Upcoming Nov meeting

 Saturday Nov 21, 2015

**Please note that the meeting on Saturday is at the Virginia Beach Hotel and Conference Center located at 2800 Shore Drive.  We will meet in the Cape Henry room which is located on the 2nd floor.  

*Elections 

*Announcements

*Make & Take

*Update on Mid Atlantic Quilt Show Display

*Update on ALS Quilts 

*Holiday Swap (if you signed up)

*light snacks and drinks will be provided

*Show & Tell

*Door Prizes

Hope to see many of you there at the last meeting of 2015!  

Guild Notes

Our last meeting was on Sept 19, 2015
14 members attended, and we had one new member join

Leadership 2016
Shelley Brooks has volunteered to be on the Nomination Committee (we could use one more person) Please email her with any nominations for leadership 2016
Brookquilt@aol.com

You can nominate yourself, or any other member.  If you nominate another member, the person you nominated will be contacted to let them know.  All current members in leadership positions need to be re-nominated.  The guild needs at least 3 members on the board.
Postions:
President - presides over general and special meetings, the board meetings, attend and lead meetings, appoints committee chairpersons (these are volunteer positions), make announcements, other various duties.
Vice- President - in absence of President lead meetings, attend meetings, special meetings, and board meetings.  Update Blog and FB pages
Secretary - Keep minutes, conduct correspondence for the guild, update FB and Blog pages.  Track membership, add new members to MQG site.
Treasurer - receive and bank all guild monies, maintain bookkeeping on all funds, disperse funds as authorized, prepare financial reports.

Voting will take place at the Nov 21 meeting.

Oct 19 Meeting
Secret Pal reveal
ALS Hopes and Dreams Charity quilts due at meeting (we hope all members will donate at least one quilt
Disperse prizes from our guild winnings of the 2015 Hopes and Dreams
Nominations for leadership positions
Show and Tell
Balances due for the Sewing Retreat

July 2015 Meeting Wrap Up

Thanks to members and guests who were able to attend the mid summer meeting!  Members were given a Make & Take Kit of embroidery to start at the meeting.  Finish your project and bring it to the August 15 meeting and you will be entered into a door prize drawing.  

For several months we have had a two member leadership team, and while we haven't minded this, according to our by-laws the guild needed one more person on the leadership team.  A hand vote of attending members was taken to make Chen Wu Vice President of the guild and Mary Menzer Secretary / Treasurer.  Thank you for your support!  

Sewing Retreat:

Very last chance to be added to our first annual sewing retreat, dates are Nov 20-22, more information can be found on this post!  Contact me at fairlymerry@gmail.com  if you would like to be added, otherwise we will close out sign ups so that we can finalize all the fun stuff that will be happening at our retreat!  

Our guild will not be participating in the Modern Quilt Guild charity quilt challenge, we already have many charity quilts we are making and there was not enough interest in the MQG event.  This is ok, we give local and that feels good too!  

Upcoming:

• August 15, 2015 meeting at Red Wing Park 10:30 am - please bring a dish for our group to share after the meeting.  There were not a lot of sign ups for dishes at the meeting, so we are open to whatever you chose to bring.  Drinks will be provided.  **if it is a rain day, we will meet at the church as usual, we will put a note up on Facebook and the blog if there is a change**
• Beach Bee Block quilts / quilt tops are to be revealed!  So excited to see what everyone made with their member swap blocks.  
• Alison Glass will be attending with a pop-up shop of merchandise.  She takes cash & credit / debit.  
• Continue working on your ALS charity quilts - our Charity Chair, Chen Wu is expecting a large turn out of quilts, minimum size is 35" x 44" - if you have older quilt tops that don't have a specific purpose, this is a perfect opportunity to turn those into charity quilts.  Quilts are to be brought to our September meeting.  
• Mid Atlantic display quilts are not due until Jan, but the size of your quilt should be known by the October meeting.  This is a display of guild quilts at the Mid Atlantic Quilt Show, not a juried portion of the show.  We hope we have many who will participate, to show off our many talented members.   The theme of our display is "Express Yourself", more information is under the tab - Guild Challenges at the top of this page.  You can also check with Angie Tackett or Carolyn Dixon if you have any questions. 
• Soon you will receive via email a guild survey, this will be an anonymous survey, we would like to know what you like, want to see more of, what you want from our guild as we grow.  

