Tuesday, November 1, 2022
SMQG October 2022 meeting minutes
Seacoast Modern Quit Guild
October 1, 2022
Meeting Minutes
The meeting began at 10:00 a.m. at the Brentwood Library.
Attendees:
Mary
O., Brenda S., Wendy W., JoAnne D., Barb B., Donna C., Patty C., Theresa H.,
Paula K., Joyce H. (new member), Nancy
P., Lou S., Marylee W.
Patty opened the meeting with a request for a nomination committee. Barb B. volunteered to collect the nominations. The following positions are open for the 2023 year, President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Social Media. Secretary, Carol B. and Programs, Diane S. remain in their positions.
Patty reminded members that the November meeting will take place at the Stratham Library, and December’s meeting will take place at the Kingston Library.
Committee updates were discussed as follows:
Treasurer’s Report:
Patty
referred to the treasurers report. Barb M. was not able to attend the October
meeting therefore, the report will be emailed to the members after the meeting.
Programs:
Marylee
discussed the October challenge which continues with color theory from
September and distributed a package for Monologuing.
Marylee discussed the program for December which will be a Yankee Swap. After the discussion it was determined that any member who would like to participate, to either make something fabric/quilt related or purchase a quilt related item that can be $15 to $20.00. It will be up to each member what they would like to gift at the swap.
Future programs were briefly discussed and Patty reminded members that the survey results were emailed in February of 2022 and resent last week. A copy of the survey results was passed around. Marylee requested any new members let programs know what they are interested in seeing for 2023.
Retreat:
Patty
announced that she will chair the April 27th – 30th
retreat. JoAnne Davidson agreed to co-chair.
Raffle Quilt:
The
raffle quilt was discussed. Patty requested that anyone who haven’t received
their tickets to sell, please notify her and they will be mailed out to them. Members were asked at the September meeting to
sell at least 10 tickets.
Information sharing took place where Mary O spoke about Quilting Arts Magazine which is a great publication and it’s free for 30 days. Marylee informed us that her local library has a subscription and suggested members check with their local libraries and review it.
Mary O. informed the membership that the Modern Quilt Guild website has virtual classes in October and they can register now for $95.00. The virtual classes have multiple teachers for example Jo Avery and Karen Lewis.
Paula K. announced she was collecting signature blocks for the Anniversary Quilt. She will deliver them to Diane who is working on the layout.
Quilt Con 2023 came up in discussion. Patty attempted to register the Anniversary Quilt as a community submission because the deadline is October 31st but needed the Seacoast Modern Quilt Guild’s password. It was suggested that the guild secretary could register our submission.
The business meeting closed and under the direction of Brenda S., the members began creating strip quilts for Project Linus. The sewing session ended with an estimate of 30 completed blocks.
SMQG September 2022 meeting minutes
Seacoast Modern Quit Guild
September 10, 2022
Meeting Minutes
Barb
B., Donna C., Patty C., Theresa H., Paula K., Barb M., Susan M. (new member),
Nancy P., Diane S., Lou S., Sasha S., Marylee W.
Committee updates were discussed as follows:
Patty C. updated the members on the Board meeting regarding membership dues. The board voted to reinstate the $50.00 fee for 2023.
The raffle quilt ticket sales was discussed. In order to raise additional funds for the raffle quilt, members were informed that the board voted to have members sell a minimum of 10 tickets each. Tickets were distributed by Barb B.
Patty C. continued to discuss open board positions. The open positions are open for 2023 – President, Vice President, and potentially the Treasurer’s position.
Barb M. noted the Treasurer’s Report had no major expenses and will report the balance via email.
Patty
C. volunteered to chair the Retreat that is scheduled for April 27th
to April 30, 2023.
Workshops
& Future Activities were discussed to take place in 2023 to include Fabric
Dying, Noodlehead Totes. It was recommended that fabric dying could take place
at the retreat or to have it take place instead of a regular meeting. Due to the fact that not all members attend
the retreat the majority of the members wanted the workshop to take place at a
regularly scheduled Saturday and not conduct the meeting. Patty C. asked that Diane and Marylee work on
organizing the workshop in January.
