January 14, 2015
Centennial Barn
Secretary Christine Doyle presiding
Business
National Dues:
The national Modern Quilt Guild dues were due this month. As you may recall, we
joined in July of last year and paid for half the year. Now our dues will
need to be paid in January. Michelle has paid based on our December membership.
Guild Dues:
Normally, we would begin collecting our guild dues in February, but because the
national guild dues needed to be paid, we are starting our dues collection
early. Dues are $40 per year. With that money we pay the national guild and
fund projects here in our own guild. If you did not pay at the January meeting,
please bring a check or cash to the February meeting.
Guild Elections:
At the February meeting, we will be electing officers for 2015. There's still
time to sign up, if you're interested in running. Just e-mail Michelle. The
positions available are President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and
Member-At-Large.
Charity Update:
Ellen is working on finding a children's charity to which we can donate quilts.
The Homeward Bound organization at the Brighton Center in Northern Kentucky
suggested we contact the Children's Home of Northern Kentucky, which Ellen will
do next.
FAB Collective:
Susan Austin told us about a new group forming at the Barn in Mariemont. It's
the Fiber Arts at the Barn Collective, and Susan is in charge of finding
instructors to teach fiber arts classes. There will also be regular meet-ups
for fiber arts enthusiasts. To learn more, contact Susan at
FABulousfibers2015@gmail.com
or check out
artatthebarn.org.
February Meeting: For the guild challenge, make a name tag if you haven't done so yet. The meeting will be Wednesday, February 11, at 7pm at the Centennial Barn.
Round Robin
This
month starts the next session of Round Robin quilts. For those of you not
familiar with these, whoever wants to participate brings a starter block. This
starter block gets passed around to other members of the team who make a block
to go with that starter block. Each team member has two months to make that
block, which then gets brought to a meeting and gets passed to someone else on
the team. The person who initiated the block can include fabric they want the
team members to use or list guidelines they'd like the team to follow.
Here are some photos from the first round:
Show and Tell
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| Robin made this Christmas Swoon quilt in time for the holidays. |
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| The back of Robin's Christmas quilt. |
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| Carolyn found this book at the library and is really liking the comparisons between traditional quilts and modern quilts. |
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| Lesley made this quilt for the grandchild of a friend. |
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| The back of Lesley's quilt. |
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| Annie worked on this charity quilt using donated fabrics. |
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| The back of the charity quilt. |
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| Abby made this for a mini quilt swap. |
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| Brooke made this for the same mini quilt swap. |
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| The back of Brooke's swap quilt. |
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| Carrie's mini quilt for the same swap. |
