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National Quilting Day

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Guest blogger for this post is Ann G

Hello Modern Quilters!

In honor of National Quilting Day, our guild held its first Service Project for 2016.  And guess what?!? It was a HUGE success!  We had 9 people come out to Kathy’s beautiful home and jump right into cutting, sewing, ironing and planning on our design walls. Several people brought delicious treats to keep us energized as we worked and by the end of the day, we ended up with over 175 quilt blocks!

Also during the course of the day, we were able to secure our first place to donate the finished quilts to…Advocate Bromenn Medical Center’s special care nursery.  The quilts will be used for babies who need to spend time away from their parents in the nursery, sometimes in an isolette.  The quilts can be draped over the isolettes to help block out lights and sounds, keeping unwanted stimulations to a minimum.  Parents will be given that quilt to take home at discharge to use for snuggling and playtime.  We brainstormed several other charities to contact as well to see if we can be of service to them.

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Donna, Cindy, Ary, Marilyn, Betty, Marge, Celeste, Ann

 

Our next Service Project Sew-In day is already planned for April 16 from 9am-3pm.  It will be held at Christ Lutheran Church in Normal, IL in our usual meeting room.  We will be making more blocks, sewing quilt tops together and of course having a good time!  So mark your calendars and meet us out there!

January 2016 Meeting Recap

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Hello Modern Quilters,

The January meeting was fun and frantic as promised! Check out the Block Lotto page for the new directions and photos of the winners–Marge, Kris Z and Stormy. This was a first, we had 48 blocks turned in so we picked three winners.

We welcomed two new members, Julie D and Teresa A, which brings us to 54 members! Anne U led us in some creativity exercises and Vickie A and Viv B announced some wonderful opportunities for our members. Continue reading →

January Meeting 2016

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Hello Modern Quilters,

With the holidays behind us and this frigid weather keeping me indoors I’m ready to tackle some new projects. Oh and maybe finish some old ones. Can’t wait to meet up and see what everyone’s been working on. See you January 26 at 6:00 pm at Christ Lutheran Church, 311 N. Hershey, Normal, IL. Visitors welcome as always! January’s meeting will be fun and frantic.  There’s a lot going on!

10,000th Member Announcement— Who was the MQG’s 10,000th member? One of BNMQG’s members that’s who! Come to the meeting to find out who she is and see the things she won.

Block Lotto— Can’t wait to see these! We will be collecting your money upfront for the next block when we give you the background fabric  so bring your dollars.

Raffle Fabric— Patty Young and solids.20160108_083851

Goals–Did you complete all the goals for 2015 that you wrote last January? No? Me neither, but it did provide some focus for the projects I did complete.  We’ll be writing new goals for 2016 so give it some thought.

Blog–We now have a BNMQG blog and we’ll take a few minutes to get everybody signed up.

Show and Tell–bring your modern creations so we can ooh and ahh!

Program–Cheryl Adam is a wonderful designer and quilt maker. Here is some info about the program in her own words. “I have been asked to speak about designing. I will attempt to tell you what I do to design a quilt for different work situations and for my own work. I will tell you a little of my thought process, the tools I use, and maybe even admitting some mistakes. I will talk a little about how I decide which fabrics to use and why I choose these. Please come with questions-even about something you are working on.”