Saturday, January 14, 2023
January Meeting Recap
Sunday, January 1, 2023
January Meeting
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
SMQG October 2022 meeting minutes
Seacoast Modern Quit Guild
October 1, 2022
Meeting Minutes
The meeting began at 10:00 a.m. at the Brentwood Library.
Attendees:
Mary
O., Brenda S., Wendy W., JoAnne D., Barb B., Donna C., Patty C., Theresa H.,
Paula K., Joyce H. (new member), Nancy
P., Lou S., Marylee W.
Patty opened the meeting with a request for a nomination committee. Barb B. volunteered to collect the nominations. The following positions are open for the 2023 year, President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Social Media. Secretary, Carol B. and Programs, Diane S. remain in their positions.
Patty reminded members that the November meeting will take place at the Stratham Library, and December’s meeting will take place at the Kingston Library.
Committee updates were discussed as follows:
Treasurer’s Report:
Patty
referred to the treasurers report. Barb M. was not able to attend the October
meeting therefore, the report will be emailed to the members after the meeting.
Programs:
Marylee
discussed the October challenge which continues with color theory from
September and distributed a package for Monologuing.
Marylee discussed the program for December which will be a Yankee Swap. After the discussion it was determined that any member who would like to participate, to either make something fabric/quilt related or purchase a quilt related item that can be $15 to $20.00. It will be up to each member what they would like to gift at the swap.
Future programs were briefly discussed and Patty reminded members that the survey results were emailed in February of 2022 and resent last week. A copy of the survey results was passed around. Marylee requested any new members let programs know what they are interested in seeing for 2023.
Retreat:
Patty
announced that she will chair the April 27th – 30th
retreat. JoAnne Davidson agreed to co-chair.
Raffle Quilt:
The
raffle quilt was discussed. Patty requested that anyone who haven’t received
their tickets to sell, please notify her and they will be mailed out to them. Members were asked at the September meeting to
sell at least 10 tickets.
Information sharing took place where Mary O spoke about Quilting Arts Magazine which is a great publication and it’s free for 30 days. Marylee informed us that her local library has a subscription and suggested members check with their local libraries and review it.
Mary O. informed the membership that the Modern Quilt Guild website has virtual classes in October and they can register now for $95.00. The virtual classes have multiple teachers for example Jo Avery and Karen Lewis.
Paula K. announced she was collecting signature blocks for the Anniversary Quilt. She will deliver them to Diane who is working on the layout.
Quilt Con 2023 came up in discussion. Patty attempted to register the Anniversary Quilt as a community submission because the deadline is October 31st but needed the Seacoast Modern Quilt Guild’s password. It was suggested that the guild secretary could register our submission.
The business meeting closed and under the direction of Brenda S., the members began creating strip quilts for Project Linus. The sewing session ended with an estimate of 30 completed blocks.
SMQG September 2022 meeting minutes
Seacoast Modern Quit Guild
September 10, 2022
Meeting Minutes
Barb
B., Donna C., Patty C., Theresa H., Paula K., Barb M., Susan M. (new member),
Nancy P., Diane S., Lou S., Sasha S., Marylee W.
Committee updates were discussed as follows:
Patty C. updated the members on the Board meeting regarding membership dues. The board voted to reinstate the $50.00 fee for 2023.
The raffle quilt ticket sales was discussed. In order to raise additional funds for the raffle quilt, members were informed that the board voted to have members sell a minimum of 10 tickets each. Tickets were distributed by Barb B.
Patty C. continued to discuss open board positions. The open positions are open for 2023 – President, Vice President, and potentially the Treasurer’s position.
Barb M. noted the Treasurer’s Report had no major expenses and will report the balance via email.
Patty
C. volunteered to chair the Retreat that is scheduled for April 27th
to April 30, 2023.
Workshops
& Future Activities were discussed to take place in 2023 to include Fabric
Dying, Noodlehead Totes. It was recommended that fabric dying could take place
at the retreat or to have it take place instead of a regular meeting. Due to the fact that not all members attend
the retreat the majority of the members wanted the workshop to take place at a
regularly scheduled Saturday and not conduct the meeting. Patty C. asked that Diane and Marylee work on
organizing the workshop in January.
Patty C. continued to update the members on the future meeting locations and monthly activities for the balance of 2022.
October’s meeting will take place at the Marty E. Bartlet Library, 22 Dalton Rd, Brentwood, NH. The monthly activity will a sew in for Charity Quilts. Meeting space is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
November’s meeting will take place at the Wiggin Memorial Library, 10 Bunker Hill Ave, Stratham, NH. The monthly activity is pending. The meeting space is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. till noon.
December’s
meeting will take place at the Kingston Community Library, 2 Library Ln,
Kingston, NH. The monthly activity is
the guild’s holiday party. The meeting
will include a holiday swap and a game of Left, Right, Center. Patty C. requested that Diane and Marylee
come up with ideas for the holiday swap.
The meeting space is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Patty continued on to address the guild’s participation in Quilt Con 2023. Since the guidelines were issued by the Modern Quilt Guild in June of 2022, and the summer meetings were cancelled, the members felt that the deadlines for submission were not realistic. It was suggested that a small group of members may want to gather to see if they could pull it together and commitment to the Modern Quilt Guild between September 1st to October 31st, 2022. Diane S. suggested that we submit our 10 year anniversary quilt and all agreed it was a great idea.
