ornament swap

Wow, I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving! Which means our December meeting is coming up QUICK! Which means we all need to get hopping and make some fun ornaments to swap. Have you started yours yet? Confession: I have NOT! I have been collecting some ideas on my pinterest board which I'm happy to share with you.

You can make any kind of ornament you want! As long as it's something awesome that you would be happy to receive yourself. Here's one I made last year:

 and another (which may or may not be the one I swapped at guild?)

 As you can see, my go-to ornament making material is wool felt. One year I had quite an ornament making factory going on....

I can't wait to see what all of you come up with for the swap! Heck, I can't wait to see what I come up with! HA! Happy Ornament Crafting to you all!

November Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes of the meeting of 4^th of November 2014

The meeting was called to order by President Sarah Huechteman on time.

 4 Visitors and 28 members were in attendance.

Committee Reports

Welcomed and performed introductions of guests.  Advised that last month’s minutes have been posted on the website.

Treasury report was given by Sherrie. We now have 36 paying members in our guild and will have to pay the MQG dues of $900 next month.

Charity blocks were collected. This past Sunday was charity sew day.  Charity quilt kits were made and offered up for people to take home to complete. Asked for yardage donation that is bright and modern. Advised group of the criteria of charity blocks. Blocks should finish at an even number.  Bring five blocks for charity and you will get a ticket to enter into a drawing.  Drawing occurred and Kristi won.

  

No new name tags.

  

Looking for entrants for Bee #3.  Revealed this month’s bee blocks. Contact Allyson if interested.

T-shirt design contest occurred. 8 entries.  Voting commenced.  Allyson won with design #7 and will receive a free Tshirt.

  

Nominating committee is looking for volunteers for VP of Communications and Treasurer. Contact Martha if interested.

New Business

Program: 4 Demos were done.

Quilted basket challenge reveal occurred.

Next month’s challenge was presented by Ellyn:  Next month’s swap will be an ornament swap.  Must be handmade and something you would like to receive. (Does NOT have to be quilted.)

Mini quilt for quiltcon challenge.  Stitched with Love now carries a bundle for the mini quilt.  18” x24” quilt, due by next meeting and vote will occur.  Winner will have the mini quilt hang at quiltcon.  No additional fabrics may be used.  Use only the required fabrics.

Show and tell occurred.

December’s meeting will be a potluck and party

Discussed bee and the blocks that were brought in.  Signups are available to start another bee group, Contact Allyson.

Fun sewing day for the guild. December 7, 1 pm – 6 pm at Stitched with Love.  Sit and sew whatever you want and stay however long or short you want to stay.  No need to sign up.

Birthday certificates were distributed

Show and Tell occurred

Door Prize raffle occurred

Next Meeting at 6:30 on December 2nd

Meeting was adjourned timely

Things to bring to December’s Meeting:

·      Handmade ornament

·      Any fabric to be donated to community service

·      Community Service blocks

  

·      Snack or appetizer for pot luck

·      MQG Mini Quilt for contest

·      Finished community service quilt

Items, Blogs, and other interesting items mentioned:

N/A

Meeting Minutes - October 7, 2014

Meeting Minutes of the meeting of 7^th of October 2014

The meeting was called to order by President Sarah Huechteman on time.

 7 Visitors and 3 new members were in attendance.

Committee Reports

Welcomed and performed introductions of guests.  Advised that last month’s minutes have been posted on the website. Treasury report will be posted on the blog soon. Treasury report was given by Sherrie. Community service and charity blocks were collected.  Advised group of the criteria of charity blocks. Blocks should finish at an even number. Bring five blocks for charity and you will get a ticket to enter into a drawing.  Almost have 10 quilts ready to donate to Alberta’s Hope.

New Business

Program:  Jesse presented a Powerpoint Presentation on the Moda Bake Shop.  A trunk show of various items from the Bake Shop were shown.  Moda generously donated a charm pack for members of the guild.  If a member brings back a project that they have made from a tutorial on Moda Bake Shop using their charm pack, they will receive an extra door prize ticket.

