September Meeting Recap

 New Hampshire Modern Quilt Guild

September 12, 2024, General Membership Meeting Recap

The meeting was led by Helen.

There were 27 members in attendance, plus our featured speaker.

Thank you!

• Thank you, Sonia and Carol K, for attending the door and welcome table.

• Thank you, Martha, and others, for the food and beverages.

Raffle Winners

• Karen A won the door prize, a gift card to the Fat Quarter Shop.

• Marie won the raffle for the Denim and Daisies FQB by Moda.

• Pat J won the raffle for the Berrylicious batik FQB by Moda.

GUILD BUSINESS

2025 Board of Directors

Helen talked about the Board and Nominating Committee Interest Survey that just went out. Please check your email and take the survey within the next week. The survey asks about your interest in serving as President, Treasurer, or Secretary, or in Communications (2 positions), and Programming (3 positions), next year or in the future.

We are looking for 3-5 members (who are not interested in serving on the Board in 2025) to serve on a new Nominating Committee that will create an Election ballot for the Board of Directors for next year. The Committee will use the information from the survey to interview members interested in serving on the Board, and create the ballot. 

Guild Income and Expenses

In the membership survey, many of you expressed an  interest in learning how our dues money was spent. We distributed a handout that included charts and lists of our 2023 incomes and expenses. We hope this answers your questions! If you have any questions about the handout, please contact any Board member.

Treasurer (Marie) 

Nothing significant to report (NSTR). 

Secretary (Mary Lou) 

NSTR.

Events and Programming (Laurie K, and Susan H)

• Next meeting will be our 10th Anniversary Celebration! We have all sorts of fun things planned!

• We hope to have many Anniversary Challenge Quilts to display.

Communications (Brenda and Susie)

• We apologize for the delay in getting the August meeting recap out. We are working on it!

• QuiltCon 2025 Community Outreach challenge quilt: “Lines Galore.” Thanks to everyone who already completed their blocks! All blocks need to be completed by the October meeting. If you can’t make this meeting, you can drop your blocks off at Ophelia‘s house.

Other News from the Modern Quilt Guild

• Quilt submissions for QuiltCon 2025 are now open. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a quilt accepted for the show?

• Signups for the Mini Quilt Swap will open September 25, 2024. You do not need to attend QuiltCon to participate.

Charity.

Leslie reported that eight quilts are soon to be donated; 4 need binding.

Retreats (Ophelia)

• Space is still available for our Fall Retreat, which will be held November 7-10, 2024 at the St. Methodius Center in Contoocook, NH. Contact Ophelia for details if you or a guest wants to attend.

• If you will be attending, start thinking about projects to bring. Make kits and collect all your supplies! A general guideline is to bring more than you think you will work on!

MEETING ACTIVITY

Jen Sorenson gave a wonderful presentation about her personal quilt journey. She brought dozens of quilts, plus patterns to sell. She encouraged us to participate in fabric or quilt style challenges, to stretch our skills and gain confidence.

SHOW AND TELL

Captions below photos give details for each project or quilt!

1. Sonia showed us a dragonfly wall hanging. She showed her work at the Canterbury Fair in July, and will be at the Artisan Market at the Hollis Old Home Days event September 20 & 21, 2024.

   
   
   

2. Stephanie showed us the charity quilt she made as part of Simone’s charity sew day for the Merrimack Hospice House. The quilt is called “Sew Quick,” one of Sew Café’s quilts that Simone enlarged for the project.

   
   
   

3. Stephanie also showed a black and white and red quilt she started over a year ago.

   
   
   

4. Beth L showed us her Kamala quilt, a pattern by Modern Quilt Studio.

   
   
   

5. Beth also showed her detailed “Call Me Crazy Quilt” that started with 6” blocks from a Sentimental Stitches online quiltalong. She added settings (inspired by the Trail Mix quilt) and blocks from EQ8.

   
   
   

6. Lynn showed a charity quilt and pillow case she made from the Town Square pattern by Fabric Café, with glow-in-the-dark fabric. This was one of her WIPs!

