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

March Agenda

MEETING LOCATION CHANGE - This month only we will be meeting at:

Raytheon Blackbird Technologies, Inc.

502 Viking Drive, Suite 100

Virginia Beach, VA  23452

Saturday, March 18, from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm

* Sew Day! We've moved the logo bags to June, but come see what else we have in store! Bring your sewing machine (don't forget an extension cord), cutting supplies and whatever project you are working on.
* Potluck lunch - we don't have access to the kitchen, so bring something that doesn't need to be heated up or can stay warm in a crock pot.
* Games
* Rope bowl demo - if you missed it at the retreat, we'll be doing this again for a bowl swap in April! All you need is thread and clothesline (and a sewing machine). I've used a variety of rope types, including Household Essentials cotton clothesline 3/16 from Amazon and a synthetic clothesline from Lowes/Home Depot.

Hope you see you there!

February Minutes

Virginia Beach Modern Quilt Guild Minutes

February 18, 2017

Members: 20

Guests: 1

Meeting Notes / Announcements

• President Lauren Welsh began the meeting.
• The March meeting will be a sew day, so bring your sewing machine if you’d like. The meeting will start at the regular time and go until 4:30 pm. More details coming in the agenda for next month.

• Riley Blake Challenge – turn in entries at the April meeting. https://community.themodernquiltguild.com/resources/riley-blake-creative-rockstar-fabric-challenge-spring-2017

Swap

• Open wide zippered pouches were swapped.

Make and Take

• Zipper Pulls! We had a variety of stations set up with materials for making zipper pulls, including:
• Yarn for pom-poms
• Beads
• Felt
• Button backings

Jana passed out birthday gifts for February.

Show and Tell

• Members showed their creations.

Meeting adjourned at 12:15 pm.

Recorded and Submitted by:

Kathy Poston

February Agenda

February 18, 2017

• Membership fees, $30 for 2017, are due by the February meeting.
• Secret Sister sign-ups will continue in February, assignments will be made after the meeting and the swaps will start in March.
• Swap - We'll be swapping a large size Open Wide Zippered Pouch by Noodlehead. Tutorial - http://noodle-head.com/…/open-wide-zippered-pouch-tutorial-…

If you can't make the meeting but want to renew membership or sign up for Secret Sister, please email vbmqgblog@gmail.com.

We'll also be doing a fun Make and Take!

Hope you see you there!

Upcoming November Meeting

November 22, 2016 

Meeting to be held at sewing retreat location:

Virginia Beach Hotel and Conference Center

2800 Shore Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Cape Henry Room

10:30 am

*Secret Santa Gift Exchange (for those that signed up)

*cast ballots for 2017 Leadership

      We need a President and Secretary according to our By Laws

      You can also sign up for committees: charity, games, secret sister, swaps, social media

*make and take

*a few door prizes

*show and tell

*snacks and drinks (coffee, tea, water)

No meeting in December

Upcoming October Meeting

October 22, 2016

Please note the date change of the October meeting.  Members at the Sept meeting voted to ok the date change, check  the Sept minutes for details. 

*Bring your ALS Challenge quilts to this meeting, details on size info can be found here.  We will have forms available for each quilt donated.  

*Secret Sister reveal!  Bring a special gift for your reveal!  

*Secret Santa sign up for the Nov meeting

*Balances for annual sewing retreat are due

*Nominations for guild officers and voting.  All officer positions need to be filled, President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer.  The three current officers have served for two years, and it is always a great idea to have new leadership with new ideas!  (Per the By Laws, we need specifically a President and a Secretary).  You can nominate yourself!  

We hope to see you there!