Patty C. continued to update the members on the future meeting locations and monthly activities for the balance of 2022.
October’s meeting will take place at the Marty E. Bartlet Library, 22 Dalton Rd, Brentwood, NH. The monthly activity will a sew in for Charity Quilts. Meeting space is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
November’s meeting will take place at the Wiggin Memorial Library, 10 Bunker Hill Ave, Stratham, NH. The monthly activity is pending. The meeting space is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. till noon.
December’s
meeting will take place at the Kingston Community Library, 2 Library Ln,
Kingston, NH. The monthly activity is
the guild’s holiday party. The meeting
will include a holiday swap and a game of Left, Right, Center. Patty C. requested that Diane and Marylee
come up with ideas for the holiday swap.
The meeting space is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Patty continued on to address the guild’s participation in Quilt Con 2023. Since the guidelines were issued by the Modern Quilt Guild in June of 2022, and the summer meetings were cancelled, the members felt that the deadlines for submission were not realistic. It was suggested that a small group of members may want to gather to see if they could pull it together and commitment to the Modern Quilt Guild between September 1st to October 31st, 2022. Diane S. suggested that we submit our 10 year anniversary quilt and all agreed it was a great idea.
The meeting continued with the charity fabric that was donated to our guild. There were six full bins to distribute to the guild members. Patty requested that if you take any fabric that you donate a completed quilt of any size to the Charity Committee. The donated quilt could be with any fabric. There was a large amount of fabric that was left over. It will be brought to the October meeting for the Charity Sew In. Donna C. and Theresa H took the remainder of the boxes to bring to the October meeting.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
SMQG June 4, 2022 meeting minutes - updated
SEACOAST MODERN QUILT GUILD
MONTHLY MEETING (via Zoom and
in person)
Mary E. Bartlett Library Brentwood, NH
JUNE 4, 2022
Attendees
Barb
B, Colleen H, Mary O, Kate Q, Gail C, Brenda S, Barbara M, Nancy P, Diane S,
Paula K, Marylee W, Carol B, Barbara F (guest)
Committee Reports
May minutes were
approved.
Treasurer’s
report was given.
Program coordinator is needed. Please contact Patty C if you’re interested.
Social Media - We’re looking for someone to manage our Facebook and Instagram pages. Please contact Patty if you’d like to volunteer.
10th
Anniversary quilt
No more 12 ½”
blocks are needed, star blocks will fill any gaps in. Signature blocks can be
embroidered or written. Time for completion: blocks done by September and, have
the quilt completed by December.
Retreat
Patty has booked us at the
Franciscans April 27-30, 2023. Between
now and then we’ll
pull together the swag that has
been collected.
Charity
Carol to contact Sasha for
information on the current inventory.
Donations:
Diane recommended we pick one
charity per year and send all quilts to the same.
Project LINUS (national) accepts donations of quilts and blankets (knit/crochet) which go to children in need.
We haven’t made many donations recently. Need to keep a variety of sizes on hand for donation opportunities outside of our annual commitment.
New business
Potential upcoming events for
us to participate and sell raffle tickets:
Kingston Days (on the Plains) –
usually the 1st week of August
Topsfield Fair
Strawberry Banke – July Brenda will get more information and share
Newcastle – Brenda will get
more information and share
Memory quilt
Suggestions were taken on
making a Healing Hearts quilt for a member’s family member who is recovering
from an illness. It would be 12 ½” heart
blocks. We have Kaffe white that can be used as background but any “reads as
white” fabric can be used.
Monthly activities
In this meeting Diane
encouraged us to play with digital imagery after she took a class with Susie
Monday. It was fun and provided an
opportunity to be creative with color, movement and texture. She presented examples of what she uses to create
her own designs. Diane is collecting photos of us playing with our salad
veggies using the apps we used during the class. The possibilities are endless!
Please submit them to her by June 15. For
those who could not join please refer to the information that was most recently
attached to a June 5 email from Colleen.
