Our February meeting was wonderfully full - full of people, full of ideas and inspiration, full of information, full of fun and best of all full of quilts.
Allison kicked off the meeting with a warm welcome to our newest member, Brenda Zimmerman and visitors: Susan DiBartolo (Miami Beach), Pat LoSecco (Delray Beach), Joanne Thomson Locke (Delray Beach) and Linda Gueli (Boston).
The Icebreaker question
This month was "What is your favorite quilting tool?".
Allison started off the list with her favorite ruler and handle. Pam can't get by without her 4-1/2 inch square ruler, Joann's favorite tool is the Clover 2-sided threader, Ivy's favorite is her Go Cutter and Patti must have a craft tote to keep her projects together. Charlotte is all about the pincushions, especially her ring pincushion and the Karen Kay Buckley tiny pins.
Stitchcraft Update
Johanna gave the Stitchcraft update, and there are lots of new things, including Tula Tools, New Wave, Sunprint 2016 from Allison Glass and Hoffman Modern Batiks.
BOM
The February "Wonky Log Cabin" blocks where popular and fun to make, they were displayed on the design boards. There were so many blocks that we had two drawings. Shellie and Penny picked two winners out of the participants, Jean Jankovich and Nancy Selzer. The BOM jelly roll winner was Kathy.
The March block will be a new technique for quilt as you go.
BIG Announcements
Our meetings are moving to a new home in March. We will be at Patch Reef Community Center - 2000 W. Yamato Road, Boca Raton. Please note the time of the meeting will also be changing. We'll be opening the doors for sign-ins and socializing at 12:30 pm, and the meeting will kick off promptly at 1 pm.
QAL
Patti introduced our new Improv Round Robin QAL for 2016, read all about it here and get information about the first round at this link.
Charity quilting
The community service activity council has started planning quilts for charity. Susan presented two blocks designs that we will be using for these quilts. The goal is to make 10 lap quilts to donate in our community. The potential recipients are local nursing homes, Manor Care of Boca and Boulevard of Boynton Beach. There will be "kits" for making blocks available at our next meeting. These kits were created by during the sewcial after February's meeting.
SFMQG and Florida Events
See our member's only Quilt new and events page for what's happening. Charlotte reminded us about our Negative Space Quilt Challenge, this is going to be big. A challenge contest, prizes and a special exhibit with an opening reception!
Tech Talk
Allison presented a very helpful slide show with tips and tricks for using social media. You can check out the slide shows on our website in the members section.
Basket Raffle
Allison and Alyson presented our raffle basket and the winner was Barbara Kline.
SHOW AND TELL
And last, our favorite images from show and tell. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!
Sewcial
After the General Meeting we had a get together for lunch and sewing. The Sewcial is a nice way to visit, work on your own project or help with the charity projects.
~ Debby Schindall, Secretary