July meeting show and tell

Hi everyone,

what a great meeting we had on Saturday!!
Lots of business done, great to chat with everyone and of course, a fabulous show and tell too - way to go WNY MQG! :)
For all of you who couldn't come this time, here are meeting minutes to keep you up to date, courtesy of our wonderful secretary, Anne:
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WNYMQG Meeting Minutes - July 2013

Present: Rebecca, Stephanie, Anne, Kim, Rosellen, Robi, Marija. (@ Amherst Library)

Show and tell:          -Some name tags were completed, others in process. 

-Based on quilts shown by this group, we should have at least a dozen quilts/quilt tops to show at the Amherst Quilt Guild meeting, if not more.  Great work!        

-Check out Rebecca’s blog for her tote bag patterns!

Amherst Quilt Guild:  - Rebecca has outline for Amherst Quilt Guild presentation. (Thank you!)  (Thursday, August 15^th, 2013. This will replace our August meeting. The WNYMQG board members will meet before/after.)

Elmwood Village:      -In theory, we are interested in exhibiting here at some point, but right now we don’t have enough finished work.  Anne will call Sandy and discuss/thank her and postpone.

MQG National Membership:  -Rebecca reviewed the membership requirements and by-laws, which were voted upon and adopted.  Rebecca has secured an EIN.  It was voted upon and agreed to increase dues to $25 / year so that we can cover costs for National Membership; current members to pay $15 difference and new members to pay $25.  Stephanie will collect dues and also look into getting a P.O. Box # and bank account (vs. just the paypal account)

                             -Officers will have 2 year term, with terms to be staggered.

                             -Board members to have a 3 year term.

                             -The by-laws as provided by the national MQG are good, general guidelines which can be tweaked later as our guild grows.

                             -Items required for National Membership:

                                      -EIN, Financial statement, by-laws/501c3 info, names of officers and positions, membership roster.

Challenges:              -Cut your “special” fabric and begin making it into something! (Stephanie, Anne, and Rebecca…anybody else?) J

                             -There is a double wedding-ring challenge

                             -Art Field trip to be planned by Anne…info to follow.

Schedule:                -The board will plan the dates and times of the next several meetings to attempt to maximize attendance/membership and to allow members to plan.  We will do a mix of days, times, places as discussed.

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Now that you are updated on all news and business side of things, all that remains is to show you some fabulous show and tell that we had:
Stephanie was first with this beautiful work in progress:

I just love this color combo of red, pink, white and gray!
Here is her son's quilt that he let her borrow for this occasion:

And great quilting on it with lots of different color threads:

Stephanie's ultimate scrappy quilt:

Kimberly brought lots of her lovely work too:
Here is the top started in Jackie Gering's workshop:

Some cute clutches and a zipper pouch:

A colorful improvisational Log cabin:

A lovely Pinwheels and Prairie Points:

And an Earth tone beauty:

 That will have a fabulous back too:

 Here is Rosellen's latest creation:

And fabulous quilting on it too:

Here is Robi - The Scrapmaster! :)  with her Crumb quilt:

Fabulous, right?
Robi also loves miniature size scraps - and can use them too! Look at this red beauty:

Here is Robi's quilt that uses classic pattern with modern colors and fabrics:

Then it was Anne's turn to leave us all in awe!
Here is Anne's very first quilt:

 Here is one of her latest projects, started in Jackie Gering's class:

And there is lots of fabulous ones in between:
Quilt started in Nancy Crow's workshop

Quilt with beautiful hand-quilting

Lots of fabulous strip-piecing:

Last but not least, our President, Rebecca had some lovelies to show!
Look at that masterful paper-piecing!

Oh and it has zipper pockets inside too:

Rebecca is also working on an original pattern for a great fold-over tote:

And on finishing her Name Tag for our Name Tag Challenge:

Speaking of Name Tags - how is everyone doing on that? How about a big show of them at our next meeting? Specially since we will be presenting our new group at the Amherst Museum Quilt Guild - let's do it! :)

Also speaking of CHALLENGE - there is another one coming ladies! Stay tuned for the next blog post (right after I finish this one! :)  ) about the Double Wedding Ring Challenge that we should all do together!
Happy Monday to you all and a fabulous week ahead,
Marija