July – we have the Stratham Library from 9-12. Left, Right Center and Bring your favorite: Pattern were moved to July. Don’t forget to bring 3 FQ’s and a pattern,
August – Kingston Library closes at 1PM. 9:30-12:30. Arrive early to set up
Updates on suggestions are:
1. Ellen Miller - couture
embellishments – she is local and charges $30. Interest in this class may be
low.
2. Discussion on fabric dying
Dianne previously taught. This can be messy and we would need access to water. MaryLee
takes art classes at the Methodist Church in Portsmouth. She is looking into
possibly renting the church for a day long workshop in September meeting. The cost is around $200.
3. Noodle head bag class (large
& small) possibly in November – Barbara M would be our instructor. We would have some pre-work ahead of the
class and we would finish it up in our meeting.
We would need to decide on straps (leather, etc), rivets, recessed
zipper and pockets. Specific/details
will be shared to the group.
4. Giucy Giuce – Brenda received
pricing and class information.
1. 6-8 hour class - $1,000
2. Half day - $750
3. Lecture/trunkshow - $550
4. Travel fee - $250
5. Per diem - $55/day
Classes include
(not limited to):
1. Tiny piecing
2. Modern foundation piecing
3. Mystery medallion quilt
4. EPP moonstone quilt
5. Vintage quilt pattern
6. Photography branding
If we move forward with a day
activity we may include the Maine guild.
Old Business
We were approached by someone asking whether the guild could make memory quilts for 2 young boys who lost their mother. The girl’s uncle agreed to be responsible for backing, batting and any expenses related to the request. As a non-profit the guild cannot incur costs or benefit from these activities.
**This would be on a volunteer
basis, not sponsored by and unaffiliated with the guild**
Future Meeting Dates and Locations:
Regular
monthly meetings will be held on the first Saturday of each month at 10am-12pm (adjusted
for holiday weekends). Initially, 2022 meetings will be held remotely via
Zoom. Any changes for 2022 dates and/or
location will be announced in advance.
The dates and location will be
added/adjusted to our website prior to every meeting. Seacoastmodernquiltguild.com
Be
sure to mark your calendars:
July 9 – Stratham Library
August 6 – Kingston Library
September 10 – Pending
October 1 – Brentwood Library
November 5 – Stratham Library
December 3 – Kingston Library
Board of Directors monthly meeting will be announced in advance. All members will receive a Zoom invite.
Monday, June 13, 2022
Our July meeting will be held on Sat. July 9 at the Stratham, (NH) library 10 Bunker Hill Avenue, Stratham, NH
A Zoom link will be sent via email for those unable to attend in person.
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
SMQG May 2022 Meeting Minutes
SEACOAST MODERN QUILT GUILD
MONTHLY MEETING (via Zoom and
in person)
West Newbury, MA Town Hall
Annex
MAY 7, 2022
Attendees
Patty
C, Brenda S, Diane S, Paula K, Barbara M, Marylee W, JoAnne D, Theresa H, Colleen
H
Committee Reports
April minutes
were approved.
Treasurer’s
report was given.
Birch tree lottery
quilt: Wendy has the layout of the tickets
Maker’s Market
This event was
very successful. Many lottery tickets
were sold. Several people wanted to buy
quilts and other items on display! 3
people left email addresses for possible membership to the guild.
10th Anniversary quilt
Worked on today
during our sew-in. We need 4 more people to do a 12 1/2” block by September
and, to have the quilt completed by December.
Colleen: Thank you to Diane for putting together the packages for Anniversary quilt
& mailing same
Retreat
Patty has booked us at the
Franciscans April 27-30, 2023. Between
now and then we’ll pull together the swag that has been collected.
Future Meetings
Meeting locations have been
mostly confirmed.
June 4 Brentwood library
July 9 Stratham Library
Aug. 6 Kingston Library
Sept. 10 Pending (Andover?)
*possibly a day activity*
Oct. 1 Brentwood Library
Nov. 5 Stratham Library
Dec. 3 Kingston Library
The dates and location will be added/adjusted to our website prior to every meeting. Seacoastmodernquiltguild.com
Social Media
We’re looking for someone to
manage our Facebook and Instagram pages. Please contact Patty if you’d like to
volunteer.
