Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Keep Calm and Sew On !


If you are a member of the Modern Quilt Guild , you should have received an email about this , but they have announced that they have added some great webinars , starting Friday, March 20 . The first one is a deep dive into all of the resources available to Modern Quilt Guild Members;  a visual tour .
Others include "Sew All the Curves" class Jen Carlton Bailey, and "Color Theory & Technology" with Steph Skardal.

Here is the link to the MQG site,  https://www.themodernquiltguild.com  but you must log into the member portal to sign up for the webinars. I have included a partial calendar screenshot at a glance, so you can see what's coming up . They are currently working on more webinars , and even a kids class!  Please check it out .

Timna Tarr Workshop Canceled

Unfortunately , The Timna Tarr Workshop scheduled for April 25th has been canceled . If you were attending the workshop, you will be receiving a refund in the mail soon. Hopefully, it can be rescheduled at another time.

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Minutes of March General Meeting

Minutes of Monthly meeting
Orlando Modern Quilt Guild
March 4, 2020


Meeting was opened at 10:04 am 

President Ede Nault welcomed members and guests; asked guests to introduce themselves. Three guests were present. 

The “New Year, New Challenge” challenge is still ongoing, and the show and tell moved to April.

The Fabric Sale is returning in May, along with a new component. Please label yardage on your donation . Members are also asked to participate in scrap bag swap. Each member participating will bring a gallon bag of scraps to filled to top and closed to swap with another member. 

Ede recognized the outgoing board members with a personal recognition and a gift from the guild of a gift card to the Sewing Studio.

Vice President Debra Jalbert, gave a short video presentation on using the Modern Quilt Guild website, and how to access the block instructions. The instructions can be found on the MQG site under Block Studies. 

Yannick Booz announced the March Block of the Month, the Wall Block, and showed a sample. The colors will be green, black and white. Directions are posted on the blog. 

Education Chairman Marge Cree announced the Timna Tarr class is April 25th. She mentioned her concern that we had several cancellations after the original sign up and asked that members carefully consider their decision to attend upon signing up. It is difficult to reserve appropriate classroom space when the attendance fluctuates. The class is scheduled for Saturday, April 25 at the Bernina Sewing Center in Lake Mary. 

Marge asked for members to contact her for recommendations or requests for workshop instructors.

Sue Kenard presented the quilty basket for education; tickets were sold and Susanne Plasse won the basket. 

Ede introduced the guest speaker for the meeting, Linda Hungerford, of Flourishing Palms.
She gave a lecture on Powerpoint and demonstration on domestic machine quilting with rulers. 

Ede announced that the show and tell will be postponed until next month’s meeting due to time constraints.  

Meeting was adjourned at 11:45 am. 

Respectively Submitted
Paula Kennedy, Secretary 



                                                   Renewing Memberships
                                                         Marge and Rene
                        President Ede recognizing and thanking outgoing board members 
                          Sarah showing off the 10 year celebration gift to members , a ruler from             Creative Grids 
                   Linda Hungerford's lecture and demo on Machine Quilting with Rulers

                                                 Suzanne won the Quilty basket
                                              Sue presenting the Quilty basket
                         Vice President Debra explaining access to the MQG site

Karol with a member gift with new year renewal 

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

February Newsletter

Dear Guildies,

Turning 10 has been a lot of fun.  February is officially the last month of our #10yearinthemaking celebration.  However, we have final gift for you in March: we are bringing Linda, from Central Florida MQG, for a lecture on Domestic Machine Quilting with Rulers.  If you are making blocks for the Wollongong Modern Quilt Guild, you might be inspired to sew Linda's Australia Tree Block.

As we are wrapping things up, let's have a special show'n'tell from all the Interest Groups.  Bring any project, finished or not, that you have been inspired to sew this year.  We also want to invite you to participate in the Member Speed Trunk Show (see in the Programming section for details).

