Ginia reported that 17 people are confirmed for our retreat at the end of June, including 4 from other guilds. There is still time to sign up if you haven't done so, but please contact
Ginia as soon as possible as she will be out of town for the two weeks before the retreat. She will be sending out info about Thursday night and food. If you have an extension cord, it might be helpful to bring it with you.
Our library is officially installed at Pink Castle Fabrics and accepting book donations.
Despite the loss of our contact at Spoonflower, we are proceeding with the plan to auction the quilts to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Debbie will help Rossie take some good pictures for the auction.
About 20 beautiful Blocks for Boston were collected and Brenda will send them off to Natalie in Boston tomorrow.
Kathy generously agreed to quilt our Jay McCarroll Habitat quilts.
The
Oklahoma City MQG is accepting completed quilts for tornado victims. Please bring any quilt you'd like to donate to the June meeting as the deadline is June 30.
If you are interested in attending the
MQG Sew Down in Philadelphia, please let
Jen or
Brenda know right away. Those whose guilds are members of the national MQG can get a discount, but Jen needs to do some paperwork first.
Jacquie Gering will be teaching in Michigan three times in the next few months! First at
Camp Stitchalot from August 9-11. Then she'll be at the
AQS show in Grand Rapids from August 14 - 17. On October 11 and 12, Jacquie will be teaching for the
Great Lakes Heritage Quilters in Bloomfield Hills (FYI, classes there are a fair bit cheaper than AQS).
Debbie will be teaching her
Bias Applique class for Quilting Unlimited by the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild. Mary Hogan will be teaching three classes at QU - check them out
here,
here and
here.
Debbie made a chart that showed the old and new MQG definitions of modern quilting. The definition has changed somewhat as modern quilting has evolved. It was suggested that pictures of quilts demonstrating some of the main points would be helpful.
Index cards were passed out to take suggestions for future program activities.
The fantastic Round Robin quilts were reviewed. Anyone can jump in at any time - contact
Dorie if you'd like to participate.
Jenna Brand is the winner of the Madrona Road challenge! Congratulations, Jenna!
Rossie announced that the Grand Rapids Art Museum has an
exhibit of Susana Hunter's improv quilts from now through August 25.
Debbie is organizing a day trip to the
AQS show in Grand Rapids on August 15 or 16. If you are interested in going, please contact
her.
Next month's activity is a zippered pouch swap! Bring your wrapped patchwork or applique, quilted and lined zipper pouch to join the fun!
Brenda announced that
Pink Castle Fabrics will now officially be open M-F, 9-5 and Sat 11-2. Woo hoo!
