July Meeting

“Rain, rain, rain so we can sew, sew, sew” was the mantra of JoAnne during our overcast Saturday morning meeting.

In new business, the following was announced:

• Carolina Oneto will present her “Organic Shapes” workshop during the Nov. 6 guild meeting (on Zoom). Her work is pictured above. Cost is $30 per person. Sign up can be accomplished through PayPal (to the guild) or by personal check to the guild’s mailing address (P.O. Box 433, East Kingston, NH 03843). Please register by Aug. 21; after that date, registration will be opened to other groups.

Show and Tell:

Patty showed us a quilt she is making for her sister and another she is making for a colleague using Rachel Rossi's "Starline" pattern. She also mentioned a new fabric and yarn shop in Methuen, Mass called Cuckoo Nana's Yarn & Fabric in Methuen.

Several members are making progress on our Block of the Month program. Lou, who is using red, white, and blue fabric, is on block #6. Theresa showed us two of her blocks, including a beautiful one with Anna Maria Horner fabric in the middle square (see top block, below).

Paula showed us a 20-inch by 20-inch table topper in green with the pattern "One Big Star" that she will give to friends for their 40th wedding anniversary.

JoAnne displayed her progress on the "Gravity" quilt by Jaybird Quilts.

Barb B. won the door prize this month.

The rest of the meeting was a sew-in. Our next meeting is scheduled for August 7 on Zoom.

SMQG June 2021 meeting minutes

 

SEACOAST MODERN QUILT GUILD

MONTHLY MEETING (via Zoom)

JUNE 5, 2021

Attendees:

JoAnne D, Brenda S, Suzanne W, Mary O, Barb B, Wendy W, Lou S, Paula K, Carol B, Kate Q,

Covid restrictions have been lifted in New Hampshire.  As of now virtual meetings are still in place but as discussed (and noted in our minutes) will be reassessed while ensuring our safety.

The Thread House UK retreat is this weekend. Videos will be available for those who have signed up.

The Schoolhouse Shop Hop is July 6-31 with 4 quilt shops participating:

Quilted Threads (Henniker, NH)

Cobblestone Quilts (Townsend, MA)

The Quilted Crow (Bolton, MA)

Red Barn Sewing and Yarn Center (Merrimac, MA)

$8.00 for a “passport” which includes a free quilt pattern and Fat Quarter in each store, discounts and a Shop Hop bag to carry your goodies home in.

JoAnne suggested that during the hop we meet up one day, have lunch and a meeting.

 

The Board voted in May’s meeting to give out door prizes for the BoM, UFO, etc.  Maggie at Pintuck & Purl has gifted the guild 18-20 Fat Quarters and 5 tape measures which will be used as prizes.  JoAnne will send Maggie a Thank You on behalf of the group.

 

Committee Reports:

Treasurer’s report was given. 

Secretary’s report – noted an update (on Mary O’s EPP June presentation) to May’s minutes was posted in the blog.

Hospitality: Haley is spending time with her family. 

Retreat: No updates  

 

Programs:

UFO Challenge:

The completion due date for our UFO’s has been moved to October’s meeting.

 Speakers/Workshops:

The group agreed to have Carolina Oneto conduct a 2.5 hour workshop on Curved Shapes in our November 6 meeting.  The cost of this session is $28/person.  More information to come.

 

Month 6 of our Piece & Love Block of the Month by modern quilt designer Sherry Shish is now available on our page of her website.  Everyone has received the details on accessing it but if you need it resent let JoAnne know.

Reminder: Do not share the pattern with anyone.  It is meant to be used by members, only.

 

Today’s Member Speaker – Mary Orencole – English Paper Piecing

Mary began sewing blocks using EPP during her long commute to and from work!  A good way to pass the time and create something beautiful.

EPP can be done anywhere using mail or phone book pages and the hand stitching can be a form of therapy.  Mary has been working on a Lucy Boston block which she showed us during her talk as she walked us through how it was designed and sewed. 

We received some history on EPP which dates back to the 1700’s (using scraps and hexies) followed by geometric shapes later in the century.  An American Hexagon quilt was first seen in the U.S. in 1807.  

Tula Pink, Sue Daley and Becky Goldsmith are considered “legends” in EPP.

