General Discussion
Election results are in and know you are going to be surprised to know who the winners are!
President - Jenny Parker
Vice President - Jayne Willis
Secretary - Trudy Jackson
Treasurer - Linda Cunningham
Thanks to Lynette McKenzie for being proctor and tally the votes!
Lots of fun and fellowship was held by all at the Holiday Party. Beautiful Secret Santa gifts and Dirty Santa did not dissapoint.
Wishing everyone Happy Holidays and a safe and prosperous New Year!
MEETING REMINDER:
January 17, 2015 - Open Sew
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Monday, November 24, 2014
Holiday Party December 13
Join the Music City Modern Quilt Guild for food and fun at our annual holiday party on December 13 at 10am! Guests welcome. Location is Barr Conference Room in First Presbyterian Church on Legends Lane, at the corner of Mack Hatcher and Franklin Road in Franklin. Follow the signs for the Main Office of the church, and then follow the Music City MQG signs to get to the right room. (Download a map under the Meetings tab above.)
Everyone who would like to play a game of Dirty Santa: Just wrap up the equivalent of 1 yard of fabric (one yard, two half yards, 4 fat quarters, or a charm pack). Then we'll all fight to see who goes home with what.
Those who signed up to participate in the Secret Santa Sewing Swap: Don't forget your gift. Please contact Chelley if you won't be able to attend, and she will arrange to pick up your gift and bring it to the meeting.
Members: please watch Facebook to sign up for an hors d'oeuvre or dessert item.
Can't wait to see everyone and have some fun!
Everyone who would like to play a game of Dirty Santa: Just wrap up the equivalent of 1 yard of fabric (one yard, two half yards, 4 fat quarters, or a charm pack). Then we'll all fight to see who goes home with what.
Those who signed up to participate in the Secret Santa Sewing Swap: Don't forget your gift. Please contact Chelley if you won't be able to attend, and she will arrange to pick up your gift and bring it to the meeting.
Members: please watch Facebook to sign up for an hors d'oeuvre or dessert item.
Can't wait to see everyone and have some fun!
November 15 2014 Meeting
General Discussion
Today is our Charity Sew Day to sew NICU smocks for the Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital!
Treasurer Linda Cunningham gave the Treasurer's report. The Guild spent $51.09 on food today for our Charity Sew Day.
Secretary Trudy Jackson let members know to keep an eye out for an email to vote for 2015 Guild Officers. Some members declined to run from our October meeting. Members running for office:
President - Jenny Parker
Vice President - Jayne Willis
Treasurer - Linda Cunningham
Secretary - Trudy Jackson
Stephanie Williams discussed doing an online FB Group Bionic Gear Bag Sew Along. She will posts steps and videos to help make this easier for all.
Christine Copenhaver reminded all the deadline to enter Quilt Con quilt competition is November 30, 2014 and encouraged all to participate.
Reminder: Holiday Party December 13th at 10 AM. Bring pot luck finger foods. Guild members will exchange Secret Santa gifts and Dirty Santa. To participate in Dirty Santa, bring a 1 yard equivalent of quilters cotton (4 fat qtrs, 2 - 1/2 yd pieces, charm pack, etc.). Quilters can be ruthless!
SHOW & TELL
Lindsay Connor sent an online challenge to sew NICU smocks. The response was overwhelming with over 150 submitted and more coming in! Thank you Lindsay! She was also able to receive donated Holiday fabrics from Blend Fabrics.
Sharon Hels shared her Storm at Sea quilt using her hand dyed fabrics using low water emersion dye. Beautiful shades of green, gold, grey and blue!
Stephanie Williams shared her quilt top, Short Cake Quilt by Cluck Cluck Sew. What Stephanie loves about this pattern is that it only uses one jelly roll and one yard of fabric. She made this using Gypsy Girl fabric.
Christine Copenhaver shared a vintage kimonos quilt top (grey background). She is wanting suggestions and advise for quilting the negative space. Her book, Necktie Quilts, is in stores now. When asked about the development process, Christine it took approximately two years in development and an additional year to edit and publish.
Jennifer Haston shared her work in progress LOVE quilt. On the back, she has the family's house with family members in various windows and includes a picket fence! Soon to be a treasured heirloom!
Debby Lee shared two of her quilt projects. One is a pixelated heart quilt top in blues with grey background. Just needs the binding to be complete! Great colors in her triangles quilt using grey, yellow, orange and aqua.
Jayne Willis shared her wonky quilt with shades of grey and pink. Love the arrangement.
REMINDER - Holiday Party December 13 2014
Today is our Charity Sew Day to sew NICU smocks for the Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital!
