Monday, June 20, 2016

May 26 2016 Meeting

Minutes from Rhonda Chapman:

Tricia wanted to thank Milton for the glue basting technique he taught at the previous months meeting. Unfortunately Milton was not in attendance for the meeting. Tricia said he would thanked at the next meeting he attended.

Item 1
Block Builder
A new block builder challenge was passed out, due back June 23. Tricia outlined the block builder challenge for the benefit of new members, that had not been involved in the previous
B.B. challenges.

Item 2
June-July Program
It will be a Scrap Quilt outlined in a MQ book. Members will bring scraps of a fabric and a fat quarter. Scraps will be sewn into squares by members and the quilt could be used for a Guild fundraiser. Tricia will email members with specifics.

Item 3
Anniversary Dinner with Jackie Gehrig
After some discussion, it was decided that Jackie Gehrig, who will be teaching a class at the QGET on Friday, will be invited to the anniversary dinner of the TMQG to be held on
Thursday, July 14. Restaurant suggestions will be decided at a later date.

Item 4
Bionic Gear Bag Class
It was decided to host a class on how to make the Bionic Gear Bag. This class will be a fundraiser for the TMQG. 8 members showed an interest in participating in this class.
  
Item 5
Covered in Love
Kat presented a blue and yellow block that will be the donation block for the May block drive.  All blocks due at June meeting. Kat will have all information on May block on her Facebook page and blog, as well as on the TMQG Facebook page.

*Tricia talked a little about the Covered in Love program for the benefit of some new TMQG members.*

Item 6
Spring Challenge
There were 5 members that participated in the challenge. Each participant showed and talked about there project. Marilyn V'Soske was chosen at random as the winner of the challenge.

Item 7
It was suggested that members solicit items for prizes for challenges and a coordinator for donations is needed.

Show and tell:















Riley Blake Challenge Quilts





Next general meeting scheduled for Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 5:15 p.m.