July Meeting Agenda

FWMQG July Meeting Agenda

Welcome

Guest Introductions

Icebreaker Activity

MM Challenge Reveal

How to post picture on Comm. Site

Comm. Site Scavenger Hunt

Quilt Show Submission FAQ

BOM

Break

Mug Rug Swap

FMQ Demo with Lois and January

Tear Away Activity

New Challenge!

Announcements - Sharon Pernes is Teaching Twilight Tango at Cabbage Rose Tuesday July 22nd from 11-4 or August 9th from 12-5). 

We need volunteers to baste, quilt and bind charity quilts. Please see Jenn if you are interested. 

Used Long Arm for Sale

Austin Shop Hop weekend of July 25 - austinshophop.com for more info

Show and Share

Participation Prizes

June Meeting Agenda

FWMQG June Meeting Agenda

June 19, 2014

We hope to see you tonight at our jam packed meeting!  We will have a special presentation about fabric design from Caroline Hulse (aka SewCaroline!), a new fabric designer for Art Gallery Fabrics!

If you want to order a new FWMQG t-shirt, please bring your checkbook or cash!  We will take orders tonight!

• Welcome!  Please sign in!
• Please pick up charm square
• Introduction of guests
• Ice breaker
• Sew Caroline presentation!
• Break
• Committee meetings
• May BOM sharing
• QuiltCon registration Q&A
• Announcements
• T-shirt orders
• June BOM reveal
• Show and Share
• Participation prizes!
• Pick up charm square on your way out!
• Drinks and snacks at Central Market after the meeting!

Announcements

Upcoming Programs and Events

• Coming in July!
• New challenge to be announced!
• Bring your tear-away swap fabric to the July meeting!
• Mug rug challenge from your June meeting charm square
• Community Site treasure hunt
• FMQ demos!
• Voting on adding PayPal as a form of payment for dues, etc
• July ?, 5pm - 9pm:  Sewing Sunday @ Madtosh Crafts
• June 19:  Michael Miller Challenge due

If you have an announcement to submit, it must be sent to the board no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting. Other announcements for the newsletter should be sent in by the 5th of the month.

May Meeting

Big news, folks.  The Michael Miller Challenge has a new due date:  JULY 25th!  If anyone who didn't sign up by the cutoff date is interested in participating, let Jenn know asap as there may be some open spots left.  We're already starting to see hints of what people are coming up with and they are p-r-e-t-t-y!

"Put a Goose On It" Challenge Reveal

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May Meeting Agenda

FWMQG May Meeting Agenda

May 15, 2014

• Welcome!  Please sign in!
• Introduction of guests
• Treasurer's report
• Membership report
• Ice breaker
• Geese reveal
• Committee meetings / break
• Let's make a deal
• April BOM sharing
• May BOM reveal
• Denyse Schmidt - who is she and why should I care?
• Show and Share
• Participation prizes!

Announcements

• Michael Miller Challenge extension and fabric wait list
• No new challenge for this month to allow for time to work on the MM challenge
• Sign up for new t-shirts if interested - $15
• Old t-shirts for sale next month - $5 (see Jenn for size availability)
• Tear away challenge in July
• Quilt Con - volunteers, hotel info, registration info updates
• June program - don't miss it!

If you have an announcement to submit, it must be sent to the board no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting. Other announcements for the newsletter should be sent in by the 5th of the month.

April Meeting

Such beautiful stars!  Absolutely loving how each BOM block is turning out.  Way to be creative and inspirational, everyone!

Demos

Lizzie showed us how to make a pressing board for cheapsies -- this is a must-do!  And Jenn, January, and Maureen presented different ways to sew curved pieces.  Don't fear the drunkard's path!  It's much easier than you may think!!!

Show and Share

I'm always impressed with what people bring for show and share.  They're absolutely gorgeous, ladies!  Keep bringing your projects in as we all love to see what everyone's been working on.

April Meeting Agenda

FWMQG April Meeting Agenda

April 17, 2014

• Welcome!  Please sign in!
• Introduction of guests
• Ice breaker
• Tool time!
• Curves demonstration
• Committee meetings
• March BOM sharing
• April BOM reveal
• Modern quilting workshop
• Show and Share
• Participation prizes!

Announcements

Upcoming Programs and Events

• Pick up Michael Miller Challenge fabrics after meeting
• April 27:  Meet up and show and share with DMQG
• May 15:  Flying Geese challenge due
• May 15:  Let's Make A Deal!
• May 18, 5pm - 9pm:  Sewing Sunday @ Madtosh Crafts
• June 19:  Michael Miller Challenge due

If you have an announcement to submit, it must be sent to the board no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting. Other announcements for the newsletter should be sent in by the 5th of the month.

March Meeting

Our March meeting was so much fun that I'm just now recovering enough to get this recap posted. Ok, maybe not that much fun but we had a blast!  In the spirit of "what inspires you?", we did a little creative exercise with graph paper and colored pencils to come up with some design ideas for our upcoming BOM and challenge.  Check out the BOM and the Challenges pages for the new updates!  There definitely is some fun stuff in store for us!

The fabric for the Michael Miller Fabric Challenge was not received in time for distribution at the meeting, but it's here and ready for you now!  You can pick it up at the April Sewing Sunday and the April guild meeting.

We have our own Pinterest account!  We'll be collecting inspirational pictures for the different challenges and blocks of the month.

Tool Time: Wonder Clips

What are all the uses you can think of for Wonder Clips?  We made it a game to come up with the many ways you can put them to use.  And the winning team members each took home a set of their own!

• Binding
• Grouping fabric cuts
• Stitch marker
• Label rows on a design board
• Hanging patterns
• Marking bobbins
• Paper piecing holder
• Pleat holder
• Hemming
• Holding drawstrings in place

Solids Challenge Reveal

We had a number of absolutely beautiful solids challenge quilts tonight!  Great job everyone!!!

 



 

 

 

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Announcements

• March 23, 5pm - 9pm:  Makeup Sewing Sunday @ Madtosh Crafts
• April 13, 5pm - 9pm: Sewing Sunday @ Madtosh Crafts  [arrive before 5pm if you want to buy fabric]
• April 11 - 12: Carthage Quilt Show - Piney Woods Quilt Festival
• April 27:  Meet up with DMQG and thread catcher swap
• Central Market meet up after each guild meeting