JANUARY 2024 MEETING MINUTES

Business:        New 2024 Officers: Jean Craig, President; Stephanie Cheng, VP; Phoebe Harrell, Treasurer; Corinne Appleton, Secretary.  New President Jean Craig opened the meeting with introductions all around.  

Cobblestone Quilt Show Details point of contact is Linda Ambrose. Linda distributed Cobblestone Quilt Guild membership forms for those who wish to join our sister guild. Cobblestone meetings are the 2^nd Saturday of month and meet at Yeaman’s Park Presbyterian Church in Hanahan. The Cobblestone Quilt Show is March 15 & 16, 2024 at the North Charleston Athletic Center, 5749 Casper Padgett Way. Charleston MQG will enter the Series Quilts, the Eyes Exhibit and the Barn Quilt Challenge quilts.  Barn Quilts should be brought to the Feb. meeting and turned in for the show. Linda gave instructions about turning in quilts. 

Jean demonstrated the blog and where to read the monthly meeting minutes and how to find posted documents. It’s recommended for everyone to log in at least once a month to keep up with activities. We also have a Charleston Modern Quilt Guild Facebook and Instagram pages.

Program / Challenges:   The Series challenge was the Program tonight as all participants displayed their 3 quilts.  

The Red and White Unleashed Challenge is due at the March 26 meeting.

Rick Sanchez and Kim McPeake agreed to Co-chair the Challenges/Swaps committee for 2024.

We still need a Special Events Chair and committee.

Sew Days:       Sew Days are the 3^rd Saturday of the month, usually held at Five Eighth Seams, 9:30-12:30. Cathy Beemer will feature “strippers’ – ideas to use scraps in strips for improv quilting.  Bring solid color scraps. 

The Carolyn Friedlander zipper pouch class participants displayed their pouches from the previous weekend class.

Charity:          Bring in fabric to donate for making charity quilts, as well as make pillowcases.  40x60 size is preferred. See Kate Weston for details.  Suzy shared a sweet video of the schoolchildren receiving their handmade stockings and goodies and thanked everyone who donated Christmas stockings and candy for the elementary school gifting last December. 

Show & Tell: 5 members participated in Show and Tell tonight with 11 quilts shared. 

Amy was presented with her quilt gift that most everyone helped assemble in appreciation for her hard work and dedication as the 2023 CMQG President. 

Events & Dates to remember:

·       February meeting 2/27. Committee sign ups.

·       March – sew day 3/16; Remembrance Project is the program and Red & White quilt challenge due at 3/26 meeting.  Quilters of SC annual meeting 3/8-10. Cobblestone Quilt Show and setup/takedown 3/14-16.

·       Late Spring – Trash to Treasures Swap/Shop – gather and bring your craft accessories,supplies, etc. to contribute. $10 to participate.

JANUARY 2024 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

 Jean Craig, new CMQG President, opened the meeting. In attendance were: Jean Craig, Kerry Bevers (Programs),  Stephanie Cheng (VP), Corinne Appleton (Secretary), Phoebe Harrell (Treasurer), Kate Weston (Charity), and Linda Ambrose. 

Jean stated that we still had openings for Swaps and Challenges and Special Events Committee Chairs.  She’ll solicit volunteers for these committee chairs from membership during the following meeting.

Phoebe, Amy and Susan are the new Quilt Camp committee. They are still taking registrations but that will close shortly.

After some discussion, it was agreed that the annual events & meetings calendar and the updated by-laws will be posted to the blog by Phoebe.  Jean will ask Karyn Iserman if she will again host the Guild Christmas party at her home on December 8, 2024. Also, ask Cathy Beemer to schedule Sew Days in September and November.

Linda Ambrose answered questions regarding the Charleston MQG Sister membership with Cobblestone Quilt Guild and clarified what the means in terms of participating in Cobblestone Quilt Guild’s upcoming quilt show and monthly activities. The Series Challenge quilts, Eyes Exhibit, and Barn Quilts Challenge will be entered by Charleston MQG. Individual members may register quilts for a discounted fee. Linda will solicit members to volunteer at the show. 

National Modern Quilt Guild dues are due on March 31; Phoebe is waiting to see how many members renew or join prior to that date.  Membership dues are based on number of local members and over 45 (where we are currently hovering) jumps from approximately $700 to $900.

Phoebe distributed the proposed 2024 budget with 2023 budget for comparison.  After some discussion, amounts budgeted for programs and events were more evenly distributed. The 2024 budget was approved.

It was decided that no membership committee is necessary this year and that the VP will monitor membership and Kim McPeake will continue to update and issue the membership Directory.

Programs need to be preapproved by the Exec Committee if there are expenditures.

Charity – the Christmas Stocking donations are funded by proceeds from the raffle and yard sale.