CFMQG Meeting - Monday Sept. 17th

Our next Cape Fear Modern Quilt Guild meeting will be at 10am Monday Sept 17th @ Sew Happins.

Come and learn about some of the Modern Quilting activities our newly elected officers have in store for us.

Also… Show n' Tell - bring you latest projects.

Hope to see you there!

CFMGQ August 20th - Meeting Minutes

Cape Fear Modern Quilt Guild Meeting - August 20, 2012

Business meeting: Today we voted on the officers for the coming year. Here are the results of the election:

President - Kathy Lyman

Vice President - Gloria Pope

Secretary - Donna Bergman

Treasurer - Karen Smith

Thank you to the all the work of the outgoing board and the bylaw committee (Donna, Penny, Karen, Becky, and Sherry) to write the bylaws and get the guild organized. Thank you to the nominating committee (Sue and Elaine) for your help with the elections.

Other News:

Gloria Pope is starting a quilt group in Little River which will meet the first Friday of the month (Sept. 7 th first meeting).  Contact Gloria for more information.

Joyce DeLucia is organizing a class in quilt history.  For more information check the website of the Brunswick Quilt Guild.

Linda will be going to Houston - she has a quilt that will be on display at the show.

Guest Speaker: Kathy Stuart, quilt artist

Kathy provided so much inspiration today and a wonderful trunk show.  She started quilting in 2000 but has been sewing since the age of 4.  As Kathy shared her quilts, she talked about what she learned from each quilt.  She has done a wide range of quilts from pieced, applique, fiber art to whole cloth quilts.  Her machine quilting on the quilts was stunning and amazing.  Kathy has won many awards for her beautiful quilts and gave tips and pointers about what judges look for.  She loves challenges and likes to get feedback on her quilts.  Her ugly fabric challenge quilt was very unique and fun.  I especially liked the culture challenge quilt called “Hello my name is Kathy”.  Kathy’s name was written in many different languages - a very fun quilt.

Show & Tell photos can be found here ==> http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.432565280118456.90257.200809193294067&type=1

Donna Bergman 

Recording Secretary

Our next meeting will be Monday August 20th

Our next meeting will be at 10am Monday August 20th @ Sew Happins.

Program: Kathy Stuart, an Art Quilter who recently moved to Brunswick County, will be presenting a trunk show of art quilts. Kathy was a member of the Professional Art Quilters Alliance. Kathy likes to experiment with many different surface design techniques. She took two of the three ribbons at the Brunswick Quilters Show in May. She uses lots of different media: paint, silk, etc and specializes in whole cloth designs. 
Don't miss this one. It promises to be an inspirational Trunk Show.

Business: We will voting for our first set of offical officers.

Show n' Tell - bring you latest projects.

CFMQG July 16th Meeting Minutes

Cape Fear Modern Quilt Guild Meeting, July 16^th, 2012

When we realized we were plunging into creative conversation without thinking about it, Donna Lockwood called the meeting to order. 

Business: Next month, our meeting will take place on Monday, August 20^th, and the order of business will include election of a slate of officers for the next CFMQG year, starting in September of 2012. All members who have paid this year’s $5 dues are eligible to vote and hold office.  Members who will not be able to attend the meeting next month may obtain a ballot from Donna Bergman. Please do attend next month if you can! 

Program: Ann Hope Marvin presented a really interesting talk, with beautiful quilts and samples, about battings in general and the ease and efficiency of using fusible batting in particular. She specified that Hobbs fusible was the most effective, since it could easily be repositioned numerous times, while some other fusible batting instantly becomes permanently bonded when it is heat set. We learned the meaning of terms like ‘loft’ and ‘scrim’ and we discussed battings made from cotton, wool, silk, bamboo, and the most suitable uses for the various types. Did you know that ‘Warm and Natural’ was not originally designed to be quilt batting, but rather window insulation? It’s great for small wall hangings, but not so great for a quilt you want to drape and soften. This terrific talk proved that the hidden parts of our quilts can be interesting and contribute to the beauty of a finished project too! Thanks Ann!!!

Future Challenges: Once again we talked about a profusion and maybe a confusion of possible challenge or group projects. Ideas abound. Three topics that came up again were the idea of doing small art quilts to support the Alzheimers’ Quilt Project, the idea of doing some type of row by row exchange, and the notion of participating in the national MQG challenge involving a 12” x ?? block. There were also some fun conversations about what members are planning and doing with the Round Robin quilt tops we got back last month. 

Show and Tell: Featured this month was a spectacular bed-size quilt with dense all over home machine quilting, several quilt tops in progress, bags and pillows too! Keep quilting and having fun.    Click here to see all quilts, bags, pillows and wall hangings that were shared by the group.  http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=418254338216217&set=a.418254278216223.86363.200809193294067&type=1&theater

MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW FOR THE AUGUST 20^th MEETING!!!!!!!!!!!

Respectfully submitted

Penny Schmitt, 

Interim Secretary

July CFMQG Meeting - July 16th

Our next meeting will be at 10am Monday July 16th @ Sew Happins.

Program: We are very lucky to have Anne Hope Marvin talk about batting. She's is a very entertaining speaker and an excellent quilter.

Business:  If anyone has examples of group projects that might be fun for us to do ( e.g. row-by-row, replication of greeting card) they should bring them to show.

Show n' Tell - bring you latest projects.