Chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild

Submitted by Susan Shuter 02/10/2024

February 8, 2024 – 21 in attendance at the Northwest Library.

We started the meeting with introductions and an ice breaker: What other “craft” would you like to fall in love with?

Then we moved right into our programming for the evening. Mary demonstrated 3 methods of English paper piecing and passed out 1” hexie templates and 2.5” charm squares. We will assemble 28 EPP hexies to make the dumpling pouch by MichellePatterns.com. Then we’ll plan to exchange them at the April meeting. Use the below link to find the free Dumpling pouch pattern. You’ll want to use “The Easier One” for this project. If you missed the meeting, feel free to participate using your own scraps for the hexies. This will be fun to see what everyone comes up with. Contact Mary through the guild email 

Let’s Make Dumplings! Zip Pouch Tutorial. – {michellepatterns.com} (typepad.com)

President’s Report: 

National MQG Resources: A reminder that all members have access to TheModernQuitlGuild.com website which has great resources. A couple items of note under On-Demand Education; Value of Quilts Panel Discussion and Modern Traditionalism. Both of these videos are currently available to members on the National Guild’s website

QuiltCon Is offering a streaming lecture pass this year. All 28 lectures will be live-streamed, and replays will be available until March 4, 2024. If you can’t make it to Raleigh, but want to attend virtually, this is a great option. Go to themodernquiltguild.com for more information and to register.  You must register by Thursday 2/15.

Our Community Quilt will be displayed at QuiltCon and has already been purchased by the designer herself, Linda.  Proceeds will go to local charities in Raleigh. Thank you to all who participated in making the quilt.  

Congratulations to members who had individual quilts accepted into the 2024 QuiltCon show including Lissa’s entry of the COSI quilt which she, Anne and Lissa’s son, Lucas put together from the blocks created by the community at the COSI Science Fair in May. Look for that one in the group projects category. 

A survey was sent out for those who are going to QuiltCon in person. Let us know if you are going and if you want to be added to a group text so we can plan to meet up for a group picture with our community quilt submission.

COMQG Merch: We have an account with Redbubble to supply COMQG logo merchandise. There is a link on our website. Shipping is pricey so you may want to team up for a group order to share the cost.

Treasurer’s Report – Current Balance is $5597.03. We took in $360 in membership dues and $637.80 in retreat deposits for a net income of $997.80. Our expenditures included $528 for National MQG membership dues, $250 for the retreat deposit and $24.05 for postage to ship the Community Quilt for display at QuiltCon. Net expenditures were $802.05.

2024 dues remain at $45 for the year.  This is the same amount the National MQG charges for individual memberships. Dues can be paid via Venmo, PayPal, check or cash. Credit cards can be accepted at meetings and there is now a link on the website to pay via PayPal. If you know someone who would like to join, but needs financial assistance for the dues, please contact Linda or Cynthia through the guild email.   

Upcoming Programming: 

Kathy Faust is hosting a Hand Work sewing circle at her home on the first Thursday of each month during the day. If you would like to join, please contact Kathy directly or through the guild email address, CentralOhioMQG@gmail.com. For the March 7 meeting we will have a field trip to the Silk Road Show in Marion, OH. More information to come on a meet up time and place for car pooling. All are welcome to attend.

Mark your calendars for National Quilt Day in Amish Country. We will join the Northeast Ohio MQG at the Berlin Farmstead for a buffet lunch on National Quilt Day, 03/16/2024, 2/4pm. Come early and shop at some of the many quilt shops in the area. We’ll plan a meet up time and place for this event too for anyone who’d like to carpool and come early for shopping. Patty is working on getting some discounts at local quilt shops. Cost of lunch will be $19.32/person  (tax, tip and a $5 guild contribution included).

Introduction to Collage workshop presented by Mary Maben on 4/13/24 at the Cleveland Ave Library 9-5. Cost will be $40/ participant. Mary will send out a supply list ahead of time. 

2024 Retreat – Mark your calendars for the upcoming fall retreat on November 10-13, 2024. Members are asked to send a non-refundable fee of $50 to the guild by 2/29/2024 to secure your spot. If you need to cancel, this amount is non-refundable, but you may “sell” your spot to someone else if need be. Everyone will need to make their own hotel reservations. There is a block of rooms for $129/night. Call 330-403-3050 and request a room with the Central Ohio MQG block for this reduced rate. Rooms include 2 queen beds, a refrigerator and microwave. The Berlin Grande allows for free cancellation up to 30 days prior. If you would like help with a roommate match, please contact the guild at CentralOhioMQG@gmail.com and let us know. We’ll try to connect you with another member who would like a roommate as well. Retreat registration will open to family & friends of guild members on 3/1/24 and any remaining open spots will be open to outside guild members after 3/15.  The charge to non-members will be $75.

We wrapped up the meeting with show and tell of some pretty impressive quilts and quilty projects, check out our Facebook and Instagram pages for pictures. 

Calendar:

2/2-11/2024 – Columbus Metropolitan Quilt Guild show at Inniswood Metro Park. Quilts will be on display at Innis House during regular hours.

2/10-11 – Quilt show at Gallant Farm / Gallant Woods metro park in Delaware, OH. Noon-4pm both days.

2/11-3/30 – Traversing Textiles Exhibition at The Ohio Craft Museum

3/4/24 – Screening of “Quilt Fever”, the folklore behind contemporary quilting at the annual Quilt Week in Paducah, KY. Hosted by the filmmaker, Olivia Loomis Merrion. This event is free and open to the public. It is on the Campus of OSU at 250 Knowlton Hall. 6-7:30pm. Dorothy sent out a flyer to membership on 2/9. If you would like additional information, please contact her through the guild email.

3/7/2024 – Field trip to seethe “Silk Road” exhibit at the OSU Marion Campus. More information to come on a meet up time and place to carpool. We will go to the show in the morning and enjoy lunch together afterwards.

3/14/2024 – No regular Meeting. Join us on Saturday, 3/16 with the Northeast Ohio MQG at the Berlin Farmstead

3/16/2024 – National Quilt Day event at the Berlin Farmstead with the NE Ohio MQG 2-4pm. 

3/22-23/2024 – Quilt Spectacular 2024, the Columbus Metropolitan Quilt Guild show at the Franklin County Fairgrounds.

4/11/2024 – April guild meeting 6:30pm at the Old Worthington Library – We will exchange our dumpling bags and the projects we made from the snip, tear, pass fabric swap from January. We’ll also share a QuiltCon recap.

4/13/2024 – Introduction to collage workshop, Cleveland Ave library 9am-5pm. Cost is $40.

5/9/2024 – May guild meeting 6:30 pm at the Old Worthington Library. Programming is still pending. We are working on confirming Karen Brown of Get R Done Quilts to join us virtually.