Attendees:
JoAnne
D, Barbara M, Lou S, Sasha S, Patty C, Mary O, Kate Q, Cathy L, Paula K,
Colleen H, Wendy W, Theresa H, Carol B,
Committee Reports:
Treasurer’s
report was given.
Secretary’s
report – no updates to report
Retreat: No updates
Programs:
UFO Challenge: The October 2nd completion
due date for Show and Tell is coming fast!
Speakers/Workshops:
The
deadline for registering and making your payment for Carolina Oneto’s November
6 workshop on Organic Shapes is August 21. If the workshop isn’t full by that date it
will be extended to Sept 11 and opened to other guilds (i.e. Maine and NH). At
that point we’ll assess participation. The
cost is $30.
Month
8 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.
Due to
some ongoing issues with PayPal, Venmo has been suggested as an alternative. Jo
and Lou will set the account up.
Barbara
M will run September’s meeting and either Colleen or Wendy will take minutes
for Jo and Carol.
Paula
let us know that the annual Festival of Trees has been canceled for 2021.
Election
for 2022 Board of Directors officers – nominations need to be submitted for all
positions.
Show and Tell:
Patty showed us a long arm project
for a client. Beautiful leaves pattern
in fall colors.
Barbara M is busy at work on UFO’s
including Diamonds in summer colors.
Wendy showed us her Catnip quilt
from Keepsake Quilting
Mary is working on a Zen Chic table
runner using True Blue fabric and, a project from the most recent Threadhouse
U.K. retreat featuring a Dresden Plate block, Jo Avery pattern and, Alison
Glass fabric.
Carl
Hentsch’s 3 Dog Design Co website is a great source for inspiration. Check out
3dogdesignco.com for some great ideas and Carl’s books.
Patty
C will check into obtaining copies of his New York Beauties & Flying Geese book.
**
Note: Enrollment for 2022 Threadhouse UK retreats is underway**
Theresa is working on a Flower Chain
hand piecing and hand applique project by Denise Schmidt.
Kate has been busy making 200 masks
for construction folks and, an 18x34 “cheater” quilt using a panel with
borders.
Colleen took a Kawandi quilt class
(virtually) with others from around the globe, offered by Sujata Shah (The Root
Connection on IG). The workshop focused on quilts called Kawandi (also known as
Siddi quilts) and they are utility quilts made by people in the
African/Diaspora/Siddi community of India. You use a cloth backing, whatever
you have on hand, batting (or some type of middle layer, can be more fabric,
etc) and then beginning on the outer edges, begin to sew your fabric, piece by
piece, until you have the outer edges covered. Then, you continue hand
stitching around and around, covering these fabric pieces, adding more fabric
pieces to the inside, stitching around the entire piece again, adding fabric as
you go, until you place your last piece of fabric in the center.
To
learn more check out Sujata’s IG or her blog at therootconnection.blogspot.com for more information.
Cathy is working on an Alex Anderson
Trees quilt featuring some fun colors that takes you into the forest.
Paula is working on our BoM, cutting
block 5. She is also working on the UFO challenge!
Sasha finished a colorful and fun
quilt of houses which sat waiting patiently for a year to be bound!
JoAnne is working on Disney themed
masks (21) for her family to wear on their upcoming trip to the park.
Suzanne wasn’t able to stay for the
meeting but showed her beautiful
Butterfly quilt.,
Barbara
M suggested a swap of unfinished work where each person would take on another
member’s project and continue the work/finish the piece. We can discuss in more detail at the next
meeting.
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:
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.
