Wednesday, January 8, 2014

MEETING MINUTES, JANUARY 8, 2014

MEETING MINUTES
JANUARY 8, 2014
10 AM UNTIL 12 NOON
SEWING STUDIO, MAITLAND

MEET AND GREET
There were 27 members and guests in attendance.

TREASURER REPORT
Michelle gave a report on the current bank balance for the guild's account.

RAFFLE BASKET
The basket was provided by Ellen and won by Pat.


ELECTIONS
Zonetta discussed the upcoming elections and the absentee ballot process. Those who will not be able to attend the February Meeting may contact Julia to vote by email between Jan. 27th through February 3rd. Zonetta had the candidates, Debra, Marge, Kathryn (Absent Yanick), introduce themselves to the group.

MQG VOTE
Christine made a motion that the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild join the Modern Quilt Guild.  The motion was seconded by Cara.  A vote was held and it was a unanimous decision to join the "mothership."

FIELD TRIP
Cara discussed the guild plans to have a field trip to the Suwannee Valley Quilt Shop in Trenton.  The date selected is February 22. There will be three car pool meeting places including in Maitland and on the West and the South ends of Orlando.  More specific arrangements will be made with members via email.

DEMO
Michele showed a number of items made using fabric selvages and she gave a fun demo on using fabric scraps to make baskets and coasters.




BOGGY CREEK
Each team gave an update on the status of their quilts.

SHOW 'N TELL






















I WISH I HAD MADE THAT
This honor was shared by Christina and Jodi.

BLOCKS OF THE MONTH
The February block is a scrappy Trip around the World.

The January Block was a butterfly block and ...
they were won by Sharleen.

DOOR PRIZE
Christine declined the door prize as she had already won a prize. Christine in turn drew Michele's name as the winner.




4 comments:

  1. Great meeting as usual! Thanks to Michele for a wonderful demo and for gifting me her door prize!

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  2. Loved all the show and tell items. What a talented group!

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  3. It was a fun meeting and I loved Michele's demo.

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  4. I enjoyed seeing all the beautiful things everyone created.

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