Mary walked us through several steps in the end to end process - collect your supplies, decide on the shapes (tessellating) and design (Marnie Mitchell’s Magic Mirror can be used to choose your design allowing you to preview/audition fabrics before cutting/sewing), choose your focal point and partnering fabrics.  And, she left us with some good tips to create a beautiful block - use the right glue (Sew fine), needle (size 11 milliners, Tulip Applique #10 which is easy on the fingers), ruler and thread (Aurifil 50 weight, orange top), when threading the needle go with the grain of the thread so it won’t know; don’t use too many stitches, it may damage the edge of the fabric.  If you use thread tiles which are magnetic, don’t put it near your cell phone.

Thank you, Mary!  Paula, thank you as well for sharing your beautiful EPP work with us.

 

Show and Tell:

JoAnne completed another block of her Gravity quilt BoM (JayBird Quilts) with Quilted Threads.  She is also working on our BoM.

Mary is sewing a table runner using a Sew Kind of Wonderful ruler

Paula – is making a table topper for her daughter’s boyfriend’s parents using Lucy Boston blocks.

Suzanne is continuing to work on her beautiful Butterfly quilt.

Brenda showed us a colorful dress she purchased from consignment at the Portsmouth Historical Society. It is made using small panels and Dashwood Studios fabric.

Wendy is working on our BoM.

Lou showed us a festive patriotic bag she made that can be used for shopping. 

Barb B showed us 2 beautiful antique quilts that her mother gifted to her.  One, which was found in North Carolina is a basket quilt that is approximately 150 years old. The other is from a kit using vibrant blues and whites that her mother hand stitched and quilted.

Kate has completed 120 blocks of her Kinship quilt top in blues and yellows and is getting ready to sandwich it.   The sashing was inspired by a quilt Barb White showed us last fall. 

Barbara M and Brenda attended the New England Quilt Museum (NEQM) display over Memorial Day weekend.  Brenda commented that the Japanese exhibit is still on display and it was quite beautiful. 

 

Charity:

Brenda inquired about what charitable organizations we work with.  In the past we’ve given to a different one every year but as of now, due to Covid restrictions we don’t have anything planned.   Brenda mentioned Chase House, a children’s residential facility but due to Covid they’re still not accepting anything. 

Quilted Threads works with Project Linus, a national group which accepts children’s quilts.  Another is Foster Quilts for Foster Children where the need is great.

The Navajo Project is always looking for fabric donations.

 

July’s meeting will be a sew in.

 

Future Meeting Dates and Locations:

Regular monthly meetings will be held on the first Saturday of each month via Zoom (adjusted for holiday weekends).

Be sure to mark your calendars:

July 10

August 7

September 11

October 2

November 6

December 4

 

Zoom meetings have been set up for all of 2021.  We will reassess as the months go on and changes will be made if we are confident that we can meet safely.

Board of Directors meetings will be held on the 2^nd Thursday of every month at 7p.m. via Zoom.

May 2021 SMQG Meeting Minutes

 

SEACOAST MODERN QUILT GUILD

MONTHLY MEETING (via Zoom)

MAY 1, 2021

Attendees:

JoAnne D, Suzanne W, Patty C, Brenda S, Barbara M, Kate Q, Barb B, Barbara W, Wendy W, Marylee W, Robin L, Sasha S, Lou S, Colleen H, Paula K, Mary O, Carol B

Committee Reports:

Treasurer’s report was given. 

Secretary’s report – nothing to add from the published March minutes

Hospitality: Haley is spending time with her family.  Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

Retreat: Kate reported that the Vermont Quilt Festival will hold classes virtually.  This is an opportunity to attend workshops rather than a retreat.   Slow Stitching in Maine offers a retreat (as of May 8 it is sold out) and Road to CA (Road to Home) offers virtual workshops and lectures.

JoAnne and Kate will look into future (virtual) retreats hosted by Thread House UK.  The new format accommodates quilters across the globe and various time zones.  There are several instructors and 3-4 videos are produced each day of the retreat showing various techniques.  Participants have access to the videos and can view at their leisure. The videos remain available for 6 months to members.  Door prizes are given to members, live!  The next retreat is June 5-6.

Programs:

UFO Challenge:

The completion due date for our UFO’s has been moved to October’s meeting.

Member presentations:

Mary O will demonstrate Lucy Boston English Paper Piecing  in June’s meeting.

Festival of Trees:

Paula is in touch with them on whether they’ll have the festival this year.  If they are it will take place in mid-November.

Strawberry Banke:

They will be opening this summer.  The festival we show our quilts at is held Columbus Day weekend.  More information to come on whether it will be held and, our participation.

