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.
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 2nd Thursday of every
month at 7p.m. via Zoom.
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