   
   
   

7. Julie showed us two quilts. Her Meadowlands quilt by Then Came June, made with Cherrywood fabrics.

   
   
   

8. And her Jelly Forest quilt from the “Strip Your Stash” book by Gudrun Erla.

   
   
   

9. Patty M showed her Casserole quilt by Elizabeth Hartman.

   
   
   

10. And a medallion quilt made with Anna Maria Horner fabrics, a WIP!

    
    
    

11. Leslie showed us her Layer Cake Loop quilt, a Fat Quarter Shop pattern.

    
    
    

12. Robin showed her Stellar Translucence wall hanging.

    
    
    

13. Plus one of the dresses she made for children in Africa.

    
    
    

14. Robin also made a colorful scrappy quilt, based on a quilt she saw on Pinterest.

    
    
    

15. Susan made a Scrappy No Point Stars quilt, from a pattern by Cluck Cluck Sew.

    
    
    

16. She also showed a slanted improv squares quilt, from a Missouri Star pattern "Diamond Pavers". 

    
    
    

17. Helen showed us her Skylight quilt by Cotton and Joy. She was inspired by Chelsea to hand quilt it!

    
    
    

18. Brenda showed us her Grove quilt by Toad and Sew, made with Fableism wovens.

    
    
    

Thank you so much for telling us the names of the quilts and pattern designers for your masterpieces. It makes it easy to compile these notes, and serves as a great resource for all of us!

Please note that when we were adding links to raffle prizes and quilt patterns and books, we tried to link them directly to the pattern or book designers’ webpages, but sometimes we couldn’t find the original sources and put links to popular online commerce sites that carry these products. We are not endorsing any particular commerce sites – most items can be found from multiple sources.

August Meeting Recap

 New Hampshire Modern Quilt Guild

August 8, 2024, General Membership Meeting Recap

The meeting was led by Helen.

There were 31 members in attendance.

Thank you!

•  Thank you, Beth L, Carol K, and Karen A, for attending the door and welcome table.
• Thank you, Stephanie and Laurie K, for the food and beverages.

Raffle Winners

• Pat J won the door prize, a gift card to Sanford Sewing Machines.
• Susan H won the raffle for the Speckled July 2024 Release Half Yard Bundle from Ruby Star Society (20 cuts!).
• Donna won the raffle for the Pack of 3 Moda Maker Bucket Bags.

GUILD BUSINESS

Looking Ahead To 2025 Membership Renewals.

 Our Guild is at its membership capacity (65), so we will be handling membership renewals differently this year. We will accept $70 checks for renewals from current members starting at the November 14th meeting and continuing through the end of the day of the December 12th meeting. If you can’t make either of the meetings, and want to renew, make sure you get your check to Marie by December 12th. At that point, if we have not reached capacity, people on the waitlist will be contacted and given a short amount of time (less than a week) to join. After that, if we have still not reached capacity, membership will be reopened to current members, and processed sequentially by check delivery date.

 

Treasurer (Marie) 

Nothing significant to report (NSTR).

Secretary (Mary Lou) 

NSTR.

Events and Programming (Laurie K, and Susan H)

• Next meeting we will have a guest speaker, Jen Sorensen. She will include a trunk show.
• Susan has reserved the Joann’s classroom for September 21 st at 1:00 PM to offer a Zippered Pouch class. The class is free, but you need to buy a pattern. If you are interested, contact Susan. Currently, she does not have enough people interested to hold the class.
• And of course, our 10 th Anniversary Celebration is coming up in October. We have all sorts of fun things planned!

Communications (Brenda and Susie)

• We need photos from past guild meetings and events for our slideshow planned for the October meeting. Please send photos to the guild address.
• QuiltCon 2025 Community Outreach challenge quilt: “Lines Galore.” Brenda assigned and distributed all of the 30 packets of fabric for blocks. She will email instructions soon. Use a light gray thread for piecing. Please try to complete your blocks by the next meeting. All blocks need to be completed by the October meeting. If you can’t make either of the meetings, you can drop blocks off at Ophelia‘s house.

Other News from the Modern Quilt Guild

• The MQG has released a new small quilt pattern, Hollow X, for members to explore design and negative space.
• Online registration for workshops and lectures at QuiltCon 2025 in Phoenix was a disaster. They are still figuring out how to proceed.
• Any member, not just those planning to attend QuiltCon, can buy merchandise - here. 

Charity. 

No update.

Retreats (Ophelia)

• Ophelia started collecting checks for the Fall Retreat, which will be held November 7-10, 2024 at the St. Methodius Center in Contoocook, NH.
• The lodging options and costs are as follows. Only one person was interested in a cabin option, so this probably won’t be an option.

