February 2023 Meeting Recap

March 6, 2023

Cathy opened meeting at 1pm. Zoom only meeting this month

Attendance : 57 members on zoom

Volunteers needed for setup/hanging quilts. Physical work.
Nice if you can bring a small step stool.
Friday 4/14 - Awards night - needs people to handle ticket sales
Please order tickets online
Dress nicely if you attend awards ceremony - will be called up and photographed.
Admissions: need volunteers at admissions, handling payments, will call. Sit down jobs.
5 positions open for basket walk
Raffle quilt - raffle funds benefit BQE toward the expense of the show. Sit down position.
Need white glove people - who can touch the quilts and point out areas of the quilts to visitors. Need several volunteers for this - opportunity to promote guild.
Need volunteers for quilt pickup. Former complaint was waiting in long line to get quilts picked up.
Quilts that smell or have animal hair on them will be rejected from the show.
Additional information located here: https://www.browardquiltexpo.com/
Volunteer sign-ups are on the website.

Discussed safety tips, online quilt resources, quilt display possibilities. Slideshow at end of webpage February 2023 Meeting Preview - Zoom Only - 2/18/2023
Additional presenters: Sherry

AJ - roller for flattening seams. Likes the one by Clover more than wooden ones.

Dianne - seam ripper, one with stiletto on other side
Jessica - lid lifter for handling rotary blades, ultra fine mister, clapper
Marie - binding tool
Judy - magnet that helps you pick up pins etc from the floor - Magnetic Telescoping Pick Up Tool, Preciva Magnetic Picking Tool with LED Flash Light Retriever Wand 19.5to 68 CM Telescope
Nancy - https://www.oldmasterpenshoppe.com/
Cathy - little safety razor - used for seam ripping. Ruler with handle. Light that hangs on her neck - Glucoset.
Charlotte - take photos on design wall

5 p.m. Friday happy hour for all 11 Florida MQG chapters. Bar 210 in the Westin hotel lobby.
Feb. 9 QuiltCon email introduced the meeting app with a full calendar and a schedule you can customize (like adding the awards ceremony and happy hour).
Saturday - would like to take a guild photo with the community outreach quilt

Quilt Entry: deadline is midnight March 6. Three modern quilt categories by size. Please try to enter at least one for $15 for judging and/or $10 for exhibit only. Just photo is needed by March 6th. Cathy would like every member to submit at least one quilt.
Basket Walk: Bring fat quarters to the March 18 meeting. If not attending, please mail one. Unfold first to make sure it’s a full FQ.
March 18 Meeting: we’ll collect What’s Your Stitch challenge quilts and put price tags on Guildtique sale items.
Show is April 15-16. Guildtique table volunteers are needed for Sunday. (You get a place to sit down.) Bring sale items to March 18 meeting or as early as possible Saturday morning.

Deliveries to SOS Children’s Village and the Edward J. Healey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Riviera Beach
Last year had 110 charity quilts
Lots of quilt tops need to be quilted. Susan will make kits with batting and backing if you would like to pick up a kit at BQE and finish a quilt.

March 18 Hybrid (BCCC and Zoom)
- Lecture - Sheila Frampton Cooper - Spontaneous Creation and Design Guests can join us for $10 - pay HERE.
April 29* Date change Virtual (Zoom only) Shannon Fraser Designs - Colorful Quilts
May 6-7 Sheila Frampton Cooper virtual workshop Sheila Frampton Cooper - Applique + Piecing = New Possibilities
May 20 Hybrid (BCCC and Zoom) Amber Elliot, Alderwood Studio trunk show
June 17 virtual -- Zoom only, Karen Bolan, Engineer Your Quilts
July 15 Hybrid (BRCC and Zoom)
Aug. 19 Virtual (Zoom only)
Oct. 21 David Owen Hastings lecture
Oct. 28 David Owen Hastings virtual workshop
Nov. 18 Anniversary potluck luncheon
Dec. 16 - tentative, contingent on Boca Community Center costs

March 25th 10-1 is Sarah Ruiz workshops - still 2 spots left. Sarah Ruiz - Happy Mail: Quilted Fabric Postcards
October lecture and workshop the following week with David Owen Hastings - architectural element and make a small quilt out of that - 6 hour workshop.