July 18 Meeting

Hope to see you at our July meeting!

July 18, 2015 10:30 am

St John's Baptist Church, Holland Rd

We will have a Make and Take  embroidery kit for you to work on during the meeting.  

Please bring a hoop and scissors to meeting.

We will have some extras for those who don't have theirs with them.  

Anyone who signed up for the UFO challenge last month, bring your finished project for a chance at a door prize.  

• Bring any members monthly bee blocks you have completed
• We will discuss our August meeting, which is our annual picnic meeting
• Final month to sign up for the first annual VBMQG Sewing Retreat, more info here
• UFO quilts 
• Show and Tell

June Meeting Wrap up

What a fun meeting we had showcasing some of our first quilts.  What great stories attached to our quilting journey.  Photos will be up soon on our Facebook page.  Feel free to add your story to your photo when I get them up.

We have a quick challenge due at the July meeting UFO Challenge!  Finish one UFO project between now and July 18 (our next meeting date), there will be a door prize drawing for everyone who participates.  If you weren't at the meeting you can still sign up by commenting here, you must indicate exactly which UFO you will complete.  (Please note your comment won't appear automatically, the comments are moderated).  We will leave the sign ups open for a few days, so join in if you need the push of a prize to finish an older project!

Carolyn Dixon is coordinating our Charity Quilt for the Modern Quilt Guild, you can still participate, contact either Carolyn or Mary Menzer, and we will add you to the group.  This is an improv with purpose project, so there are guidelines we are to follow.  After QuiltCon 2016, the quilt will be returned to our guild to donate where we chose.

Sign ups are still open for our sewing retreat, information can be found Here sign ups will close August 31, 2015 so that we may have a final count for door prizes, swag bags (yes we will have swag!) and other fun surprises.  We hope you will be joining us!  You do not have to stay at the hotel, you can set up and sew, and return home each night!

We have had several new members the last few meetings:
Welcome
Nancy Glover
Kathy Poston
Peggy Jebavy (returning member)
Brenda Riggs
Annette Clark
Natalie Moore
Wonderful to see our group growing!

This months Member Bee Block was for Shelley Brooks and July will be Elizabeth Milholen.  By the way, Elizabeth wore a gorgeous maxi dress to the meeting that she had handmade!  Yay for handmade!

Check our blog pages for other information on swaps, challenges, and charities.  

Our June 20th meeting is right around the corner!  

We are now meeting on the third Saturday of the month at St. John's Baptist Church on Holland Rd.  Please go to the small church building in the back of the complex.  The building is the original white church and you enter with the stairs at the very back.  

Bring one of the first quilts you made to this meeting.  Won't it be fun to see how your quilting has changed and grown over the years?  I know mine has and my first top is quite embarrassing!  But I know it tells me that I have become a better a quilter in the years since.  

Bring any new show and tell you may have been working on.

Sign ups are still open for our guild sewing retreat in November and you can find more detailed information here

Call for Entries

It is not too late to enter a quilt in the Texas Quilt Museum Modern Exhibit.  Open to all members of the Modern Quilt Guild.  Entry dead line is April 30, details can be found 

HERE

Announcements after our April 2015 meeting

The Virginia Beach Modern Quilt Guild will change the date of our meetings to the THIRD Saturday of the month starting with June 2015 meeting.  

This item was put to a member vote at the 4/25/15 meeting and the majority of attending members voted for changing the date to the third Saturday.  

