SATURDAY, JANUARY 18th, 2025 9:30AM- 4PM EST
Hybrid Meeting - In Person Boca Raton Community Center or Your Home via Zoom.
Zoom link will be sent via email and available in Facebook Members Only Group Events.
9:30 Zoom opens for lecture and meeting.
Please join us in person at the Boca Raton Community Center! A non-member guest will be present for a de-stash. For sale: Fabric and a Brother Scan N Cut for 100$ (or best offer) payment by cash, CashApp or Zelle.
Pizza for lunch! You may bring drinks and desserts to share.
SFMQG January 18, 2025, Agenda
10:00 am Welcome
Speaker:
Vicky Conley - 2 short lectures - Out of the Apps and Community Art Projects, for a total of one hour.
Break
Membership
Welcome new members JoLynnL and NicoleB (@theminimalistquilter)
Time to renew your membership for 2025! Have received 89 renewals - waiting on @35. Deadline January 30th!
We have a great year in store with fantastic speakers and workshops aligned: David Owen Hasting (February and March) and Maria Shell (April).
Early Bird raffle prize for all who renew prior to Dec 31st 2024 - drawing held at meeting - JoanL won $25 gift certificate - congrats!
Renew your membership for 2025 and continue to access MQG’s resources, log in to https://www.themodernquiltguild.com/ to access.
Treasurer Report
KaneM to give an update on the transfer of signing authority
Bank Balance: $14,642.93
January 25, 2025 Workshop - Marge Tucker - Contemporary Quilting with your Walking Foot is Sold Out with 24 attendees!
March 29, 2025 Workshop - David Owen Hastings - Stitched Paper Collage Registration opens February 3rd, 2025 9am EDT
April 25th 2025 Modified General Meeting with Maria Shell : Maria Shell’s visit April 25-27, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens: Time to add your name to the intention list! We have 4 more spots to fill, please express your interest in attending by contacting president@southfloridamqg.com
Details: Saturday and Sunday April 26 and 27, 2025, 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Two-day Workshop : “Circle and Curve sampler”
Location: Hilton Garden Inn Palm Beach Gardens, 3505 Kyoto Gardens Dr.
Fee: $325
See SFMQG Quilting Fun README webpage for more information.
We will proceed with a new concept for charity and merge with the BOM game. We will propose a new pattern three times during the year and collect the blocks during that period.
In other words, we will collect the same block over 3 months and assemble into a quilt
Spring: Mar-Apr-May
Summer: June-July-Aug
Fall: Sept-Oct-Nov
Will result in three quilts for charity. Starting in March 2025.
Preparation for the South Florida Quilt Expo (SFQE) (March 8-9, 2025, in Pembroke Pines):
Quilt submission closes on January 20, 2025. Mailed quilts must be received by January 28, 2025. In person quilt drop off January 30, 2025, 3-8pm.
SFMQG proposes giving away a fat quarter in a Ziploc/sandwich bag to visitors interested in learning more about modern quilting.
SFMQG will provide a basket of items to be raffled as a fund raiser for SFQE. Our theme is “Batik-Tropic-Islandic”. Suggested items: Please bring a donated item to the January 18th meeting in hues of blue, green and orange: spools, fabric, quilting accessories…what about a beach towel and sunscreen?
Please consider preparing 3-5 items to sell at the Guild’s Table! AliceH is proposing to prepare cards with pictures from your quilts. Please send high resolution pictures: Minimum 1152 X 864 pixels, minimum 2MB, and
Please consider giving a few hours to welcome visitors at the Guild’s Table!
MQG 2025 Community Outreach Challenge
Completely hand quilted by CharlotteN and DebbieS’s help with design. The quilt is now on its way to Phoenix!
Email or message your BOM, quilt & modern pics to Charlotte by January 16th, 2025 for the gallery or/and bring to the Community Center and show us in person!
February 15th 2025 General Meeting - Zoom Only
See you on Saturday!
MarieF
President
South Florida Modern Quilt Guild