Room Options	3 nights, 8 meals	2 nights, 5 meals
Hotel, single	$727	$488
Hotel, double	$457	$308
Cabin (6+)	$337	$228

•  Non-member guests are welcome, with a $35 surcharge.
• If you want to attend, please contact Ophelia and make plans to deliver a check to her soon.

MEETING ACTIVITY

Sewing Olympics in Nashua! At this fun meeting, we divided ourselves up into four teams that competed for medals in: Sewing bindings, threading needles, Sewing Bingo, and Sewing Word Scramble. Everyone won a Gold Medal with a Fat Quarter!

         

SHOW AND TELL

On the member survey, so many of you mentioned the friendliness and helpfulness of our group. Carol K, who always helps with the Welcome Table, started out her time by telling a heartwarming story. She had been in a car accident before our previous meeting, and was in the ER, with a cell phone running out of battery. She contacted Ophelia to let her know. A few minutes later, Ophelia appeared at her bedside with a bag full of various phone chargers to brighten her afternoon! Luckily, Carol was not severely injured and is doing well.

Captions below photos give details for each project or quilt!

1. Susie showed us three quilts. First, her large red and blue star on a white background.
   
   
   
2. And a green baby quilt.
   
   
   
3. And an Elizabeth Hartman Kittens quilt, with a striking black background.
   
   
   
4. Marie showed us a large log cabin quilt, made with mostly blue pieces with green accents.
   
   
   
5. Shelly showed us her completed !0th Anniversary Challenge pictorial quilt. We believe she’s the first to finish!
   
   
   
6. She also showed us her current progress on a 3-color picture quilt of her and her son. She followed a tutorial by Shannon Brinkley. Check out her post on our FaceBook page for more details on the various software programs she used.
   
   
   
7. Carol K showed us her finished 2023 Block Exchange sampler quilt!
   
   
   
8. Cecelia, who join our guild recently, showed us her Interwoven quilt by Lo & Behold Stitchery. She used Cherrywood hand-dyed fabrics.
   
   
   
9. Beth was very busy this month! She showed us two quilts from the Oh Baby! book from Bear Paw Productions. First, her completed Mod Squares quilt.
   
   
   
10. And second, her Silly Goose quilt.
    
    
    
11. She also showed her completed Secret Agent quilt by Modern Quilt Studio.
    
    
    
12. And her Petite Antique Lace quilt top, pattern by Missouri Star Quilt Company. She calls it her “1344 Quilt” for the number of 1.5” HSTs that comprise it!
    
    
    
13. Lastly, she showed us her wall hanging, made from the Kamala pattern by the Modern Quilt studio.
    
    
    
14. Donna showed us her green Hunter’s Star quilt, a WIP!
    
    
    
15. Julie showed us three quilts. The Pinnacle quilt from the Beyond Neutral book.
    
    
    
16. And an Annabelle quilt by Cotton and Joy. This looks like an Elizabeth Hartman pattern, but doesn’t use her signature “stitch and flip” technique.
    
    
    
17. Lastly, her Cosmic Crush quilt by Modernly Morgan.
    
    
    
18. Chelsea showed us her Iconic quilt by Lella Boutique. This is a great pattern for a layer cake.
    
    
    
19. Rene showed her On the Road VW bus quilt! She changed the central heart into the VW logo.
    
    
    
20. Maura showed us four quilts. First, an economy block quilt she made with firefighter fabrics.
    
    
    
21. And an HST star quilt.
    
22. And a improv curve quilt using Winterglow fabrics.
    
    
    
23. And lastly, a scrappy economy block quilt.
    
    
    
24. Robin showed us a charity quilt she made with Red Sox fabrics using Chain Reaction quilt pattern from Donna Robertson's Modern Views with 3-Yard Quilts book. This was one of her WIPs!
    
    
    
25. Brenda showed us her variation on the Modern Fans quilt by Suzy Quilts.
    
    
    

Please note that when we were adding links to raffle prizes and quilt patterns and books, we tried to link them directly to the pattern or book designers’ webpages, but sometimes we couldn’t find the original sources and put links to popular online commerce sites that carry these products. We are not endorsing any particular commerce sites – most items can be found from multiple sources.