New Hampshire Modern Quilt Guild
December 12, 2024, General Membership Meeting Recap
This meeting was our Holiday Party! So much delicious food, and a fun Yankee Swap!
The meeting was led by Helen.
There were 39 members in attendance, plus one guest.
Thank you, Sonia, Carol K, and Rene, for attending the door and welcome table!
Thank you to everyone who brought food!
Raffle Winners
Holly won the door prize, a large cutting mat.
Mary Lou won the raffle for the I Heart Ombre Metallic Fat Quarter Bundle by V & Co for Moda.
Stephanie won the raffle for the Studio table from TNT Quilt Boards. This a retreat favorite!
Guild Business
2025 Board Elections
Thank you to all who voted. Helen introduced the new Guild Board of Directors, and the appointed standing Committee chairpeople.
Board of Directors:
President: Helen Labadie (continuing)
Vice-Presidents for Programming/Events: Susan Hardy and Laurie Kofstad (continuing)
Vice-Presidents for Communications: Amanda Ketchersid and Lorri Wurtzler (new)
Treasurer: Sonia Gilmore (new)
Secretary: Mary Lou Soczek (continuing)
Committee Chairpeople:
Retreats: Ophelia (continuing) and Shelly (new)
Charity: Julie and Carol K (continuing)
Hospitality: Mary Ellen (continuing)
Treasurer (Marie)
2025 Membership renewals close tonight. If there are any spots left, membership will be open to people on the wait list.
Secretary (Mary Lou)
Nothing new.
Events and Programming (Laurie K, and Susan H)
The January meeting will focus on sewing with cork fabric. If you have made items with cork, please bring them in.
The February meeting will be our annual Yard Sale. If the meeting needs to be cancelled due to bad weather, the Yard Sale will be in March.
Communications (Brenda and Susie)
Our QuiltCon 2025 Community Outreach challenge quilt: “Modern Strata.” Brenda pieced the books together and delivered the quilt top to Suzie for quilting.
The Modern Quilt Guild has a new pattern “Floating Squares” and posts about minimalism.
Brenda asked members present who have not yet had their pictures taken for the Guild Directory to see her so she could take pictures.
Charity (Leslie, Carol K, and Julie)
We donated 66 quilts in 2023. So far this year, we have donated over 50 quilts. More are being finished this month. One of those in process is a sampler quilt made with blocks members made using the Kona Crush 2023 Color of the Year.
- Our main charity, Sleep in Heavenly Peace, has requested twin size quilts, approximately 60 x 90, with matching pillowcases. They also would appreciate some throw-sized quilts.
Retreats (Ophelia)
Our Spring 2025 retreat will be April 3-6 at the Franciscan Guest House in Kennebunkport, ME. They will be closing indefinitely later in April for major renovations, so we wanted to be sure to get that last available time slot.
Our Fall 2025 Retreat will be Nov 13-16 at the St. Methodios Center in Contoocook, NH.
SHOW AND TELL
Lori Breen told us that the 100+ Women who Care, Southern NH fund-raising group selected Sleep in Heavenly Peace as their 2024 end-of-year charity.
1. Carol K showed three quilts. First, a 3-yard quilt (using the Allure pattern from The Magic of 3 Yard Quilts book by Donna Robertson and Fran Morgan) that Robin made, and Ophelia quilted, for Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
Thank you so much for telling us the names of the quilts and pattern designers for your masterpieces. It makes it easy to compile these Show & Tell notes and serves as a great resource for all of us!
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’ web pages, 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.
Our guild email address is: nhmodernquilt@gmail.com.
See you next month!
--Brenda, Mary Lou, and Susie
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