Baltimore Modern Quilt Guild
General Meeting
September, 2018
Rose Daley, president, led the meeting.
We had four guests/new members attend the meeting. Welcome!
As usual, Rose rewarded the members with September birthday with a fat quarter. She also introduced the board members who were present.
The guild needs member volunteers for the following committees/jobs:
The Nominating committee needs two to three members to volunteer to find officers for the coming year. Elizabeth Timmons agreed to chair this committee.
Maria announced a charity quilt needs to be finished now; Maria O’Haver volunteered.
We are still looking for a coordinator for the creation of a charity quilt for the national Modern Guild effort; the palette of fabrics has been chosen, the focus technique is ‘small piecing’.
We still need volunteers to work during our guild’s bingo night - you can still play while working.
Rose led a discussion about the level of our dues for chapter membership at the meeting. Currently our annual dues are $40; the dues have remained at that level for several years. National is raising the cost of member dues by 20% beginning in 2019. This will require the guild to at least raise dues to cover that expense. After discussion about alternatives, the guild voted to raise dues to $50 annually, effective January 1st, 2019.
Near the end of the meeting, Heather Kojan (founder of our chapter) announced that the midAtlantic Modern Retreat will be held in May (2nd - 5th), 2019, at the Doubletree Convention Center, Lancaster, PA. Pencil the date on your calendar and sign up for the mailing list on the retreat website (http://www.midatlanticmod.com) for future news.
Show and Share
Two members participated in the UFO Challenge - they traded unfinished projects with each one completing the other's design. Here are the results:
Many members made quilts for the
East Baltimore Head Start Early Reading Program:
Andee shared a quilt she made in a Melanie Tuazon workshop with the Lancaster modern guild; Melanie will be teaching for our guild in October:
Elizabeth Timmons made two notebooks
with her original design pen pouches for bingo prizes.
Linda Schiffer shared the mini quilt she made
for the online Teal Mini Swap.
Pat Simrell made three tote bags for bingo prizes.
Kathy Schwabeland shared several projects she finished over the summer.
Sue Till finished a complex medallion quilt and
made a table runner with placemats for a bingo prize.
Daria Phair won a set of X blocks at a guild block drawing and created this quilt; notice the exquisite quilting (Daria is a commercial long arm quilter).
Susan Brightman made wall quilts for family and friends.
Guest Sarah Lefebvre made a very modern V quilt.
Judy Dunlap made a large retreat ditty bag and two tuffet pincushions.
Amy Verne made a pillow, two stuffed toys and a
large patchwork tote bag for bingo prizes.
Heather Kojan made two quilts from her scrap bins
and showed an article she has in the new 50 Little Gifts magazine.
MJ Snyder made two tote bags and a small quilt for bingo prizes.
Rose Daley made Woodland Creatures quilts for her niece and nephew.
Sarah Kachur sewed a patchwork design featuring prints for little boys.
Lauren Stephens made a masculine ditty bag for a
bingo prize and shared her applique map of the Chesapeake Bay.
Phyllis Cook also made a masculine ditty bag for bingo and
finished two quilts for her grand daughters.
Sarah Strouse made another cute zipper pouch for bingo.
Rebecca Ruch completed her mystery quilt using
a different alternate patchwork block.
Two of the large quilts for bingo prizes were completed this month.
Jane Schiemer quilted the autumn colored quilt at bottom.
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