Thursday, March 20, 2025

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - February 2025

February 2025

The meeting was held at Maker Works on February 26th with 28 people in attendance and 5 on Zoom! 

Quiltcon: Some members went to QuiltCon and had a great time! They did make and takes, attended lectures, and saw some beautiful quilts!

Events: 

- The Ann Arbor library will be hosting an English Paper piecing class on April 9th from 6-7:30pm! Signups for helping coming soon!

- The Liberty of London fabric was cut! There's still some left! Check your email for an order form.

Round Robin: Want to get involved? Just bring a bag with fabric and some instructions (as specific or non-specific as you like!) and cut on in! It's never too late to join our Round Robin fun! Check our guidelines to see how it works!

Swaps/Challenges:  Modern block raffle! We had so many blocks made!! Thanks to everyone for participating!

CharityContinue to get those charity quilts to Carol and peruse our collection of kits to take home and put together, or make your own! 

Demonstration/Skill Share:  Carol showed us a technique called Bojagi, which is a Korean flat felled seam patchwork technique! Thank you Carol! 

Show and Share:  The Board would like to ask members to limit (if possible) the number of show and shares to no more than 2 quilts. We want to see your work! Don't forget to bring those finishes (and WIPs!) to show off to your quilty pals! Check out all our great shares on Instagram!!

Next meeting: Wednesday, March 26th at Maker Works! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

Next month's swap/challenge: The color palette challenge, due in April! Choose a color pallette from a movie poster, album cover, book cover, or whatever moves you! Then make any project from it! Can't wait to see yours!

Upcoming Events: 

April 9th, 2025 (6-7:30pm) - EPP Class at Ann Arbor Downtown Library