Charleston Modern Quilt Guild
February 25, 2020
Business – Connie opened the meeting at 6:33pm welcoming 28 members, one new member and one visitor.
Small Group Break Outs – We broke up into small groups based on our Mt. Pleasant zip codes (29264, 29465/29466/IOP) or resident towns (West Ashley/James Island/Johns Island, Summerville/North Charleston/Hanahan/Goose Creek) in order to get to know who lives close to each other. In these groups we came up with many ideas for Sew Days and Meeting Programs for the guild that each individual groups will lead. Tamie and Cathy will compile these to get them on the schedule.
Important Dates for March
· March 11 – Florence Crittenton – 6 pm
· March 19 – Station Park Circle – Two-Color Quilt Show with Sip and Shop 6-9pm
· March 21 – Sew Day at Five-Eighth Seams – 9am-3pm
· March 24 - Meeting – Whitner presents Swaps and Challenges, Sign up/Payments for Timna Tarr, Open Show and Tell
Committee Reports
Charity – Committee has several take-home projects for members including blocks for Infants in Need quilts and walker and wheelchair bags. On Wednesday March 11 members can meet at 6pm at Florence Crittenton to sew key-chain chapstick holders with the girls. Please bring a sewing machine if able so more time can be spent sewing. Contact Susan B. for more information and let her know if you will be joining the group.
Membership – Member numbers to report to the MQG are due in March so returning members have been asked to submit payment by the February meeting. Membership will be at the locked door downstairs before each meeting to let members/visitors in and a phone number will be posted on the door at 6:30pm for late arrivals. Kim is collecting updated information for compiling the 2020 Membership Directory and will send it out by email.
Outreach/Special Events – Posters and postcards are circulating around town and social media is being used to advertise our upcoming Two-Color Quilt Exhibit at the Station Park Circle (4610 Spurill Ave., North Charleston). Tell you friends, family, co-workers, neighbors and strangers we will be hosting the Sip and Shop on Thursday March 19 from 6-9pm featuring a live jazz band and light refreshments. Please drop off your quilt with Kim at Wild and Wooly on Wednesdays, Fridays or Saturdays before March 14. If you would like to sell your quilt please provided the price and let Lynn C. know. A crew of volunteers will be working with Lynn C. to hang the quilts Monday – Wednesday, March 16-18. If you would like to help contact Lynn C. The quilts will hang in the shop for two weeks until April 2 and then be taken down and returned to you!
Special Event – Timna Tarr (www.timnatarr.com) will present a trunk show on Friday October 9 which is free for members. She will teach a two-day class Sat. – Sun., Oct. 10-11, combining instruction from her Designing with Flying Colors, Map Quilts and Maps with Fabric classes. Cost is $225 which includes two days of instruction and a catered lunch both days. The lecture and class will be both be held at Hobcaw Creek Plantation, off Longpoint Rd. in Mt. Pleasant. (430 Ansley Ct., Mount Pleasant, SC. 29464). The class is designed for 20 students, but we may be able to accommodate up to 25 depending on interest from our group. Sign-ups and payments will begin at the March 24 meeting (check or cash). You must pay to hold your spot.
Program – QuiltCON 2020 -Austin, TX – Several CMQG members were able to attend this year and Connie presented a slide show of some of the quilts from each category. The categories included:
· Modern Traditionalism- incl -The Takeoff and Landing of Everything (Phoebe)
· Improvisation
· Minimalist Design – incl – Bauhaus Betty (Whitner)
· Use of Negative Space – incl – Electric Hedgehog (Whitner)
· Group or Bee Quilts
· Piecing – incl – Fitting a Square Peg in a Round Hole (Connie)
· Small Quilts
· Applique
· Handwork
· Youth
Challenges included:
· AP&Q Stripes Quilts
· Me+You Indah Batik Fabric Quilts – incl- Paper Pieced Improv (Connie)
· MQG Charity Challenge using Text and Shades of Gray
There were beautiful quilts displaying creativity, collaborations, and skills in every facet of sewing. QuiltCON 2021 will be in Atlanta, GA (Feb. 18-21) so keep that in mind while making your plans for next year! Phoebe is exploring companies that will allow you to put our logo on different garments of your choice (jackets, t-shirts of different styles, colors etc.) so we can spread the word about CMQG when we attend the show in Atlanta!
Other Stuff
· Show and Tell Forms w/Elaine
· Trunk Show sign ups w/Elaine
· Membership Renewals
· Charlotte Modern Quilt Guild – hosting Libs Eliot for lecture and 2 workshops March 26-28. Workshops will be Dynamic Stripes and Weight of Love. $10 for lecture,workshops $90 for each. Contact Jane LeBlanc at 2boyzmom.leblanc@gmail.com
· AQS Quilt Week Paducah Trip planned with Kelly Tours Shane Levy
· Grievence Committee : Alice A., Sandy, Irene
Show and Tell – Brenda, Phoebe, Cathy, Karen W., Alice A., Irene, Casey, Jean and Karen W.
Brenda made this great quilt and titled it " Connected" This is her pattern and a great use of bright colors.
Pheobe was inspired by the Movie "Little Women" so she ran home and whipped this quilt up out of her scraps. What a great quilt that used traditional blocks in a modern design.
Once again Cathy wowed us with a quilt. This one is made with circles and half square triangles.
Karen showed us this great quilt that she made using bright and graphic fabrics, and her use of asymmetry with her design and negative space was great.
Alice wastes no time putting what she learned at QuiltCon into play.
WOW, what a quilt. Irene out did her self with this quilt. She named it " Tooth and Nail" it was a Victoria Findlay Wolfe Pattern. I am sure Victoria would be prod of Irene's work.
Casey made these quilts using scraps from her stash. and the back was improvisational in its design.
Casey made this great quilt featuring a wonderful elephant, this could be a wall hanging or a baby blanket.
Submitted by Elaine Woodward, February 26, 2020
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