March Minutes

Virginia Beach Modern Quilt Guild Minutes

March 18, 2017

Members: 14

Guests: 2

Meeting Notes / Announcements

• Sew Day Meeting - Members bought their sewing machine and a project to work on. The meeting location was changed due to a heating issue at the church.
• President Lauren Welsh began the meeting.
• Note that next month, April, is our 5^th Anniversary Celebration!
• Riley Blake Challenge Reminder – turn in entries at the April meeting. https://community.themodernquiltguild.com/resources/riley-blake-creative-rockstar-fabric-challenge-spring-2017
• The program was a make and give (and keep scraps) for Michael Miller Fabrics. They are collecting 6 1/2” blocks to make quilts to be displayed at the next QuiltCon. After that, the quilts will be donated to Quilts for Kids. http://blog.michaelmillerfabrics.com/2017/01/quiltcon-east-2017.html
• Our guild received a generous donation of fabric from Michael Miller at QuiltCon that was used to make the blocks. Each member chose 4 fabrics to make at least 1 block.
• We discussed options for group communications. It was determined that we will set up a Secret Group on Facebook for guild members so we can have a place to chat.
• Swap for April - Rope bowls. Medium-ish size, whatever shape you want! You can find many tutorials online, for example - http://weallsew.com/coiled-rope-basket-by-juliette-lanvers-for-weallsew/
• Show and Tell.
• Jana passed out birthday gifts for March.
• Break for potluck lunch.
• Slide show of quilts from QuiltCon.
• More sewing…
• Meeting ended around 4:30 pm.

Recorded and Submitted by:

Kathy Poston