Wednesday, January 31, 2024

January 2024 Meeting Recap


 Show and Tell

Raffle Fun


Kate Honeyman: Bee quilt with drunkard’s path block 



Kris Jarchow: Birds on plants curved piecing quilt

"Sky Color" color wash quilt 

Tammy Hensley: Round-robin Bee quilt

Deb Ebke: rainbow scrap quilt

Sheila Green: quilt-con mini-swap, purple and teal 

Jennifer McKitrick: Bee quilt – flowers

“Trinkets” orphan block quilt

Nancy Goff: “Summer’s End” (leaves) quilt 


Brown and pink wall hanging

Bee quilt w/ improv blocks

Announcements

  • Thank you to the exiting officers, Tammy Hensley and Elisa Salas 
  • 2024 Dues are due: Check with secretary or treasurer. 
  • February 1st. deadline for survey, available on our blog 
  • Our Community Outreach quilt is at QuiltCon – Feb 22-25.  Nancy Goff had quilt accepted. 
  • Volunteer for National Quilting Day:  Contact Sheila Green 
  • Spring Retreat April 5-7: Food plans in progress. 
  • Feb Meeting: Gadgets & Gizmos : Bring your interesting and unusual quilting tools. 
  • Exec Board meetings are open to all.  Watch email for invitation 
  • Findlay Wolfe Class. May 4th, 9-12.  All spots are filled. 
  • Feedsack Challenge Due January 30th
    • IQM exhibit May 15 – July 27.
  • Challenge Show & Tell 
    • Challenge quilts were shown by: Sheila Green, Jennifer McKitrick (2), Tom Meyer, June Pederson, Sarah Maseth, Mary Dittenber, Eb Ebke (3), Jennifer van Dyke, Tammy Hensley, Phillis Higley, Rosaling Carr (2), Vicky Bedell, Pat Modrell, Rhonda Eddy, Kris Karchow, Jenny Kuszak, Bonnie Kucera (2), Elisa Salas, Jan Sears, Kate Honeyman, Jane Austin, and Nancy Goff
    • Sheila Green collected the quilts for the IQM.
    • She will take photos of each quilt for the blog.
  • Maximalism presentation  - Sheila Green delivered introductory remarks.  We watched most of a MQG video on Maximalism, narrated by Irene Roderick 
    • Maximalism Challenge Due in April – 20” - 40” width.
    • Lux Exhibit September
  • Raffle raised $87 
    • Three prizes, won by Jenny Kusak, Angela Dutton, and Rosalind Carr


                Monday, January 22, 2024

                January 30th LMQG Meeting




                Announcements

                • Annual dues for 2024 are due and can be paid by cash, check, or PayPal. $50 adult, $25 youth. 

                • It's not too late to fill out our survey, it only takes a few min to let us know what you'd like to see.  Start The Survey!

                • Last chance to bring in a Feedsack Challenge Quilt!

                • Sheila Green will be presenting on the topic of Maximalism, and will be tell us about the upcoming challenge. 

                • We will have an extended show and tell.

                Tuesday, January 9, 2024

                Sew Day January 2024


                We're sorry! The sew day for January 13th has been cancelled due to the weather.
                Don't forget to fill out our survey if you haven't already. Your comments will help us plan future programming and contintue to provide fun and informative activities.
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