Speakers/Workshops:

Since our May 1 meeting Barbara M contacted Caroline Oneto about conducting a workshop for us.  Caroline is available to join us on November 6 from 10am-12pm (our regular meeting date/time) for a workshop on Curved Shapes.  The cost of this session is $28/person.  We’ll discuss in more detail at our June meeting.

Month 5 of our Piece & Love Block of the Month by modern quilt designer Sherry Shish is now available on our page of her website.  Everyone has received the details on accessing it but if you need it resent let JoAnne know.

Reminder: Do not share the pattern with anyone.  It is meant to be used by members, only.

Today’s Speaker – Amy Friend

Amy Friend, founder of our guild and talented artist/quilter, delighted us with a discussion on her path from drawing flowers growing in her mother’s garden to designing fabulous quilts and fabric lines and, writing 3 successful books.  Her presentation focused on elements of modern quilting and she shared stories and photos of her quilts and, patterns from her latest book, Petal and Stem.   

Amy began her blog when she moved to West Newbury and during her children’s nap time taught herself Modern quilting and began designing Paper Piecing patterns.  She will be teaching PP this month in a Road at Home workshop.

Show and Tell:

JoAnne has completed Block 1 of our BOM featuring vibrant blue HST’s.

Mary is hand quilting her Clamshells pillow from the Thread House UK retreat.

Suzanne is continuing to work on her beautiful Butterfly quilt.

Brenda is working on a lovely purple and teal quilt for her son’s girlfriend using hombre and Kaffe strips.

Patty picked up a UFO to complete – a Lambada pattern and, her first paper piecing project!

Wendy is working on a Cobblestones quilt for her uncle.

Lou is working on the first modern quilt she began!

Colleen has chosen new colors from Alison Glass fabric Handcrafted line for her hexie pillow. 

Barb B is working on a Lee Heinrich Diamond Thread pattern.  

Paula is doing some stunning handwork on Lucy Boston 1” hexagons.

 

Future Meeting Dates and Locations:

Regular monthly meetings will be held on the first Saturday of each month via Zoom (adjusted for holiday weekends).

Be sure to mark your calendars:

June 5

July 10

August 7

September 11

October 2

November 6

December 4

 Zoom meetings have been set up for all of 2021.  We will reassess as the months go on and changes will be made if we are confident that we can meet safely.

Board of Directors meetings will be held on the 2^nd Thursday of every month at 7p.m. via Zoom. 

April 2021 SMQG meeting minutes

 

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MONTHLY MEETING (via Zoom)

APRIL 3, 2021

Attendees:

JoAnne D, Suzanne W, Barbara M, Diane S, Kate Q, Letty B, Barb B, Barbara W, Wendy W, Marylee W, Robin L, Lou S, Colleen H, Paula K, Mary O, Carol B

Committee Reports:

Treasurer’s report was given. 

Secretary’s report – nothing to add from the published March minutes

Hospitality: no update, Haley did not attend

Retreat: Kate reported the weekend for our 2022 retreat at the Franciscan’s, April 28-May 1 has been secured.   She looked into virtual retreats for this year but all were booked.

JoAnne suggested online retreats may be a good alternative.  She and Mary O attended one the previous weekend hosted by The Thread House UK.  The format changed to accommodate quilters across the globe and various time zones.  There were 3 instructors and each produced 3-4 videos a day showing various techniques.  All participants had access to the videos and can view at their leisure. The videos remain available for months after.  The next Retreat is in June; Kate will look into it.

Programs:

UFO Challenge: Today was the day for everyone to show their UFO (quilt, pattern and/or fabric) they’ve committed to completing by our September meeting.  There will be prizes presented along the way!

JoAnne: She began a Kaffe Fassett mystery quilt with other members of the guild 3 years ago.

Theresa is working on a beautiful quilt in neutrals.

Brenda has a 72x84 Modern My Wedding Ring (Kane Sewing Party) quilt from 2018 that wants to be completed!

Haley has committed to completing a quilt she started years ago and keeps pulling it off her wall!

Suzanne is working on 2 UFO’s - A Butterfly Quilt and an Anna Maria Horner “Dear Diary” that has been sitting in a bin since she moved.

Diane has chosen SMQG’s 1^st ever Block of the Month from The Cookbook.

Kate is looking to finish the Kinship quilt and is working on sashing and the border. It’s the only UFO she has! It has 120 blocks with 20 different fabrics including one of her own Spoonflower designs in geometrics, floral and bright colors.

