Hello! Hi! How are you? September has come and gone, but we can’t forget all the fun we had at our in person meeting for September. Despite the rainy day, we has 38 members and 3 guests joining us. Welcome to Emily, Blake and Noa Joe!

First things first, we got some updates and reminders from Ann. Our Showcase of modern quilts was coming up and we were collecting the quilts in the front. Pick up would be the end of day Sunday or Monday morning during breakdown, but anyone not available at those times was asked to please make arrangements with Ann. There was a Sign-up genius link for all members to volunteer hours.

Mid Atlantic Mod retreat had exactly 10 members enter the lotto, and so all of the lucky entrants will be going to Mid-Mod! Yay! Congrats!

We had a vote on the MQG Community Outreach quilt and we chose a design. The blocks were available to work on during open sew or to take home. Here’s one block.

The board is working hard behind the scenes on reviewing the budget, looking at potential new spaces for our in person events and frequency of meetings. We will be presenting the proposed budget in October and there was a poll to fill out about meeting in person. We will continue to update you all in the coming months.

We had a fun time swapping postcards with the Baltimore MQG. We will have more pictures on our October Zoom meeting, but some of us got to show them off in person. (well, I took a pic of mine hung up in my studio)

Our member Karen Fricke gave us a great talk about her work and some of the techniques she uses. I have never been so inspired to use bugs in my quilting! Thank you so much for sharing Karen! She will be hosting a workshop with us soon.

We took a little break and pulled some raffle tickets! Congrats to MJ, Karen, Maureen and Noa Joe!!

Then Show and Tell. It impresses us every time!

Ginny- Perfect Illusion

Pat- Bag Saturday Sampler

Emily

Holly- Tie dye with Kelly Free pattern on Janome

Rochelle- Garment bag Sally Tomato kit Vest

Karen- Bonnie Hunter- Talking Turkey

Debby- Kantha summer quilt (look out she’s found some inspiration!!)

MJ- charity quilt made with fabric from free table

Betsy V- mini’s for Curated Quilts challenges

Latifa Saafir 25″ clam template and bag pattern

Robin- Jen Kingwell Handpiecing class

Wanda- Kawandi style, Sankofa- Colors of a Baltimore Childhood

We had a couple of Programs things. Betsy was taking sign ups for those interested in taking a field trip to Lisa Shephard Stewart’s space for a workshop, October 25th. We signed up to be a part of Quiltfolk’s free directory. Save the date for our Holiday Party December 2, 11-3. We are looking for a few good volunteers to help us in coordinating that. Betsy is wondering who may be interested in taking a class with Kirsten Fisher making fabric bowls. We know we have had requests for free-motion and applique classes, so we are keeping that in mind for the coming year. Another workshop to look forward to, already on the schedule, is Libs Elliott on January 21! Then we had some lunch, some good conversation and sewing!

So much more fun to look forward to! Hope everyone stays well, enjoys the fall weather and gets their quilt on! As always, let any board member know any questions, concerns, or anything you’d like us to share with the guild. Our next meeting is Thursday October 19th over Zoom! See you then!

-A