Treasurer Linda Cunningham gave the Treasurer's report. The Guild spent $51.09 on food today for our Charity Sew Day.
Secretary Trudy Jackson let members know to keep an eye out for an email to vote for 2015 Guild Officers. Some members declined to run from our October meeting. Members running for office:
President - Jenny Parker
Vice President - Jayne Willis
Treasurer - Linda Cunningham
Secretary - Trudy Jackson
Stephanie Williams discussed doing an online FB Group Bionic Gear Bag Sew Along. She will posts steps and videos to help make this easier for all.
Christine Copenhaver reminded all the deadline to enter Quilt Con quilt competition is November 30, 2014 and encouraged all to participate.
Reminder: Holiday Party December 13th at 10 AM. Bring pot luck finger foods. Guild members will exchange Secret Santa gifts and Dirty Santa. To participate in Dirty Santa, bring a 1 yard equivalent of quilters cotton (4 fat qtrs, 2 - 1/2 yd pieces, charm pack, etc.). Quilters can be ruthless!
SHOW & TELL
Lindsay Connor sent an online challenge to sew NICU smocks. The response was overwhelming with over 150 submitted and more coming in! Thank you Lindsay! She was also able to receive donated Holiday fabrics from Blend Fabrics.
Sharon Hels shared her Storm at Sea quilt using her hand dyed fabrics using low water emersion dye. Beautiful shades of green, gold, grey and blue!
Stephanie Williams shared her quilt top, Short Cake Quilt by Cluck Cluck Sew. What Stephanie loves about this pattern is that it only uses one jelly roll and one yard of fabric. She made this using Gypsy Girl fabric.
Christine Copenhaver shared a vintage kimonos quilt top (grey background). She is wanting suggestions and advise for quilting the negative space. Her book, Necktie Quilts, is in stores now. When asked about the development process, Christine it took approximately two years in development and an additional year to edit and publish.
Jennifer Haston shared her work in progress LOVE quilt. On the back, she has the family's house with family members in various windows and includes a picket fence! Soon to be a treasured heirloom!
Debby Lee shared two of her quilt projects. One is a pixelated heart quilt top in blues with grey background. Just needs the binding to be complete! Great colors in her triangles quilt using grey, yellow, orange and aqua.
Jayne Willis shared her wonky quilt with shades of grey and pink. Love the arrangement.
REMINDER - Holiday Party December 13 2014
Thursday, October 30, 2014
October 18 2014 Meeting
General Discussion
November is our Charity Sew - NICU Smocks in Christmas prints! Please invite guests to participate. Jenny's bringing door prizes!
December is our Holiday Party with potluck finger food, Secret Santa and DIRTY Santa.
Business
Nominations for Guild Offices of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer are as follows:
President - Jenny Parker
Vice President - Jayne Willis, Kathy Lasko, Lindsay Connor
Secretary - Trudy Jackson
Treasurer - Linda Cunningham
Trudy will send out a voting survey to all eligible members. Lynette McKenzie will monitor and tally votes.
Jenny Parker felt the Guild needed a few specific committees for better communication and outreach. Our members agreed.
Social Media - Chair Ashley Gomez, Jennifer Haston, Katie Dornan
Charity Committee - Chair Stephanie Williams, Kate Alicea, Marcia Reel, Callie Tinney
Community Outreach - Chair Lindsay Connor
2015 Calendar
January - Open Sew
February - English Paper Piecing
March - Charity Sew
April - Improv Sew & Machine Binding
May - Open
June - Open Sew
July - Shop Hop / Scavenger Hunt
August - Charity Sew
September - Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival
October - Planning
November - Elections
December - Holiday Party
SHOW & TELL
Kathy Lasko - Shared a 16 patch quilt that was machine quilted and bound. She also shared a sweet baby quilt in bright wonky stars.
Jennifer Haston shared her progress on her LOVE quilt and the appliques that has been added.
Katie Dornan shared a cross stitch project - Autumn Sampler.
Ashley Gomez also shared a cross stitch project - a Thomas Edison quote.
Tori Grant shared a quilt she made for her daughter - Dandelion in white, blues and yellow.
Stephanie Williams shared her experience at Granny B's Longarm Quilting Class. She also brought in her Count Down to Christmas quilt top using FQ, jelly roll and solid. Stephanie also shared her Christmas Ornament quilt top.
Linda Cunningham shared her hand pieced and hand quilted project using multi-color batiks charm squares. She also brought in a Halloween Quilt utilizing HST and Breast Cancer Quilt with a center medallion surrounded by HST..
Jenny Parker shared a baby quilt using Jayne Willis' pattern in pinks. Guess it's for a girl!
