At our April general meeting:

• Our freebie table continues, and was a big success! There were some really covetable scraps brought and adopted (sparkly Kokka skulls, hehehe)!
• We collected blocks for our guild quilt, and they were amazing. The guild quilt blocks deadline has been extended to May 9th at 1pm, and can be dropped off at the sew-in that day.
• We reminded everyone that blocks for our Wounded Warriors charity quilt are due at the May 20th general meeting.
• Mai did an awesome Instagram 101 presentation.
• Megan wowed us with her improv curves presentation.
• We gave another QuiltCon goodies door prize away!

Our guild quilt is going to be gorgeous — just look at these wonderful blocks!

Mai’s Instagram 101 presentation was adorably low-tech. 😀 Everyone loved it and learned a lot!

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Megan’s improv presentation was so inspiring that afterwards, some members were talking about using the technique for our next quilt block.

During show and tell, resident machine Jackie shared the photo quilt she was working on for her friend.

And finally, Sarah showed us the ADORABLE smocked baby dress her mom made. 🙂

At our March general meeting:

• We had our first freebie table! We’ll have this at all future meetings, as well. People took home some excellent goodies!
• We announced our upcoming events, including a May sew-in.
• We also announced our first charity quilt for the year and formed a charity quilt committee. We’ll be making up 12.5″ unfinished red, white, and blue blocks (any pattern) into a quilt to donate to Wounded Warriors. In order to be able to present it in July, charity blocks will be collected at the May general meeting.
• Sarah T. did a wonderful QuiltCon recap!
• We gave away a bag of some QuiltCon goodies that Sarah brought back!

Show and tell was amazing, as usual! People kept grumbling about having to follow the last beautiful quilt, but theirs were always also wonderful!

Trinia brought her finished Hexie Framed quilt, which she pattern tested!

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Jackie (The Machine) showed her in-progress Fletcher quilt. You should have heard the collective gasp when we found out that she did all of that straight-line quilting without a walking foot! :D:D

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Nancy F shared her adorable chocolate heart quilt — the bottom right bit is cross-stitched and the quilting is so clever!

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Megan brought her perfectly pieced Harry Potter-themed baby quilt top. What a lucky nephew!

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Our February general meeting was on 2/18, and the exciting news was that we received our membership cards and adorable pins from the national MQG!

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Now we can really make use of the discounts some awesome local businesses have given us:

• Hidden Yardage: 20% off purchase
• New Home Sewing Center: 15% off Janome accessories, 15% off thread

We also discussed:

• March’s weekday sew-in
• Future general meeting dates: 3/18, 4/15
• Bonnie bucket bag sewalong finishes will be shared at March’s general meeting
• Guild quilt blocks will be collected at April’s general meeting
• Treasurer’s report

And some show and tell items were shared. 🙂

Trinia made a lovely Flyaway baby quilt.

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Ronnie was almost finished with her amazing Preppy Knee Socks quilt.

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And her backing was fabulous!

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January’s general meeting was a great kickoff for the new year! We discussed our:

• Bonnie Bucket Bag sewalong
• guild quilt challenge
• upcoming weekday sew-in in March

Everyone’s show and tell items were amazing!

Val and Norine made a beautiful Swoon for their friend.

Val also made a fun Road to Hana quilt.

Trinia made her husband his own Ten Squared Too quilt!

Nancy and her family made this absolutely beautiful Starshine quilt for their mom. Her husband quilted it!

Amber showed us her adorable improv baby quilt top…

… and also a totally covetable Cotton & Steel patchwork quilt top.

Alli made a scrappy Hazel Hedgehog quilt.

Sue made an all-solids Follow the Trail quilt.

Jackie made a beautiful Ethel and this “Drinks on the” Patio quilt out of novelty whiskey fabric for her dad. 😀

Norine had so many quilts to share! A block challenge quilt…

… a colorful mystery quilt…

… and a nifty exploding pineapples quilt.

Everyone made amazing things! 🙂