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April Meeting Recap

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Submitted by Carol B., Secretary

The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. in person and on Zoom by president Kelly C. She welcomed the members and began by talking about Raffle Ticket Sales. She encouraged members to continue sales and announced dates for sales at quilting locations: May 3 at Indigo Quilt Shop in Lincoln with Jean B. and that Laurie S. is available with more tickets for sale and collecting tickets sold as well as funds received. The Deadline for selling tickets is in July.

The bylaws changes were posted and members given ballots. Zoom members were also given an opportunity to vote. The bylaw changes passed with a vote of 35 to 23. Kelly C. announced that if any members have questions or suggestions, they should share them with Pam T. or Jean B.

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April Meeting Recap

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Submitted by Barb S., Secretary

BNMQG met April 16, 2024  at Christ Lutheran Church in Bloomington .  Seventy four members (52 in person and 22 via zoom) and one guest were welcomed by President Vivian H.

Teresa A. introduced the speaker for the evening, Carol Wilhoit, who presented her program “Get Your Stash Together”.   She began quilting in 1975 and through the years she accumulated quite an assortment of scraps.  In 2006 she realized her stash was becoming a burden and set out to organize her scraps, tools, books and magazines. During her program, she played a video showing how she actually uses rulers to fold her fabric scraps into manageable sizes which are easy to view.  

As far as organizing tools, you might use drawers, shelves or boxes.  Carol uses bankers boxes and plastic boxes depending on the size of the fabrics stored; she folds and stores the fabrics for easy view and selection. As far as books and magazines she organizes them alphabetically and keeps a spreadsheet for easy location.  

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February 2023 Meeting Recap

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Submitted by Barb S., Secretary

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.

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