Sunday, March 30, 2014

March 25 meeting minutes


Business

There were 15 members in attendance and one visitor.  Welcome Robbin.

Phoebe, President, opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. 

Our guest Robbin Golden gave us additional information about making quilts for the Royal Family Kids Camp, a camp for foster kids ages 7-1.  Quilts should be throw size 50” x 60”.  Gender neutral works, since they will not know the number of boys or girls attending this summer in June.  Robbin thanked us for helping to make these quilts because in the past she made them by herself.

Becky is in the need for scraps of solids/batiks/tone on tone any size to use in abstract landscapes.  She will donate $5 per scrap bag, up to a $100 donation towards the guild Charity projects for the upcoming year.

Program

Phoebe and Geri have been talking about us making a group quilt to enter into QuiltCon 2015.  Our program tonight was to brainstorm about what to make.  After much discussion, we decided to make a Charleston based group quilt using pictures and words:


Charleston Block Ideas
Assigned to
Block

Assigned to
Block
Alice
Turtle

Lynn
Church/stained glass
Amy
shape of SC

Phoebe
rainbow row
Amy
Chucktown

Phoebe
bridge
Becky
beach umbrella

Susan
sail boat
Cathy
carriage

Tamie
Ya'll
Cathy
light house

Tamie
sweet grass
Jackie
sweet tea

Whitner
gates
Jackie
palmetto

Whitner
live oak
Juanita
dolphin


cocktails
Juanita
crab


Hunley
Kelly
steeples


Ft. Sumter
Kelly
ghosts


old Citadel
Keri
pluff mud


magnolia
Keri
Yorktown


flip flops
Kim
humidity


edge of America
Kim
shrimp


Kim
holy city



Linda
Marsh




If you think of anything else related to Charleston let’s add it to the list.  Members at the meeting picked blocks and we left some for those who could make it tonight.  Let us know which blocks you want and we will update our list.  Phoebe will look into Kona Cotton fabric for us; we decided to use our guild colors with the addition of greens.  There will be a more detailed email concerning the fabric.   Deadline to finish the block will be May 17, 2014 (Sew Day). 

Swaps:  We started our Modern Block of the Month.  We completed 19 blocks of Modern Movement Block by Letty at Happy Dance Quilting. We are expecting a few more and might have enough to make 2 quilts for our Charity project.

Our next sew day will be April 12.  PLEASE NOTE:  This is a change as Easter weekend is the 3rd weekend of the month.  The change has also been announced on Facebook.

Thank you to Linda for donating 25 yards of batting she purchased at Tuesday Morning last fall.  We'll be putting this to good use in many many charity quilts to come!

Show & Tell

·       Whitner - a newly finished baby quilt for a friend and quilted by Geri


·       Kim - Books:  Vintage Quilt Revival, by Katie Clark Blakesley, Lee Heinrich, & Faith Jones, and the Missouri Star Quilt Co. Block magazine.

·       Becky- 2 quilts.  The first quilt was inspired by a Yoshiko Jenzenji pattern.  The second is our first donation for Royal Family Kids Camp!  Thanks Becky!


·       Juanita - a quilt she made from fabrics purchased on a road trip
·      Keri - Hexagon project in progress

·       Lynn - two quilts.  The design of the first quilt shown below was laid out by her sons!  Future quilters or artists maybe?  Talented boys!


·       Tamie- scrap bucket on right, zipper pouch & embroidery class sample


·       Phoebe - rainbow scrap bucket (above) & a machine cover for her Singer Featherweight, lovingly named Cora


We had a great show and tell.  Thanks to all who contributed and make sure to bring new items next month.

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 6:30pm at the Heritage Trust Bank at 847 Coleman Blvd.



Mark your Calendars
April 12, 2014                Sew In Day at the Heritage Trust Bank at 847 Coleman Blvd (verify this date)
April 22, 2014                Our next meeting will be at the Heritage Trust Bank at 847 Coleman Blvd.
May 13, 2014                 Rachael May, author of “Quilting with a Modern Slant” will be at our meeting
May 15, 2014                 Quilt Con 2015 course catalog released
May 17, 2014                 Charleston Group Quilt blocks due at our Sew in Day
June 24, 2014                 Members can register for QuiltCon 2015
September 20, 2014         Sew Day with Jennifer Ley (Free Motion Quilting class) at 847 Coleman Blvd.
February 19-21, 2015       QuiltCon 2015 in Austin, Texas


Bring to the April Meeting

Name tag
Quilts for the Royal Family Kids Camp
Show and Tell Items
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