Meeting Minutes
Meeting Information -Monthly Meeting
Date: July 19, 2018
Location: Primitive Gatherings, Murrieta, CA Time: 6:30 PM
Attendees: 14 Members, 7 Guests
Board Members Present: Jan Prytz, President; Jessica Rittgarn, Vice President of Meetings; Madelynn MacRunnel, Treasurer; Taylor Darby, Secretary; Angelica Jones, Vice President of Social Media; Susan Long, Vice President of Charity Projects
Board Member Absent: none
Meeting Discussion
- Jan Prytz, the President, informed the group of the following:
a. Jessica Rittgarn is in charge of the QuiltCon Charity Quilt Challenge. Look out for details from her regarding sew-in plans.
b. Everyone’s quilted charity quilts need to be turned in next month.
c. We will keep the same block of the month from June/July meeting to be turned in at the August meeting as well.
- Treasurer’s Report: The account balance as of as of July 18th, 2018 was $846. Cash was withdrawn and brought to the meeting to pay any members who finished quilting a charity quilt. The $20 each was meant to pay for the batting.
3. Raffle Ticket WINNERS:
a. Angelica Jones: pattern
b. Madelynn MacRunnel: fat quarter bundle
c. Natalie Pollard: Primitive Gatherings gift card
Show and Tell
Attendees sharing items - All beautiful and creative projects shared! The group enjoyed seeing all them too! See the TVMQG Blog posting for pictures.
1. Jan Prytz – Showed us a pillow from Norway that incorporated folds into the piecing of the pillow top; she also showed us two quilts she made alongside our guild charity quilts using the same blocks and pattern.
2. Colleen – finished a quilt she started back in the days of Flickr, before Instagram. She is thinking about donating it to Quilts of Valor; Finished a clamshell quilt she started at a Latifa Saafir workshop in Santa Cruz. The clamshells were cut out using Latifa’s technique in times before Accuquilt.
3. Susan – made a Patchwork Forest quilt by Amy Smart and a “making faces” mini quilt using instructions found in Melissa Averino’s book Making Faces in Fabric.
4. Jessica – made a quilt from the charm pack she won at one of our meetings.
5. Maritza – made a purple, orange, and black octagon quilt using Accuquilt; she made a pet portrait mini quilt of her dog using a class she found online; she made a little purse using the paper piecing technique and her “add-a-quarter” ruler; she also made a stuffed giraffe mat for her baby grand-daughter to play on.
6. Linda – quilted a Hoffman digital Dream Big panel and loved it so much she bought 7!
7. Nancy – quilted a quilt top pieced by her sister; she told us about a UV light she uses when quilting white fabric using white thread. It makes the thread glow so you can see what you’re doing better.
8. Jan Gates – quilted an orange and teal quilt she calls Sherbet Daisies; she also made two Halloween pumpkin panels
Presentations
- BOM is called “strip-step block”: See the TVMQG Blog for the pattern.
a. ACTION ITEM: All members are requested to bring in the “strip-step block” BOM for next month’s meeting.
b. REMINDER: instructions say use a “scant” quarter inch
2. JELLY ROLL RACE! – Colleen gave a quick tutorial and we were off!
a. See the TVMQG Facebook page and Instagram for some of the members’ finished jelly roll quilts.
Upcoming Meeting and BOM presentations
NOTE: The block can be made in any fabric color desired. The instructions are on the TVMQG Blog. Block needs to be completed to measure 12.5".
- Bring back charity quilts to the August meeting at the latest.
- At the September meeting we will have a guild “yard sale”.
- The charm pack challenge is due at our September meeting.
- Angelica will be presenting paper piecing at our November meeting.
