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
