The Bloomington Normal Modern Quilt met via zoom on February 28, 2023 with 62 members present. President Lisa B. called the meeting to order and reminded members that next months meeting will be a dual meeting with members able to attend in person or via zoom,
Prior to introducing the evenings speaker, Lisa asked the group “do you know what pojagi is”. 83% of those attending said No while only 17% said yes. Lisa then introduced the speaker, Elizabeth DeCroos who gave a very informative program on pojagi. She spoke of how she learned the Korean art when living there 14 years ago. At the end of the program, the majority of the members indicated they would like to try it themselves.
President Lisa B. called the meeting to order and welcomed those present. This was a zoom meeting with 67 members and 3 guests present.
Lisa then introduced the evenings program “The Power of Color Composition” presented by Caroline Oneto. She presented a very informative program using primary, secondary, and tertiary colors in quilting. Her explanations and examples were very helpful in the understanding of color theory. She will be hosting a workshop on January 28 for members who have signed up.
Following the program, the business meeting resumed.
Noemi reported that we currently have 114 members.
Noemi reported that the Shop Hop committee will be meeting on Friday to work on plans for the shop hop to be held later in the year.
The BNMQG met December 27, 2022, via zoom. President Lisa B. welcomed members reminding members that future meetings will be zoom until March at which time the meetings will be dual. There will be a zoom sew day from 7p.m. to 9 p.m. on January 17 and February 7.
Noemi reported that to date we have 112 members noting that we are now at a new assessment level in Modern Quilt Guild
Noemi explained the Board has discussed the possibility of sponsoring a Shop Hop in 2023. Noemi will head up the subcommittee and asked that anyone interested in being on the committee contact her.
The Kona mini challenge was explained. As announced by Kona, the color of the year is Crush and is beginning to be stocked in area quilt shops.
The design is to be original and must contain at least one of the modern elements: Negative space; Asymmetry; Improv; Alternate grid; and Minimalism. The finished 20″ x 20″ quilt should have a sleeve on it for the purpose of hanging in shows. More details are available here. Please sign up on Sign Up Genius.
Participation in the challenge has a fee of $2.00, which will include a quilt label, which can be paid for and picked up at the March meeting. Quilts are due at the March meeting. There will be time to add the label prior to delivery to exhibits.
Lisa then presented a video by Karen Brown on organizing a quilter’s sewing area. It was the consensus of the group that we all could use a little organization. Along those lines, it was announced that we will be having a Destash sale in April. Please bring fabric, notions, patterns, books that you no longer need and are willing to donate to BNMQG to the April meeting! Funds raised go to support BNMQG programs and projects. Clean out that pile of fabrics waiting for a project… then come ready in April to take something new home! Members should pre-price their sale items in whole dollar amounts. Magazines will not be permitted at the sale. Items that do not sell are to be taken home by the member who brought them.
The Mission statement of the guild needs to be revised. Barb S. will be the Board representative for this revision. Anyone interested in being on the subcommittee please contact Barb or any Board member.
Nancy announced that the quilts are back from the Sewing and Quilt Expo. Please contact Nancy to pick up your quilt. Participants will receive a special label to place on the back of their quilt.
We have been invited to participate in the Decatur Art Exhibit August 4-24, 2023. Those wishing to place a quilt in the exhibit will need to have them submitted electronically by the end of March. There will be an area on Shutterfly to place a photo of your quilt.
The prize drawing for participants in the Modern Mystery quilt to date were drawn and awarded to Marge E.; Dawn P.; Jamie W.; and Karla M. The winners each received a book of Improv patterns.
The January meeting will be a presentation by Carolina Oneto – “The Power of Color Composition”. As always, her lecture is free for members, but guest tickets are available on the Events and Workshop Tickets page.
Carolina is also offering a workshop on January 28 – “Curves and Transparencies”. There are a few seats left. You can purchase a ticket on the Events and Workshop Tickets page. Workshop supply list is also available on that page. Nancy P. has taken this workshop in the past and said that you most likely will have the quilt top completed during the workshop.
At various intervals throughout the meeting, those who participated in the Holiday Pillow Swap opened their pillow along with their swap partner. Interesting and beautiful pillows were shared with the group.
Show and Tell was held with members displaying items they had completed. Several of these were Christmas Gifts.
Prior to the start of the meeting and during the break, members enjoyed delicious treats furnished tonight by Ary A., Sandra F., Karen G. and Sally H.
Lisa B called the meeting to order. This is our last dual meeting until March. We will be meeting via Zoom only from November through February.
Noemi B. reported that we have 103 paid memberships. Present at tonight’s meeting were 42 members and 13 members attending on zoom. New member, Dee W., was introduced.
Previous members who have not renewed were contacted to see if they plan to rejoin. The new password was sent to paid members on November 1st to allow access to our Members Only area of the website.
