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September 19th, 2015 Meeting Minutes
Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes
Date: September 19th, 2015
Location: Scrapbooks ETC
Secretary Rebecca Whaling called the meeting to order at 1:13pm. Approximately 25 people were in attendance.
Thank you Johnie for snacks.
New member Mary was welcomed.
Secretary’s Report
- August meeting minutes approved.
PresidentVice President Report
- October Meeting
- Slow-Stitch Saturday
- Location – Outdoors at an urban farm in Gilbert owned by a friend of Treasurer Chelsa (address and directions to be sent via Member Newsletter)
- English Paper Piecing & Needle Turn Applique Demos
- Bring a chair or quilt to sit on
- Mini Quilt Swap
- QuiltCon 2016 Charity Quilt – Meet ups will be set up to work on piecing the improv quilt
- Libs Elliott Workshop in November
- Supply List will be sent to participants
- Location will most likely be the Chandler PD Community Room
- November Meeting
- Voting for 2016 Guild Board
- Roles of President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer explained
- Detailed newsletter will be sent to members including how to be put onto the ballot
- Board members can serve for a maximum of two years so most of the current board is not eligible to serve again in 2016
- Triangle Challenge of the Quarter Due
- Voting for 2016 Guild Board
Announcements
- Bernina Connection is hosting a trunk show and full-day workshop by Jessica Darling in October. Lecture – Progress over Progression Friday, October 16 6p – 8p $10; Color Party Workshop Saturday, October 17 10a – 3p $50
- Quilter’s Oasis is hosting a trunk show and book signing on January 19th for Jackie Kunkel’s new book Splash of Color: A Rainbow of Brilliant Black-and-white Quilts
- Thank you to Holly Hughes for securing a collection of Lucky Spool books to start a guild library. All Lucky Spool asks in return is for those who check out the books leave their honest review on Amazon.
- Reminder that the MQG offers live webinars on a variety of quilting and guild topics. Past webinars are available in the MQG Resource section.
- If you are an Instagram user and participating the in October Mini Quilt Swap use the hashtag #phxmqgswap to tag photos of your work in progress or even a mosaic of ideas for your swap partner.
Door PrizeS
- Bernina Connection Pattern Pack: Johnie
- Michael Miller Fat Quarter Pack: Terry
- The Cloth Pocket Fabric: Erika & Kirsten
- Robert Kaufman Jelly Roll: Holly H
Breakout Sessions
- Block of the Month: Ana presented for Stephanie ‘October’ by Alissa Haight Carlton
- Vitamin D Bee
- Show and Tell
Activity: Open Sew
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