And speaking of inspiration, we would love to see where you create; send us a short video (1 to 2 minutes), no sound recorded, we will show it at the meeting and we will have members narrate their sewing room video.  For those interested in participating, send an email to orlandomodernquiltguild@gmail.com.

Well, that's it from me.  As I am about to pass the baton to Paula, I want to thank you for reading this newsletter all year long!
Happy stitching,

Caroline Garnier Janny
Secretary

Questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the newsletter are welcome, please email me. I would also love to hear of any quilty news or ideas for content you'd like to share.  Constructive feedback is always welcome.  
MEETING REMINDERS

    COMMUNITY OUTREACH
    Kelly Eskin
     

    2019 had a lot going on!  Here is a recap of all the wonderful making and giving we have done this past year.

    Meals on Wheels
    Place mat donations in 2019: 132
    Place mat donations June 2018 - Jan. 2020: 527

    Calls for Blocks
    Charity Mailing: 128 heart blocks and 51 HSTs sent to Quilter’s Healing Hearts for Christ’s Church for the mass shootings in New Zealand, 3 quilts sent to the Omaha Modern Quilt Guild for flood victims in Omaha, Nebraska, 1 quilt was sent to El Paso Quilter’s Association for mass shooting victims, 9 quilts were sent to Quilts of Compassion in Toledo,OH(They distribute quilts to disaster victims).

    Currently we have 2 finished quilts. We have 10 quilts that need to be quilted and bound if any guild members would like to help out.

    Two quilts were made with Road to Tennessee blocks donated by members.  We still have blocks remaining to continue to make more quilts.  Keep those blocks coming!

    We would like to thank all of the OMQG members who have contributed their time at home, at the Daytona Retreat and at OMQG Sew Days to help provide these wonderful quilts to people in need!

    Festival of the Trees
    A beautiful quilt was donated and we should know at the February meeting how much money was raised from the raffle for the Orlando Museum of Art.

    QuiltCon
    Another beautiful quilt was sent to show at QuiltCon.  The theme this year was TEXT and the color palette shades of gray. Inspired by our Community Outreach drive for this year, our quilt has been designed around the word HOME, using log cabin blocks, and HOME written in different languages. Once the quilt is back, it will be donated to the Zebra Coalition.

    Zebra Coalition
    15 quilts were donated in November.  We still need about 7 more twin size (or close to twin size) to make our goal.  I know we can do it! We will have a final show and tell at the February meeting.

    We donated one quilt to Access Charter school for their school auction.

    And, I wanted to thank Jan B and those that have made so many drawstring bags for the kids aging out of the foster care system.

    I love being apart of this guild and the members who give with such a wonderful hearts.  Please continue to make place mats for Meals on Wheels and Road to Tennessee blocks.

    We are also collecting and sending 12.5" tree blocks to the Wollongong MQG for those affected by the Australian brush fires.

    PROGRAMMING
    Yanick Booz


    End of Year Wrap Up
    Let's share what you worked on with any Special Interest groups. Group leaders and members are invited to share any positive experiences, skills learned or completed projects. Bring it to the February meeting for a special Show and Tell.
    New Year Challenge
    If you lost your Sewjo over the holidays, we want you to rediscover your creativity. Pick up that book/pattern you were once excited to make. Project does not have to be completed by the end of this challenge but actual sewing has to have taken place. Bring your progress to the March meeting. 
    Member Speed Trunk Show
    Let's share our love of Quilting in February.  Bring your favorite quilt project to share with the group. It should represent a project in which you learned a new technique or that you loved making. It's a great opportunity to share a bit of you.

    10 Years in the Making BOM
    Thanks to everyone who participated in our BOM lottery celebrating our guild's 10th year! Debra J. organized this year's block each month with the idea of making a sampler quilt at the end of the year. Each block had an element of gray or white and you could make blocks for the lottery and one for yourself. Bring your blocks or quilt to share in February. (Imaginary bonus points if you made all 12 blocks into a sampler!)
    Please contact Ede or Yanick for any programming ideas, or send an email to orlandomodernquiltguild@gmail.com.

