January Meeting Recap

Happy New Year

Time was set aside before the meeting for 2016 membership renewals, sign-ins and a new list for show and tell.

SFMQG President Allison Schnackenberg kicked off our first meeting of the new year on January 16, with a welcome to new members and visitors.  

  • New Members - Derietra Neal-Ferguson & Pat Bidol-Padva
  • Visitors - (see list)

The year, we are going to start the meetings with a discussion question.  The "Icebreaker" for January is "What are your “Quilty” resolutions for 2016?  The discussion was led by Allison, several members responded with the ideas below.  If you have any more resolutions to add, feel free to discuss on Facebook or Instagram.

  1. Use my fabrics - Lori
  2. Make soup - Tammie
  3. Make a modern quilt - Jean
  4. Don’t be a lunatic shopper - Wanda
  5. Finish UFOs - Rose
  6. Try new things - Patti
  7. Learn to use a serger - Jean

New for 2016, a monthly Basket Raffle: the Sewtastic Basket!

Every month we will have a basket of goodies to raffle off to raise money for the guild.  Tickets are $1 per chance.  Tickets will be sold before the meeting and the drawing will be held at the end of the meeting.  Pam Chamberlin was the winner of the January basket.

World Quilt Orlando Presentation

The Mancuso World Quilt Show was held January 7-9 and as you all know the SFMQG had a special exhibit of modern quilts.  Allison and Charlotte hand delivered the quilts to the convention center in Orlando and the display was awesome.  Charlotte showed us a slide show of the exhibit and some of the other great quilts at the show.

Upcoming Events

Charlotte told us about some quilty stuff happening soon, with some help from Pat.

Treasurer's Report by Abbie

Abbie and Allison delivered a report of our financial situation. We asked for a show of hands regarding how this report should be delivered in future, and the vote was to display a printed summary on the message board for those who are interested to consult.

BOM

January's BOM was the Fractured Background block.

  • January BOM blocks winner Monica Peacock
  • BOM jelly roll winner Pam Chamberlin
  • February block construction and palette explained by Penny,  please see the February BOM blog post for more information.

Special Topic - Modern Quilt Layouts - presented by Charlotte and Patti

Special thanks to our layout participants  Marilyn, Andrea and Jean

QuiltCon Charity Quilt reveal

Allison and Kate revealed the finished quilt, with over 30 blocks contributed by guild members. The quilting was done by VP of Projects Patti Auten. It's off to Pasadena to hang in the exhibit at Quiltcon now!

Show and Tell

Check out the slide show for a full summary of the wonderful projects shared by our members.