Scrap Basket Swap was explained and those that are participating exchange their scraps.  You must bring your completed basket to the November meeting to reveal to your partner.  It is customary to include an extra “treat” with your item.  If you cannot attend the meeting, please drop off your basket prior to the meeting.

In November, there will be a demo night.  Still looking for volunteers to demo small items for holidays or gifting.  If you volunteer, please have a handout typed up and ready for a reference guide.  If you want to volunteer, please email Jessie:  daphne090@aol.com  It will only be a 5 minute presentation.

Discussed bee and the blocks that were brought in.  There has been interest in an additional Modern Bee Swap.  Sign up to join group #3.  Ellyn will get it set up.

T-Shirt Design Challenge was issued to all members.  We are looking to have a t-shirt for our members to purchase so that they may wear at QuiltCon or any other time.  They will be screen printed.  Designs should be emailed to Sarah at sarah.huechteman@yahoo.com.  You may enter more than one design.  Anonymous voting by the membership will take place at the November meeting.

QuiltCon Mini Quilt Challenge was issued to all members.  There will be a booth for all Texas Modern Quilt Guilds at QuiltCon.  Our guild has been asked to donate a mini quilt that will be given away to those attending the show.  Guidelines for the quilt are:  must be 18” x 24”; must be made from QuiltCon Challenge Colors (they will be listed on the blog); must include a 1 ½” hanging sleeve;  deadline is the Dec. 2 meeting.  An anonymous vote will be taken at the December meeting.

Ellyn reported that 8 members participated in the September 25 retreat at Creative Cottage.  Everyone had a great time and lots of projects were completed.

Sarah asked for 3 volunteers to form the nominating committee – must not be interested in holding an elected position.  Martha Wolf, Martha Fipps and Holly Canatelli volunteered.

Show and Tell occurred.

Birthday certificates were distributed.

Door Prize raffle occurred.

Our next meeting will be November 4.

December’s meeting will be a potluck and party with an ornament exchange.

Charity Sewing Day will be Sunday, November 2 from 1:00-6:00 @ SWL.

SewFest Sunday will be Sunday, December 7 from 1:00-6:00 @ SWL.

Meeting was adjourned timely.

Things to bring to November Meeting:

·      Completed Scrap Basket for your partner

·      Any fabric to be donated to community service

·      Community Service blocks. 

Items, Blogs, and other interesting items mentioned:

·      Patchwork Threads

·      Moda Bakeshop

·      Craftsy

·      Chalkboard labels @ Dollar Tree

·      QuiltCon

Who's Ready for a Challenge or Two??

For those members that attended our meeting last week, you heard about the two opportunities for Challenges that we presented.  It was a lot of information to take in that night, so I wanted to post it here so you know all of the details.  And for those members that couldn't attend the meeting, an opportunity to participate too!

T-Shirt Design Challenge

In an effort to help "advertise" our guild to others, members have requested a t-shirt with the guild info on it.  We will be doing a screen printed t-shirt with one or two colors for the print.  We will also choose a V-neck shirt in a bright color (turquoise, lime green, etc).  Your challenge is to submit a design that you would like to see on the shirt - front or back.  It can include our logo or not.  Another idea was to have our hashtag #mckmqg on it it too.  Designs should be submitted to Sarah Huechteman at sarah.huechteman@yahoo.com.  More than one design can be submitted by any member.  An anonymous vote will be taken by the membership at the November 4 meeting.  So get your creative juices flowing!  Questions??  Email Sarah :)

Mini Quilt Challenge

The QuiltCon organizers have requested that all Texas Modern Quilt Guilds participate in an information booth to give people attending QuiltCon information about a Texas guild that is in their area.  We will be submitting an informational flyer to them to hand out.  They would also like each of the Texas guild's to submit a mini quilt that will be given away to a lucky winner.  Attendees will be given a ticket to put in a drawing for one of the seven quilts that will be on display.

So...the challenge to you is this...make a mini quilt that is 18" x 24" and uses the QuiltCon Challenge Colors.  An anonymous vote will be taken by the membership at the December 2 meeting.  You must use the colors that are listed below...you may choose to use all or just a few.  Keep in mind the things that help identify modern quilts - high contrast, improvisational piecing, minimalism, negative space and alternate gridwork. 

