October 2018 Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes

Meeting Information -Monthly Meeting

Date: October 18, 2018

Location: Primitive Gatherings, Murrieta, CA          Time: 6:30 PM

Attendees: 8 Members, 2 Guests

Board Members Present: Jan Prytz, President; Jessica Rittgarn, Vice President of Meetings; Madelynn MacRunnel, Treasurer; Taylor Darby, Secretary; Susan Long, Vice President of Charity Projects; Angelica Jones, Vice President of Social Media

Board Member Absent: None

Meeting Discussion

1. Jan Prytz, the President, informed the group of the following:
1. Dues for 2019 are due at the January meeting and they will be increased to:
1. $40 for an annual membership
2. $25 for late memberships (registered after June)
2. Please nominate board members for next year if you’d like
1. We will present the nominees to the guild at the November meeting and vote at the December meeting
3. The last day to turn in the charity quilt to Susan in at the November meeting.
4. Next board meeting is on November 8th at 8-bit Brewery, and the next guild meeting is November 15th.
2. Treasurer’s Report: The account balance as of as of October 11th, 2018 was $1051.10.
3. Jessica Rittgarn, the Vice President of Meetings, informed the group of the following:
1. Our charity quilt sew-in will be November 4th, 2018
4. Raffle Ticket WINNERS:
1. Nancy: The Men Behind the Quilts calendar
2. Linda: Fat Quarter Fabric Bundle
3. Susan: 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 – showed us her jellyroll race quilt finished.  It looks like an abstract landscape painting. Jan will be donating it to our guild.

2. Nancy and Jan – did a two-color quilt challenge together.  Jan pieced and Nancy quilted. This quilt will be entered into the MQG 2019 two-color quilt challenge.
3. Nancy – showed us her butterfly block of the month.
4. Madelynn – showed us her butterfly block of the month for September and the charity quilt she finished and donated this month
5. Debbie – showed us a quilt she made from a quilt kit she found at Needle and a Fabric Stash.  The pattern called for curved piecing and paper piecing, but she found a way to avoid paper piecing using applique instead.
6. Linda – showed us a quilt she made using salvaged strips from her friend in Oregon.  She was able to make a VERY large king-sized, Christmas-colored, log cabin quilt.

Presentations

1. BOM is the August block of the month from Boulder Modern Quilt Guild:  See the TVMQG Blog for the pattern.  
1. ACTION ITEM: All members are requested to bring in the BOM for next month’s meeting.
2. REMINDER: instructions are up on the blog.
2. Linda gave a presentation on two-fabric applique
1. Originated in Hawaii by Nancy Lee Chong, and evolved into a larger international company called Pacific Rim Quilt Company (www.prqc.com)
2. Linda advises to:
1. choose colors of fabric with a nice contrast.
2. choose a marking tool in a color that shows up well.
3. recently bought a Caterpillar Glow flat lightbox to make tracing the pattern easier.
4. Linda likes using “straw” needle to applique.
5. Linda uses a toothpick to turn tight corners.
6. Use fray check if needed.
3. Steps:
1. Layout fabric onto the pattern and pin.
2. Set up your lightbox configuration and lay fabric/pattern on lightbox workspace.
3. Draw pattern lines onto fabric moving the fabric over the light source as needed.
• Make sure to transfer any markings on the pattern that indicate instructions.
• Mark which sections will end up being cut out and thrown away.
4. Remove fabric from pattern and place marked fabric onto background fabric and baste generously throughout the piece.

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 November meeting at the latest.
2. Bring nominations to the November guild meeting