Business – Whitner opened the meeting at 6:40pm, welcoming 24 members (1 new) and 2 visitors who were in town for the AQS Show.
Swaps and Challenges - Thirty quilts were photographed for our Two-Color
Challenge and the submission to AQS for a Special Exhibit at the Charleston
2020 show is on its way. Thanks to Kim
for a great challenge, Connie and Karyn
for photographing our quilts, and
everyone who participated! The guild
will start up with a new round of Swaps and Challenges in 2020.
Charity - On Wed. Sept. 11, four guild members brought their sewing machines and joined the girls at
Florence Crittenton sewing baby blankets.
Connie shared with us the many wonderful experiences the girls have had
gaining confidence with sewing and being able to make something for their
babies. For the Nov. 13 Sew-In, the girls requested their own project - matching fleece beanies for Mom and baby! For a special treat in December, we would like to have guild members make
stockings (10 – 12 needed) and bring in
goodies and items to stuff the stockings with to give the girls. You can use
any pattern you like to make a 12-14 inch stocking and stuffable items can be
brought to the Oct. and Nov. guild meetings.
Sign up with Connie if you would like to make a stocking!
Program – Quilt Fiber Artist Torreah ‘Cookie’ Washington presented
a trunk show of her elaborate fiber art quilts honoring important stories and
people in her life. The quilts she
shared honored Maya Angelou, Stevie
Wonder, Black Madonna and Black Mermaids
and Merwomen. Cookie is an
award-winning master art quilter and curator.
Born in Morocco, Cookie is a fourth
generation textile artist. You can see
her most recent curated exhibit ‘SC
Quilts: Then and Now’ in conjunction with FOLKFabulous at the SC
State Fair in Columbia Oct. 9 - 20, 2019.
On Thursday Oct. 10 you can design a mini fabric mosaic with Cookie from
12 – 6pm.
Show and Tell
Whitner shared a surprise second two color quilt that she finished just in time for photography and submittal. She thanked Hurricane Dorian for giving her the time to get it done.
She also brought in the sweetest baby quilt made for her sister who is expecting her first child.
Karen showed off a sweet little throw she made.
Jean shared a Christmas quilt she made from a block of the month pattern by Figtree.
And the back was just as cute as the front!
Peggy showed off a pillow cover she made from the double wedding ring block she made in out Victoria Findlay Wolfe class.
Other Stuff
· Member Trunk Show Sign-Ups
· CMQG Tote Bags - $30
· Charlotte MQG – Kitty Wilkin (blog = Nightquilter) lecture
10/24 ($10), Paper Piecing Class 10/25
all day, Tiny Piecing 10/26
morning. Contact Loretta at lmls088@yahoo.com if you would like to attend.
Calendar
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Oct. 9:
MQG Webinar: Approaches to Improv
w/Maritza Soto(sotosewn)
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Oct. 22: CMQG meeting
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*Nov. 12: CMQG meeting – early in Nov. due to
Thanksgiving
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Nov. 13: Florence Crittenton
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Nov. 16: Sew Day – Five-Eighth Seams
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Nov. 30: QuiltCON Quilt entry closes
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Dec. 8:
Holiday Party – Lynn C.’s home,
Potluck and gift max.$25
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Feb. 20-23, 2020:
QuiltCON (Austin, TX)
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May 7-9, 2020
MQG Session Workshops- Denver,
CO. Tara Faughan, Sandra Johnson, Riane Morrison, Aneela Hoey,
Brimfield Awakening, Heidi
Parkes. Details released: 11/1 Reg.
opens: 12/1
Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 22nd at 6.30pm at the Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union located at 847 Coleman Blvd in Mt Pleasant. Don't forget to bring your show and tell and your nametag. We'll be making holiday ornaments as our program.
SEE YOU ALL THERE!
