HOORAY! It looks like I was able to copy all the information from the newsletter to the blog site! Guess my skill are improving LOL. I hope for this information to be available to all who are interested in joining our guild, and really look forward to the friendships, creativity, and quiltiness we shall experience this year! Please join us the first Saturday of each month at Material Girls Quilt Shoppe in Delano (535 Douglas) 10am-noon!
January Minutes:
WMQG January 2014 meeting had 12 people in attendance.
Everyone wore a name tag and brief introductions were made. Door prize tickets were received by each attending.
A fat quarter game was played using the Trader's Dice, with the winner receiving all of the fat quarters in the kitty. Although this game can run long, it was an interesting ice-breaker.
Meeting agendas were passed out. The WMQG will meet monthly, the first Saturday of each month at Material Girls Quilt Shoppe at 10 am-noon. Monthly sew-in days are now being scheduled, days and times will vary to try to accompany various schedules. The first sew-in was January 16. The next scheduled sew-in at Material Girls is Feb 22. I am working on getting some dates/times scheduled at Joann's workroom. The Wichita Public library was contacted regarding use of their conference rooms-unfortunately there is a fee involved with that and our guild will not be using the library room for now.
Charity sewing was discussed. Charity project starter-kits were available. Through much discussion, and investigation, it has been determined that The Treehouse will most benefit from our kindness in providing small quilts. This charity will be our ongoing charity through April 2014.
BOM-- Discussion, decision to have a BOM with a charity BOM challenge.Each BOM you make for charity will be recorded and the person who makes the most BOM for charity will receive a prize. To keep BOM working well together, "boy" blocks will be made using blue, green, and brown. "girl" blocks will be made using pink, yellow, and purple. The blocks will be put together for charity quilts.
VALENTINES DAY MUG RUG SWAP-Each person who wishes to participate (and why wouldn't you?), make a valentine-themed mug rug, wrapped, to the February meeting for a fun swap.
ORPHAN FABRIC TRADE- Discussion for future fabric swaps...not starting in February, more discussion at the February meeting, with a monthly "plan" evolving.
RILEY BLAKE CHALLENGE-Those participating in the Riley Blake Challenge..the National deadline is Feb17. Be sure to post pics of your project to the national site by the deadline in order to be entered to win a prize!
GUILD DISCUSSION- I am actively working on the process for our guild to become an official guild with National, and not just a starter guild. We need at least 10 committed, dues-paying members. Bylaws(a requirement) have been drafted and can be reviewed at Wichitamodernquiltguild.blogspot.com ---please take a minute to review these, as we will be voting on the bylaws at the February meeting. I will have printed versions available also. After voting on the bylaws, we will be voting on officers (another requirement). If you would like to be considered for an office please contact me, or be nominated at the February meeting. Our guild dues will be $25/year, with the first payment for this year's dues beginning with the March meeting. After that dues will be required in the January 2015 meeting.
DEMO- Jilliann Driver gave a demonstration on using sewline glue pens for a fun and easy way to do paper-piecing, and each person received the materials to try it in the meeting.
DOOR PRIZES-Several door prizes were given out by random ticket drawing...it's always fun to walk away with a prize!
SHOW AND SHARE- everyone had the opportunity to show off their quilting works to the rest of the group. It has been decided that "show and share" should be limited to 2-3 items per person, with respect of each others' time.
NEXT MEETING: FEBRUARY 1, 10AM AT MATERIAL GIRLS -Our speaker/topic will be: "DOES IT WORK" with NANCY FUGATE....AKA..."THE GADGETEER! Nancy will demo several quilting gadgets that are awesome, and something that isn't so awesome...Nancy is the queen of gadgets...so if you ever wondered about it....she probably has it!
KEEPING IN TOUCH: We have lots of social media at our fingertips...let's use it to keep up with our quilty friends!
FLICKR.COM-Wichita modern quilt guild
FACEBOOK-Wichita modern quilt guild
INSTAGRAM-Wichitamqg (I am jujoomama on instagram)
wichitamodernquiltguild.blogspot.com
wichitamqg@gmail.com
With the voting at the February meeting...it will be an important one to attend! Looking forward to seeing you all there!!
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