New business
June meeting we’ll play a round
of Left, Right, Center. If you want to
play, bring 3 Fat Quarters!
Monthly activities
The Board met to talk about
activities for upcoming meetings.
June – Left Right Center (LRC).
If you want to play, bring 3 fat
quarters
July – we have the Stratham
Library from 9-12.
August – Kingston Library closes
at 1PM. 9:30-12:30. Arrive early to set up
Suggestions made are:
1. ~Ellen Miller - couture
embellishments
2. ~Braiding fabric
3. ~Color theory
4. ~Trapunto kits $30
5. ~Kerin Ferrin – she teaches tuffet
classes and has the kits
6. ~Funky leaves wall hanging
7. ~Barbara Mahoney suggested we
dive into the expertise of our members for workshops
8. ~Discussion on fabric dying
Dianne previously taught. This can be messy and we would need access to water.
9. ~MaryLee takes art classes at
the Methodist Church in Portsmouth. Cost to rent the church is around $200.
MaryLee will look into renting the space for September
1 ~Noodle head bag class - Barb
Mahoney would be our instructor.
11 ~Lynn Koolish conducts workshops
and lectures on fiber art, dying of fabrics, Improv, mixed media Painting on
fabric. Have a look at her website
If we move forward with a day activity we may
include the Maine guild.
Old Business
Guicy Guice - trying to reach.
We were approached by someone asking whether the guild could make memory quilts for 2 young girls who lost their mother. The girl’s uncle agreed to be responsible for backing, batting and any expenses because the guild could not incur the costs.
This will be on a volunteer basis. If you would like to be part of this project please contact Patty.
Show & Tell
Challenge Pop Art Pets was part
of Diane's Show & Tell. The challenge was in Fiber Art
magazine.
Barbara M showed us her aqua blues quilt.
Theresa spoke about a fabric dying class she previously participated in. The idea of fabric dying was discussed for the September meeting. Theresa will look for her class materials
Future Meeting Dates and Locations:
Regular
monthly meetings will be held on the first Saturday of each month at 10am-12pm (adjusted
for holiday weekends). Initially, 2022 meetings will be held remotely via
Zoom. Any changes for 2022 dates and/or
location will be announced in advance.
Be
sure to mark your calendars:
June 4 – Brentwood Library
July 9 – Stratham Library
August 6 – Kingston Library
September 10 – Pending
October 1 – Brentwood Library
November 5 – Stratham Library
December 3 – Kingston Library
Board
of Directors monthly meeting will be announced in advance. All members will receive a Zoom invite.
SMQG April 2022 Meeting Minutes
SEACOAST MODERN QUILT GUILD
MONTHLY MEETING (via Zoom and
in person)
West Newbury, MA Town Hall
Annex
APRIL 2, 2022
Attendees:
Patty
C, Brenda S, Diane S, Paula K, Barbara M, Lou S, Wendy W, Marylee W, Donna C, JoAnne
D, Kate Q, Theresa H, Barb B, Gail C, Colleen H, Nancy P, Carol B
Today, we met at
the West Newbury, MA Town Hall Annex. It
was wonderful seeing so many members in person again. When the meeting concluded several people
stayed for our sew-in.
Possible meeting sites are being looked into. Stratham, Brentwood, Kingston and Greenland libraries will be contacted.
March minutes
were approved.
Treasurer’s
report was given.
Looking for a
Program volunteer coordinator to assist in coordinating program events (i.e.
workshops, speakers, etc.). Please let
Patty know if you’d like to volunteer.
Retreat
Patty has booked us at the
Franciscans April 27-30, 2023. Between
now and then we’ll pull together the swag that has been collected.
Social Media
We’re looking for someone to
manage our Facebook and Instagram pages. Please contact Patty if you’d like to
volunteer.
Lottery Block raffle winner was
chosen – Congratulations, Wendy! She
will receive 20+ blocks and turn them into a beautiful quilt!