Jayne Willis shared a HST quilt she referred to as her "Cluster" quilt using her hand dyed fabrics and shot cotton. She also shared a purse that she made.
Marcia Reel shared a bag she constructed to help test patterns. She also participates in a Bag of the Month group and brought in her project in grey with magnetic closure.
Sharon Hels shared her shibori dyed fabric table runner with echo hand quilting.
NEXT MEETIN DATE - November 15, 2014
November is our Charity Sew - NICU Smocks in Christmas prints! Please invite guests to participate. Jenny's bringing door prizes!
December is our Holiday Party with potluck finger food, Secret Santa and DIRTY Santa.
Business
Nominations for Guild Offices of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer are as follows:
President - Jenny Parker
Vice President - Jayne Willis, Kathy Lasko, Lindsay Connor
Secretary - Trudy Jackson
Treasurer - Linda Cunningham
Trudy will send out a voting survey to all eligible members. Lynette McKenzie will monitor and tally votes.
Jenny Parker felt the Guild needed a few specific committees for better communication and outreach. Our members agreed.
Social Media - Chair Ashley Gomez, Jennifer Haston, Katie Dornan
Charity Committee - Chair Stephanie Williams, Kate Alicea, Marcia Reel, Callie Tinney
Community Outreach - Chair Lindsay Connor
2015 Calendar
January - Open Sew
February - English Paper Piecing
March - Charity Sew
April - Improv Sew & Machine Binding
May - Open
June - Open Sew
July - Shop Hop / Scavenger Hunt
August - Charity Sew
September - Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival
October - Planning
November - Elections
December - Holiday Party
SHOW & TELL
Kathy Lasko - Shared a 16 patch quilt that was machine quilted and bound. She also shared a sweet baby quilt in bright wonky stars.
Jennifer Haston shared her progress on her LOVE quilt and the appliques that has been added.
Katie Dornan shared a cross stitch project - Autumn Sampler.
Ashley Gomez also shared a cross stitch project - a Thomas Edison quote.
Tori Grant shared a quilt she made for her daughter - Dandelion in white, blues and yellow.
Stephanie Williams shared her experience at Granny B's Longarm Quilting Class. She also brought in her Count Down to Christmas quilt top using FQ, jelly roll and solid. Stephanie also shared her Christmas Ornament quilt top.
Linda Cunningham shared her hand pieced and hand quilted project using multi-color batiks charm squares. She also brought in a Halloween Quilt utilizing HST and Breast Cancer Quilt with a center medallion surrounded by HST..
Jenny Parker shared a baby quilt using Jayne Willis' pattern in pinks. Guess it's for a girl!
Jayne Willis shared a HST quilt she referred to as her "Cluster" quilt using her hand dyed fabrics and shot cotton. She also shared a purse that she made.
Marcia Reel shared a bag she constructed to help test patterns. She also participates in a Bag of the Month group and brought in her project in grey with magnetic closure.
Sharon Hels shared her shibori dyed fabric table runner with echo hand quilting.
NEXT MEETIN DATE - November 15, 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Monthly Meeting Reminder: October 18, 2014
Our next meeting will be held on October 18. It will be at 10 am as usual and the location is the BARR CONFERENCE ROOM, where we met in September. In fact, we will be in the Barr Conference Room for the remainder of the year and probably beyond. If you haven't been with us for a meeting recently, you can find a downloadable map under the "MEETINGS" tab at the top of this page.
This is an important meeting: We will plan the calendar for next year. It will also be an open sew, so please bring your sewing project AND your ideas for next year. We'll set up right away and discuss the calendar AS we sew. That way you can get some good sewing time in. If you don't want to sew, please still come with your ideas. Big ideas, small ideas: let's talk about them all.
See you on Saturday!!
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
September 20 2014 Meeting
General Discussion:
Jenny reviewed our remaining calendar events for 2014.
October is our planning meeting and requested everyone bring 2 or 3 ideas.
November is our charity sew date where we will construct blankets varying in size and NICU smocks for the Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital. Encouraging everyone to invite a friend.
December is our Holiday Party with the Secret Santa Swap, Dirty Santa and pot luck luncheon. We will also hold elections.
Treasurer's Report - Linda Cunningham
Bank ending balance - $661.05
Linda will check the pay pal account for any deposits.
Reminder dues are $40 with $15 going to Modern Quilt Guild
Discussed the Modern Quilt Guild Charity Quilt Challenge.
Project is a twin size quilt (70 X 90).
Prescribed colors
Alternate Grid presentation
Sign up by September 30
Deadline is January 15
The members present agreed the Guild will not particpate.
