January 2017 meeting minutes

Meeting was opened by Lynn and we all introduced ourselves to our many visitors.

NEW BUSINESS

Board was nominated and elected for 2017. 

·      President – Lynn Crymes

·      Vice President – Phoebe Harrell

·      Secretary – Whitner Kane

·      Treasurer – Tamie Herin

We also selected committee heads and members selected committees on which to serve for 2017. 

·      Programs and Special Events – Geri Smith

·      Community Service – Sandy Goodwin

·      Swaps and Challenges – Cheryl Rivenbark

Breakdown of committees from last year –

·      Swaps and Challenges – Kim and Alice did a great job.  The entire year was very well planned and members were well informed about upcoming swaps.  Kim asked members to fill out a questionnaire and WIP list at the beginning of the year.  Throughout the year, progress was tracked and a drawing was held from the names of all that participated.  Geri won a $25 gift certificate to Stitch & Sew.  Kim also made a gift for each member of a tin box with the guild logo.  Inside the box was a magnet holding a needle.  THANKS KIM!!  WE LOVE YA!

·      Community Service – Geri organized several group quilts this year.  Over the summer we made a quilt that was donated to family members from the shootings in Orlando at the Pulse nightclub.  Our group got together to improve piece strips of color and then grey fabric with hearts cut out was attached to the top of the rainbow pieced strips.  We also made a quilt for the QuiltCon East 2017 challenge presented by the Modern Quilt Guild.  The quilt design was suggested by Whitner Kane and was pieced by several members at a Saturday sew day.  Quilt was quilted by Marybeth and bound by Kim.  Geri started a catalog of quilts available for charitable donation.

·      Programs and Special Events – Lynn coordinated two classes by Latifah Saafir where she taught her bias tape quilt and the Molehills quilt.  We also had monthly sew days that alternated between open sew days and specific projects.  These will continue in 2017 at Five Eighth Seams. 

Announcements –

·      Sew days will be the third Saturday of each month.  The next will be on 2/18 and will be held at Five Eighth Seams.  This will be an open sew day so bring whatever project you’re working on. 

·      QuiltCon East is being held in Savannah from Feb 23 – 26.  Make plans to go!!

·      There are two local exhibits of interest. There is an exhibit of Gees Bend quilts through April 23^rd  in Myrtle Beach at the Burroughs and Chapin Art Musuem.  http://myrtlebeachartmuseum.org/art-exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/gees-bend-quilts-prints/  There is also an exhibition of story quilts and fabric collages called “Shine on, Gullah.  Shine on.” at Brookgreen Gardens in Myrtle Beach through March 12^th.  http://www.brookgreen.org/calendar_jan.html

·      Penland School of Crafts in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina is offering workshops this summer with Sherry Lynn Wood and Natalie Chanin.  Information can be found on their website.  http://penland.org/index.html

Show and tell –

Cheryl brought a sweet baby quilt she made from charm squares.

Sandy showed a quilt that she designed and taught at a quilt retreat in Kanuga.  Maybe we can convince Sandy to write a pattern/teach a class?

Sandy also showed a sweet baby quilt top she made featuring elephants!

Jenifer made a quilt top in Sandy’s class.

Carol brought this MASSIVE quilt she made from all the green fabrics she had in her stash.

Alice made this gorgeous quilt featuring an appliqued border.  We all want to be Alice. . .

New member Hope made this AMAZING rainbow quilt from a kit she purchased.  (I want one.)

Tamie brought a Swoon quilt she’s been working on for her daughter in college.  We know she'll love it!

Whitner brought a half square triangle quilt top she’s been working on for a friend's little boy.

Phoebe brought a picture of a quilt she made for a friend’s baby due in March.

Renate showed off her fancy flying geese socks.

And a guest - whose name I'm missing! - brought in a beautiful antique family quilt.  

Keep them coming, friends!  We love to see what you've made!

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 28.  We'll recap QuiltCon antics and adventures.  Don't forget to bring your nametag and show and tell!

November 2016 meeting minutes

Members present: Lynn, Phoebe, Whitner, Sandy, Jenifer, Karen, Tamie, Cheryl, Alice, Kelly, Cathy

Upcoming events:

Christmas Party; December 11 at Jenifer’s house

Bring Maker's Mat to swap for your assigned recipient. Sign up sheet will be circulated for potluck.

Our next meeting will be Tuesday,  January 24th.  We'll be holding elections for 2017.  We will also be signing up for committees and choosing committee heads. 

NEWS: our Emmanuel AME quilts will be published in QuiltCon magazine and will be on display at QuiltCon in Savannah, Georgia from Feb 23 - 26.

2017 sew days will be held on the 3rd Saturday of each month at Five Eighth Seams in West Ashley.  First sew day is scheduled for January 21st and will be an open sew day.

Committee heads (to be worked out later)

Programs

Community service

Swaps and challenges

Show and Tell

Lynn: three quilts which had been gifted and lots of knit skirts!

Cheryl: baby quilt top; hexie small quilt; pillow; another hexagon quilt

Kelly: Makers tote by Noodlehead (large size) 

Alice: baby quilt

October 2016 meeting minutes

In attendance: Connie, Whitner, Sandy, Cheryl, Elaine, Carol, Karen, Kathy, Delyne, Alice, Tami, Kim, Amy, Phoebe

Phoebe welcomed the group.

Charity

Phoebe told the group about the charity quilt for Quiltcon 2017.  The group worked on an improv log cabin at 5/8^th seams for the Quiltcon Challenge play on scale.  The quilt top was completed at that sew day. 

Scraps from the Pulse quilt were brought in and everyone was asked to use them for log cabin blocks that will go into charity quilts for Magdalene House. 

News

Next meeting is Wednesday November 16^th, same place and same time, but the date was changed due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Elections will take place at the January meeting, so please think about if you want to be on the board or not.

The next Sew Day will be November 12^th and is an Open Sew Day.

The Cobblestone Guild invited us to do a presentation on modern quilts for their guild which will include a trunk show on January 12^th. 

Our Holiday Party will be Sunday December 11^th from 2pm-4pm at Jennifer Lake’s house.  There will be a signup sheet for food soon.

Show and Tell

Phoebe wore a new handmade wardrobe piece, the Sailor Top.  She highly recommends that you take the Creativebug class for this top.  She said it was a great video and was very helpful.  She mentioned that it is only $5 a month to use Creativebug and that there are many great classes.  Phoebe also shared a nine patch quilt she made with feed sacks that she quilted using Jen Kingwell’s “x” quilting technique.  She found her feed sacks from Darlene Zimmerman (http://feedsacklady.com/).

Connie shared a stunning rainbow strip quilt she made as well as a pinwheel quilt.

Whitner showed half of a star quilt top that she is working on.

Sandy made a beachy turning twenty quilt for a friend.

Cathy shared a Sugar Block Club block she finished.

Alice made a Carolina Baby Quilt using small bricks and two baby quilts using strips.   She also showed her hand pieced hexie quilt which was hand quilted.  The binding was done with hexies that were whipstitched together.