SATURDAY, September 21st, 2024 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.
Stay with us for the afternoon! Food and drinks will be provided but feel free to also bring a little something to share!
Bring a project and your table light
Participate in the “leave something, take something” table
Wear your name tag
Enter your name for the door prizes
Return home with a quilt to bind for charity!
Denise Glaser will be at the Sept 21 meeting to sell batik fabric. Sale to benefit South Florida Quilt Expo. She is bringing fabric packets from 1 yard pieces to 9 yard pieces. Only $5 per yard for quilt store quality batiks. Cash, check or Zelle.
SFMQG September 21st, 2024, Agenda
10:00 am Welcome
September 21st 2024 Lecture - Cheryl Arkison - PLAYGROUND GAMES FOR QUILTERS
Break
2024 Membership
Welcome new members DebbieA, JulieP, HeliaR, KimberlyR & SherryP rejoined! 132 members in 2024.
You are also a member of MQG. Log in to https://www.themodernquiltguild.com/ to access resources!
Treasurer Report
Balance is $
Workshops
Next workshop: Irene Roderick “Dancing with the Wall” November 2nd & 3rd SOLD OUT
Lectures
See SFMQG Quilting Fun README webpage for more information.
Charity
Heads up September meeting: Volunteers needed to add binding and complete 25 quilts for charity (quilted by Susan and her sister this summer, Thank you!!!). The quilts and WOF 2.5“ strips will be available at the September meeting.
Ongoing: The 2024 charity project is towards Ryan's Case for Smiles. Please prepare a pillowcase for children with cancer.
Following our discussion last month, we are revamping our way to serve charity for 2025. To be presented at the December meeting.
QUILT YOUR BOOK
Choose a book cover and quilt it!
This month was the last month, and we prepared a block “In the style of…” a modern quilter.
Draw among participants.
Conclusion of the challenge in October:
-All participants to receive a Fat Quarter. Thank you to all who participated!
-Send a picture of your best block, assembled or not, quilted or not, to Charlotte for Show and Tell by October 16, and we will vote for Viewers’ Choice on Zoom at the October Meeting.
Block of the Month
September Block are “books on a bookshelf”. Draw among participants
October Block is “Scenic Route”
Preparation for the South Florida Quilt Expo (SFQE) (March 8-9, 2025 in Pembroke Pines)
Asking members: what 2 items could sell well for a minor profit? Fun and interesting for visitors. Easy to put together.
Inviting Members to prepare 3-5 items to sell at the Guild’s Table.
There are two SFQE fundraising activities. Last Chance!!!
“Get it Quilted Raffle” for 5$, max size queen quilt quilted by an award-winning quilter.
“The Fabric Painting Workshop” in person in Davie, FL, Saturday September 28, 10 am. 20$
MQG 2025 Community Outreach Challenge
Fabric and instructions sent by Hillary, Thank you! Please mail your block back to Cathy.
Show and Tell
Email or message your BOM, quilt & modern pics to Charlotte by September 18, 2024.
Sip and Sew
Thursday September 26 and October 10, 8pm
Next Meeting
In memoriam:
“We make quilts because they answer a need to create”-Sarah Bond
(Creativebugs Studios.”Quilting Through Generations: Sarah Bond’s Family Heritage and Inspirations” June 2, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgwqOMAefww)
See you on Saturday!
MarieF
President
South Florida Modern Quilt Guild