SATURDAY, July 15th, 2023
SFMQG July Meeting Summary
Upcoming Workshops
September 9th 2023 IN-PERSON Workshop – Carol Ann Ferrari Rogers – Sewing a Duffle Bag
⦁ Cost is $30, supply list is on website now.
⦁ September 9th, in-person at Boca Community Center.
⦁ Need more registrants - currently the small amount would make this not a viable workshop.
⦁ David Owen Hastings - end of October - Registration will open at the beginning of August
⦁ End of January 2024 - 2 day workshop with Sarah Goer - Improv Toolbox
⦁ March 23-24, 2024: Irene Roderick - Dancing with the Wall.
Motion to approve June 2023 meeting minutes - approved.
CathyW is moving out of FL
⦁ Hopes to serve out her term through the end of the year. We will need a new President.
⦁ Nominations in October, Elections in November.
⦁ Role entails:
⦁ Lead meetings
⦁ Create meeting agendas
⦁ Host monthly Board Meeting
⦁ Discuss membership, contracts, Treasurer’s Report, events.
⦁ Coordinate with MQG and BRCC
⦁ Has a guild credit card - charged batting purchase at BQE.
Lecture - Patricia Belyea - Okan Arts - The Unknowing of Creativity
⦁ Lives in rural Washington and grows indigo. Uses vintage Japanese textiles.
⦁ Small family company imports yukata - hand-dyed fabrics for summer kimono.
⦁ #8 Pearl Cotton is favorite Sashiko thread.
⦁ King silk batting for luxurious commission quilts.
⦁ Uses clover water soluble marker to delineate path for hand-sewing.
⦁ Dunks quilt into a bathtub of water to get rid of the blue lines. Then lays it on the floor in a room with wall to wall carpeting and blocks the quilt. Recommends Blocking Basics. The blocking process makes the 3 layers merge together.
Florida Fronds Quilt Raffle Drawing
⦁ Winner: Michelle Bernstein. Congratulations!
PattiA – QAL update
⦁ Information to finish the top is on the website.
NancyP - 2023 Mod Tech Mystery Challenge
⦁ Lots of wonderful elements have been created by participants.
⦁ Raffle winner is CharlotteN. Cathy will be in touch with her to choose a prize. Congratulations!
QuiltCon Community Outreach Quilt
⦁ Cathy has distributed block kits, has 2 more available for pickup today. Will email instructions.
⦁ Blocks will be made at Sew Day tomorrow as well, at AJ’s Sew Day at her community clubhouse in Parkland.
Susan - Charity Update
⦁ This year working with same 2 charities as last year, a nursing home and SOS Children’s Village.
⦁ Pattern is online for a possible quilt you can create, but anything you create is very appreciated.
⦁ Throw sized or larger please.
⦁ Having a Thanksgiving dinner with everyone where we will collect the quilts to distribute early 2024.
Alice - Lectures
⦁ August meeting will be zoom only.
⦁ Elizabeth DeCroos will be speaking about a Korean quilting method - Pojagie.
⦁ 9/23 meeting - a week later than usual. Perception of Randomness lecture by Diana Li Fitzgerald.
⦁ October 21 - David Owen Hastings - Quilt Labels to Love
⦁ November 18 - Regina Jestrow, Fiber Arts. Had display at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Miami.
AJ - Treasurer’s Report
⦁ $17,302 - balance at end of June, 2023
⦁ $864 Deposits
⦁ $140 expenses
Charlotte - Membership Report - new member AbbeF - 138 total.
Row Your Quilt Monthly Drawing
⦁ Winner is Marie - Congratulations!
BQE has changed their name to South Florida Quilt Expo
⦁ Looking for committee chair-people for 2025 expo.
⦁ Would take about 2-3 hours monthly.
⦁ Looking into a quilt retreat out of Fort Lauderdale on a cruise ship to quilt and eat and be merry. A day at sea. Machines will be set up. Would likely make one stop in Nassau.
In-person raffle drawing for fabric
⦁ LindaG, DebbyS, and CharlotteN won fabric.
Show & Tell
Click picture to enlarge and read info or go to Gallery
Click picture to enlarge and read info or go to Gallery