August Meeting Recap

 New Hampshire Modern Quilt Guild

August 8, 2024, General Membership Meeting Recap

The meeting was led by Helen.

There were 31 members in attendance.

Thank you!

•  Thank you, Beth L, Carol K, and Karen A, for attending the door and welcome table.
• Thank you, Stephanie and Laurie K, for the food and beverages.

Raffle Winners

• Pat J won the door prize, a gift card to Sanford Sewing Machines.
• Susan H won the raffle for the Speckled July 2024 Release Half Yard Bundle from Ruby Star Society (20 cuts!).
• Donna won the raffle for the Pack of 3 Moda Maker Bucket Bags.

GUILD BUSINESS

Looking Ahead To 2025 Membership Renewals.

 Our Guild is at its membership capacity (65), so we will be handling membership renewals differently this year. We will accept $70 checks for renewals from current members starting at the November 14th meeting and continuing through the end of the day of the December 12th meeting. If you can’t make either of the meetings, and want to renew, make sure you get your check to Marie by December 12th. At that point, if we have not reached capacity, people on the waitlist will be contacted and given a short amount of time (less than a week) to join. After that, if we have still not reached capacity, membership will be reopened to current members, and processed sequentially by check delivery date.

 

Treasurer (Marie) 

Nothing significant to report (NSTR).

Secretary (Mary Lou) 

NSTR.

Events and Programming (Laurie K, and Susan H)

• Next meeting we will have a guest speaker, Jen Sorensen. She will include a trunk show.
• Susan has reserved the Joann’s classroom for September 21 st at 1:00 PM to offer a Zippered Pouch class. The class is free, but you need to buy a pattern. If you are interested, contact Susan. Currently, she does not have enough people interested to hold the class.
• And of course, our 10 th Anniversary Celebration is coming up in October. We have all sorts of fun things planned!

Communications (Brenda and Susie)

• We need photos from past guild meetings and events for our slideshow planned for the October meeting. Please send photos to the guild address.
• QuiltCon 2025 Community Outreach challenge quilt: “Lines Galore.” Brenda assigned and distributed all of the 30 packets of fabric for blocks. She will email instructions soon. Use a light gray thread for piecing. Please try to complete your blocks by the next meeting. All blocks need to be completed by the October meeting. If you can’t make either of the meetings, you can drop blocks off at Ophelia‘s house.

Other News from the Modern Quilt Guild

• The MQG has released a new small quilt pattern, Hollow X, for members to explore design and negative space.
• Online registration for workshops and lectures at QuiltCon 2025 in Phoenix was a disaster. They are still figuring out how to proceed.
• Any member, not just those planning to attend QuiltCon, can buy merchandise - here. 

Charity. 

No update.

Retreats (Ophelia)

• Ophelia started collecting checks for the Fall Retreat, which will be held November 7-10, 2024 at the St. Methodius Center in Contoocook, NH.
• The lodging options and costs are as follows. Only one person was interested in a cabin option, so this probably won’t be an option.

Room Options	3 nights, 8 meals	2 nights, 5 meals
Hotel, single	$727	$488
Hotel, double	$457	$308
Cabin (6+)	$337	$228

•  Non-member guests are welcome, with a $35 surcharge.
• If you want to attend, please contact Ophelia and make plans to deliver a check to her soon.

MEETING ACTIVITY

Sewing Olympics in Nashua! At this fun meeting, we divided ourselves up into four teams that competed for medals in: Sewing bindings, threading needles, Sewing Bingo, and Sewing Word Scramble. Everyone won a Gold Medal with a Fat Quarter!

         

SHOW AND TELL

On the member survey, so many of you mentioned the friendliness and helpfulness of our group. Carol K, who always helps with the Welcome Table, started out her time by telling a heartwarming story. She had been in a car accident before our previous meeting, and was in the ER, with a cell phone running out of battery. She contacted Ophelia to let her know. A few minutes later, Ophelia appeared at her bedside with a bag full of various phone chargers to brighten her afternoon! Luckily, Carol was not severely injured and is doing well.

Captions below photos give details for each project or quilt!

1. Susie showed us three quilts. First, her large red and blue star on a white background.
   
   
   
2. And a green baby quilt.
   
   
   
3. And an Elizabeth Hartman Kittens quilt, with a striking black background.
   
   
   
4. Marie showed us a large log cabin quilt, made with mostly blue pieces with green accents.
   
   
   
5. Shelly showed us her completed !0th Anniversary Challenge pictorial quilt. We believe she’s the first to finish!
   
   
   
6. She also showed us her current progress on a 3-color picture quilt of her and her son. She followed a tutorial by Shannon Brinkley. Check out her post on our FaceBook page for more details on the various software programs she used.
   
   
   
7. Carol K showed us her finished 2023 Block Exchange sampler quilt!
   
   
   
8. Cecelia, who join our guild recently, showed us her Interwoven quilt by Lo & Behold Stitchery. She used Cherrywood hand-dyed fabrics.
   
   
   
9. Beth was very busy this month! She showed us two quilts from the Oh Baby! book from Bear Paw Productions. First, her completed Mod Squares quilt.
   
   
   
10. And second, her Silly Goose quilt.
    
    
    
11. She also showed her completed Secret Agent quilt by Modern Quilt Studio.
    
    
    
12. And her Petite Antique Lace quilt top, pattern by Missouri Star Quilt Company. She calls it her “1344 Quilt” for the number of 1.5” HSTs that comprise it!
    
    
    
13. Lastly, she showed us her wall hanging, made from the Kamala pattern by the Modern Quilt studio.
    
    
    
14. Donna showed us her green Hunter’s Star quilt, a WIP!
    
    
    
15. Julie showed us three quilts. The Pinnacle quilt from the Beyond Neutral book.
    
    
    
16. And an Annabelle quilt by Cotton and Joy. This looks like an Elizabeth Hartman pattern, but doesn’t use her signature “stitch and flip” technique.
    
    
    
17. Lastly, her Cosmic Crush quilt by Modernly Morgan.
    
    
    
18. Chelsea showed us her Iconic quilt by Lella Boutique. This is a great pattern for a layer cake.
    
    
    
19. Rene showed her On the Road VW bus quilt! She changed the central heart into the VW logo.
    
    
    
20. Maura showed us four quilts. First, an economy block quilt she made with firefighter fabrics.
    
    
    
21. And an HST star quilt.
    
22. And a improv curve quilt using Winterglow fabrics.
    
    
    
23. And lastly, a scrappy economy block quilt.
    
    
    
24. Robin showed us a charity quilt she made with Red Sox fabrics using Chain Reaction quilt pattern from Donna Robertson's Modern Views with 3-Yard Quilts book. This was one of her WIPs!
    
    
    
25. Brenda showed us her variation on the Modern Fans quilt by Suzy Quilts.
    
    
    

Please note that when we were adding links to raffle prizes and quilt patterns and books, we tried to link them directly to the pattern or book designers’ webpages, but sometimes we couldn’t find the original sources and put links to popular online commerce sites that carry these products. We are not endorsing any particular commerce sites – most items can be found from multiple sources.