Next meeting we’ll play a round of Left, Right, Center. If you want to play, bring 3 Fat Quarters!
Monthly activities
There’s quite a bit of interest
in Color Theory classes. Colleen will
check in with Barb B re: Rebecca Bryant. Brenda S will contact Guicy Guice for
pricing and what is offered.
10th Anniversary quilt
Diane has sent
out the pattern to the group. The blocks
which can be paper pieced or regular piecing. You can choose to do Signature
blocks will be 6”. Pens may be needed for the signature blocks or, they can be
embroidered. Diane has ordered the
background fabric. Cost is $100; the
guild will cover the cost.
Upcoming Maker’s Market
SMQG is participating in the
Maker’s Market which is being held on April 8-9 at the Best Western in Hampton,
NH.
We hope to have a variety of display items such as quilts (mini and large), lottery blocks, BoM, scrapbook, posters, photo collage, etc. that reflect our Modern quilting. Several members have been generous in lending their work for us to show off! Thank you.
A few shifts still need to be covered and a call out for a few more quilted items was made.
The Birch Tree quilt will be raffled off. Tickets will be 1/$5 and 3/$10. Winning ticket will be drawn on December 3rd. Wendy has volunteered to create the tickets.
Quilt Show
Quilter’s Connection is holding
a Quilt Show on May 6 (9-5) & 7 (9-4)
St. James Apostolic Armenian
Church, Keljik Hall
Show and Tell
Gail C showed us 2 beautiful quilts,
one a paper pieced quilt in blues and, “Finding the Silver Lining” (Kristin
Callahan), a Quilters Common BoM.
Donna has been working hard on 3
quilts. One, a colorful quilt made with
a free pattern from American Quilting.
It was quilted with a clamshell ruler.
Two smaller quilts were made with Tula Pink fabrics, one in a chevron
pattern found on Pinterest (Cluck Cluck Sew) and the other is flying geese in a
reverse color palate. Donna has loaned
the smaller quilts for the Maker’s Market.
Barbara M showed her Succulent quilt
(Michelle Wilkie) which she is loaning for the Maker’s Market table.
Future Meeting Dates and Locations:
Regular
monthly meetings will be held on the first Saturday of each month at 10am-12pm (adjusted
for holiday weekends). Initially, 2022 meetings will be held remotely via
Zoom. Any changes for 2022 dates and/or
location will be announced in advance.
Be
sure to mark your calendars:
May
7 – West Newbury, MA Town Hall Annex (sew in for the Anniversary Quilt)
June 4
July 9
August 6
September 10
October 1
November 5
December 3
Board
of Directors monthly meeting will be announced in advance. All members will receive a Zoom invite.
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Our May monthly meeting will be held on Sat. May 7, 2022 10am via Zoom and, at the West Newbury (MA) Town Hall Annex 381R Main Street
After our regular business meeting we'll have a sew-in so bring your machines! Some members will be working on our 10th Anniversary quilt blocks and if you're not, bring whatever project you've got underway!
A Zoom link will be provided in advance of the meeting for anyone unable to join in person.
See you all then!
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
SMQG March 2022 meeting minutes
SEACOAST MODERN QUILT GUILD
MONTHLY MEETING (via Zoom)
MARCH 5, 2022
Attendees:
Patty C, Diane S, Paula K, Barbara W, Barbara M, Brenda S, Lou S, Donna C, Barb B, Gail C, Colleen H, Theresa H, Mary O, Nancy P, Kate Q, Carol B
Membership
to New England Quilt Museum
Our membership to NEQM has been renewed for 2022.
Committee Reports:
February minutes
were approved.
Treasurer’s
report was given.
~We’re looking for some ways to generate income for the guild. Colleen will check with the MQG on rules/guidelines for 501(c)(3) organizations.
Programs:
Looking
for a Program volunteer coordinator to assist in coordinating program events
(i.e. workshops, speakers, etc.). Please
let Patty know if you’d like to volunteer.
Retreat –
Patty spoke with Robert at the
Franciscans in Kennebunk for fall dates.
