The April
Meeting of the Emerald Coast Modern Quilt Guild was called to order by
president Loree promptly at 10:00 a.m.
Flower Power
fundraiser – buy a $1 ticket for a tissue paper flower and a chance to win a
cake. Cindy was the lucky cake winner
Our guests
were introduced: Megan, Pat’s daughter
came visiting with her, and it was good to see Jane and Amy whom we haven’t
seen in a while.
Reminders:
- Sign up for pot luck, be sure to take a turn at the entrée category
- Sign up for Show & Tell and add details
- Come to the meeting before 10 a.m. if possible to help set up
- Our sit and sew for the Strip Piecing quilts will be next month in
- May instead of this meeting.
- Reminder: Be making auction items. We had quite a few zippy bags donated from our Valentine swap. Keep making.
- Our Tiger Lily (Kona color of the year) challenge is due at the June Meeting. These bags are NOT a swap, as you will be keeping your own creation.
We discussed Quilter of the Month on
our blog and did not come to a conclusion for sure on whether we would do
it. Everyone seems to want others to do
it, but not themselves.
Our memorial quilt was delivered to
Emerald Coast Hospice for the Celebration of Life ceremony and is now hanging in
the front office at their Fort Walton Beach location.
Treasurer’s Report: Linda provided a
report. Our monthly fundraisers devised by Loree are fun and successful. We will
purchase a roll of batting for guild use.
Door Prize winners for this month
are:
Linda, Natalie, Natalie, Linda,
Wendi, and Cindy
We received a letter from the guild
in Santa Rosa, CA., thanking us for our donation of fat quarters.
We received the Modern Inspirations
book which is the exhibit from this past MQG convention and placed it in our
library.
We discussed a possible Sew Along
from Wendi on the Sew Together Bag. You
can get this pattern from Craftsy for $12.
The group agreed this would be fun, however no time has been decided on yet.
Our May meeting program will be on
Handwork by Loree.
We discussed a possible program on
Navigating Tech with Wendi. Possible topics
were reviewed: Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, blog, and the MQG website. Most
wanted to know more about the MQG website.
Show and tell:
Natalie showed four The Cube bags she
made for the bridal shower and The Tula Pink 100 Modern Quilt Blocks she
completed for a shower gift.
Block Lottery—3/4 Log Cabin quilt by
Pat. The lottery was won by Loree! Congratulations
May’s Block Lottery was chosen by
Laraine and comes from the MQG website. It is called Asymmetry. Colors: All
solids: white background, black stripes, one strip a pop of color. A scant ¼”
seam is needed for this block.
Laraine presented a program called “Stuff
It.” She demonstrated how to finish a pillow top. She also created an ECMQG
Pinterest board of ideas. This program was a lead-up to the
Holiday Dirty Santa Swap Pillows scheduled for the December meeting.
Natalie and Loree presented a modern/not
modern floral program with examples on cards that were discussed by the group.
Following the meeting was a wonderful lunch and productive sew day!
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