Our Facebook Group is our communication tool.
SHOW & TELL
Everyone shared their hand dyed fabric we did at last month's meeting. Beautiful color range.
Stefanie Williams shared Cherrios Quilt she made for a raffle for a sick child, a baby quilt finishing with scrappy binding and a swoon mini block she made into a pin cushion.
Linda Cunningham shared two Halloween quilt tops she is quilting.
Jayne Willis shared a lap quilt made with her hand dyed fabrics and shot cottons in blues and greens.
Betty Camfield shared her Michael Miller challenge with greay background and a cat zipper pouch from Straight Stitch Nation and patten tested a tolietry kit pattern.
Jennifer Haston shared the center block that she is constructing for a friend. The center block is pink and red spelling out LOVE. You will find flying geese and a landscape bottom.
Debby Lee had lots to share with her Pixalated heart in grey and blue batiks with a red square. She is planning on doing linear quilting. She also brought an Irish table runner with a multi-color heart flower shape with a grey background. Debby also brought in her Mug Rug Exchange - Teal for Two.
Royce Vaughan shared a flower made with fabric dye pens. Her online quilt group made her a memory quilt with some of her favorite things. She also brought in the quilt our guild made for her as a rememberance of her husband.
Tori Grant shared a needle holder with tiny patchwork and a needlework kit.
Lindsay Connor is a busy girl. She shared a strip piecing project that is a work in process. She is also working on patterns for a co-authored book, On the Go Bags.
LaTanya Channel shared a minky pieced quilt top in brown, mint and aqua and a quilt block she is working on, Modified Churn Dash and some Nine Patch blocks.
Jenny reviewed our remaining calendar events for 2014.
October is our planning meeting and requested everyone bring 2 or 3 ideas.
November is our charity sew date where we will construct blankets varying in size and NICU smocks for the Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital. Encouraging everyone to invite a friend.
December is our Holiday Party with the Secret Santa Swap, Dirty Santa and pot luck luncheon. We will also hold elections.
Treasurer's Report - Linda Cunningham
Bank ending balance - $661.05
Linda will check the pay pal account for any deposits.
Reminder dues are $40 with $15 going to Modern Quilt Guild
Discussed the Modern Quilt Guild Charity Quilt Challenge.
Project is a twin size quilt (70 X 90).
Prescribed colors
Alternate Grid presentation
Sign up by September 30
Deadline is January 15
The members present agreed the Guild will not particpate.
Our Facebook Group is our communication tool.
SHOW & TELL
Everyone shared their hand dyed fabric we did at last month's meeting. Beautiful color range.
Stefanie Williams shared Cherrios Quilt she made for a raffle for a sick child, a baby quilt finishing with scrappy binding and a swoon mini block she made into a pin cushion.
Linda Cunningham shared two Halloween quilt tops she is quilting.
Jayne Willis shared a lap quilt made with her hand dyed fabrics and shot cottons in blues and greens.
Betty Camfield shared her Michael Miller challenge with greay background and a cat zipper pouch from Straight Stitch Nation and patten tested a tolietry kit pattern.
Jennifer Haston shared the center block that she is constructing for a friend. The center block is pink and red spelling out LOVE. You will find flying geese and a landscape bottom.
Debby Lee had lots to share with her Pixalated heart in grey and blue batiks with a red square. She is planning on doing linear quilting. She also brought an Irish table runner with a multi-color heart flower shape with a grey background. Debby also brought in her Mug Rug Exchange - Teal for Two.
Royce Vaughan shared a flower made with fabric dye pens. Her online quilt group made her a memory quilt with some of her favorite things. She also brought in the quilt our guild made for her as a rememberance of her husband.
Tori Grant shared a needle holder with tiny patchwork and a needlework kit.
Lindsay Connor is a busy girl. She shared a strip piecing project that is a work in process. She is also working on patterns for a co-authored book, On the Go Bags.
LaTanya Channel shared a minky pieced quilt top in brown, mint and aqua and a quilt block she is working on, Modified Churn Dash and some Nine Patch blocks.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
August 15 2014 Meeting
General Discussion
Brief meeting to remind members to complete their surveys for the Secret Santa Swap. Great attendance for our Fabric Dying class conducted by Jayne Willis and her daughter.
There is much to learn about fabric dying and the Guild is most thankful that Jayne and her daughter for sharing their talents and home with us.
Brief meeting to remind members to complete their surveys for the Secret Santa Swap. Great attendance for our Fabric Dying class conducted by Jayne Willis and her daughter.
There is much to learn about fabric dying and the Guild is most thankful that Jayne and her daughter for sharing their talents and home with us.
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