Letty has completed the top of her Modern Handcraft Snowflake couch quilt.  She has one for every season which she swaps out.  This one will be ready for this coming winter.

Barbara W is close to finishing her Whack & Stack done on a diagonal with a dragonfly pattern with just the border to be completed.   She took a class on this 10 years ago.

Wendy is finishing up Stars over the Common, a Quilters Common (Wakefield, MA) Block of the Month from 2017.  11 blocks are completed, one to go along with the sashing and border.

Marylee is working on her first pieced quilt from the early 1990’s!  This is a BoM from Joann’s in Port Orchard, Washington.  The center blocks are appliqued. 

Colleen will work on her Kite quilt by Victoria Finley Wolf using fabrics from Michael Miller which she started 3 years ago at retreat.

Paula chose her Birch Tree quilt using up scraps.

Barb B is working on her scrappy lone star quilt by Janice Ryan of Better off Thread.  The backing is a scattering of polka dots.

Robin’s Single Girl quilt is baby sized for her grandchild.

Lou’s scraps quilt is sewn onto dryer sheets and it will keep her busy!

Carol’s first project from 2019 is a Christmas tree skirt that she will use this year.

Mary will finish a quilt for her daughter of her own design from retreat 4 years ago called Wacky Web.  This is from a Jenny Doan tutorial.

Barbara M is working on 2: Succulent by Michelle Wilkie and a Cups of Kaffee table runner.

HST template tutorial – Via web cam Barb B presented a quick and easy way to make multiple HST’s using Perfect HST Templates by Lee Heinrich (www.freshlypieced.com).  One template can make 8 HST’s at a time with no squaring off.

Suzanne mentioned that news print is an option for paper piecing and Paula suggested pages from investment guides.  Phone book pages are also an option.

Month 4 of our Piece & Love Block of the Month by modern quilt designer Sherry Shish is now available on our page of her website.  Everyone has received the details on accessing it but if you need it resent let JoAnne know.

Reminder: Do not share the pattern with anyone.  It is meant to be used by members, only.

Speakers

Amy Friend, founder of our guild, will speak at our May 1 meeting.  Amy’s presentation with focus on elements of modern quilting and will feature patterns from her latest book, Petal and Stem.   Amy has published 3 books of quilt patterns and has won several awards most recently she won an award at Quiltcon 2021.

Show and Tell:

Robin is using French general fabrics for her granddaughter’s quilt

Marylee is knitting a scarf using a garter diagonal stitch.  If you’re using stripes it comes out perfect.  She found this on You Tube.

Lou is working on a baby quilt

Suzanne is working on a lovely quilt for her sister in law who is going through chemo.  It’s a Starry Starry Night pattern with Angels holding hands.

Letty is working on stippled journal covers for friends of her kid’s 5^th and 6^th birthdays. https://www.stitchedincolor.com/blog///2012/08/tutorial-journal-covers.html

Colleen is continuing to hand quilt her mom’s friend’s quilt.  She mentioned registration for the Vermont Quilt Festival has opened. Amy Friend will be teaching a class.

Mary is working on Clamshells from The Thread House retreat.

JoAnne showed us 2 beautiful quilts today - her Kaffe Fish quilt (Jeweled frames) and a Bird quilt she designed in aqua, pink & white.   Suzanne Whiteside quilted this quilt. 

Alewife’s Fabric update – during our meeting it was mentioned that Alewife’s is closing.  Mary has since confirmed  they are not closing, but moving to online business only. 

Future Meeting Dates and Locations:

Regular monthly meetings will be held on the first Saturday of each month via Zoom (adjusted for holiday weekends).

Be sure to mark your calendars:

May 1

June 5

July 10

August 7

September 11

October 2

November 6

December 4

 

Zoom meetings have been set up for all of 2021.  We will reassess as the months go on and changes will be made if we are confident that we can meet safely.

Board of Directors meetings will be held on the 2^nd Thursday of every month at 7p.m. via Zoom. 

 

March 2021 SMQG meeting minutes

 

SEACOAST MODERN QUILT GUILD

MONTHLY MEETING (via Zoom)

MARCH 6, 2021

Attendees:

JoAnne D, Paula K, Barbara M, Barbara W, Brenda S, Theresa H, Lou S, Mary O, Colleen H, Letty B, Barb B, Diane S, Suzanne W, Patty C, Carol B and, Wendy Ward (new member)

JoAnne welcomed everyone to our meeting and began with a special saying: 

“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”  This is a great motivator for quilting.

