December 2022 Meeting and Sew Day Recap

January 8, 2023

Cathy opened meeting at 1pm. Dual meeting at Boca Raton Community Center & online.

Attendance : 54 members - 16 in house + 38 on zoom. Some of the in house members attended Sew Day starting at 9am.

Laura David opened a new hometown quilt shop - Laura’s Sewing and Quilts. They have other stores in Port St. Lucie, Palm Beach Gardens. Many of our members have shopped their previously. It opened on September 24th.
Will have some classes starting up in January.
15% off fabric for any guild member. Sale going on until 12/23 - 35% off for any guild member.
Got Moda, blenders, Bella solids.
They sell King Star metallic threads - state this is the nicest metallic thread on the market.
They carry Aurifil thread - larger spools.
Website is sewwithlaura.com email is laurasquiltshop@gmail.co

First row due by mid-February
Needs to be a rowed quilt
10 months of sewing
You get to decide what you put into your rows.
Each row should include 2 of the same fabrics for continuity
Can use one fabric as a background, (or not)
Aim for a 60-inch square
10 rows x 6.5 inches unfinished
January is a planning month
Feb - Nov are sewing months
December - put quilt together. Annual drawing in January 2024 for the finished tops.
There are free patterns, along with block resources, on the website.

Website is open, taking submissions
Submit your quilt. Still have the raffle going on to get it quilted at the show.
Each raffle ticket is $5, 50% of the proceeds go to those affected by Hurricane Ian.
BQE pins are in - only 100. Starting in January our volunteer coordinator will visit the guilds to sign up.
Still looking for contributions to sell
Cannot be something the vendors would be selling. (Handmade items are open)
Guild will need a volunteer coordinator for BQE. Responsibility is to recruit volunteers and fill in a chart to make sure the table is staffed at BQE.

Acceptances came out on Monday. Those receiving yes responses (of members) are :
- Debbie K (x 3)
- Maureen D has 2
- Sarah L has 2
- Nancy P has 1
Community Outreach Quilt (Undersea View) will be shipped soon. Finished quilt displayed at meeting.
QuiltCon Travel Dates to Atlanta 2/23 - 2/26

January 21st, 2023 – Bridget O'Flaherty lecture on Eco-Friendly Quilting
Jan 28th 2023 Workshop - Laura Loewen - Mind's Eye View Spaces Available for all.
Need to have membership dues current in order to sign up for workshops.
Ticket sales will start in early January for March’s quilted postcard workshop.
Summary of all events can be found HERE

2023 Renewals due by January 31st 2023. 90 members have renewed. Waiting for 55 members to respond.
Renew by January 14th 2023 to win a prize. Winner will be drawn at the January meeting.
2023 membership list will be finalized and synced up with National MQG site @Feb 1st 2023.
Welcome new members HillaryL and LisaA.

SOS Children’s Village - delivering there in January
Up to 102 quilts as of today, but getting some more too.
Will be taking ½ to children’s foster home and the others to the nursing home.
Thanks all for participation
Susan will be charity coordinator for next year. Will focus on BQE 1st part of the year and charity quilts for the second part.

Charity quilts, AJ’s chain quilt, BOMs on website
Diane P won BOM
Linda G won a free drawing for a silver necklace pendant in the shape of a basket quilt block.
(Coordinated outside of SFMQG) - Stash Bee 2023 is now open for sign-ups
- Queen Bee selects which blocks you should make
- Supposed to be modern. Stash-busting.

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