Information on the Hopes and Dreams Quilt Challenge:

Hopes & Dreams Quilt Challenge for ALS

• Begins August 1^st and ends July 31^st of the next year (quilts received after July 31st are automatically entered in to the next year's challenge)
• Minimum quilt size 35"x 44" or larger. Lap or bed quilts of all sizes are welcomed.
• We encourage the addition of a 4" removable or hidden sleeve on the backside of the quilting for displaying.
• Please not the size of your finished quilt on the Entry Form.
• If you used a specific pattern or fabric line and would like to share that with fellow entrants the information is shared on the Hopes & Dreams Facebook page for the enjoyment of quilters across the world.
• Tied quilts are welcomed, as are knit or crochet blankets -- however, at this time they are not eligible for quilt challenge prizes.

Please note that quilts will be accepted until July 31, so you can bring your donation quilts to any meeting up to the July meeting to be added to our total donation of quilts for the year.  We have the forms available that should go with each donated quilt.  

April Meeting

April 25, 2015 

VBMQG Meeting

10:30 am

*Announcement*

We will be meeting in a different room, it is located at the FRONT of the church.  Park in the parking lot to the right as you are facing the church (it's gravel) from the road, and the meeting is in a room on the right side.  

Someone will be there to point you to the correct room.

• Third Anniversary Meeting!
• If you signed up to bring a brunch dish and can't recall what you signed up for - send me a note fairlymerry@gmail.com
• Bring your Show and Tell
• Game and prizes
• Secret Pal Gifts
• Sew Day / Charity Sew Day until 4:00 pm (bring your machines, extension cords, sewing supplies and a project you want to work on!)
• Retreat Sign ups (find information here )

See everyone there!

Retreat Announcement

VBMQG 

1st Annual Retreat

• Friday November 20 - Sunday November 22, 2015
• Fri 4 pm - 10 pm, Saturday 9 am - 10 pm, Sunday 9 am - noon ( we can get permission to stay longer in the evenings, it's just a matter of locking up)
• Virginia Beach Hotel and Conference Center - 2800 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach
• Open Sewing / Crafting in large conference room, room to spread out, press, cut and sew
• Coffee, Tea and water will be provided throughout the day / evenings
• Breakfast Saturday and Sunday included
• Dinner Friday evening provided by guild
• Lunch and Dinner Saturday on your own - there is a restaurant on premises and many more in walking distance on Shore drive.  Delivery is also an option
• Rooms are available at the hotel 481-9000 starting at $89 per night, (mention the retreat)
• Door prizes
• Sew along of Noodlehead pattern - Caravan Tote! Purchase your pattern and supplies and we can sew this bag together at the retreat!  
• Cost per person (not including room, lunch, or dinner Saturday) only $60 

Come join us! Open to all members of VBMQG

Please register with Mary Menzer fairlymerry@gmail.com or at the next meeting and make your deposit.  

February Meeting is Cancelled

Due to the forecast of even MORE snow tonight and tomorrow leadership has made the decision to cancel the meeting this Saturday 2/28. We want everyone to be safe!

*If you haven't paid dues yet, but planned to at this meeting, please let either Jana, Mary or Angie know so we have an updated count of members. 

*Secret Pal reveal will be moved to March meeting 3/28.

*If you would like to sign up for Secret Pal for the new year and haven't yet please let Mary know. Partners will be emailed to you and 2015 Secret Pal will run from March - Oct. 

*Our group challenge 'Beach Bee Swap 2015' will start in March. You can still sign up- details were in the Feb newsletter, and the focal fabric can be purchased at our March meeting. Let Mary know if you would still like to sign up for this bee.

January Meeting

Saturday, January 24th, is our first meeting of 2015.  The meeting is at St. John's Baptist Church, 2300 Holland Road, Virginia Beach.  Follow the driveway to the left of the church around to the back parking lot.  We meet in the small white (original) building in the back.

We will be playing a game this month.  If you want to participate you will need three fat quarters in a solid color.  Moda, Bella, American Made, Riley Blake, or any quilt quality brand, in any color will do.

Dues are $30.00 and will be collected at this meeting for the 2015 year.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone after our Christmas break.

Angie