Date: March 7, 2015
Location: Burdette Library-Taylors
President Cheryl Brickey called the meeting to order at 1:00 pm.
Seventeen people were in attendance.
Cheryl reminded us to sign up on the web site: www.greenvillemodernquiltguild.blogspot.com to receive
information on our monthly meeting date and location as it may change depending
on availability of the library.
Cheryl and Marilyn will continue to work on the by-laws which will
be presented for input and discussion at the April meeting. Everyone who attends this meeting will
get a door prize.
Member
news:
Christa's twins,
Luke and Liam, have arrived
Paige's entry won
2nd place in the Michael Miller challenge at Quilt Con
Cheryl also had
quilts accepted into Quilt Con
Brenda has a
quilt accepted into Paducah
Faye will have a
quilt at Art Fields
Cheryl has
designed the free March pattern of the month for MQG.
Philanthropy:
Darleen has
contacted the Meyer Center regarding our donation of a quilt for their
auction. She does not have any definite
information at this time.
Block of
the Month Challenge:
Lucy handed out instructions for a
log cabin block from the MQG. It was
suggested that each of us makes this block in blues and greens for the
philanthropy quilt. Darleen will put the
quilt blocks together. The link to the
block instructions can be found here:
Swap:
The oven mitt swap will be in May –
if you bring one, you get to take one home.
Show &
Share:
Lucy – MQG block
of the month quilt
Brenda – quilt
influenced by Nancy Crow workshop
Faye – quilt for
Home of Hope; improv piecing on adding
machine paper; art quilt using various techniques such as rusting, stencils,
silk screen
Cheryl – quilt
using her March pattern of the month for MQG
Program:
The March program
was a recap of Quit Con attended by Cheryl, Brenda and Paige. Cheryl and Brenda talked about the workshops
and lectures they attended. Cheryl showed the blocks she made in the Gee's Bend
workshop. We also viewed pictures taken
by Paige (some some by Brenda and Cheryl) of many of the quilts hanging at
Quilt Con.
Door
Prizes:
Brenda won a
paper pieced Christmas Star block donated by Darleen and Darleen won 3 fat
quarters donated by Cheryl.
Upcoming
meetings:
- April 11th @ Taylors Library: Discussion and voting on by-laws
- May 9th @ Taylors Library: Big stitch hand quilting by Debby West. Information and supply list will be in a later post.
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