Committee Reports:

Treasurer’s report was given.  A reminder will be sent out to those who haven’t paid dues yet.

Secretary’s report – nothing to add from the published February minutes.

JoAnne welcomed our newest member, Wendy Ward to the guild.  Wendy has been quilting since her 4H days in the Midwest, mostly traditional.  She is interested in learning Modern.

Hospitality and Retreat: Haley and Kate did not attend.

Programs:

UFO: at next month’s meeting each person will show their unfinished quilt and tell the group a little bit about it (i.e. what interested you in that particular piece, inspiration).

The UFO should be completed (bound) for our September meeting.

Since many members have unfinished quilts some suggestions on how to get them, as well as new projects is to:

~ make a list of the incomplete works and new ones that you want to work on.  When finished, note it as ‘completed’

~leave everything set up and ready to go

~set deadlines (i.e. BoM)

There are Project Planners that can help organize.  Provides a year at a glance with reference pages.

Month 3 of our Piece & Love Block of the Month by modern quilt designer Sherry Shish is now available on our page of her website.  Everyone has received the details on accessing it but if you need it resent let JoAnne know.

We’ll need to get to work since Blocks 1 & 2 (Jan & Feb) have been completed/underway.  Several members showed their progress and/or the fabrics they’ve chosen.

Reminder: Do not share the pattern with anyone.  It is meant to be used by members, only.

Pintuck & Purl is offering special pricing to our members for this project. If you decide to purchase your fabric from them you can use curbside pickup, shipping or go into the shop (masks required, please check hours).

Barb Brian has received some great responses to the Program activities survey.  Areas of particular interest include Curves, Piecing, and Embroidery as well as Color Theory, Y seams, and alternate binding options.  The complete list will be narrowed down in the BoD meeting.

Show and Tell:

Diane showed us her BoM using fabric she designed.  She added some beautiful embroidery to the block.

JoAnne showed us the progress she’s making on her Quilted Threads BoM.  For our BoM she is using Carolyn Frielander graphics for the background squares.

Mary made a beautiful Valentine table runner, ready for next Valentine’s Day.  She used Amanda Murphy rulers and a heart ruler by Saraditty.  JoAnne noted that 24 weight Aurafil is a good thread for ruler work.

Theresa is using Anna Maria Horner fabric for the BoM

Colleen is continuing hand quilting her mother’s friend’s quilt.  For the BoM she is deciding between Kaffe and Holiday fabrics.

Patty is knitting colorful winter pom pom hats.

Barb B is working on an Amy Gibson quilt from Amy’s Quilt Block Cookbook. She will  incorporate 5 blocks that she’s finished in her BoM we’re making.

Suzanne is making a baby quilt using grunge and stars for backing.  She also showed us a beautiful 1,100 piece quilt which she hand-made and quilted. She started it during a one year road trip with her husband in a truck and took 10 years to fully complete.

Lou is working on baby blankets and burp cloths in anticipation of a new family member and friend's baby. 

Brenda showed us 2 sweet Easter table runners and a Karen Guska made quilt hanging on her wall.

There was a discussion on how to prevent colors from bleeding.  Tips include washing first using a color catcher or dawn dish detergent and ammonia.  Patty uses safety pins on the corners and in the middle when washing/drying.  Makes it easier to iron. 

 

Future Meeting Dates and Locations:

Regular monthly meetings will be held on the first Saturday of each month via Zoom (adjusted for holiday weekends).

Be sure to mark your calendars: 

April 3 

May 1 

June 5 

July 10 

August 7 

September 11 

October 2 

November 6 

December 4

Zoom meetings have been set up for all of 2021.  We will reassess as the months go on and changes will be made if we are confident that we can meet safely.

Board of Directors meetings will be held on the 2^nd Thursday of every month at 7p.m. via Zoom. 

February 2021 SMQG monthly meeting minutes

SEACOAST MODERN QUILT GUILD MONTHLY MEETING (via Zoom) FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Attendees: JoAnne D, Paula K, Barbara M, Barbara W, Robin L, Marylee W, Theresa H, Lou S, Mary O, Kate Q, Colleen H, Letty B, Barb B, Haley G, Suzanne W, Carol B and, Brenda Scolaro (new member) JoAnne welcomed our newest member, Brenda Scolaro and welcomed back Suzanne Whiteside who has relocated south! 

