Wednesday, March 1, 2017

2017: February Meeting Minutes and March Meeting Agenda

Ithaca Modern Quilt Guild Minutes
February 5, 2017

1.      Announcements
a.      March meeting activity—We will be making get well cards during the March meeting so bring fabric, embellishments, glue etc. that you would like to use and share.  Blank cards will be provided.
b.      IMQG banner—Karen’s friend made a great digital logo for us.  We will change the background to light gray.  Sarah and Nancy will explore making a banner through two different ways of printing the logo on fabric and report back to us in March.
c.       TCQG Trunk Show—March 14th 7 pm Lifelong—The quilts don’t have to be finished, or totally even totally modern. We need a lot of examples, NOTE:  BRING QUILTS TO THE MARCH MEETING!  SEND PHOTOS TO PAT MERKLE BY THE MARCH MEETING!
d.      Name Tags—Members talked about how their name tags were composed.  New members (as well as “some” old members who shall remain nameless!) are invited to make nametags of their own to wear to meetings.
2.      Question of the Month—We begin each meeting with a question about some aspect of quilting.  Please suggest questions you’d like to ask to Kim.
3.      The Draft Calendar—The officers came up with three new monthly activities for the guild meetings.  Each of these requires volunteers, and many signed up (Thanks!)  Kim will hand out the Revised Calendar at the March meeting so others can sign up for the empty slots.
a.      Demo 101 and sign-up—Demo 101 is a chance for folks who have learned a brand new technique to share their experiences with the guild.
b.      Tool of the Month and sign-up—Each month one member will bring in a quilting tool she finds particularly useful and talk briefly about why she loves this tool.
c.       Transforming Tradition—This new activity is focused on bringing in an unfinished traditional project so the guild members can brainstorm about how to make it more modern.  Pat made a fabulous handout that lists some of the qualities that distinguish Modern quilts from Traditional or Art quilts.  Everyone got a color copy of this for reference.  There are extras for those who could not attend the February meeting. Two people a month sign up to bring something in.  In December, you bring the finished product in.
4.      Made Modern Vote—The category that won the vote was “Unquilt Made Modern.”  In March we’ll discuss the parameters of this guild challenge.
5.      Transforming Tradition demo—Pat and Jayne
6.      Tool of the Month—Cathy—blue tape
7.      Demo 101—the Walking Foot—Cathy

8.      UFOs and Show and Tell

Ithaca Modern Quilt Guild Agenda
March 5, 2017

1.      IMPORTANT!!—The following items are DUE at the March meeting:
a.      Quilts for the TCQG Trunk Show
b.      The Flower Blocks you will exchange with your Flower group members
c.       Bring in the Valentine cards you received so we can all see them
2.      Question of the Month—How did you get your name?
3.      Announcements/Updates
a.      IMQG banner—Sarah and Nancy
b.      TCQG Trunk Show—Tue Mar 14th, 7 pm, Lifelong
c.   Quebec House Quilt Blocks - Jayne
d.       Others?
4.      Revised Calendar of Activities—more folks to sign up?
5.      Report from QUILTCON 2017
6.      Transforming Tradition Projects—Sarah and Lynda
7.      Demo 101—board basting—Pat and Jayne
8.      Tool of the Month—the pencil--Jayne
9.      UFOs and Show and Tell

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