SATURDAY, July 18th, 1PM-2:30PM
Amy Friend from During Quiet Time. Live Improv Paper Piecing lecture.
STATS
64 Members Zoomed - what a fun large group!
Welcome new and returning members : LindaH, AnnetteM, TobyG, SusanneE, SuzanneW, BeverlyB, AmyC, SherrillA, MaryaA, NancyL, JaneA, ValerieJ, SuzanneD
Two new members have joined since the meeting - Welcome MinnetteC and LoriM(LoLo) for a total of 110!
MEETING MINUTES
Brenda, President, opened the meeting, thanked host, AJ, and introduced our guest lecturer, Amy Friend from During Quiet Time.
Amy spoke on Improv Paper Piecing for over one hour then conducted a Q&A session. She discussed how she came to quilting, her inspirations, how she develops her designs and showed beautiful slides of her quilts. Amy gave our guild a discount code to use on her Etsy site good till 7/20/2020.
She has these online classes available.
She can be found in the free Modern by the Yard magazine
Free Kite Tails quilt pattern that was in the background during her lecture. This was the 2014 MQG Quilt of the Month.
Mod Triangles free quilt on the Benartex site.
All this info is on the website on the Education Information page under the Members tab.
AJ, Treasurer, announced we have $8,247 in funds. $650 was paid for 2 lecturers.
AJ, BQE. Broward Quilt Expo has been postponed to Oct 23-24th, 2021. More details to follow. There is a raffle, the prize will be to have the winners Halloween quilt quilted.
Charlotte, Membership, announced new members. Welcomes were called out. There was a special raffle for guild reaching 100 members. The 4 winners of $25 quilt store gift certificates from our supporting advertisers are: Maureen Druid, Margie Torma Rohrbach , Patti Moore Auten and Elizabeth Bonet Manning.
Catherine, BOM, showed the block for next month called Diagonal Nine Patch. It’s charm pack friendly, late autumn colors, 13
1/2” unfinished. Keep making blocks and when we meet again we’ll have a large raffle for all the BOM’s made during the months not meeting.Directions are on webpage.Nicole, Events, all lectures and workshops for signup are online in Events.
Next workshop is Map Making with Fabrics virtual workshop with Timna Tarr. Pre-recorded workshop with two live Q&A sessions (half hour each on Sat, Aug 22nd ) at 10am & 1pm, and a members-only Show &Tell at 3pm. Fee for workshop. Q&A sessions and Show & Tell are free for members.
If Malka Dubrawsky Maze workshop fills (limited to 20 - only 2 spots remaining), there will be a wait list for a possible a second class to be added. A complete summary of guild virtual activities during 2020 is on the website.
Patti, QAL, explained the QAL for the new members and then talked about this month’s inspiration. The 4th block in Beatles challenge is based on song Good Day Sunshine. Make an 18 1/2” block unfinished of a sun theme, possibly using a circle. Six blocks in all. Details on webpage.
Susan and Chris, Charity Quilts, asked members to continue making placemats for meals on wheels and lap quilts to be
collected at a later date. Check out Charity tab on website.Judy, Challenge, Through your Modern Eyes. Choose an artist you admire and interpret it in a modern way. Due in November.
July Virtual Meeting Gallery was shown and members talked about their work.
Brenda closed mtg at 3:22
Sandy Naval, secretary
Smiling faces during our Thursday evening 7/16/2020 Sip & Sew Zoom. Stay tuned for more of these.
The SFMQG has monthly Zoom meetings the 3rd Saturday 1pm-3pm. Membership is pro-rated for the rest of 2020 which also includes membership in the national MQG. Anyone can join online and participate no matter where you are during 2020. See 2020 Virtual Quilting Fun blog post for complete summary of 2020 virtual events.
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