Committee Reports: 

Treasurer’s report was given. A reminder will be sent out to those who haven’t paid dues yet. 

Secretary’s report – nothing to add from the published January minutes 

Programs: Our Block of the Month is Piece & Love by modern quilt designer Sherry Shish. This pattern is a skill builder using gradient colors options. Sherry will provide a link to the block instructions upon receipt of payment from the Guild. Tutorials will also be posted for us to view. JoAnne is working on this. We’ll need to get to work since Blocks 1 & 2 (Jan & Feb) have been completed/underway. Have your colors for the 2 blocks pulled for our March 6 meeting. 

Reminder: Do not share the pattern with anyone. It is meant to be used by members, only. 

JoAnne has picked out her fabric choices which include Carolyn Friedlander graphics and contrasting colors by Allison Glass and shared her vision with us. Pintuck & Purl is offering special pricing to our members for this project. If you decide to purchase your fabric from them you can use curbside pickup, shipping or, go into the shop (masks required, please check hours). 

JoAnne issued a UFO challenge to show your UFO in April and have finished by September’s meeting. Finished = prior to binding Prizes will be given (categories TBA) 

Barb Brian is looking for the group’s input for Program activities such as virtual workshops, projects on You Tube. Barb will send out a survey through Survey Monkey so think about what you would like to work on, speakers/designers you’d like to have, member trunk shows, tutorials, etc. 

Haley (Hospitality) suggested we create a Kahoot game of quilting trivia (i.e. guess designer of different fabrics). This could be a fun way to learn and challenge each other! 

Since we can’t have an in person Retreat, Kate will share some ideas with JoAnne. 

IG tips and Tricks. Haley provided some tips and tricks when using our social media apps. Instagram is her favorite for quilting. Information included how to’s such as making public or private, how to post and repost pictures and ideas, editing, tagging, join a collective of groups/people by adding a #, adding filters, stories (which stay active for one day). This is an app that has many uses. Haley will send the group a tutorial. 

Show and Tell: 

JoAnne showed her Gravity BoM by Jay Bird Quilts she is working on. Block #7 completed! 

Colleen showed us a beautiful Karen Lewis hand print quilt from England that she purchased. 

Paula is working on what will be a quilt of trees. 

Kate showed us a fun quilt using scraps going back 20-30 years. A tip when using a fabric color that can run (i.e. dark maroon): put something like a shout color catcher in the water when you wash it. It sucks the color out of the water onto the sheet, protecting the fabric from color bleeding. 

Robin put her antique blocks together into a quilt. 

Letty is knitting a sample hipster shawl from Pintuck & Purl 

Mary is working on a pillow – a deer and antlers design by Becky Goldsmith. 

Suzanne has kept very busy with a Butterfly quilt with 2,300 pieces! 

Haley has spent some time reorganizing her scraps (old toy sorter bins) and had an idea to use a “year of scraps”. She made a quilted dress in burnt orange using small and large blocks. And, a Valentine quilt inspired from American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine. 

Our new member Brenda moved from CT in 2019 and also belongs to the Piecemaker quilt guild. Her son takes care of Instagram for her Frendasboutique business. She suggested using an old phone book for paper piecing. 

Future Meeting Dates and Locations: 

Regular monthly meetings will be held on the first Saturday of each month via Zoom (adjusted for holiday weekends). 

Be sure to mark your calendars: 

March 6 

April 3 

May 1 

June 5 

July 10 

August 7 

September 11 

October 2 

November 6 

December 4 

Zoom meetings have been set up for all of 2021. We will reassess as the months go on and changes will be made if we are confident that we can meet safely. 

Board of Directors meetings will be held on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 7p.m. via Zoom.

January 2021 Seacoast Modern Quilt

Checking In: 

JoAnne welcomed everyone to 2021, thanked the outgoing 2020 Board for their contributions (Patty Crafts, Paula Krolikoski, Marylee Welling, Bethany Aycaner, Kate Quackenbush, Nancy Peach, Mary Orencole, Sasha Spala) and, welcomed the 2021 members (JoAnne Davidson, Barbara Mahoney, Lou Somerset, Carol Brown, Barb Brian)  

In addition to the 2021 BoD members – 

Haley has agreed to work on Hospitality

Kate will be the lead of the Retreat (TBD whether there will be one this year)

Barbara M will handle Membership

Colleen will continue managing advertising/social media 

Attendees: 

JoAnne D, Paula K, Barbara M, Barbara W, Robin L, Gayle , Diane S, Marylee W, Bethany A, Theresa H, Lou S, Patty C, Mary O, Sasha S, Kate Q, Colleen H, Carol B

2021 goals:

JoAnne noted that her goals as President of the Guild are

1. Focus on the concepts of modern quilting

2. Motivate members to achieve

3. Reunite members who haven’t been attending

Future Meeting Dates and Locations: 

Regular monthly meetings will be held on the first Saturday of each month (adjusted for holiday weekends).