Lisa B. reported on the recent Quilt coat workshop with Erin Grogan from Love Sew Modern. Karen G. and Maria C. showed their beautiful completed coats, including a wonderful catwalk – we didn’t capture all of the pics for that, but what a fun time!
Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 25th – social time at 5:30 pm CST with meeting starting at 6:00 pm. We will be doing a dual meeting, but I am trying something new, so bear with us as we make this attempt!
Hands on stations will include quilted greeting cards (Nancy P.), decorative quilting threads (Vickie A.), facings (Betty W.), envelope pillows (Barb S.), and zipper bottom pillows (Pat S.). Just a hint that the last two stations might come in handy for our holiday swap….
Thanks to the BNMQG members and board members for volunteering their time and talents!
For those taking the Quilted Coat Class with Erin Grogan from LoveSewModern , our second class is this Saturday, October 22nd from 9am CST to 12pm CST via Zoom. Pocket pattern was received from Erin Grogan today and was emailed out today. Can’t wait to see what everyone has done!
We are scheduling a Zoom Sew Day on Tuesday, November 8th from 7 pm CST to 9 pm CST. Join for however long you like and sew on whatever you want to sew (could be finishing up 10th Anniversary Improv Log Cabin quilt tops – I know I need to get some finished!).
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by President Lisa B. with 52 members and 3 guests attending in person. Twenty members attended by zoom. We currently have 122 members. During the social hour prior to the meeting, members enjoyed the delicious treats provided by Teresa A., Judy O., Katie R., and Connie Jo C.
The new Board was introduced consisting of Lisa B., President; Pat S., Vice President; Anita T., Treasurer; and Barb S., Secretary. Betty W. was re-appointed by the Board to serve as Executive Director.
Members were given an ice breaker handout and challenged to “Name that Block”. Even though several members do traditional quilting as well as modern quilting, it proved to be quite challenging. The game gave everyone a chance to mingle with members at different tables and those they may not know very well. Nancy P. gave the answers to the blocks.
Join us in person or via Zoom to hear Erin Grogan from LoveSewModern give her lecture on “Find Your Quilty Identity”. Erin will be joining us via Zoom for the lecture. Zoom invites will be sent a day or two prior to the meeting to all BNMQG members and will be posted in the BNMQG Facebook Group. Guest tickets are available here.
This lecture dives into the discovery of who you are as an artist as quilter. I’ve met many wonderful quilters who feel like they don’t know what they “like.” They say things like they only make quilts from kits or feel like they have to use what fabric is currently popular. There’s nothing wrong with this approach if it brings you joy, but if you’re looking to grow this is the lecture for you. I break down the four different stages of a quilter. I then share my process for finding the color palette that represents you.
Prior to the August BNMQG meeting, we had a sew day – 16 members were on hand to sew on Community Outreach projects (Heartbeat quilts and 10th Anniversary Improv blocks or quilt tops) or their own projects.
During sew day, Kathy C. held two hands-on mini workshops for hand quilting. Kathy has offered to do one more session – she is checking her calendar. As soon as she has a date and time for the next session, we will have a Sign Up Genius available.
The Modern Quilt Guild sent out an email today, August 15th, around 2pm CDT for your link to register for QuiltCon. Please verify tonight that you can log into MQG, so that you don’t have any issues in the morning. Quilt Con will be Feb. 23-26 in Atlanta, Georgia. Registration starts at 9am CDT tomorrow, August 16th. If you register by November 30, registration is free as a BNMQG guild member. You will need your MQG login and password – please test tonight! To get to registration, you will need to use the link in the email. It is a customized link just for you and you need YOUR link. Workshops sometimes sell out in the first few minutes after the site opens, so if you are interested in a workshop, plan on logging in at 9am (or before) TUESDAY, August 16th. Have the class number, name, and instructor handy BEFORE you go to registration. The complete catalog is online.
Lots of fun activities were available for BNMQG members in the month of June. We started off with a Sew day on June 9th. BNMQG members came together to sew on community outreach projects such as Heartbeat quilts and 10th Anniversary improv log cabin blocks or to work on their own project. Sew days are lots of fun! If you haven’t joined us yet, please consider coming to one soon! We have a Sign Up Genius set up for Sew Days, just so we can have the church setup – we always do a few extras, just in case.
Our June meeting was a social and game playing night. We had yummy treats provided by Linda L., Viv B., Sue W., Barb S., and Lisa B.
We had brief business meeting – we are up to 110 BNMQG members!
Our Fabric Raffle winner was Pam L.
Our library is usually available at meetings – we have an inventory on our member’s only page. Just put down a $5 deposit to check out a book from our librarian, Valerie S., your deposit is returned when the book is returned.
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