In January on social media quilters can
be described as tracking finishes and receiving “Happy Mail”!
I have seen quilters tracking the projects they
have finished this year. Tracking or
counting finishes is very motivating. I
must admit that when I sat down last night and counted my finishes, I was quite
surprised,….’at three and counting. If
you are like me, a project is not done until its quilted, bound and
labeled. Getting our projects quilted
often involves passing our projects on to our favorite long armer or a trip to
a studio to rent time on a long arm machine.
But are our project’s ready to be quilted? At our February meeting, Mary Dylke will be
providing us some tips on preparing our quilts for long arming. At little bit of preparation goes a long way
to a great finish.
“Happy Mail” pictures are all over Instagram. The parcel contents look fantastic. At our meeting we will discuss some upcoming
opportunities for swaps with the guild.
To lead us through the balance of 2017, we will
have our elections for our open positions.
As of this evening I have received the following nominations:
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President - Louse Phelps
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Vice
President - Mary Dylke
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Treasurer - Stephanie Hutchinson
•
Secretary - Jera McKenzie
•
Social
Media - Tamara Kerelchuk and Agnes
Gorombey
•
Charity - Gayle Gilliss
I have not
received any nominations for the Volunteer coordinator position. However, Rebecca Marcil has kindly agreed to
look after organizing our participation at Heritage Park.
As a friendly reminder, if you haven’t paid your
dues for 2017 they are now past due. Our
dues cycle is January-December and they are $50 per person. Members who
join after June will pay $30. First meeting is free for visitors, then $5
per meeting. Local membership is $25. This is only open to those
that are individual members of the international “Modern Quilt Guild”. Members
of our Calgary Modern Quilt Guild must be members of the international Modern
Quilt Guild. Any further questions or
concerns about this can be directed to Susan Madu at susan.m.madu@gmail.com.
Payment methods:
•
cash at a
meeting
•
NO cheques
The meeting schedule is:
•
Greetings
and updates
•
Guild
Elections
•
Block
Lotto presentation
•
Presentation
by Mary Dylke
•
Show
and Tell
Please
bring:
•
A quilt or project for show and tell
•
Name tag
•
Solid fat Quarter for a game.
Our
meeting will be at Wonderfil
Threaducation Centre Bay 4, 2915 19th St. NE from 7 – 9 pm on
February 16, 2017.
