February Meeting Recap and Notes

 

February 8, 2023 Meeting

Housekeeping & Announcements

Welcome to newcomers!

• Raya, Peggy, Shelly, Lisa

Reminder: all NHMQG Members get access to the mother guild (Modern Quilt Guild! Lots of patterns and quilt-y news!

• Modernquiltguild.org 

Next Meeting is Tuesday March 14, AT CHURCH

• NOTE that this is a CHANGE to the original plan and handouts!

Member Directory!

• Pat & Marie created a membership directory

• Includes members contact info & social media handles

• If you are not there, reach out! It is ever-growing and changing!

Budget

•  passed at last board meeting

• Grew up to the next tier of membership!

• Retreat

• May 11-14; 

• Single or Double; 2-3 Night stayers

• CHECK: 3 night single 470, 3 night double 356, 2 night single 335, 2 night double 253

• PAY PAL would increase these prices

• If we overbook, some people are flexible to convert single > double (reach out)

• Only 2 spots left (as of this email/post)

• All inquirers must email Lori to check in about payment and availability (Lori's email is noted in this month's email)

Sewing Bee

• Bring a project, hand sewing or machine! Sew along with fellow members, and enjoy the process & fellowship

• Sunday March 19th;

• stop by for however long between 9am-4pm!

• RSVP to Ophelia by Thursday, please

• Phone # & address disclosed in personal email, not website! :) 

Thank you!

• Lynn & Marylou for snacks & refreshments

• Susan & Steph for being “welcomers” for the meeting

• Helen for helping hold the quilts in almost every picture :)!

Raffles & Prizes

• Door prize: Jennifer

• Fabric Raffle: Marie

• Bits and Pieces Card: Pat McGaw 

Show and Tell

• Brianna

• Bag

• Wallet hand sew from video tutorial

• Jennifer

• Cats! Did cats 5 years ago, 

• Custom quilting 

• Nova Star

• Simone

• For her daughter, blues are batik scraps

• Grandson loves dr seuss, custom quilting

• Susan

• Crosses

• Ashley

• Just started, but sharing for accountability! Sue spargo! Keep it going!

• Rene

• Alaska Quilt Pattern by Edyta Sitar/Laundry Basket Quilts

• Julie

• Little llamas

• Husbands xmas present, Harley themed; spark plugs and tires

• Amy butler, fat quarter pack of her faves; chain mail quilting pattern

• Maura

• Hexagon quilt based on Settlers of Catan Board game

• Machine quilted the game pieces on each hex!

• Chelsea

• Fall retreat; learning to love orange?!

• Hand quilted!!!

• Patty

• Minky galore! Tilda embroidery! Pink door quilting gave her a kit! 

• Jelly roll pattern

• Baby quilt for friend, susie quilted the whales!

• Another baby quilt, fussy cutting, moon phase quilting!

• Morrocan tiles sew kind of wonderful! Kaffe on back! 

• Brenda

• Mini quilt swap online! Needle turn applique, 

• Another quilt swap, modern quilt guild quilt swap during quilt con and mail swap! 

• Laurie

• Bibs and burp clothes drive with her church, we are all invited to help her out! Details attached***(in emails)

• If you have some flannel to donate!!

• Daughters piano teacher loves horses, treasure box pattern!

• Patty 

• Crib quilt; first time free motion quilting 

• Strip pieced;

• Shelly

• Never quilted before! Simone helped her out! Alison glass pattern, planning to straight line quilt

• Ophelia

• 3 yard donna Robinson ; can do with 4 pink 4 blue 4 white FQs! Used rest of FQs on backing

•  Gudrun Erla pattern; ingrid; really easy, strip piecing;  design wall helps!

• Sonia

• Wheelchair quilt & children’s quilt for charity (not pictured)