    EDUCATION
    Alissa Lapinsky


    Timna Tarr will come and teach her Stitched Mosaic on Saturday, April 25th.  Registrations will start at our February meeting.  Please note that your payment holds your spot.  The fee for the kit will be collected on the day of the class. If you want to learn more about Timna, go and check her website (HERE).
    QUILTY HAPPENINGS
    Locally, Globally, and on the Web
    • I hope you're all reading Modern Monthly, the MQG quarterly magazine, it alway full of inspirations and interesting article.  This month, Dimi Atanasova's article, Quilt-Life Balance, as well as the link she shared on the Importance of Hobbie, got my attention.
    • Tthe Infinite Stitches Quilt Show 2020 is coming to the Crystal River Armory in Citrus County, on February 28 and 29th at the Crystal River Armory in Citrus County.
    •  

    Friday, November 15, 2019

    General Meeting Minutes - November 2019

    Ede opens the meeting by welcoming members and guests.


    Community Outreach

    • Zebra CaolitionThe finished quilts for the Zebra Coalition  our year long Community Outreach drive, are paraded for everyone to admire.



    Thank you very much to all who participate in making those beautiful quilts.  Our next Show’n’Tell for the Zebra Coalition quilts is in February.  Our goal is to deliver 25 quilts in total.

    • Festival of TreeKate lead the effort behind this quilt.
    Festival of Tree quilt

    Thank you for everyone who participated.  The quilt will be exhibited at the Museum of Art for the Festival of Trees event (November 15 to 24). It will be raffled and the money raised goes to support the Museum of Art programs and exhibitions.

    • Quiltcon
      This year QuiltCon charity quilt initiative is lead by Kathy and Carla.  The theme of       Quiltcon Charity Quilt Challenge 2020 is TEXT, and the color palette is black, white and grey.
      The quilt has a house at its centre which is surround by block with writing in different language including Morse and binary code.       Once the quilt comes back from Austin, it will be donated to the Zebra Coalition.
    In the meantime, member are ask to name the quilt.  Leave a comment on our blog, or other social network pages by December meeting (December 4th) with name ideas.  The winner will be selected during the meeting.

    President Report - Ede

    • Quilts and more has an open-house for our Guild on December 14th.  OrlandoMQG Members will receive a 20% discount on their purchases.
    • Pincushion wrap up - Ede has a list of people who didn’t get their pincushion, please contact her if you have entered the swap but haven't received your pincushion in exchange.

    • It is Election season - the Election Committee has been formed: Mary S, Aradria, Leslie G. will explain the process next month.  On the blog, you will find the description for each position (Article IV of the By Laws HERE).  Please start thinking about getting involved.

    Vice President - Yanick

    • December meeting is our Holiday meeting.  Members are encouraged to participate to the gift exchange challenge.  Following our sustainability theme, we challenge you to create an upcycled object (Guidelines HERE), place the item in a large paper bag with a note on how the object has been made.  There will be NO food or drink at the General meeting.
    • Block of the Month
    The winner is CC.  Remember that the instruction for each month are kept on the blog.

    For this coming month, the BOM is a Block study from the MQG.  On our blog, you will find the link to the instructions plus additional tips.  The instructions are for MQG members only and you will need your login details, ie. the email address you gave us for your membership and your password.

    • Road of Tennessee - call for blocksHaving brought the largest number of Road to Tennessee, CC is winning the gift card for the Sewing Studio.Please keep making block for our Call for Blocks drive, you can use either solid or prints that read as solid.Some quilts will be made out of those blocks during the retreat weekend
    Also, thanks again for the placemat for Meals on Wheels, they are greatly appreciated.

    Financial report - Ede (in Zonetta's absence)
    Our finances are in good order.

