January 17th 2026 Hybrid General Meeting, Pizza Lunch & Sew Day Preview

SATURDAY, January 17th, 2026 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 9:30AM- 12:00 PM EST

Hybrid Meeting

10:00 am Welcome and General Meeting

Lecture : Cathy Perlmutter - Scrap Cities - Zoom. Author, teacher, and improvisational quilter celebrated for her humor and storytelling. Author of Spontaneous Stuffies and Stitch-a-hedron.

Presidents Report

Membership Update

  • 113 members - New Members MartiW, ElenaP, OlgaL

  • Time to renew your membership for 2026! Your membership with the SFMQG includes membership to MQG and gives you access to MQG’s resources. 69 renewals so far. Deadline January 31st 2026.

  • 2026 Membership Renewal $60

  • Raffle to win a 30$ gift card for members who renewed before Dec 31st 2025.

Treasury Report

Workshops (Jamie)

Lectures (Lolo)

Charity (Marie)

  • Spring, Summer and Fall quilts will be given to Susan for Charity in January 2026.

  • Susan will also collect any other quilts you would like to donate at the January meeting. 

  • Introducing the Winter BOM for charity: “Plus Up” by Emmerly Treffers. Finished block size: 12”x12”. Skill level: Confident beginner. Fabric: In honor of the 2026 Pantone Color of the Year “Cloud Dancer”, asking for white and grey fabric. Read only OK. You can go wonky, but please maintain the “Plus Up” signs! Aiming for 24 blocks. All blocks will be used for either the top or the back of the quilt. Available on the MQG website. Search for “Plus up” as part of the MQG Sew Along 2025 “Modern Block Sampler”. Make some and mail to Marie or bring to meeting.

Show and Tell

  • Email or message your BOM, quilt & modern pics to Charlotte by January 15th, 2026 for the gallery.

  • Please bring show & tell items to in person meeting.

Judy Shelton Destash - you don’t want to miss this!

Hillary
President
South Florida Modern Quilt Guild