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!  

Upcoming August Meeting

August 20, 2016

Annual Picnic Meeting

Redwing Park, Virginia Beach

10:30 am - 12:30 pm (may go over)

Our annual picnic meeting this year will also be a dual meeting with the Peninsula Modern Quilt Guild!  

Please bring a food item to share with the group, paper products and drinks will be provided by the guild.  Last year we met along the back of the park in the wooded area and we sat at picnic tables, this is where we will try to be again this year, it was a good location with the shade!  You can bring your own camping / outdoor chairs if you like.  

• VBMQG is participating in a swap with the Peninsula Guild, and if you would like to participate in the swap, please make a Medium sized drawstring bag.  Here is the tutorial, be sure to make the medium size:

http://www.incolororder.com/2011/10/lined-drawstring-bag-tutorial.html

• In your drawstring bag place one FQ of MODERN fabric and a notion worth $5-$10
• There is no sign up, just make your bag and bring it to the meeting!
• Maureen Crackenell will be attending this meeting, so bring your Maureen Cracknell quilt to the meeting

Upcoming June Meeting

*** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MAUREEN CRACKNELL CHALLENGE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 2016******

ALL CHALLENGE QUILTS NOT DUE UNTIL AUGUST!

June 18, 2016

10:30 am

• Due to unforeseen family circumstances, Maureen Cracknell had to postpone her visit to the VBMQG.  We are waiting for a confirmation for the August meeting, and we will update you when we have a firm commitment from Maureen.  Challenge quilts using Fleet & Flourish will not be due until August 
• Please bring any show and tell
• Secret Sister 2016 continues
• Member Trunk Show
• 2016 VBMQG Retreat Announcement
• We will have a new program to replace the Maureen Cracknell visit - TBA

Upcoming May Meeting

May 21, 2016

10:30 am - 4:00 pm 

*Happy Anniversary Virginia Beach Modern Quilt Guild!

*Bring your Logo Challenge Mini - guidelines are posted here

*Bring your show and tell

*Don't forget your Secret Sister gifts

*This is a member SeW DaY! Bring your machine or hand sewing - this is a good time to work on a charity quilt.  Have questions about a project, bring them!  Ask the other members for their input!

*Snacks will be provided for the sew day, please bring your own drinks

March Wrap Up

Meeting Wrap Up

March 19, 2016 

•  Autumn P. and MaryBeth from Tidewater Sew & Vac gave a lecture on sewing machine maintenance that was very interesting.  Did you know that too much oil is just as bad for your machine as not enough?  Thanks Autumn for putting that together for our group. They even had a door prize!
• Winners of the Bunny's Designs small challenge (via raffle) were Kristen D., Barbara K., and Angie T.  Thank you to everyone who participated!
• Member Julie D. brought in several of her quilts for a mini trunk show and talked about each of her creations, her process, and her beginnings on the quilting journey.  Thank you Julie!
• Secret Sister gifts were exchanged.  There were a few people absent from the meeting, and your SS gifts are being held by Mary M. 
•  Our April meeting will be at Alison Glass' Studio, an email will be sent to members with directions.  
• MAY meeting will be our Anniversary meeting, a sew in, and the Logo Challenge is due!  We hope many of you are thinking about a new logo for our group.  I posted some new info on the Logo challenge, under the Swaps/ Challenges page.  
• JUNE meeting Maureen Cracknell will be our guest, and she will chose a winner from our Fleet & Flourish challenge.