August 2025 Meeting Preview - Zoom Only

SATURDAY, August 16, 2025 9:30AM- 12:00 PM EST

Zoom only Meeting

Zoom link will be sent via email and available in Facebook Members Only Group Events.

9:30 Zoom opens for lecture and meeting

August 16, 2025

10:00 am Welcome and General Meeting

Lecture : Charles Cameron : A Curious Quilter’s Trunk Show

Break

Membership 

107 members

Sad news that guild member MargieR passed away in July. Margie had been an active member since 2018. Recently worked on "Quilt Your Book" Challenge in 2024 with MarieF. Keep her family in your thoughts. OBITUARY

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Treasurer Report

Balance as of 08/11/25: $13578.73

Workshops (Jamie)

August 23, 2025: Timna Tarr, ”O Happy Day” SOLD OUT!

November 1, 2025: Allie McCathren/Exhausted Octopus, “Sea Glass”

January 24, 2026: Nicholas Ball, “Fruit Salad”

A word on the 07/27/25 Fire on the Miccosukee Indian Reservation and the destruction of the Miccosukee Creativity Center.

Lectures (Lolo)

September 20th 2025 General Meeting : Ashelyn Downs : Show Quilts Trunk Show

October 18th 2025 General Meeting : Susan Latham - Working in Series

November 15, 2025 Candi Lennox in person

See SFMQG Quilting Fun README webpage for more information. 

Charity

The spring “Double T Block” quilt is finished! Thank you everybody!

Last chance to contribute a block to the Summer Charity BOM (June-July-August) in scrappy fabric! “Side Stripe” pattern is available on the MQG website, published in February 2018.  Finished size: 12” x 6”. Skill Level: Confident Beginne

Challenges

  • Make-Do 2025 prizes were mailed this week.

  • Thank you to all participants of the “Bug” blocks for the “Bug” Challenge.  Prizes in a continuation of the “Sashiko” theme will be mailed to all participants.

Modern Quilt Guild/QuiltCon

  • QuiltCon 2026 registration is scheduled for August 20, 2025, 10am EDT. Will be held in Raleigh, NC February 19-22, 2026.

  • Update from Lolo and Hillary on the Community Outreach Challenge.

Show and Tell

  • Email or message your BOM, quilt & modern pics to Charlotte by August 14, 2025 for the gallery.

Sip and Sew

  • Thursday August 28th and September 12, 8:00pm

Next Meeting

See you on Saturday!

MarieF
President
South Florida Modern Quilt Guild