July Meeting and Sew Day Preview 7/16/2022

SATURDAY, July 16th, 2022 9AM- 4PM EST

Dual Meeting - In Person at Boca Community Center or Zoom

The doors open at 9am for Sew Day

Zoom session starts at 12:30 p.m. est.

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

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

Lecture

Dana Jones - Pagtinabangay: The Quilts and Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island

The lecture is free to members. Guests can join us for $10 - pay HERE.

QuiltCon Community Outreach Designs – Undersea View – 49 blocks are needed. About half are spoken for. Kits ready for mailing.

BRCC room rental update - City decides in late September. Examining 2023 format options.

QuiltCon update - Westin hotel. Airfares starting at $266 for Wednesday-Sunday. Catalog came out this week. Registration opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday Aug. 16.

QAL - Patti

BQE & Quiltique update - 16 projects posted under the Members and BQE tab

Charity - Maureen

Sip & Sew-2nd and 4th Thursdays on Zoom

Treasurer’s Report

Membership - Welcome new member LisaH - 132 members

Previews

Announcement - Central Florida MQG invite to Aug. 27 David Owen Hastings workshop $50 “Inspired by Architecture”

BOM Drawing : Join the Block of the Month quilt project and have the quilt you've been longing for in January. Email President and Charlotte by noon Wednesday before the meeting. Pick a number 20-25 Marie Jamie

Challenges

SFMQG: AJ will coordinate. Propose in August, work in September, due in October

QuiltCon has several challenges.

  • Wyndham fabric challenge by Ruby & Bee.

  • American Patchwork & Quilting Modern Log Cabin Quilt.

  • Modern X Quilt Challenge

BQE has 2 challenges.

  • It’s Not Easy Being Green

  • Quilt Your World

Show & Tell : Showing off your modern quilty creations via Zoom is not easy. If you can’t show them in person, either email Charlotte pictures or post to Facebook members only group and they will be put in a gallery to be shown during the meeting where you can talk about them.

Hope you can join us!