Happy New Year
Time was set aside before the meeting for 2016 membership renewals, sign-ins and a new list for show and tell.
SFMQG President Allison Schnackenberg kicked off our first meeting of the new year on January 16, with a welcome to new members and visitors.
- New Members - Derietra Neal-Ferguson & Pat Bidol-Padva
- Visitors - (see list)
The year, we are going to start the meetings with a discussion question. The "Icebreaker" for January is "What are your “Quilty” resolutions for 2016? The discussion was led by Allison, several members responded with the ideas below. If you have any more resolutions to add, feel free to discuss on Facebook or Instagram.
- Use my fabrics - Lori
- Make soup - Tammie
- Make a modern quilt - Jean
- Don’t be a lunatic shopper - Wanda
- Finish UFOs - Rose
- Try new things - Patti
- Learn to use a serger - Jean
New for 2016, a monthly Basket Raffle: the Sewtastic Basket!
Every month we will have a basket of goodies to raffle off to raise money for the guild. Tickets are $1 per chance. Tickets will be sold before the meeting and the drawing will be held at the end of the meeting. Pam Chamberlin was the winner of the January basket.
World Quilt Orlando Presentation
The Mancuso World Quilt Show was held January 7-9 and as you all know the SFMQG had a special exhibit of modern quilts. Allison and Charlotte hand delivered the quilts to the convention center in Orlando and the display was awesome. Charlotte showed us a slide show of the exhibit and some of the other great quilts at the show.
Upcoming Events
Charlotte told us about some quilty stuff happening soon, with some help from Pat.
Sarasota Modern Quilt Guild - Airing of the quilts on Saturday, Feb 6, 2016
Embroidery Workshop with Red Thread Studios on Saturday, Jan 23, 2016
Gold Coast Quilt Guild events and workshops
Treasurer's Report by Abbie
Abbie and Allison delivered a report of our financial situation. We asked for a show of hands regarding how this report should be delivered in future, and the vote was to display a printed summary on the message board for those who are interested to consult.
BOM
January's BOM was the Fractured Background block.
- January BOM blocks winner Monica Peacock
- BOM jelly roll winner Pam Chamberlin
- February block construction and palette explained by Penny, please see the February BOM blog post for more information.
Special Topic - Modern Quilt Layouts - presented by Charlotte and Patti
Special thanks to our layout participants Marilyn, Andrea and Jean
QuiltCon Charity Quilt reveal
Allison and Kate revealed the finished quilt, with over 30 blocks contributed by guild members. The quilting was done by VP of Projects Patti Auten. It's off to Pasadena to hang in the exhibit at Quiltcon now!
Show and Tell
Check out the slide show for a full summary of the wonderful projects shared by our members.