The meeting continued with the charity fabric that was donated to our guild. There were six full bins to distribute to the guild members. Patty requested that if you take any fabric that you donate a completed quilt of any size to the Charity Committee. The donated quilt could be with any fabric. There was a large amount of fabric that was left over. It will be brought to the October meeting for the Charity Sew In. Donna C. and Theresa H took the remainder of the boxes to bring to the October meeting.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
SMQG June 4, 2022 meeting minutes - updated
SEACOAST MODERN QUILT GUILD
MONTHLY MEETING (via Zoom and
in person)
Mary E. Bartlett Library Brentwood, NH
JUNE 4, 2022
Attendees
Barb
B, Colleen H, Mary O, Kate Q, Gail C, Brenda S, Barbara M, Nancy P, Diane S,
Paula K, Marylee W, Carol B, Barbara F (guest)
Committee Reports
May minutes were
approved.
Treasurer’s
report was given.
Program coordinator is needed. Please contact Patty C if you’re interested.
Social Media - We’re looking for someone to manage our Facebook and Instagram pages. Please contact Patty if you’d like to volunteer.
10th
Anniversary quilt
No more 12 ½”
blocks are needed, star blocks will fill any gaps in. Signature blocks can be
embroidered or written. Time for completion: blocks done by September and, have
the quilt completed by December.
Retreat
Patty has booked us at the
Franciscans April 27-30, 2023. Between
now and then we’ll
pull together the swag that has
been collected.
Charity
Carol to contact Sasha for
information on the current inventory.
Donations:
Diane recommended we pick one
charity per year and send all quilts to the same.
Project LINUS (national) accepts donations of quilts and blankets (knit/crochet) which go to children in need.
We haven’t made many donations recently. Need to keep a variety of sizes on hand for donation opportunities outside of our annual commitment.
New business
Potential upcoming events for
us to participate and sell raffle tickets:
Kingston Days (on the Plains) –
usually the 1st week of August
Topsfield Fair
Strawberry Banke – July Brenda will get more information and share
Newcastle – Brenda will get
more information and share
Memory quilt
Suggestions were taken on
making a Healing Hearts quilt for a member’s family member who is recovering
from an illness. It would be 12 ½” heart
blocks. We have Kaffe white that can be used as background but any “reads as
white” fabric can be used.
Monthly activities
In this meeting Diane
encouraged us to play with digital imagery after she took a class with Susie
Monday. It was fun and provided an
opportunity to be creative with color, movement and texture. She presented examples of what she uses to create
her own designs. Diane is collecting photos of us playing with our salad
veggies using the apps we used during the class. The possibilities are endless!
Please submit them to her by June 15. For
those who could not join please refer to the information that was most recently
attached to a June 5 email from Colleen.
July – we have the Stratham Library from 9-12. Left, Right Center and Bring your favorite: Pattern were moved to July. Don’t forget to bring 3 FQ’s and a pattern,
August – Kingston Library closes at 1PM. 9:30-12:30. Arrive early to set up
Updates on suggestions are:
1. Ellen Miller - couture
embellishments – she is local and charges $30. Interest in this class may be
low.
2. Discussion on fabric dying
Dianne previously taught. This can be messy and we would need access to water. MaryLee
takes art classes at the Methodist Church in Portsmouth. She is looking into
possibly renting the church for a day long workshop in September meeting. The cost is around $200.
3. Noodle head bag class (large
& small) possibly in November – Barbara M would be our instructor. We would have some pre-work ahead of the
class and we would finish it up in our meeting.
We would need to decide on straps (leather, etc), rivets, recessed
zipper and pockets. Specific/details
will be shared to the group.
4. Giucy Giuce – Brenda received
pricing and class information.
1. 6-8 hour class - $1,000
2. Half day - $750
3. Lecture/trunkshow - $550
4. Travel fee - $250
5. Per diem - $55/day
Classes include
(not limited to):
1. Tiny piecing
2. Modern foundation piecing
3. Mystery medallion quilt
4. EPP moonstone quilt
5. Vintage quilt pattern
6. Photography branding
If we move forward with a day
activity we may include the Maine guild.
Old Business
We were approached by someone asking whether the guild could make memory quilts for 2 young boys who lost their mother. The girl’s uncle agreed to be responsible for backing, batting and any expenses related to the request. As a non-profit the guild cannot incur costs or benefit from these activities.
**This would be on a volunteer
basis, not sponsored by and unaffiliated with the guild**
Future Meeting Dates and Locations:
Regular
monthly meetings will be held on the first Saturday of each month at 10am-12pm (adjusted
for holiday weekends). Initially, 2022 meetings will be held remotely via
Zoom. Any changes for 2022 dates and/or
location will be announced in advance.
The dates and location will be
added/adjusted to our website prior to every meeting. Seacoastmodernquiltguild.com
Be
sure to mark your calendars:
July 9 – Stratham Library
August 6 – Kingston Library
September 10 – Pending
October 1 – Brentwood Library
November 5 – Stratham Library
December 3 – Kingston Library
Board of Directors monthly meeting will be announced in advance. All members will receive a Zoom invite.