July 2018 Meeting Minutes

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

1. 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.

2. Treasurer’s Report: The account balance as of as of July 18^th, 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  Cash was withdrawn and brought to the meeting to pay any members who finished quilting a charity quilt.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

1. 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".  

                 

1. Bring back charity quilts to the August meeting at the latest.
2. At the September meeting we will have a guild “yard sale”.
3. The charm pack challenge is due at our September meeting.
4. Angelica will be presenting paper piecing at our November meeting.