Wednesday, March 6, 2024

March 2024 General Meeting Minutes

  


President Cara Dobrev thanked our outgoing officers for all of their hard work, and Marge was presented with a thank you basket for her service over the past decade.



Member-At-Large Ashley Gottshalk greeted two new visitors and two new members!

Outgoing Treasurer Pamela Edwards presented a summary of our finances for 2023.

Community Outreach Chair Karol Evans presented our 2024 charity, Harbor House, as well as the instructions to make incubator quilts for those interested. We will continue to donate to Impower as new residents arrive.

Education Coordinator Debby Manuel invited participants in the David Owen Hastings workshop to share their work. David was a well-loved instructor, and we hope to have him back in the future!




Priscilla Haga won our Education Raffle Basket!

And Marge won our Block of the Month!


April's Block of the Month will be the Squiggle block. Instructions were emailed out and are available on our blog.


Shelley Doyle delivered a fantastic presentation on artistic touches that can be added to quilts. She discussed adding texture through the use of beads, using crayons and colored pencils to add color, creating crochet-inspired borders, twists on the cathedral window, and more.

Secretary Raven Sanders presented on her first experience at QuiltCon.

Show and Tell was inspiring as always!







































Sunday, March 3, 2024

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Monday, January 1, 2024

Sunday, December 3, 2023

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Thursday, October 5, 2023

October 2023 General Meeting Minutes

 


Vice President Cara Dobrev welcomed everyone to the October 2023 General Meeting. A number of business items were reviewed:

  • Retreat sign-up deadline is October 9 - make sure to sign up if you're interested in attending.  We have room for people who would like to do a day-trip - if you are interested in that, please email Kathy Caldes.
  • December's holiday meeting will have a needle holder swap - see the newsletter for more information.
  • QuiltCon is coming up in February 2024 - let the Guild know if you plan to attend so that everyone can be included in any meet-ups.
Treasurer Pamela Edwards gave an update on our income and expenses.

Education Coordinator Debby Manuel discussed an opportunity for a workshop with David Owen-Hastings.  She provided an overview of the options he provides - all via zoom, but with different topics and different workshop lengths.  The attendees were polled on what they would prefer.  Most wanted a 6-hour workshop on either the Art or Architecture topics, and would like the option of having a space where people could come and work together if they wanted/were able to do that.

Nancy Reed, BOM Coordinator, showed the selection for the November BOM, the "squirls" pattern.  An email was distributed to members on 10/5 with instructions.


  The October Block-of-the-Month winner was Pat Porter.


The Raffle Basket winner this month was Georgianna Platt (no picture is available).

Ashley Gottshalk shared the status of the Festival of Trees quilt, which looks beautiful!  She led the team of volunteers who worked on this quilt which raises funds for the Orlando Museum of Art.



Our programming this month was on collage quilting by member Debbie Zopp.  It was such an interesting presentation - she provided so many examples of techniques and tools that she uses to create these works of art.



Finally, Show and Tell was inspiring as always!