Be sure to mark your calendars:

February 6

March 6

April 3

May 1

June 5

July 10

August 7

September 11

October 2

November 6

December 4

Zoom meetings have been set up for all of 2021. This will be reassessed as the months go on and changes will be made when we are confident that we can meet face to face safely. 

Committee Reports: 

Treasurer's report was given. 

We kicked off the meeting with a Trunk Show of very creative quilts by Robin Lent.  Robin is the epitome of a modern quilter - she rarely uses a pattern, doesn’t follow the rules, uses negative space and improvises. If she doesn’t like what she has created she will deconstruct/cut up and use in a new quilt!  Her creations can be found on her Instagram account - robbyquilt

Robin finds inspiration from design magazines such as Architectural Digest, looking at rugs and wallpaper for inspiration. 

Her work includes quilts based on patterns by:

Anne Lamott – Bird by Bird

Amy Friend – Kite Tails (in black & white)

Riley Blake challenge “Disintegration” in white, pink, blue, green & yellow 

Robin also showed her unique designs:

 “Men’s Shirts Redux” that she deconstructed and redid in Red, White & Blue

 “Covid Scribbles” in black and white with a pop of blue.  Speaks for itself! 

“New Hampshire Coffee – this quilt was made with coffee burlap bags and canvas from her daughter and son-in-law’s coffee company.  Very cool!

“Allsorts” with some great wonky squares in brown, yellow and blue

A friend gifted her some antique squares which she used to create blocks

Tip: to prevent red and orange from running add salt in the detergent to neutralize it. 

 

Programs:

Ideas for this year’s Programs include:

~Block of the Month – JoAnne has met with Maggie at Pintuck & Purl to pull this together.  Maggie has agreed to give the Guild a discount on the fabric for the blocks.

~National Speakers such as Eileen Roderick and Amy Friend

~Local speakers

~Virtual sew-ins

Please support local businesses whenever you can!

Barb B, working with Diane will send out a survey to get member’s ideas for different activities (i.e. skill building for BoM, Paper Piecing, Y Seams, Curves)

Charity:

The Birch Tree quilt, which Sasha has needs to be donated.  She will do a count of the quilts she has and let JoAnne know.

Show and Tell:

JoAnne showed her Gravity BoM by Jay Bird quilts she is working on.  This pattern requires using 2 special rulers.

Colleen is working on a beautiful Bear Paw quilt in Amish colors.  Her mother’s friend started it but never finished.  Her son asked Colleen if she would finish it.  With some hand and machine quilting Colleen will be able to return it to him so he can enjoy it.

Diane created a beautiful mask scarf in blues.

Kate finished a beautiful quilt for her mother in law using granny squares.  The border is all about birds which her mother in law loves.

Paula made an adorable Hedgehog pillow for her daughter’s boyfriend using an Elizabeth Hartman pattern. She is also working on getting her 2020 Kinship 100 block finished.

Gayle showed us her Dancing with the Wall (Eileen Roderick).  She starts in the middle of a quilt and has no idea what she’s going to do until she gets going!  

Lou made the sweetest bunny quilts for her great-great granddaughter!

Marylee was inspired by a card she received and made a beautiful cardinal wall hanging.

Mary showed the pillow she made during Karen Lewis’ The Thread House retreat (thethreadhouse.co.uk) 

Bethany made pillowcases made using fun fabric from Hawaii and, a Marden’s find

Theresa had made a quilt for her kids which they “snuggled to death” so she decided a remake was needed! 

 

Other business:

Quilt Con 2022 will be held in Phoenix, AZ

Tutorials on IG & Zoom – not all members are familiar with these platforms so we’d like to have people who are frequent users provide some training

Formation of a “Sunshine” committee which would be responsible for delivering cards for member birthdays, illness, death in family and other words of encouragement