WMQG February Newsletter
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Wichita Modern Quilt Guild February
February 1 2014 Meeting Minutes:
Snowy weather for our February meeting! Several people were not able to make it to the February meeting due to the snowy roads, but there were 8 people in attendance.
The meeting began with introductions, name tags and the Valentine's Day mug rug swap.
The WMQG Bylaws were reviewed, discussed, and voted on, with a unanimous vote to institute the Bylaws.
Proposed officers were presented and voted on with a unanimous vote in favor of the following officers: President: Julie Gier, Vice-President: Chris Clark, Secretary: Leah David, Treasurer: Nancy Fugate.
SEW-INS:
February Sew-ins: locations discussed, Sew Ins are a good time to work on our charity BOM, and I will have extra supplies available if you wish to work on them.
February Sew-Ins Scheduled: February 17, Monday, 4:00-8:30 at Joann's East near 37th and Rock--Please note Joann's does not allow children in the workroom for this event. You must bring all needed supplies, we will have to bring our own cutting mats, sewing machines, and irons-I will make sure to provide a cutting space and iron.
February 22, Saturday, 10-5 at Material Girls==bring your sewing machine and supplies
Retreat! March 21-23 Friday 5pm to Sunday 6pm at the Abilene KS Civic Center. Cost: $30 per person which will cover the retreat space and lunch will be provided Saturday and Sunday. You must obtain lodging on your own. Suggested hotels in Abilene: Holiday Inn Express, Super 8, and Abilene Victoria Inn bed and breakfast. All of these hotels provide breakfast and are a reasonable price. Please contact me at: wichitamqg@gmail.com to reserve your spot. We will be inviting the Abilene quilters to join us, but Wichita quilters will be reserved first. The deadline for reservations is March14. You can reserve your spot by sending a check for $30 fo: Julie Gier, WMQG, P.O. Box 783014, Wichita, KS 67278. This will be our first retreat and I am excited to have a place and time for us to "get away" and enjoy some sewing time together! There will be door prizes, and you are free to bring whatever projects you want to work on. There are 2 quilt shops in Abilene, one is in walking distance from the retreat site.
Charity Sewing/BOM: We will continue with our charity BOM challenge. The person who makes the most BOM pieces will earn a prize at the end of the quarter (April). Our charity that is benefitting from our work is The Treehouse. You can access the instructions for the January block at: http://www.sewmamasew.com/2011/07/modern-block-of-the-month-bom-sew-along-with-alissa-haight-carlton/.
The February BOM instructions are at: http://www.sewmamasew.com/2011/08/modern-block-of-the-month-bom-sew-along-with-alissa-haight-carlton-2/
Riley Blake Challenge: The National deadline to submit photos of finished Riley Blake challenge products is February 17, Finished challenge products were shown at the meeting.
National Guild Membership: We are nearly ready to apply for membership in the National MQG!! One last step in gaining membership as a "real" guild and not a "starter" guild is collecting dues. We will begin collecting dues at the March 1 meeting. Dues will be $25/year. Dues can be paid to treasurer, Nancy Fugate, at the March meeting. We need 10 paying members to qualify as an actual guild.
Demo: Nancy Fugate (our gadgeteer) showed some of her favorite gadgets, how they work, and what she likes about them.
March demo will be by Chris Clark, a foundation piecing demo.
Show and Share: Members showed off some of their beautiful work as we all oooo'd and awwww'd over each others work :)
Door Prizes: 5 door prizes were won this month...always fun to get some free quilty things!
BYOB for March: Bring your own BAG! We will have our first fabric swap in March and have decided to bring green fabrics. Here's how it works: You bring fabric scraps you no longer want, in whatever size baggie you wish, we pile all the fabric from our bags in the middle and then you get to fill your bag back up with picking from the pile. Any fabric that doesn't go home with someone will be added to the charity fabric supply. You can bring any size of fabric...from scraps to yardage...up to you! I think this can be a lot of fun- hope you all join in!
Next Meeting: March 1, Saturday at Material Girls |
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Sew...that's your WMQG news! See you soon!
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