMQG Meeting, the Sewing Studio, Maitland, 10
am,
Special Demonstration of
Sashiko and Big Stitch Quilting by Jennifer Lee of Red Thread Studio, with sew
along kits
· November 2-5, 2017 – Retreat, Wyndham Ocean Walk, Daytona Beach
· January 18-20, 2018 - Mancuso World Quilt Florida, Orange County
Convention Center
· January 20, 2018 – Sarah Sharp class, Dr. Phillips Public
Library, 10-4
· February 22-25, 2018 - QuiltCon 2018, Pasadena, CA
· April 21, 2018 – Jen Carlton Bailey class, Dr. Phillips Public
Library, 10-4
· October 20, 2018 – Melissa Averinos class, Dr. Phillips Public
Library, 10-4
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