    Education - Alissa
    2 teachers will coming in 2020:

    • Timna Tarr is scheduled for April 25th, the class hasn’t chosen yet
    • Amy Friend will potentially be coming in November (first week) with a brand new class which she is going to debut at Quiltcon.

    Member at Large - Beth

    • Sun printed class taught by Claudia will be on November 15 - only bring some bleached bright muslin (1/2 yard).  10 spaces.  It will be cancelled if it rains. Update - the class has now been cancelled
    • B.eth will be organising a Quilty road trip in January.  Please sign up if you want to take part.  The plan is to stop at Quilt place in Rockledge, then at Quilt & Lace in Melbourne.
    • Holiday parties - in addition to the Guift exchange party at our next general meeting, each SewDay location will have a holiday party.  The Guild is purchasing the main food.  Please sign up for each location so we know how much to get. Judy is the main contact for Casselberry (December 28th),  Mary S & Love for Maitland (December 9th) and Beth for Dr Philipps (December 7th).
    • Retreat - everybody should have received 2 emails with all the details. Please make sure you do not bring any mini personal iron.  Access to the sewing/ball room from 4pm on Thursday night, then 6am to midnight the following days.Bring any orphan blocks bring so we can put them together.Debra and Beth will have demos.Thanks again to Marge, Beth and Alejandrina for the organisation.
    Library Spotlight - Aradria
    This month lets have a look at our free motion quilting books.  If you are interested in Free Motion Quilting, Angela Walters has a Facebook page and a newsletter full of information.

    Door prizes and Quilty basket winners
    The Quilty Basket was brought back by Betty and won by Mary S.  Pro-tip from Betty, use a pink eraser to clean and heal your cutting mat.
    There were  54 people in attendance, 3 winner were randomly selected: Karol’s sister, Melissa's mother and Kathy.

    Brainstorming
    6 groups are formed and brainstorm on idea for next year programming.

    If you have had new ideas since, then please send us an email orlandomodernquiltguild@gmail.com.
    Also, we are looking for alternative place for our SewDay, if you have ideas, please make enquiry and pass the information to the Board.

     Show'n'tell


    Thursday, June 13, 2019

    General Meeting - June 5, 2019

    Ede starts the meeting at 10:00 introducing guests and visitors.

    SewDay - Oviedo location

    Dar has secured the Casselberry Library for the Oviedo area SewDays.  The library is bigger and hopefully we will be able to secure a regular time and day onto on their schedule.  As a consequence, the June 29th Oviedo SewDay has been cancelled and is now scheduled on Saturday June 22nd at the new location.  You don't have to bring your machine to SewDays, you can practice hand skills.  Dar offers to demonstrate a special appliqué technique which involves glue and mystery pointy tools.

    Icebreaker

    Judy is collecting cooking recipes on behalf of Beth.  If you haven’t had a chance to do so yet, you can email your contribution to Beth.

    Block of the Month


    Marge is the winner of Hastag BOM.
    Jeanne is presenting June Block Lotto:  it is a very simple and fast technique to make 4 HSTs at once.  Choose either a stripy fabric or make your own, and a white background.
    The instructions are on the blog.
    Jeanne’s tips:  because the finished HST will be on the bias, it is better to starsh the fabric before cutting.
    Also, you are going to get 4 HSTs with this technique, giving 1 ticket for every HST.

    Up cycling project - Drawstring bag for Legal Aid

    It is heart breaking to know that youngsters aging out of foster system only receive a trash bag to pack their belongings   Jan is asking members to make drawstring bags that will be donated to the Legal Aid for those young people.  The bags can be made from scraps or one piece of fabric and any kind of string.  Jan will also accept donation of fabric for this project.  There is no deadline for this as it is an ongoing need.  You can find the instructions on the blog.

    Yanick reminds members that we have an up-cycling challenge for End of the Year party.