There is no availability for Oct or Nov for the full guild however; we
are on a waitlist. We’ll stay on that
list until we know who many spots are available. In the meantime we’ll reserve for Spring
2023.
Nancy P mentioned St Methodios Faith and Heritage Center in Contoocook may be a possible option. She will send the board contact information.
There was some discussion around a one day sew-in possibly in May in West Newbury. Some in-person social time (with masks). Patty will reach out to our contact to confirm. An insurance form will likely be required.
If we have a warming trend for our April 2nd meeting we may try to meet outside in Kingston. Details will be sorted out well ahead of the meeting.
Social Media – We’re looking for someone to manage our Facebook and Instagram pages. Please contact Patty if you’d like to volunteer.
New
business:
Diane S has suggested we do a
Lottery Block. She has sent out a link
to the instructions for the Missouri Start Disappearing Pinwheel 2 Churn Dash. The blocks are $1 each. Mail your blocks and your money to
Diane. When she has received all of the
blocks she’ll pick a name and the blocks go to the winner who will sew them
together!
Blocks should be in hot colors (red, orange etc).
Anniversary quilt – we’ll discuss in more detail
in a future meeting. Diane and Kate are
coordinating.
Quilt Con 2023 will be held in Atlanta, GA (February) and 2024 in Raleigh, NC.
Ukraine
humanitarian assistance
– there are several quilt organizations that are supporting efforts to bring
relief to the Ukrainians. Here are a
few. Their donation efforts may be different but funds will be donated (i.e.
purchase patterns or donate directly). If you know of others, please let the members
know.
~Bernine Cambell (Happy Sew
Lucky)
~Pat Sloan
~Quiet Play (Australia)
~Etsy – you can order digital patterns through UK makers
Bring
your favorite
– Quilt Podcasts
Some favorite member podcasts
are
~Quilt Buzz
~APQ
~Quilt & Tell – Jenny Doan
~Craft Industry Alliance (small
business makers) – Abbey Glassenberg
~Just Wanna Quilt
~Great British Quilter
~Off Kilter Quilter
~Modern Sewciety – Stephanie Kendron
*may no longer be online*
~Quilt Folk – Jenny Smith. Each podcast focuses on 3 different quilters
from around the world.
~Textile Talks – a series of
webinars on different textiles
~A Quilter’s Life – Sherry & Chelsea McConnell
Upcoming
Maker’s Market
SMQG is participating in the Maker’s Market which is being held on April 8-9 at the Best Western in Hampton, NH.
We’ve reserved a 4’x8’ table
and will be looking for display items such as quilts (mini and large (charity
quilt(s)), lottery blocks, BoM, scrapbook, posters, photo collage, etc. that
reflect our Modern quilting.
Carol will be sending out a table coverage sign-up sheet shortly.
We’ll be looking for volunteers to
1. 2 people to cover our table in
2 hour shifts on Friday (12pm-8pm)
2. 2 people to cover our table 2
hour shifts on Saturday (9am-4pm)
3. Breakdown on Saturday (4pm)
Show and Tell
Gail C showed us her Storm at Sea
quilt in water color blues and whites
Brenda showed us a baby quilt with
adorable animal fabrics
Colleen also had a baby quilt to show
us with sweet ducks and numbers sewn in for baby to show everyone how old
he/she is!
Patty is doing a Rachelle Denneny
foundation piecing Harmony BoM in Tula Pink fabrics.
Please
send Carol all Show & Tell photos so they can be posted to our blog. Past S&T photos are appreciated as
well. Once we’re back in person pictures
will be taken during the meeting.
Future Meeting Dates and
Locations:
Regular
monthly meetings will be held on the first Saturday of each month at 10am-12pm (adjusted
for holiday weekends). Initially, 2022 meetings will be held remotely via
Zoom. Any changes for 2022 dates and/or
location will be announced in advance.
Be
sure to mark your calendars:
April 2
May 7
June 4
July 9
August 6
September 10
October 1
November 5
December 3
Board of Directors monthly meeting schedule will be announced soon.
