Wednesday, April 13, 2011

No Prints Allowed Judges!

Hi everyone,
Jill and Marny of Modern Quilt Relish have agreed to be the judges for our No Prints Allowed Challenge.  Yay!  They are also generously donating a copy of each of their four new patterns as part of our prize.

I hope you all have your creative juices flowing - I can't wait to see what we all come up with.

Debbie

Monday, April 4, 2011

Guild Logos by r0ssie

Thanks so much to r0ssie for the awesome Logos! :)



March Meeting Minutes

ANN ARBOR MODERN QUILT GUILD
Meeting Minutes 3-30-11

INTRODUCTIONS
   •    Attendance – 15 including Monet from Boston Modern Quilt Guild


OLD BUSINESS
Modern Challenge 2
   •    Deadline is 3/31
   •    Possibly 2 entries from guild members
Cathedral Windows Class
   •    Thanks to everyone who helped
   •    Looked at Ginia and LeAnn’s projects
Guild Logos
   •    Rossie created (2) options
   •    “Tree” logo was voted the favorite
   •    Rossie will need names for the cards and will also give Brenda the files for online use.
Kona No Prints Allowed Challenge
   •    Robert Kaufman will give us a guest blog post for our challenge results
   Rules:
   •    Kona solids only
   •    Must use at least 30 of the charms/at least ½ of the charm piece
   •    Up to (3) additional Kona solids can be added
   •    Minimum of 120” outside perimeter
   •    Due date – June meeting
   •    Must be quilted and bound
   •    If not entirely your work, credit must be given
   •    Brenda will email or post the rules
   Prizes
   •    Everyone participating will donate $5 to prize kitty at April meeting
   •    Emily will work with that money and also contact quilt shops for prizes
   •    Rossi will contact a publisher about donating a prize
   •    Emily/Brenda will come up with prize categories
   Judges
   •    Guild vote and judges vote
   •    Debbie will contact Modern Quilt Relish  to see if they will judge
   Photos
   •    Lynn will photograph
   •    Ginia has a stand that can be used if people want to add sleeves
   Charm packs were distributed
   

NEW BUSINESS
   Next meeting Wednesday April 27 at 6:30
   •    Swap will be (3) fat quarters - wrapped
   Toronto MQG members 4/8
   •    Two visitors will be here
   •    Brenda is planning a shop hop and get together at her house
   •    Brenda will email/post all of the information
   Request for T-shirt quilt
   •    Received request on website
   •    Anyone interested can contact Brenda for her info
   •    Rossie suggested that Brenda could tell her to use the etsy Alchemy tool
   Accomplishments!
   •    Debbie and Rossie have patterns coming out in 101 Patchwork Projects by Quilting Arts - April
   •    Debbie also has a quilt in the Paducah show
   Sew-In April 17
   •    No suggestions for theme
   •    Location needed
   •    Brenda will ask at Ann Arbor Sewing Center
   •    Kathy will ask at Quilting Season
   •    Could also be at Brenda’s house
   •    Brenda will email later with arrangements
   Multiple web sites/discussion areas
   •    Discussed how to streamline online presence
   •    Monet says her group struggles with the same issue
   •    Decided that using “webs” site for main page and flickr group for discussions sounds like the easiest solution right now
   •    Rossie will come up with instructions on how to add flickr to RSS feed for next meeting
   •    Brenda will create a Blogger blog for the group setup so that everyone can author

Bring & Brag

Yankee Rug Mug Swap