February 2023 Meeting Recap

The Corvallis Modern Quilt Guild (CMQG) Monthly Meeting was a hybrid meeting via Zoom and in-person at the Corvallis Community Center. It started at 7pm, Feb 9, 2023, with Camille & Diana presiding. There were 20 in-person attendees and seven Zoom attendees.

Program: Susan C demonstrated how to finish a quilt with a facing instead of a binding. This technique has the advantage of creating a clean edge, one where the design goes to the edge of the quilt instead of having the narrow frame that a binding creates. Susan gave a great demonstration; she made it look easy.

Membership: Pattie reported that renewals for 2023 end on February 25th. All members attending have renewed: thank you!

Community Project: Janet shared the donated quilts that people had made for the Unity women’s shelter. We will be sewing Sew Powerful Purses for the first group donation project. The purses will be collected by April 1st. There are free patterns to download for the purses. Janet will be sending an email with further information.

Name Tags: In the past we’ve used stick-on/throw away name tags. While we still have those available, we encourage people to bring their own name tags. Those who do get to put two tickets into the raffle drawing.

Mar 9 Meeting: We will have demonstrations of three hand sewing techniques, Boro, Sashiko, and Slow Stitching.

April Meeting: Libs Elliott from Toronto, Canada will be our guest speaker, via Zoom. Libs creates quilts and patterns using generative software. Learn about her at her website libselliott.com. This program will only be open to current members of CMQG and be Zoom only.

Ultimate Finisher: Every year members can enter this contest for $10 a sheet. You can list up to ten projects on your sheet and can purchase more than one sheet. Sheets and checks are sent to Lorna. When you finish an item, please display it during show-and-tell and Lorna will check it off your list. Items can be added to your list during the year. For each finished project you have one chance of winning the pot (all the money collected). There was $160 in the 2022 UF pot and it was won by Janet. Sheets for the 2023 UF were passed out at the meeting and are available online. Next year there will be three winners: the first name drawn will received 50%, the second 30%, and the third 20% of the pot.

Sew Days: Usually the club has two Sew Days a month, one virtual via Zoom and the other in-person at the Consumer Power Incorporated facility (CPI). There will be Virtual Sew Days on Feb 25 and March 26 from 9 to 4pm. The next in-person Sew Day is March 19th from 10 to 4pm. CPI is at 6990 SW West Hills Rd, Corvallis.

Show-and-tell: Seven members had Show-and-Tell items this month. As usual the Show-and-tell was a lot of fun. We encourage members to bring items they have completed to the meeting or send photos of them to CMQGphotos@gmail.com.

First time grandmas: Missy and Lorna are both first time grandmas (Lorna’s daughter is expecting twins!) The guild surprised them both with a quilt made for them, to note the occasion. Thanks to everyone who took part in the process.

Book Club: The book club meets monthly at 7pm on the last Wednesday of the month, which is Feb 22. This month’s book is Miracle Creek by Angie Kim. The March book will be The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Contact Janet if you wish to participate.

Workshops: The Guild is going to have a workshop with Jackie Gehring on quilting with a walking foot on Sept 16 and Oct 14. Carolina Oneto will teach a transparency design workshop on Nov 4. These are both nationally known quilting experts, and these classes will be via Zoom.

Hand Sewing Group: The hand sewing group meets the first Sunday of the month at Pattie’s home. Contact Pattie for more information.

Quilt Exhibit at Philomath Museum: We will be exhibiting quilts from July 29 through September 9 at the museum. We can do demonstrations and can donate a quilt for raffle. There will be a private reception on July 28th that will not be open to public. We can attend with our family and friends. More information to come.

Guild Dye Day – Saturday, July 29, 9-1 at Maxtivity in Philomath. Camille asked for interest in this; most members were interested in participating.

The Swap: The swap was a tortilla warmer. Three people participated.

Snacks: Since there is little time to enjoy the snacks people have been bringing, we decided to stop formal sign ups. Informal snacks are always welcome!

The meeting ended at 8:30. Submitted by Nancy Mandel, secretary

November 2022 Meeting Recap

The Corvallis Modern Quilt Guild (CMQG) Monthly Meeting was a hybrid meeting via Zoom and in-person at the Corvallis Community Center. It started at 7pm, Nov 10, 2022, with Camille presiding. There were 20 in-person attendees and 6 Zoom attendees.

Craft Project: November’s meeting always features a hands-on craft project. This year’s was making cards with embroidery. Diana not only showed us how to do this, she also provided lots of examples and materials as well. Some very lovely cards were created by the group.

Name Tags: In the past we’ve used stick-on/throw away name tags. While we still have those available, we encourage people to bring their own name tags. Those who do get to put two tickets into the drawing. This month most people brought name tags.

Help with meeting setup: We need members to help with room setup and refreshments (cookies). We rent the room for two hours, 6:30 to 8:30 and would like the first ½ hour to be social time, so we must be prompt with setup and take down. Contact Pattie if you wish to help.

Raffle winners: Marty S and Susan C were this month’s raffle winners.

Quiltcon Quilt: Every year our guild participates in a quilt challenge sponsored by the Modern Quilt Guild. Together we make a quilt which is displayed at the national convention (Quiltcon) in February. Diana F is leading this project and will sew the blocks together. Barb of Bolts to Blocks will do the quilting. A photo of the quilt needs to be sent to Quiltcon by Dec 15.

