The Seacoast
Modern Quilt Guild (SMQG) met at the Annex in West Newbury, Massachusetts on
Saturday, December 1st from 10:00 am - 12 noon. Judy opened the meeting,
welcoming 16 guild members in attendance. A short business meeting preceded the
end-of-year party fun.
Newly elected
board members for 2019 were announced and thanked for their willingness to
assume responsibilities. They are:
President – Mary Orencole
Vice President – Paula Krolikoski
Treasurer – Bethany Aycaner
Secretary – Barbara Mahoney
As announced at the November meeting, a
change to the guild bylaws was needed in order to accommodate the change of the
guild location and mailing address. The
change involved only the first paragraph of “Article I – Name, Location &
Tax Exempt Status”. It changes the
location from “West Newbury, Massachusetts” to “Newburyport,
Massachusetts” and the mailing address from “PO Box 774, West Newbury,
MA 01985” to “Unit #1606, 61 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA 01950”. There was unanimous agreement to accept
this change.
Barb followed
with the Treasurer’s Report, detailing the amounts paid out for speaker related
expenses and for retreat deposit to the Franciscan in Kennebunk, ME as well as
the amount taken in from 2019 dues payments. She collected dues from some members at this
meeting. If you have not yet paid your 2019 dues, payments may be mailed to the
guild mailbox. Please NOTE: There is a
new address for guild mail:
Seacoast
Modern Quilt Guild
Unit
# 1606
61
Pleasant St.
Newburyport,
MA 01950
JoAnne again
made available pricing for the 2019 retreat to be held in May and announced
that she would hold a brief meeting of those interested in joining the retreat
committee immediately following the December meeting.
Judy provided
follow up on the 2019 Quilt Con charity quilt.
Andrea had completed the binding and attached a sleeve to the quilt
which she displayed to the delight of all, especially when it was noticed that
tiny piecing had been incorporated into the binding!. Thank you, Andrea! Kate has offered to machine embroider a label
for the quilt as soon as we have the MQG guidance on what it should say. It was discussed that a second label could be
prepared to swap off once the quilt returns from 2019 QuiltCon and before it is
donated.
The organization
that will receive this year's QC charity quilt is the Teen Pregnancy and
Parenting Program in Newburyport, MA, which is part of the Department of
Children and Families' DARE program. Our
thanks to JoAnne for reaching out and providing contact with DCF.
Judy also noted
3 other Massachusetts charitable organizations that she has identified for
potential future donations. These
include Lucy's Love Bus in Amesbury, Hospice Care of Haverhill, and Pelican
Intervention Fund, serving the greater Newburyport area.
Discussion of
potential new policies remains tabled until 2019.
Six lucky winners
were selected for door prizes.
Pillow cases
were collected from those who had completed them since the November
meeting. Barb didn't have the exact
count but estimated at least 175 pillowcases have been contributed, far
exceeding the goal of154. A very
successful effort! Thanks to all who
contributed! Catherine will deliver them
to the Tewksbury hospital for those in the residential program.
Show and Tell
came next.
Paula shared her
finished project for the MQG Michael Miller Challenge as well as a pillow she
made using the printed image of her house block from the Strawberry Banke quilt
that Diane gave her. Diane also gave her
the fabric she used to back the pillow. There
was some discussion of whether or not this pillow should belong to Diane!
Nancy is making
matching flannel pajama pants for the whole family and a “brain” needle turned
appliqued pillow for her daughter. She is hoping that image of braininess has a
positive effect!
Everyone agreed
that Kelly's sister will love this “Big Foot” quilt that Kelly has made for her
and the wood grain quilting Kelly did on her home machine was much admired.
Kate used
self-designed fabric that she had printed through Spoonflower for her QuiltCon
entry, which she finished in a very short time!
We all enjoyed
the wonderful array of food items that everyone had brought before our Yankee
Swap and a game of Left-Right-Center, which Barb won.
Incoming and
out-going board members met for a transitional meeting following the fun. Stay tuned to hear from them concerning the
meeting plans for January.