    Treasurer report

    In the absence of Zonetta, Yanick gives the financial report to the Guild members.  Any questions can be sent to Zonetta.

    Community Outreach

    Kelly confirms that the Zebra Coalition teams have been set and emails sent to area coordinators.  You can still join any groups, just contact Kelly.  In addition, the Guild will be acceptation twin-size quilts made by individuals.  Pillow cases are also a good addition.

    QuiltCon team is leaded by Kathy A.  Please contact her if you want to take part.

    Festival of Trees:  Kate E. and Diane M. have volunteered to lead this project.  Get in touch with them if you want to contribute.

    Call for blocks:  We have sent comfort quilts to Oklahoma.
    Please keep the blocks coming, unfortunately there is always a need for more in order to keep our a well stocked inventory of comfort quilts.  The details for the Tennessee block are HERE.

    Due to the very short turn around, the Guild as a whole won’t have the opportunity to participate to the Call for blocks from the Virgina Beach Modern Quilt Guild.  However, if you want to send block check their website.

    We are still accepting Place mats for Meals on wheels.

    Education


    Alissa has extra kits from the Guicy Guice class if you want to buy it.
    On the education pipeline, we have Amy Friend in March and Timna Tarr in April (her new class).

    Claudia Dyer  is having a sun printing class on 19th of June, morning at Beth's (Titusville area).  This class has received a lot of interest, Claudia is kindly offering a second session (date to be determined).  Whoever wants to join the second class can contact Beth.


    Quilty basket
    Filled with books, fat quarters, charm square packs, threads, Cmas fabric, pattern, wine chocolate.  Thank you Kathy for bringing this.  Marge is the lucky winner.

    Door prizes
    And we have more winners!  Among the 56 members and guests in attendance, Laura, Judi, Sue, CC, Kara and one of our guests each won a door prize.

    Tools and Quilting Notions Sales


    It’s time to shop and socialised.

    Show and Tell



    No meeting will be complete without a show and tell.  In addition to our members’ show’n’tell, we got to present quilts that have been made by UCF Social Justice and Advocacy group in commemoration of the Pulse tragedy.

    Here a short video of our members' Show'n'Tell and a very special guest!


    Click on the Full screen button (rectangle at the bottom right of the screen) for a better video.

    June Newsletter

    Issue 41


    June 1st, 2019

    Hello Quilty Friends,

    Here we are, Summer has come with high temperatures, humidity... All the things we (I) love (not).  If you are like me and going to spend a bit more time indoors, it is probably the perfect time to tackle the clutter in the sewing room (if you don't have clutter in your sewing space, you're welcome to come and organise mine). Here are several ideas for you!
    1. Bring those patterns, kits, rulers and tools, books and magazines, all the notions, to our Tools and Notions sales at next week's General meeting.  We will have $1, $2 and $3 tables.  As you arrive at the meeting with your donations properly marked, place them on the relevant table.  Don't forget to bring your check book (preferred method of payment) or lots of small bills...
    2. Have spare fabric and looking for an easy sewing project? Why not make a drawstring bag for children aging out of foster care? This bag would be used for his/her belongings instead of a trash bag they currently are given. (see details below)
    3. How many machines do you have? How many machines do you use?  Is that possible that you have some machines that could go to a good home?  The Sewing Machine Project is an organisation that collects and donates sewing machines and tools to the community, see the article in the Quilty Happening section.
    On the subject of organisation and plotting for fun time, if you are a Member of the Orlando MQG, check your email box for details about our November Retreat.

    Questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the newsletter are welcome, please email me. I would also love to hear of any quilty news or ideas for content you'd like to share.  Constructive feedback is always welcome.

