March 2023 Meeting and Sew Day Preview 3/18/2023

SATURDAY, March 18th, 2023 9:00AM- 4PM EST

Dual Meeting - In Person Boca Raton Community Center or Your Home via Zoom.

Zoom link will be sent via email and will be found in Facebook Members Only Group Events.

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

9 a.m. Open Sew

10 a.m. Virtual Sew Day on Zoom in honor of National Quilting Day.

In person, price BQE Guildtique table items and drop off solid fat quarters for the BQE Basketwalk raffle.

1 p.m. Lecture - Sheila Frampton Cooper - Spontaneous Creation and Design. Sheila was preoccupied for years with oil, acrylic and watercolor painting to jewelry-making and architectural photography. The Los Angeles native began her fiber art adventure in 2010. Her art quilts feature free-form improvisational piecing. 

Next came teaching, and the guild will host her for a two-day workshop in May. May 2023 Workshop - Sheila Frampton Cooper - Applique + Piecing = New Possibilities

Slots open for workshop next Saturday, March 25 Sarah Ruiz postcard workshop. It’s 10 a.m.-1 p.m. BQE sales items? Sarah Ruiz - Happy Mail: Quilted Fabric Postcards

Quiltcon wrapup slideshow

And Sarah’s Flip Side going to Paducah!

Drum roll please. QAL Launch by PattiA March Month #1

Next up, more BQE prep. Biggest need is four Sunday volunteers for the SFMQG table. 

10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m.

Dropoff was Thursday, judging is under way through Sunday.

Alison is coordinating our table setup Friday, April 14. Susan will staff our table Saturday, April 15. Show hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Charles Dodge Center in Pembroke Pines off I-75 or the turnpike.

Quilt pickup is the morning of Monday, April 7. Let Cathy know if you need a pickup.

Laura’s Sewing change in hours at the Boca Raton store. The owners reached out after a man dropped off his sister’s stash since she has stopped quilting. The haul filled my car from the front passenger seat to hatchback. Susan is getting yardage for charity quilts. Fat quarters go on sale in person for 50 cents as a guild fundraiser.

Treasurer’s report

Membership

2 new members - GinnyK & VirginiaW - 129 members total

Workshops

March 25th 2023 Workshop - Sarah Ruiz - Happy Mail: Quilted Fabric Postcards

May 6-7th 2023 Workshop - Sheila Frampton Cooper - Applique + Piecing = New Possibilities

October 28th 2023 Workshop - David Owen Hastings - Inspired by Architecture

Possible in-person bag workshop

Lectures

April 22nd 2023 Lecture - Shannon Fraser Designs - Colorful Quilts #30daysofimprovqal

May 20th 2023 Lecture - Amber Elliot - Alderwood Studio - Trunk Show

June 17 Karen Bolan, Engineer Your Quilt

July 15th 2023 Lecture - Patricia Belyea - Okan Arts - The Unknowing of Creativity

Aug. 19

Sept. 23

October 21st 2023 Lecture - David Owen Hastings - Quilt Labels to Love

Nov. 18

Dec. 16

Show & Tell

Extended Sew Day till 4pm

Hope you can join us!