New Hampshire Modern Quilt Guild
August 14, 2025 General Membership Meeting Recap
The meeting was led by Lorri W.
Our President Helen was sick and not able to attend. Feel better, Helen!
There were 24 members and 4 guests in attendance.
Thank you to Sonia, Mary K, and Carol K for attending the door and welcome table.
Thank you to Lorri W, Barbara H, Raya, and Holly for bringing food and beverages.
Raffle Winners
- A guest, Lorri B’s sister Bonnie, won the door prize, a $25 gift certificate to Stitch Supply Co.
- Kim won the raffle for the Reliable Maven 1L Home Ironing Station.
- Marie won the raffle for the 24 piece Night Rainbow FQB by Deborah Fisher.
Guild Business
Secretary (Mary Lou)
- Mary Lou reported that she has been busy researching and making updates to the By-Laws, which we discussed later in the meeting. She made sure everyone got the handout we prepared detailing them.
Treasurer (Marie/Sonia)
- Sonia reported that our rent for the Church is now paid through December, and that the Guild profited $71 from last month’s raffles.
Communications (Amanda and Lorri)
- Amanda and Lorri W reported that everything is going well.
Events and Programming (Laurie K, and Susan H)
- The September meeting will include a presentation on sewing machine maintenance, by the owners of Quilt Perfect.
- Laurie K has collected 20 blocks we made using the Kona 2025 Color of the Year (Nocturne). She will be working on a layout. This quilt will be donated to our Comfort Closet.
Retreats (Shelly)
- Details about the Fall retreat were emailed to all members. The retreat will be November 13-16th at the St. Methodios center in Contoocook, NH. If you have any questions, email Ophelia or Shelly.
- If you are planning to go to the retreat, please send email to Shelly and Ophelia telling them what lodging/food option you would like. Also, send a check to Sonia.
- If you are attending, please bring a few fat quarters for an activity that is planned.
Community Outreach (Carol K)
- Carol reported that she delivered quilts in July to Families in Transition and to the Merrimack Hospice House. She is keeping a quilt photo album to document our donations.
New England Quilt Museum
Lorri reported that our Guild is now a member of the New England Quilt Museum. This gives us some free admission tickets and access to the museum’s library and other resources. We can also exhibit our quilts at the Museum!
2026 Board Nominating Committee
Lorri also reported that a several members have offered to serve on the 2026 Board Nominating Committee. We will be setting that committee up soon. Thank you to everyone who filled out the survey and volunteered to help manage our Guild.
Guild Logo T-shirts
Raya reported that she has completed the setup for us to order Guild logo t-shirts and sweatshirts from the online printing company CustomInk. We have sent out an email and link for ordering. Everyone must order and pay the company directly. We must order by the next Guild meeting (September 14th). Merchandise will be shipped in one package to the Guild, and will be available for pickup at the October meeting. Raya will also post the link for ordering on our Facebook and Instagram pages.
Proposed Changes to our Guild By-Laws.
Mary Lou described the changes and led a Q&A session the changes. Briefly, there are two categories of changes, those required the MGQ and one proposed by the Board.
The MQG is requiring additional language regarding our non-profit status, as well as more details about how we handle our finances. The Board is proposing changing our membership cap from 65 to 90. Mary Lou read Helen’s statement in support of this change.
Members asked some good questions and pointed out some language that we should change. Thank you to everyone who thoughtfully reviewed the handout. If you have any further questions or comments, please send them to Helen and Mary Lou.
The membership needs to approve these changes. We initially thought paper ballots at the September meeting would work. However, several members mentioned they wanted to vote but could not attend that meeting. We talked about offering some “Absentee Ballots.” We want you to know that the Board is working on this issue and will probably do electronic ballots for everyone. Stay tuned!
We will send out the draft By-Laws document with changes indicated by email no later than two weeks before voting. We will also post them on the Guild website.
MEETING ACTIVITY
This meeting’s activity was a strip swap.
SHOW AND TELL
Carol K told us about a quilt show by fiber artist Sally Mavor. Bedtime Stitches & Other Works is running now through Nov. 1, 2025 at the Mariposa Museum in Peterborough, NH.
Sonia reminded us that the Greely Park Art Show was happening August 16 and 17th.
- Kim showed us her Violet quilt, pattern by Erica Jackman of Kitchen Table Quilting.
- Julie showed us her Poppins Bag, pattern by Aunties Two. Simone helped her make the bag, and it’s a one and done bag for Julie!
- Julie also showed us a pincushion she made in a Sue Spargo class.
- Chelsea showed us three quilts. The first, another quilt using her favorite Granny Squares pattern.
- Next, her Carousel Medallion Quilt, designed by Jessica Plunkett of Maeberry Square. It was a quilt-along with Alison Glass, and the pattern is available here.
- Last, her South Beach quilt, pattern by Treehouse Textiles.
- René showed us a quilted jacket and three quilts. She made the jacket using a sweatshirt as a foundation.
- Her first quilt was Olive and Hazel by Meadow Mist Designs.
- Next, Interwoven from the Scraptistic 2 book by Doug Leko.
- Lastly, “Insanity,” her name for the Pineapple Crazy quilt by Bonnie Hunter, from her String Fling book. René won an award for this over 13 thousand piece masterpiece at the Maine Quilt Show! Congratulations!
- Simone showed her adorable fussy cut cat quilt.
- And a quilt she is donating to our Comfort Closet, inspired from a design in a Christa Watson book.
- Shelly told us that Stephanie had fallen and broken an arm and a toe. She showed us Stephanie’s Irish Chain quilt, which will also go to our Comfort Closet.
- Shelly showed us her portrait quilt of a girl with a hula hoop.
- Raya showed us her quilt made with various paper-pieced kaleidoscope blocks, which she started at one of our retreats. She used a flange binding on it.
- Beth showed us three quilts. First, her Baby Dragon quilt, pattern by Cole’s Quilts.
- Then her Picasso quilt, an improv style quilt based on a photo she found online. This was the first time she did her own quilting.
- Then, her Five-Star Experience quilt, from our own Guild author’s book: Not Your Typical Jelly Roll Quilts by Michelle C.
- Carol K showed us four quilts. First, her cute Town Square quilt with planets fabric, pattern by Fabric Café.
- Next, a Moda Illusions quilt, a free pattern
- Last, a Popsicle baby quilt.
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.
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Our Guild email address is: nhmodernquilt@gmail.com.
See you next month!
--Amanda, Lorri W, and Mary Lou
