Submitted by Barb S., Secretary

BNMQG met August 22, 2023 with 62 members and 2 guests present in person. There were 25 members in attendance by zoom.  Because it was our 11th anniversary meeting, Ray Silva took a picture of those in attendance.   It was so fun last year to take a group picture that we want to make it a tradition!

President Lisa B. welcomed everyone and thanked the hospitality servers for the treats prior to the meeting.   They were Connie C., Nancy D., and Mary W.

The speaker for the evening was Linda Lambert who presented a most enjoyable and informative program “Collage Quilting on Your Brain”.  

Linda is a certified instructor in the Laura Heine method of collage.  Several samples of collage were shown.   Linda will be teaching a collage class on September 9, 2023.  The pattern is “The Dress” from the Group #1 – Dress-Fish-Elephant pattern. Members were given the opportunity to sign up for the class and purchase kits, patterns or supplies for the workshop.

A few spots are still available, but the PayPal link on the Meetings and Events page is broken currently – Lisa’s fault. Until it can get fixed, please send an email to BNMQGprograms at gmail.com if you want to sign up for the workshop.

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Our August Meeting is next week, August 22nd – social time starting at 5:30 pm CST, meeting starting at 6:00 pm CST at Christ Lutheran Church in Normal. This will also be a dual meeting, the zoom invite will be sent out on Sunday or Monday to all members.

Don’t forget to bring any sold Raffle Tickets to the August meeting! We will be drawing the winner at the meeting.

Our Raffle Quilt, “Into the Light” was a big success. Many thanks to all of the members who helped to create it and have sold raffle tickets!

I can’t wait to see the final tally of how much we have raised for The Midwest Food Bank and our parent organization The Modern Quilt Guild’s charities!

Our speaker this month is our very own Linda Lambert, who is a Certified Laura Heine Instructor!. Her lecture is titled “Collage Quilting on Your Brain” – she will discuss the Laura Heine method and how quilting is good for our brains! Guest tickets are available on our Event and Workshops tab, as always members attend the lecture for free.

Linda is also hosting a workshop for us on September 9th “Collage Quilts – Pattern: The Dress”.

Seats are still available on our Event and Workshops tab (scroll down for the workshop) or workshop tickets will be available at our August meeting.

Linda will have kits and supplies for the workshop available at our August meeting for workshop attendees.

August is also the BNMQG Anniversary month! It is our 11th Anniversary – there will be cake! Please wear BNMQG gear if you have it. We will be taking a group photo towards the start of the meeting. It was fun when we did it last year and thought we should make it a tradition!

We will be voting on the slate of officers for the 2023-24 guild year. Our slate of officers:

Speaking of BNMQG gear – we will have a new opportunity to purchase BNMQG shirts, hoodies, etc starting at the end of August.

We need your design skills! We are looking for a one color design to be used as a screen print on the tote bags. If you have a design idea, please send them to the BNMQGPresident gmail account (not linking it to lower the amount of spam!).

Submitted by Barb S., Secretary

It was Christmas in July at the Bloomington Normal Modern Quilt Guild meeting on July 25, 2023.  President Lisa B. welcomed the 55 members attending in person as well as the 10 members attending via Zoom.  Prior to the meeting delicious treats were provided by Ary A., Betty W., Paula M., and Ann U.

Membership chairman, Noemi, reported that we currently have 134 members.

Many hands make light work – we so appreciate our board members, committee chairs and committee members who do so much to bring us such great meetings!

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