Meeting, newsletter

November Minutes

San Diego Modern Quilt Guild

November 11, 2018 

Minutes

The meeting was called to order at 11 am by President ,  Stephanie Grainger.  

Guests were introduced.

2019  Board positions were announced. Voting was completed at the October meeting.

President – Jill Lombard

VP of Operations –  Pricilla Dulin

VP of Activities – Kristyn Jansen

Secretary – Sue Bouchard

Treasurer – Carrie Hanson

Geographic Outreach – Cohni Acevedo

Membership 

Member dues of $50 need to be paid by the January meeting.  Be sure to fill out the registration form on Blog.  

Corky Blanco’s Estate Sale will be held on Saturday, November 24, from 10 am – 4 pm.  It will be held at 5246 Candlelight St. in Oceanside.  Peggy Ancinec, Elizabeth O’Toole and Sharon Kuder graciously organized the event.  They are accepting cash and checks only.

Birthday Club

Pam Sadler collected all the bags for the Birthday Club Fat Quarter exchange.  Distribution will begin in January 2019.

Christmas Party

Mark you calendars! The party will be on Sunday, December 2 at Teresa’s winery, Highland Hills. (same place as last year). Please RSVP if you are coming. It will be a Potluck meal.  

We will be playing two Left, Right, Center games.  One will be with Low Volumes and the other will be any Modern Fabrics.  Bring 3 Fat Quarters of each if you would like to play.  Laura is also bringing some other fun games.

Susan Kephart is collecting member quilts to hang around the patio. 

All Christmas volunteers should be at the winery by 9 am.  

Upcoming Workshop

December 9 Libs Elliot – Sold Out

Teacher contract for future instructors is being updated for 2019.

Charity – Kirstyn Jansen

Currently we are making 50” x 60” Lap quilts for Riverside Chemo Lounge.

For 2019 the recipients are: 

January – April    Polinsky Children’s Center

May – August.     Just in Time (Children who are aging out of the Foster Care system)

Sept. – Dec.        Riverside Chemo Lounge

We will possibly be adding an ongoing Small Pouch Bags collection for toiletries. 

Jill Lombard announced several new activities  starting in 2019.

Each month we will be doing a Lotto Block Exchange.  Sue Bouchard is presenting a new block each month.  The more you make the better your chances are to win.  Instructions are distributed through the SDMQG Blog.  

Member Spotlight – A 10-20 minute presentation of quilts from one member each month.

House Demos from members will presented right after the meeting in the Studio.

The following members will be doing 2-3 hours classes next year after the regular scheduled meeting. There is no charge to members for these classes.

Alison Gurganus – Bags/Totes

Sue Bouchard – Binding

San Thompson – Save the Selvages

Kristyn Janson – Apparel

Let the board know if you have any ideas for other classes.

Raffle prizes awarded. 

Sew and Tell

Respectfully Submitted

Sue Bouchard