March 2023 Meeting Minutes

PHXMQG Meeting Minutes- March 11 , 2023

In person meeting at the Pyle Center. Extended Meeting for Sock Monkey Make & Take

Board Members present: Erika Daniels, Elisabet Hannafin, Cindy Stohn, Michelle Jensen , Kristin Floyd and Candace Lannon

President Erika Daniels opened the meeting at 10:15am

Welcome & information from President Erika Daniels- who welcomed all to our PHXMQG monthly meeting.

Program : Make & Take Sock Monkeys, led by Claire Victor and Carol Dimpsey. Members all picked their pair of socks, and were led through how to make the monkeys. Pattern and displays were available, with sewing machines available to members when they were ready to sew. Carole & Claire circulated the room to provide help. We ended the afternoon with a monkey parade!

Next Month: Demo Day!

Business Portion:

Secretary Report

February Minutes were posted to website.
Motion for Approval of the February Minutes was made by Claire Victor, second by Michelle Jensen, Minutes approved.

Treasurer’s Report: As of March, 2023:

Currently $12,317.11 in bank and 729.05 in PayPal Account, Total Assets $13,046.16
Expenses year to date included programs, Community service, Door Prizes, Pyle center rent and Zoom costs.
Passive fund raising Fry’s. Cindy working to get Target approved. Amazon Smile ends in February. Encourage more to sign up for Fry’s.
Treasurer report linked below for month of March:
2022_03 PHXMQG Treasurer Report

Overview of Upcoming Year/Programs:

There will be 4 Virtual Meetings, 2 Challenges, 1 Demo Day, 1 sale, several Sew days and 10 Sew & Chats. We have opted not to offer hybrid meetings at this time.

It was also mentioned that if there is desire from members to bring in other (above & beyond regular programs) lectures or programs, that members could reach out to their favorite quilter to get information about cost/availability. We will coordinate with Claire/The Board to determine what else we can do, based on room rental or zoom. We have money in our bank account that we would like to be able to enjoy some fun events!

Sew & Chats will be the 4th Saturday of the month from 1-3 (Not offered in November or December). Email link for this Zoom will be sent out at the beginning of the week prior to the Saturday.

Challenges: Make it Modern will be in September- virtual. Traditional Block made modern, where members are given 3 hours to complete mini quilt, winner gets free membership for following year! Second challenge will be a Fusing Challenge, that can be brought to December Holiday party.

Raffles- Laura Flagler will be organizing raffles this year, and she passed around a sign up sheet to give members a chance to donate items & put together baskets. Remember to bring your cash for raffles! There will surely be some great items! There were 2 baskets this month, Maya Cox and

Community outreach

Diana Jacobson talked about ways that guild members could help, either cutting fabric for “kits”, binding, piecing or quilting. Please reach out to Diana if you would like to be involved. At each meeting there are opportunities to pick up quilts, drop them off, etc.

Block of the Month

BOM is free to members; Lucky Cuff written by Dorie Blaisdell is the FREE pattern for this year, and Barb Brandt is leading BOM this year! The pattern is posted on website, and we will be working in rows again with this one. There are options for a “dark” or “light” version, depending on the background you like.
Barb shared that this month March is Row 4 and for April , It is Row 6. Many guild members brought their works in progress to share. Many varieties in color and even 1 member who reduced the block to half the size!
https://phxmqg.com/category/block-of-the-month/

Block lotto- Andi Stanfield

March Block Lotto winner was ! (Long dash)
April Blocks- Stretched Star- Meeting in person, please bring your blocks to the meeting. If you will not be present, you can still email pictures of the block to Andi.
For each block you make, you will receive one chance to win the all the blocks entered. You receive an extra chance (6 chances) for every five blocks.

Sol Bee 2023-

Sol Bee is led by Francine Taylor ([email protected]). Please contact Francine for more information, there is still time to join. Michelle passed out “kits” as she is the Queen this month.

Door Prizes! Candance Lannon was the lucky winner of a $25 Gift card to Quilt store of her choice! Cindy sent her the GC to Hummingbird Lane.

Show & Share: Many members brought show & share quilts that were just gorgeous! Remember to fill out paper form at the sign in table to go with your items, so that we can give credit if shared on Social Media platforms.

Directory Update

Log into the PHXMQG.com site under My Account
https://phxmqg.com/my-account/
Hover on My Account and click on Membership Directory – it may take a little time to load
To help find your friends, you can sort members by name, email, address, city, and state
If you are not listed in the directory, click on the “Click button to add yourself” to fill out the form
Remember – ONLY PHXMQG members can see this information

Next meeting is April 8, 2023 from 1-3pm in person only at the Pyle Center. We will have Demo Day with many of our members showcasing various things like Zippers, Straight-line quilting, ergonomic stretches and more!

Meeting closed by the Erika at 3:10 PM

March 2023 Meeting Minutes

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