Our next meeting is on February 27th, via Zoom. Social time at 5:30 pm CST, with meeting starting at 6 pm CST. Zoom link will be emailed to all members on Sunday February 25th.

Our topic is Quiltcon 2024 Honorees! Since we have five of our members quilts being accepted to Quiltcon, the board thought it would be great to hear more from our member honorees.

❖ Teresa A.: “Lines of Travel”
❖ Kathy C.: “More Than Most”
❖ Judy Z. L.: “Boing-f”
❖ Karla K. M.: “Linearity: Points and Counterparts”
❖ Dawn P.: “Pink House”

They will be speaking about their quilts, how their vision developed, and more! If you would like to enter a quilt to Quiltcon next year, be sure to bring your questions to the February meeting. All BNMQG members attending Quiltcon will be documenting their Quiltcon experiences through pictures and more! Check out our Facebook page as pictures are uploaded. Safe Travels!

Submitted by Barb S., Secretary

Bloomington Normal Modern Quilt Guild met virtually on January 23, 2024 with 67 members dialing in. President, Vivian H., called the meeting to order and briefly reviewed a few of the housekeeping details relating to attending meeting virtually. These included making sure you mute yourself unless you are addressing the group.

Nancy P. then introduced the evening’s speaker, Emilie Trahan. She is a self taught quilter, who is also a physician from Canada. In 2021 she won “Best in Show” at Quilt Con. Most of her quilting is done with upcycled fabrics such as sheets, pillow cases and clothing. She mentioned that she may use several different types of fabrics in one quilt. She excels at piecing improvised curves into beautiful modern quilts. Starting with placing pieces of fabric on her studio floor, she maneuvers the fabric until it is a completed beautiful quilt. Emilie is on Instagram @mili.tra Emilie will have 2 quilts hanging at QuiltCon this year. Judging by the comments afterward, the members enjoyed her presentation.

Submitted by Barb S., Secretary

Sixty nine (69) members and one guest attended a virtual meeting of the Bloomington-Normal Modern Quilt Guild on November 28, 2023.

President Vivian H. opened the meeting with a brief review of using Zoom including muting yourself and putting questions in the chat.   

Nancy P. then introduced the speaker, Libs Elliott.   Libs is a fabric designer and quilt instructor.  She also heads an online group called The Sew Squad.  She designs her modern quilts using a coding program called processing.  By using the code, she is able to edit the code to produce simple, geometric quilt shapes.   She showed several quilts she designed using this process. Toward the end of the program, she showed a sample of the code she uses.   Libs explained she does not know what the end result will be until it is displayed on the screen.  

Nov. 28th Meeting is one week from today!

Zoom opens at 5:30 pm: this meeting will be on zoom exclusively.  Meeting begins at 6 pm with Libs Elliott‘s Trunk Show!  Here’s the link to Libs’ webpage: https://libselliott.com.

IMPORTANT:

See QuiltCon Show – with an App 

Nancy Powell wants us to know that BNMQG members can see the QuiltCon show using an App that will become available during the event. You don’t have to travel! 

Register for free by Nov. 30th. https://quiltcon.com

Show and Tell by Zoom – Please put your quilts into the Facebook Album for November 2023 Show and Tell and/or the Block Studies Album!  You may have to click on Media to see Albums. 

 https://www.facebook.com/groups/BNMQG

Submitted by Barb Stevens, Secretary

The Bloomington  Normal Modern Quilt Guild met October 24, 2023 at Christ Lutheran Church and via Zoom.  This was our last dual meeting until March. Meetings from November through February are only via Zoom.

Social hour began at 5:30 with members enjoying the delicious treats provided by Barb B., Roberta D., Vickie A. and Dee B.  Those who provided treats in October as well as those who provided treats in September were presented with Guild rulers as a thank you.

The program for the meeting was presented by several of our members.  This was a hands on demonstration meeting with stations.

The presenters and the topics were as follows:

Hello, Modern Quilters! 

Join us Tuesday, October 24th at 5:30 p.m. in person or by Zoom. The meeting will be at the Christ Lutheran Church on the corner of Hershey and Fort Jesse in Normal, IL.  The Zoom link will be posted a couple of days prior to the meeting.  

5:30 pm Social Time.  Arrive early and be busy: Pay dues ($45), Library, Fabric Raffle, Survey, Snacks, Friends… and more.

6:00 pm:  Fall into Fall’s October Program

This month you’re in for a treat (and maybe some tricks!!).  Learn new techniques, get some new ideas, and get inspired to be creative with our own guild members.  Gary Riss will show you a way to make “Precise Mitered Binding”.  Joann Briggs is going to show you “Just a Bit of Embroidery”.  Melissa Kirk is going to share a little EPP (English Paper Piecing) with you.  Mary Rose Hill has some surprises if you want to make some “Fabric Coasters”.  Would you like a neck wallet to hold your name tag, your phone, a credit card, a hotel room key, and/or some cash?  Nancy Powell will share a pattern that can be customized just for you.  So, make sure to put Oct. 24th  on your calendar and consider bringing some paper to take some notes!  (Any handouts will be available on the members page during the meeting!)

Show and Tell

Show us your Quilts at the meeting and/or … Our webmaster, Lisa Baerman, created a BNMQG Facebook Show and Tell Album for October for you to upload a picture of your work.  Whether or not you are showing your quilt at the meeting or joining by Zoom, it’s helpful to have your creation in the Album with comments from you. 

See You soon! 

Vivian Hoette

Submitted by Barb S., Secretary

BNMQG met September 26, 2023 at Christ Lutheran Church.  Prior to the meeting, a social time was enjoyed with delicious treats provided by Leslie S., Donna P., Sandy F., and Cheryl A.

President Vivian H. asked Lisa B. to introduce Aimee Beam of the Midwest Food Bank for a special presentation.  Aimee gave a brief explanation of the history and scope of the  Midwest Food Bank.  She noted that 99.4% of the donated money goes to provide food for those in need.   It is through the generosity of volunteers that come forward and assist with so many aspects of the association.

For the past several months, members of the Guild have been selling raffle tickets for a quilt designed and sewn by members of the Guild.  Lisa B. then presented the Midwest Food Bank a check in the amount of $3175.00 which represents the sale of raffle tickets.  Incidentally, at the drawing last moth, one of our members, Donna Phillips, was the winner of the quilt.

Submitted by Vivian H., President

Hello, Modern Quilters! 

Join us Tuesday, September 26th at 5:30 p.m. in person or by Zoom. The meeting will be at the Christ Lutheran Church on the corner of Hershey and Fort Jesse in Normal, IL.  The Zoom link will be posted a couple of days prior to the meeting.  

5:30 pm Social Time.  Arrive early and be busy: Pay dues ($45), Library, Fabric Raffle, Survey, Snacks, Friends… and more.

6:00 pm Program

Amiee Beam, Midwest Food Bank  
MQG Community Outreach Quilt 2023 Raffle Funds will be gifted to the Midwest Food Bank. Aimee will explain how our donation will be used and a brief overview of their organization. 

Modern Quilt Guild Block Study 
Our education focus this year is the MQG Resource Library.  This month we will kick off with Block Study. (Search for Block Study in the Resource Library.)  If you happen to make a block, please bring it to the meeting and upload a picture to Facebook BNMQG Album for Block Study. 

Show and Tell

Show us your Quilts at the meeting and/or … Our webmaster, Lisa B., creates a BNMQG Facebook Album each month for you to upload pictures of your Show and Tell.  Whether or not you are showing your quilt at the meeting or joining by Zoom, it’s helpful to have your creation in the Album with comments from you. 

See You soon! 

Vivian Hoette