Below are the solid colors that should be used.  We have listed three manufacturers and the fabric names.  Just an FYI...Stitched with Love has ordered the Bella Solids and have them already bundle in FQ's for you!  

So, it's up to you.  Get our your design tools and get to sewing!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Any questions, contact Sarah at sarah.huechteman@yahoo.com

let's swap baskets!

Last summer, many of us participated in a basket swap which was tons of fun!

I received these awesome silverware baskets (which are put to good use often. They even came along on the retreat last weekend!)

And gave these nesting baskets....

Everyone enjoyed the swap so much, we thought we'd do it again! The coolest part of the swap is that your partner makes you a basket using your favorite scraps. This way you get something in colors and prints that you love.

At our next meeting, this coming Tuesday evening, please bring a gallon ziploc bag filled with scraps that you would like made into a basket for you. You might want to include one larger piece (a fat quarter?) that your partner can use to line your basket. We will swap bags on Tuesday, then you will have a month to make a fun basket to give back to your partner at the November meeting.

Oh, one more thing.... it is customary (but not required) to fill the basket with goodies before you return it. Chocolate is always welcome, little sewing treats or other goodies as you wish. See you Tuesday!

September Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes of the meeting of 9^th of September 2014

The meeting was called to order by President Sarah Huechteman on time.

 3 Visitors and 22 members were in attendance.

Committee Reports

Welcomed and performed introductions of guests.  

Advised that last month’s minutes have been posted on the website. 

Treasury report will be posted on the blog soon. Treasury report was given by Sherrie. 

Community service and charity blocks were collected.  Advised group of the criteria of charity blocks. Blocks should finish at an even number.  

This upcoming Sunday will be charity quilt sewing day from 1 pm to 6 pm.  

Bring five blocks for charity and you will get a ticket to enter into a drawing.  Drawing occurred and Chris won.

New Business

Program:  Paint chip challenge was revealed.  Everybody showed what they made.

Name tag challenge reveal occurred.  Any new name tag brought in the future will earn an extra door prize ticket as well.

Next month’s challenge was presented by Ellyn:  Basket Swap:  Next month bring a gallon sized bag of scraps from your stash and scraps.  You will fill out a sheet of questions about what kind of basket you want and what you will use your basket for.  Then the scraps will be redistributed and a basket will be made for you using your scraps and brought in the following month.

Next month, Moda Bakeshop will do a presentation.

In November, there will be a demo night.  Looking for 4 – 6 items to demo and people to volunteer to demo small items for holidays or gifting.  If you volunteer, please have a handout typed up and ready for a reference guide.  If you want to volunteer, please email Jessie:  daphne090@aol.com  It will only be a 5 minute presentation.

December’s meeting will be a potluck and party.

Discussed bee and the blocks that were brought in.

Signups are available to start another bee group.

Fun sewing day for the guild. Sunday October 5 and December 7, 1 pm – 6 pm at stitched with love.  Sit and sew whatever you want and stay however long or short you want to stay.  Signup sheet available.

QuiltCon challenges were discussed.  You must sign up yourself on the website.  Panasonic Bias Tape Applique Challenge and Cotton Couture Challenge.

Birthday certificates were distributed.

Show and Tell occurred.

Door Prize raffle occurred.

Next Meeting at 6:30 on October 7th.

Meeting was adjourned timely.

Things to bring to September’s Meeting:

·      Gallon sized bag of scraps.

·      Any fabric to be donated to community service.

·      Community Service blocks.

   

   Items, Blogs, and other interesting items mentioned:

·      Patchwork Threads

·      Moda Bakeshop

·      Sew Together Bag

·      Craftsy

·      Celestial Star @fromblankpages

·      The Social Tote

·      Quick Curve Ruler

·      Schoolhouse Tunic

·      Washi Dress

·      Olive and Ollie

·      Pearl Soho

·      North Texas Fall Shop Hop