December Meeting Recap

SMQG Meeting Summary

December 1, 2018

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.