December 8 Meeting: The December meeting is a holiday party where we do a special swap (see Holiday Swap) and dine together. All members are welcome, including those who don’t participate in the swap. This year it will be in the Corvallis Community Center and will be a potluck. An invitation with additional information will be sent out. Since the club will be providing party favors and some of the refreshments, we need an accurate head count. Please RSVP the invitation if you plan to attend.

Holiday Swap: Seventeen people signed up for the swap. Each participant will make a mini-quilt (96 to 144 inches perimeter) in the theme and shape their recipient chooses.

Block of the Month (BOTM): Lorna is leading this activity. We are making blocks from the book Quilt Improv by Lucie Summers. Our ninth block is Portholes on page 30. Participants will display their blocks during show-and-tell in December.

Sew Days: Usually the club has two Sew Days a month, one online via Zoom on the second Saturday of the month, and one in-person at Consumer Power on the 4th Saturday. However there is no in-person Sew Day in November because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Our next in-person Sew Day is Dec 3.

Show-and-tell: Twelve members had show-and-tell items this month. J.C. and Julie purchased 10 beautiful quilt tops at an estate sale and displayed them. They are keeping a few and the rest will be charity quilts. Several people volunteered to quilt the charity quilts.

Book Club: The book club meets monthly at 7pm on the last Wednesday of the month, which is Nov 30. This month’s book is The Kennedy Debutante by Kerrie Mahar. Next month’s book is The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. Contact Missy if you wish to participate.

Hand Sewing Group: There is no meeting of the hand sewing group in December.

The meeting ended at 8:30. Submitted by Nancy Mandel, secretary

October 2022 Meeting Recap

The Corvallis Modern Quilt Guild (CMQG) Monthly Meeting was a hybrid meeting via Zoom and in-person at the Corvallis Community Center. It started at 7pm, Oct 13, 2022, with Missy and Camille presiding. There were 19 in-person attendees and 6 Zoom attendees.

Election: This was the annual business meeting that the club is required to have.  We also elected officers.  Our incoming elected officers are co-presidents – Camille Ainsworth and Diana Finkenaur, treasurer – Andrea Tribolet, and secretary – Nancy Mandel. Appointed positions are web master – Ann G, membership – Pattie D, ruler library – Ann G, raffle prizes – Nancy M, book club – Missy C, social media – Aimie H, community quilts – Janet K, ultimate finisher – Lorna M, and swaps – Susan S.

Name Tags: We have been using stick-on/throw away name tags. It would be better if each of us made a re-useable name tag or used the one we made during a meeting a few years ago. There are instructions on-line to make name tags.

Help with meeting setup: We need members to help with room setup and refreshments (cookies). We rent the room for two hours, 6:30 to 8:30 and would like the first ½ hour to be social time, so we must be prompt with setup and take down. Pattie D sent around a signup sheet.

Raffle winners: Chris S and Diana F were this month’s raffle winners.

Sew Powerful purse program: JC B informed us about this program and has made some lovely purses for it. Sewists in the US and beyond make small purses which are sent to Zambia where they are filled with reusuable menstrual products and given to schoolgirls, enabling them to remain in school all month long. Women in Zambia are employed to make the products that fill the purses. JC will send an email with more information, or you can look at the Sew Powerful website.

Community Quilt: The next community quilt has pinwheel blocks in various sizes and features a blue-print fabric. Blocks were due on Sept 30.

Quiltcon Quilt: Every year our guild participates in a quilt challenge sponsored by the Modern Quilt Guild. Together we make a quilt which is displayed at the national convention (Quiltcon) in February. Diana F is leading this project and many people brought their blocks to the meeting and gave them to her. She needs them by Oct 22. She will sew the blocks together and Barb of Bolts to Blocks will do the quilting. A photo of the quilt needs to be sent to Quiltcon by Dec 15.

November 10 Meeting: The November meeting is always a make-and-take meeting where we make a craft during the meeting. If anybody has any ideas what we could do this year, please contact Camille.

December 8 Meeting: The December meeting is a holiday party where we do a special swap (see Holiday Swap) and dine together. This year it will be in the Corvallis Community Center and will be a potluck.

Holiday Swap: Each participant will make a mini-quilt (96 to 144 inches perimeter) in the theme and shape their recipient chooses. Recipients will be chosen at random by Elfster on Oct 28. You will know who you’re giving a quilt to, but you won’t know who is making a quilt for you. Members have until Oct 27 to sign up.  Camille will send out details.

Block of the Month (BOTM): Lorna is leading this activity. We are making blocks from the book Quilt Improv by Lucie Summers. Our eighth block is Log Cabin on page 28. Participants will display their blocks during show-and-tell in November. Colleen P has completed all the blocks and sewn them into a quilt top! She displayed it during show-and-tell.

Sew Days: The club has two Sew Days a month, one online via Zoom on the second Saturday of the month, and one in-person at Consumer Power on the 4th Saturday. Our next Sew Days are in-person on Oct 22, and online on Nov 12. Because of Thanksgiving there will be no in-person Sew Day in November.

Show-and-tell: Fourteen members had show-and-tell items this month.  Please send photos of show-and-tell items for the November meeting to CMQGphotos@gmail.com .

Book Club: The book club meets monthly at 7pm on the last Wednesday of the month which is Oct 26. This month’s book is The Anomaly by Herve le Tellier.  Next month’s book is The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. Contact Missy if you wish to participate.

Hand Sewing Group: The Hand Sewing group will meet on Nov 6 at Pattie D’s home from 10am to 1pm. It was held outside this summer but will be indoors in November. Contact Pattie for more information.

The meeting ended at 8:10.   Submitted by Nancy Mandel, secretary