Meeting Minutes

Mar 5, 2015

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MEETING MINUTESMARCH 4, 2015MAITLAND, FL The meeting was called to order by President Yanick. 38 members and 2 visitors were present. Jackie won the icebreaker by owning the most sewing machines--13!! (Don't tell her husband.) TREASURER'S REPORTOur current balance is $5559.76. Payment is due for the RaNae Merrill workshop ASAP. If you did not pay at the meeting, please mail Marge your payment prior to the workshop. There may still be a couple of places open, so contact Marge immediately if you would like to attend. Fee for OMQG members is $40. We are getting the mentoring program up and running; further information to follow. NOTE: if you are not receiving regular emails from OMQG, please contact Marge immediately so that she can update your contact information. RAFFLE BASKET....was won by Pamela.

QUILTCON

Several members spoke about their fantastic experiences at Quiltcon. This was a successful week for our guild; Debra's quilt won first place in the Michael Miller challenge, and Debbe King won a bonanza of fat quarters from the Michael Miller vendor at the show (nice payback for her 32.5 volunteer hours!) Debbe handed out some Quiltcon swag to random winners. There will be a Quiltcon magazine available in stores soon, which has an update on all MQG statistics.

BLOG POST WINNER

Joan won the Quiltcon swag bag for her post. In future, the blog post containing the "question of the month" will be highlighted, so that more members can respond to the correct post and thus be eligible for the random drawing of the month.

CHALLENGE PROJECTS

Our current project is making fabric postcards to swap with other guilds. Some specifications: cards should be no more than 1/8" thick; no binding should be used; put card stock or some other stiff material inside (can be used along with batting, as long as it is thin); use plain fabric on the back so that cards may be addressed; cards should be

slightly smaller

than the standard 4 x 6 postcard size.

Cards are due at our April meeting. Please bring your stamped card to the meeting. Tutorials and examples are available on the OMGQ Pinterest board.

CHARITY PROJECTS

Linda collected the remaining Veteran's Home quilts. If you made one, and were not at the meeting, please contact Linda so that she may get it from you as soon as possible. At our next meeting, Linda will share a time for all members interested to visit the home and deliver the quilts.

Our next charity project will be making tactile quilts for Alzheimer's patients. These quilts should be about 17 x 21 (just remember they are meant to be held in someone's lap, so should not be too large), and the more textures, the better. Alejandrina shared an example:

The tentative deadline for these quilts is our May meeting. Examples for these quilts may be found on Pinterest, under "Alzheimer's" or "activity" quilts.

BINDING DEMOS

Jodi demonstrated single-fold binding. Verykerryberry has a good tutorial.

Alejandrina shared the envelope, or pillowcase, technique.

Pamela shared a couple techniques for adding prairie points to your binding.

Jane demonstrated the use of facings, which is a particularly good technique for quilts in which the design needs to go all the way to the edge. An example:

Beth demonstrated a flange binding. Marge demonstrated how to make mitered borders.

Mary S shared techniques for mitered bindings. She recommends Sharon Schamber's videos on YouTube.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH

This month's blocks.....

...were won by Marge.

Next month's block instructions can be seen below.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Maitland Sew Days will now include an optional "mini" charity project 3 or 4 times a year. This month, the project is carrying bags for walkers. Sharleen will bring kits for the project to the next Maitland Sew Day. Bring your usual sewing supplies.

The next Modern Salon will take place Sunday, March 8, at the Winter Park Michael's store, from 4-6 PM. Salons will now be held at this location every 2nd Sunday of the month.

No regular Dr Phillips Sew Day will take place this month, due to the RaNae Merrill workshop.

SHOW AND TELL