President Marge Cree welcomed everyone to the September 2022 meeting. Business items announced included:
- the next two meetings are in November (11/2) and December (12/7)
- the next Global Quilt Connection that we've signed up for is September 17 & 18 from 3pm to 6pm; a newsletter went out to members already, and a reminder will go out again on September 15
- Outreach update: the Festival of Trees quilt is in progress, and the pattern has been selected for the QuiltCon quilt; batting is available to take for placemats, and keep on bringing in the Call for Blocks blocks!
- the Charity Basket was won by Moe Bradley!
- the Block of the Month was won by Nancy Reed! Cara Dobrev showed the next month's block, a "Diamond in a Diamond," and instructions will be sent out soon.
- Ellen Gordon updated the group on the Mystery Quilt - sewing on the curved pieces should be started, with a target to finish by the end of September; she will be sending the next set of instructions out soon.
- a reminder from Marge that nominations for board positions are coming up
The program by Steph Skardal was very interesting - she covered her quilting journey and shared photos of the quilts she has made. How about those 1/8" strips???
What a good program you-all enjoyed! And whoever made that large green improv-y quilt sure has a good eye for design! Love it.
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