Business – Whitner opened the
meeting at 6:33pm, welcoming 27 members
and two visitors from Mt. Pleasant.
Committee Reports
Special
Program for 2020
– Timna Tarr has confirmed her trip to Charleston for the weekend of October 9-11,
2020. A Friday evening lecture and Trunk
Show will be followed by a two-day class combining instruction from her Designing
with Flying Colors, Map Quilts and Maps with Fabric classes. The two-day class will accommodate 20-25
students. Stay tuned for sign-up and
venue information!
Charity – CMQG members gave
generously of their time and sewing skills to make Christmas Stockings and
special gifts to stuff the stockings for Florence Crittenton residents. Connie, Sandy and Hope and any members who
can come out plan to give them to the girls when they meet for the November sewing
session (11/13). The guild is providing
materials to make matching fleece beanies for the mom and baby. Thank you for embracing this charity and sharing
with these girls!
Swaps
and Challenges
– The 2019 CMQG Two-Color Challenge has been submitted to AQS. New Swaps and Challenges will be announced in
2020.
Program
for December
– Please join us on Sunday Dec. 8 at 2pm for our Holiday Party at Lynn C.’s
home. Bring a gift to exchange (up to
$25) and either a sweet or savory snack to share (fingerfood). An email will be sent out to sign up for snakes
closer to the date.
November
Program
– Tonight Amy introduced us to Lucy Boston and the art of English Paper Piecing
(EPP). Lucy Boston was a British
children’s author and quilter who combined the designs found in different
fabrics to make her unique ‘Patchwork of the Crosses’ blocks. Amy had many examples of these beautiful
blocks using contemporary fabrics. She
walked us through how to use a bi-fold mirror or open template frame to
audition fabrics and then use a template block to fussy-cut and design our own
blocks. The results were impressive and
she has already inspired many members to give this technique a try!
Looking
Ahead -
New
Officers and Committee Heads will be voted on at the Jan. 28, 2020 meeting. Jenifer (Vice President) and Elaine
(Secretary) will continue in these positions for 2020. In addition to the offices of President and Treasurer, we will need to have Committee Heads for
Programming, Special Events, Community Outreach, Challenges and Swaps, Charity,
Membership and Social Coordinator.
If you are interested in the offices or
heading up any of these committees for 2020 let Whitner know by Dec. 12.
Show
and Tell –
Amy shared her Single Girl quilt designed by Denyse Schmidt.
Cathy brought in another spectacular quilt designed by Victoria Findley Wolfe.
Connie shared a mini quilt that is headed for QuiltCon in Austin!
She also showed this supersized flying geese wall quilt.
Alice brought in a pillowcase she made and inside was tucked...
a Santa quilt for her grandson, Wilson!
Lovely improv log cabin quilt by a mystery maker... (sorry!)
Rick whipped up another amazing large quilt and was shocked when we were surprised at how little time he said it took.
Lynn finished her improv quilt that she began in the Sherri Lynn Wood class.