    Happy stitching,

    Caroline Garnier
    Secretary
    MEETING REMINDERS
    • Wednesday, June 5th is our Guild meeting at The Sewing Studio : 10-11:45.
      Overflow parking is permitted at the gas station next door when The Sewing Studio lot is full.
      NO food or drinks other than water are allowed in The Sewing Studio Classroom.
    • June SewDays are:
      • Maitland - June 10th (10am-3pm)
      • Dr Phillips - June 1st (10am-1:30pm) - we know you all have been missing our full-day Sew Days at Dr Phillips.  Thanks to René, they are back.  Check the blog for the full calendar.
      • Oviedo - June 29th (9am-3pm)
    • August General Meeting has been moved to August 14th, 10am-11:45pm at the Sewing Studio.
    • Bring your Block Lotto block(s). Each block made earns you one ticket in the raffle of ALL blocks. The more blocks you make, the better your chance of winning! Here are the block's details.  Also, we hope that you are making an extra block for you to keep.
    • All books checked out from the Guild library need to be returned by Wednesday's meeting. If you checked out a book but will not attend the meeting, please make arrangements to give the book to someone who will. Check the link on our blog to see what books are in our inventory and to add books to the ongoing wish list.
    • Members receive a 15% discount at The Sewing Studio on guild meeting days and a 10% discount on non-meeting days. 
    • Block of the Month (current and past) instructions, meeting minutes, Calendar dates, and more can be found on the guild blog.
      HELPING HANDS
      Jan Bilbro


      Have spare fabric and looking for an easy sewing project? Why not make a drawstring bag for children aging out of foster care? This bag would be used for his/her belongings instead of a trash bag they currently are given. 

      There are two ways you can help:

      1. Make a large drawstring bag. Using just basic measurements, no 2 bags are exactly alike. The fabric really doesn't matter! The width can be between 40" and 44" and the length 33" to 36". Smaller pieces can be sewn together, too. A channel can be folded over 1" on the longer side to run the cord through. And voila you have a bag! (So many tutorials online if needed like: diy-drawstring bag, large bag tutorial, or Drawstring bag Video- but these tutorials have different size dimensions!) Bring your bag to monthly meetings or sew days for Jan B. to collect.

      2. Bring any fabric you no longer need to Jan B. and she will make them with your donations. (Fabric can be any size/color and cording or thin rope would be ideal. Leftover bias tape or binding can also be folded then sewn to use, too!)

      Thank you for helping to send kids out with a bag of their own!
        MEMBER at LARGE
        Beth Schmidt


        We are the Orlando MQG! But...we have so many other talents. One that jumps out at me each time I read a member's blog, is cooking!

        I need something from each of you for my next icebreaker. Please write down your "Favorite" recipe and send it to me via email, or bring it to the meeting. Please note where you got the recipe (if you can remember). You can also just take a picture of the recipe with your smart phone camera and text it to me. Just be sure to add your name so I know who it's from. (This is my favorite way of gathering recipes. Taking a picture is fast and easy!) (text it to me at 4079021315.)

        If you are like me (before I joined this "quilt" guild), and don't cook, please send me a note saying that. Or bring one to the meeting. Thank you so much! I can't wait to see how this turns out!

        Beth
        Your Member At Large
        bschmidt1877@gmail.com
        text 4079021315
         
          COMMUNITY OUTREACH
          Kelly Eskin


          The QuiltCon charity quilt theme this year is TEXT!  Kathy Aber is leading the subcommittee working on the quilt.  Black, white and gray are the predominate colors the team will use.  If you would like to be apart of the group working on the quilt, please speak with Kathy.

          The Festival of Trees subcommittee is being led by Kate Elliott and Diana Mattoni.  If you would like to be a part of this quilt and group, please speak with one of these ladies.

          We are creating quilts for the Zebra Coalition this year.  Our goal is 25 twin-size quilts by next February.  We have geographical teams and a viritual team set up to help us meet this goal.  If you weren't able to sign up and want to - you aren't too late, please let Kelly Eskin know.  We have team leaders in place for most of the groups and work is starting to take place.  We are planning a show and tell for these quilts in October.

          Thanks! Kelly
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