We had a packed house at our November meeting! It's wonderful to see so many members and guests joining us each month. Thank you to all who attended our last meeting! Be sure to check out the full gallery of 52 photos (excerpt above) from our meeting in the photo gallery.
QuiltCon Charity Challenge Blocks: to kick off our meeting, Allison talked about the progress of our QuiltCon Charity Challenge blocks. Members brought in the blocks they’d made over the last couple of weeks using our “improv with intent” instructions, our South Florida sunrise inspiration, and the fabric palette chosen by the Modern Quilt Guild. So far, these blocks look fantastic! If you have fabric, but still haven’t completed your blocks, please complete them for the December Meeting (December 19th). We’ll have a sew-in after the meeting to assemble the blocks and complete our quilt top and back.
Elections: Andrea from our Nominations Council led the elections for our 2016 Executive Council. Congratulations to our 2016 Executive Council:
President: Allison Schnackenberg
VP of Projects: Patti Auten
VP of Programs: Charlotte Noll
Secretary: Debby Schindall
Treasurer: Abbie Bill
Shelly led the conversation about our Block of the Month. The BOM for November was the Checker Block, Marianna Steele won the lottery. Congratulations Marianna!
Quilt Along: Patti talked about month six of the QAL, which was our final month. Shelly, Swig and Patti showed progress on their QAL quilts. We also talked about strategies for assembling our improv blocks into a quilt. It has been so much fun seeing these quilts come together, and we cannot wait to see more completed QAL quilts at the upcoming meetings! Members who completed five blocks or more in the QAL were awarded with a fat quarter of their choice!
Charlotte gave an update on upcoming exhibits and shows, including the World Quilt show in Orlando in January, where we will have a special exhibit!
Topic of the Month: Our monthly topic was on selecting and using Modern Fabric for modern quilt projects, which was led by Allison. We talked about what was popular, and ways to pick the right fabrics for modern quilts. We also saw a lot of inspiring photos of quilts made using modern fabric.
Show and Tell:
Kate showed Michael Miller Challenge quilt
LoriAnn brought in her finished quilt from the improv round robin workshop.
Nora showed her quilt top from the Modern Traditional workshop and her interlock quilt
Shelly showed her 50 shades of grey, drunkard’s path quilt
Marilyn brought a houndstooth quilt
Patti brought an improv pieced baby girl quilt
Penny showed a zipper pouch
Raffle was held by Alyson
Linda, LoriAnn and Penny won fabric bundles. Jean won a Quilt Con watch.
Holiday Swap: Charlotte helped with the gift exchange for our handmade holiday swap. Swappers wrapped their handmade gifts in fabric, and we took turns swapping gifts. Our first swap was a huge success! Thank you to all who participated, we loved seeing the different handmade gifts everyone made!
Our next meeting will be on Saturday, December 19th at StitchCraft. This will be a short meeting, followed by a sew-in to complete the quilt top for our Quilt Con Charity Challenge quilt. We hope to see you there!