Submitted by Carol B., Secretary

The Bloomington Normal Modern Quilt Guild met in person and via zoom on September 24, 2024 at Christ Lutheran Church, Bloomington.

Vice President Marie C. called the meeting to order and introduced Leslie S. who introduced our speaker, Jamie Willis whose topic for the evening was “Elements and Principles of Design in Modern Quilting”. Jamie talked about her career in art education and how she used that experience to guide her design of quilts. She discussed and displayed examples of the following principles of design: balance, emphasis, movement, pattern, repetition, proportion, rhythm, variety and unity. After her talk, Jamie provided note cards, heavy colored paper, and the members were to bring glue sticks and colored pencils to glue together their own mini art creation using some of the principles of design.

At the conclusion of the program, members enjoyed snacks provided by Leslie S., Donna P., and Sandy V. and responding to the survey question and  Raffle tickets were also collected. Lisa B won the fabric raffle.

After the break, we had officer and committee reports.

Secretary Carol B announced that she would be happy to send thank you cards to businesses that donate to our guild, as well as sympathy and get well cards.

Pam T, Member at Large, announced sites for quilt competitions.

Leslie S., Program Chair, announced that the October meeting will involve a collection of different sites through which members will circulate in small groups. These include suggestions of how to improv, 6-minute circles, big stitching, how to make good sleeves, and how to bury thread. Our November meeting has been moved to December 3rd with an in-person presentation by M.J. Kinman on the topic of Gemstone quilts. January 28 meeting (via zoom) will focus on how to Engineer your Quilts. On February 1st, the speaker is Karen Boling speaking on how to design mini quilts with a workshop Design an Original Modern Quilt in person.

Community Outreach leader Nicole M. spoke about sew days to make cancer quilts and baby quilts using scraps out of leftovers. First scheduled sew day is October 18th. Please sign up here.

Theresa A, Hospitality, asked members to sign up  online to bring snacks so that they don’t have to make calls.

Ann C., Newsletter, said that October 11 is the deadline for submission to the Newsletter.

Lisa B., Webmaster, reviewed how to follow our blog, which sends an email to our followers whenever a blog post is made. She also went over the Member’s page, where links are posted for easy access, along with other guild documents. The Meeting Recap posts are a posting of the meeting minutes created by the guild secretary, along with pictures from the meeting.

Noemi B, Librarian, reported that we currently have 40 books and 35 magazines (Quilt Folks) in our collection. She is updating the list, donations are welcome, as well as suggestions.

Sheila R., Block Study Chair, has set up a schedule for Monthly Mystery for Rock the Block. There is a form available with dates, key information, what to do ahead of time before the meetings (online) and next steps. Sign up here.

Nancy P., Kona Challenge, announced that many of the 20” minis are in various sites including Springfield, Mo. to educate other about what modern quilting is.

The quilt that went to QuiltCon has been returned and is being raffled so that funds we collect will be given to charity.

We ended the evening with Show and Tell.