March Meeting Notes

Updates

Our leader was absent so Lisa and I muddled through. 

We welcomed 4 new people to our guild meeting.  Welcome to Lisa,  Sarah, Kelly, and Mancy! 

It was so nice to see fresh faces. We hope you will join us again.

The fabric for the Metallics challenge for Quilt-Knit-Stitch in August in Portland has been received from Robert Kaufman.  It needs to be cut and will then be distributed. Possibly by March Sew day

There is no update for the fabric for the Michael Miller Modern QuiltGuild Challenge.

Membership cards arrived and were distributed.  Anyone who joined in the first round received their card.  We have cards for a couple of members who were not present.

Upcoming Events

March Sew day is  3/22 at Market of Choice in Corvallis.  

922 NW Circle Blvd #110, Corvallis, OR 97330 Corner of 9th and Circle

 

This month we are doing a  pillowcase challenge.  Bring your spare fabric and sew up some pillowcases for a good cause. They will be donated to a local charity.

Some useful Pillowcase tutorials can be found here:

Here's an easy pillowcase tutorial by Missouri Star Quilt Company.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrYWCma9wgM

.... and some others for the Million Pillowcase Challenge

http://allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/freepatterns/

The Burrito method (by Mary's Quilts)

Don’t worry about not knowing how to sew them, there will be plenty of us present who can show you how it’s done!  Bring your sewing machine and some fabrics.

April's meeting will be held April 9th from 7-8:30 at the ReNew Church in Corvallis

Please NOTE this is another location change (this will probably keep happening until we find a permanent home)

1677 SW 35th St, Corvallis, OR 97339
The Swap theme for the April meeting is "Spring"

April sew day is April 26^th and we will be in Lebanon at Santiam Scrappers from 10-11.

CMQG will present a few modern quilts and talk about the Modern Quilt movement.  Anyone is welcome to join us. Please email the google group for carpool info. (CMQG email at right sidebar) or leave a comment below

After Lebanon, we'll return to Market of Choice and have Sew Day until 6pm.

Show and Tell

Lisa showed us her very first quilt

And so did Courtney

 

Well done ladies!

Tutorials for sewn and swapped items are here:

Dana use this cute pattern to make an Origame Drawstring Bag. Frances Newcombe's blog Belly Buttons Boutique which I guess she got from mairuru's blog and it is called Cute Origami Drawstring Bag. Super simple and it just takes two 16" squares and a little string.

My tote was the Multi-tasker Tote pattern by Anna Maria Horner

See you at Sew Day!

March Events

This months meeting will be held at
Natural Grocers in Corvallis,

1235 NW 10th Street

Corvallis, OR 97330

 

Also the time has been moved up to 6:30.

 

Natural Grocers Closes at 8pm and we need to be out of there promptly

 

Please NOTE that this is a location change.  We will NOT be meeting at Market of choice this month.

 

 

Sew day this month will be on

March 22 at Market of Choice from noon-6pm

 

 

 

January Meeting recap

CMQG January meeting minutes

We have a challenge this month for all our members.

Get your name tags done! 

Our monthly Sew Day is coming up this Saturday – that’s January 26^th, so it’s a perfect opportunity to finish/start your nametag! (noon till 6pm at the Market of Choice community room, upstairs past the elevators, 9th St in Corvallis)

Lisa recapped the board planning meeting

Start planning now! March sew day is pillowcase sew day. 

March 22nd bring your fabrics and come make pillowcases for a  local Corvallis charity.  No experience necessary. We will show you how.

Santiam scrappers trunk show is taking place on April 26^th.  We will be in Lebanon to talk about modern quilting April 26 – please join us.

CMQG will be at the Corvallis farmers market August 30 again this year.  Save the date!

Mission statement:   To support and encourage the growth and development of modern quilting through art education and community

(credit to the MQG mothership)

Potential speakers:  We would love to hear your feedback on any potential speakers you would like to see at your next CMQG meeting.  Please email us your ideas.

Some ideas we are currently considering:

An expert in sewing machine repair – someone who could come show us the basics of machine maintenance

Someone from a local charity that makes quilts
Linda Johannson - local fabric artist

To do – we need to step up our Pinterest presence. Caroline is doing this. If you don’t already use Pinterest, go check it out!

Field trips

Pacific Northwest meet-up coming up in August.  Date TBA

Spring shop hop or a coast shop hop were suggested.  Carol is organizing, if you want to join us, please let her know. (email CMQG)
Sisters Quilt Show! Want to join us! Let us know.

Stitches in bloom potential van trip up there.  Please let us know if you’re interested in going along
Potential new meeting space needed. Market of Choice space is limited and not always available.  We are looking into other spaces for our meetings and sew days.

Mug rugs were swapped.
    
 Aren’t they gorgeous?

