October 2023 Meeting Minutes –

Program :  Fusing Flowers with Claire Victor and Cindy Stohn 

Claire and Cindy reviewed various ways to use fusible with fabric, walking the members through the process of design, fabric selection and various fusible choices. Members had been given a supply list for our “Flower Fusion” and were able to get a start on their mini-quilt (Reminder if you do not want to keep it, it could be donated to one of the organizations that we currently support). We spent about an hour working on projects. Flowers mini quilts can be brought to the Holiday party on December 9, with each entry getting a gift, and one grand prize of $50 gift card to your Quilt shop of choice. 

• Currently $14946.33 in bank and 311.07 in PayPal Account, Total Assets $15,257.40
• 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. Members are encouraged  to sign up for Fry’s. 
• Treasurer report linked below for month of October 10_2023 PHXMQG Treasurer Report 2024 PHXMQG Proposed Budget

From the Treasurer:  As part of our Bylaws, we need to vote for proposed Budget for the coming year:2024 PHXMQG Proposed Budget  Copies of proposed budget were made available for review.  First motion to approve budget was made by Cecilia Dahl and s Second was made by Claire Victor. Vote to approve budget, with all present members voting in favor to pass the proposed budget. 

Annual Dues for 2024: The executive board has decided to keep the dues the same (45$/Year). Membership for 2024 will be made available on website on 11/1/23. Members can pay dues beginning then. 

From the President: With board positions filled, we are also looking toward interest in other open spots. Erynn Truex has agreed to help with Programs for 2024-5. Majority of programs are set for 2024, so she will be able to ease in, with the great work that Claire has done to get us some great programs! 

Erynn has also agreed to help with hospitality and sunshine, but there is room for more helpers in this area! Please talk with anyone on the board or Erynn if you are interested. Hospitality & Sunshine can be whatever we make it! Birthday recognition, new baby recognition, and thank you Notes to members are a few ideas!

Raffles for 2024– Laura Flagler will once again coordinate this effort, with sign ups going around at the meeting for 2024, she is also looking for Door Helpers to make the sign in & raffle ticket process smoother. Sign up for a month to help out! 

Hope was the winner of the mini Oliso iron Door Prize this month. There were also 2 raffle baskets. 

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 – No remaining in 2023, due to Holidays. 

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. 

 Community outreach

• Kristin & Pam are co-leading Quiltcon 2024 Charity Quilt. Members were able to complete blocks today during the charity Sew. We had 14 people from the guild participate. Submission was done on October 15, price listed was $400. We will attempt to bring quilted quilt to Holiday party for the guild to see. 
• For our Community Outreach, our Guild members can help, either cutting fabric for “kits”, binding, piecing or quilting. Please reach out to Diana Jacobson 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. 
•  This month October are Rows 1 & 9 Plus Blocks : https://phxmqg.com/category/block-of-the-month/

Sol Bee 2023- Exchange took place. 

Sol Bee is led by Francine Taylor ([email protected]). Please contact Francine for more information, there is still time to join.