February Meeting Minutes

Virtual meeting,  1p-3pm Virtual – Zoom  42 members in attendance.

Board Members present: Erika Daniels,  Cindy Stohn,  Pam Meylor,  Michelle Jensen,  Elisabet Hannafin and Candace Lannon. 

Treasurer Cindy Stohn opened the meeting at 1:02 pm

Treasurer – Cindy Stohn

Cindy welcomed all to our  PHXMQG monthly meeting. New member Katie Knoll was welcomed. 

Program:  Giucy Guide, Giuseppe Ribaudo, was our February program.  Giuseppe presented his trunk show, Journey of Quilter for the members.

Secretary Report – Pam Meylor

Meeting minutes from January 2024 Meeting approved – Michelle Jensen and seconded by Ali Standfield.

Block Lotto – Andi Standfield

There was no drawing for Block Lotto in February due to the meeting being virtual.

March Block – Funky Four patch – unfinished the block will be 8 1/2 inches.  Instructions for the block are in a PDF on the guild website.

Member Outreach – Erynn Truex

February Birthdays will be celebrated in March!

Keep an eye out for the call to participate in being paired with another guild member for a quarter to build more friendships.

Programs – Thank you for the recommendations that have been coming – keep sending them!

Treasurer’s Report: – Cindy Stohn

Funds raised by the 2022 Quilt Con Charity Quilt has been donated to the Navajo Quilt Project .

Cindy presented the treasures report for Year To Day – link is here.

Community Outreach – Diana Jacobsen

Community sew will start at 10:00am before our next meeting all members are invited to participate.   If you are not interested in sewing there will be cutting and kitting to do for Community Outreach.  Diana will be working on a disappearing nine patch pattern for the the community sew day quilts.

Block of the Month – Barb Brandt

2024 Block of the Month is “L is for Quilt” by Sarah Ruiz and is a free pattern for members through the Modern Quilt Guild website.  Barb Brandt showed February blocks B2 & B3 at the meeting, March’s sections are B4 & A1.

Please share your blocks on Instagram and use the hash tags #PHXMQGBOM2024 #LisforQuilt

Vice President Report – Michelle Jensen

Raffle winner – Jennifer Brown

Next months program is Diana Fitzgerald IG BanjoFlannel, she will be doing a trunk show of her work.   

SOL Bee – Francine Taylor

The SOL Bee has a few spots left for 2024, please contact Francine if you are interested in participating.

Francine gave an update on the PHX Airport display for 2025, Hailey Heinz is her contact, Hailey is working on approval for the exhibition and has asked that any participants from PHXMQG be from Arizona.

Next meeting is at the  Escalante Center in Tempe from 1-3pm. 

Meeting closed by Cindy at 2:50 pm. 

PHXMQG Meeting – – Saturday,  March 9, 2024