Dana (Winter Creek Cloth) gave us some pretty Kate Spain mini Charm packs.

Dana wins the door prize this week.

We have 2 new members! Yay.  Welcome to Courtney!

We would like to extend a warm welcome to anyone from other quilt or craft guilds in the area.  Our meetings are open for anyone to attend. Meetings are always the 2^nd Wednesday of the Month and our Sew Days are the last Saturday of every month.

Lisa mentioned the Astronomical quilt challenge.  Several members are participating. We invite you to join us.

Next months meeting (February) will be a pouch swap.  Any kind of pouch is eligible. 

That's it for today!  See you are Sew Day!

January News

It's 2014! Can you believe it?

The CMQG is ready to start the new year. We will be having our month meeting this Wednesday, January 8th at 7pm.

NOTE - there is a LOCATION CHANGE!!!!
Our usual meeting spot was booked, so this month only we will be meeting at:


NEW LOCATION! (Just for this meeting)
Re:New Church
1677 SW 35th St, Corvallis, OR 97339

On the agenda:
Brown Bag Swap: Mug Rugs!

Some links to mug rug ideas if you want some inspiraton:

http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/12/free-quilted-mug-rug-patterns/

https://www.etsy.com/market/mug_rugs

http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=mug%20rugs





Show & Tell: Bring your Riley Blake Challenge projects, and anything else you want to show.

Topic: CMQG in 2014!  Where are we going, what are we planning?  And what are YOUR ideas?

Door prize: Extra pack of Riley Blake Challenge fabric!



January Sew Day ~ will be held at Market of choice on January 25th starting at noon.

And finally a pic from December's meeting at Big River Restaurant in Corvallis

November Sew Day

Are you trying to finish some homemade Christmas gifts? Join us for our sew day on Saturday, November 23rd from noon till 6 PM at Market of Choice (upstairs).  Come and go as you please!  Bring your sewing machine and everything you need for the projects you'd like to work on.  We'll have an iron/ironing board, and cutting mat, but feel free to bring yours with you.  If you have an extension cord, bring that with you, too.  We're now accepting memberships for 2014. If you haven't joined us before, drop by for a visit -- we'd love to meet you!  

October Meeting Recap

Meeting minutes

It's official! The Corvallis Modern Quilt Guild is now a member of the national Modern Quilt Guild.  All present unanimously voted to join the mothership at our monthly guild meeting.  Yay!

The annual dues amount was voted on and passed at $30.   This membership is good through the end of 2014.

Modern Quilt Guild bylaws were voted on and approved unanimously.

Board members were elected for the following positions:

Connie Langevin, President
Lisa Nielsen, Vice-President
Christina Fox and Carol Terrill,  co-Treasurers
Caroline Press, Secretary

Connie pointed out that anyone who wishes is welcome to help out the guild, plan events, organization, or any other job you would like to do or to help with.  You do not need to be a board member to help out . If you have an idea or suggestion, please email any of us or bring up the idea at the monthly meeting.

This months swap theme was CMQG official colors which are lime, navy, orange and teal.

Here are the items we swaped at this months meeting:

Wow, they all color coordinate amazingly well.


Upcoming dates:

October Sew day 26th
The next guild meeting is November 13th
November Sew day is November 23rd, one week earlier due to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend

Next months swap theme is Celebrations/Fireworks (Guy Faulks tie-in, no particular reason)

September Happenings

Thank you so much to those who helped make our day out at the Farmer's Market a great success!  We had such a great response from the market attendees and over 20 people expressed an interest in learning more about our little guild!

We have started two new activities: freebie table at the Sew Day and a lending library available at both events.  The freebie table is for you to pass on any fabric, patterns, etc that you don't want.  If you have books that you don't want anymore (quilting/sewing/etc related), consider donating them to the Guild lending library.  Members can check out books at meetings.

Our September events include our Monthly Meeting on the 2nd Wednesday, which is  Sept 11th, and our Sew Day on the last Saturday, which is September 28th.  Both will be at the Market of Choice meeting room.

Monthly Meeting, 9/11, 7pm
Our plan for this meeting had been to hold elections and vote on by-laws and dues.  We will have our usual meeting, including introductions, show and tell (bring all your summer projects!), secret swap (the theme is FALL), a short discussion of the elections/by-laws/dues, a fun tutorial, and a door prize.  Don't forget to work on your nametags -- and if you need fabric for it, you can pick it up at the meeting.

Sew Day,  Sept 28th Noon-6pm
Bring your machine and projects and sew with us!  Extra irons, ironing surfaces, rotary cutters/mats, and extension cords are always helpful -- just be sure to label anything you are sharing.  Bring anything you want to share for the freebie table.

BTW, if you have a fun technique or skill that you would like to share with the group at either event, please let me know.

See you on the 11th and the 28th and happy sewing