You don’t want to miss our ZOOM meeting on Tuesday night (5/26/2020)! We have a big surprise announcement along with our awesome meeting with Kathy C’s presentation!
Call your BNMQG friends and remind them of our meeting! See you there! Join starting at 5:30 for social time and to make sure you can get on without technical difficulties. The meeting will start at 6:00.
Find your email from Lisa B. (District 87) for your Zoom Invite.
Hi Modern Quilters,
I have been quilting and watching a lot of webinars on designers, color, design, and quilting. There is a lot of good information out there. Here are some things I’ve enjoyed. There are many others, but I’ll leave those for another newsletter…. Enjoy.
It was awesome to see faces again and share quilts and ideas at our first ZOOM meeting in April. I’m hoping we have even more members join us this month. Please encourage your BNMQG friends to participate. Join us at 5:30 for a social time and as always, we’ll start the meeting at 6pm with announcements and committee reports, followed by a virtual quilt show of our minis (please post your mini pics in BNMQG so I can make a mini slide show), show and tell (of course), and a presentation about using Instagram by Kathy Cook.
Just think how technically advanced you will be after we have our virtual meetings!
JOIN US – Put a reminder in your phone and join us for our monthly meeting on Tuesday night (May 26) from 6 pm – 8 pm via ZOOM. Join anytime from 5:30-6:00 for a social time and bring your own treats to social hour. Watch your email – you should have received a link in your email to get into Zoom for the meeting. ** The email came from Lisa B from her work email at District87.org. We chose ZOOM because it is the best platform to use as it works easily for people with all sorts of tech skills. The email that you receive will have options for joining the meeting. Read the email to see those options. If you haven’t done ZOOM before, please join early in case you have any technical questions!
Thanks for another great meeting of the BNMQG! Beautiful quilts were shown and we had some great discussions despite the weather and not being able to meet in person! Below you will find the list of resources from tonight’s meeting.
The link to the video about facing a quilt can be found here.
The magnets that I use with my door quilts can be found on Amazon.
Link to Rebecca Bryan’s workshop registration (that will be rescheduled) Ignore the dates on the registration form
Link to the 2020 Retreat Registration form
Link to the Modern Free Wheeling Circles Quilt Workshop – Supply List and Registration form.
Link to the Block for Block Lotto for May
Printed with Bonnie’s permission
Hi Modern Quilters,
Wow… what a great meeting for our first virtual gathering. There were 38 of you there and your participation made it awesome. We loved seeing your Show and Tell, your swap projects, your projects in progress, learning about your favorite classes and workshops, and seeing your sewing spaces! Congratulations to Anita Tullier, Leslie Swearinger, and Barb Stevens for winning the meeting’s door prizes. If you missed the meeting, you can still see what was shared and add to the posts on Facebook in the BNMQG group.
In consideration of the (World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic/the state of IL banning or discouraging events of more than 10 until April 30) the Bloomington Normal Modern Quilt Guild meeting will be again meeting virtually, but this time on ZOOM so everyone can attend and you can join for free. Since we will be missing our in-person meeting in April, please stay safe, wash your hands and don’t touch your face. If you feel sick by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), check these CDC guidelines
Just think how technically advanced you will be after we have our virtual meetings!
Put a reminder in your phone and join us for a meeting on Tuesday and join us for a meeting on Tuesday night (April 28) from 6 pm – 8 pm via ZOOM. Join anytime from 5:30-6:00 for a social time and bring your own treats to social hour. Watch your email – we’ll send you a link to get into Zoom in your email for the meeting. ** The email will come from Lisa B from her work email at District87.org. We chose ZOOM because it is the best platform to use as it works easily for people with all sorts of tech skills. The email that you receive will have options for joining the meeting. Read the email to see those options and if you have questions, make sure to join us for the practice session on Monday night.
There will be a practice session on Monday, April 27 at 6 pm to make sure ZOOM is working for you-use the link for the practice session (one will be sent to you and it will be different than the meeting link) to join the practice session. You will be able to try it out and make sure your camera and microphone are ready for the meeting. Watch carefully for both links and pay attention to which is the PRACTICE link and which is the ACTUAL MEETING link.
Thanks to the Silicon Valley Modern Quilt Guild for sharing the following to help you with your ZOOM experience. 
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Supply list
Basic supplies:
Sewing machine with ¼ “ foot, paper and fabric scissors, rotary cutting supplies (mat and cutter with a sharp blade), neutral thread (gray or tan) or one that blends with most of our fabrics, straight pins
Bloomington/Normal Modern Quilt Guild 