A2MQG Meeting Minutes - July 2025

 July 2025

The meeting was held at Maker Works on July 30th with 23 members and 2 guests in attendance. We had 2 members join us on Zoom.

• Longarm Possibilities:  Maker Works made a short presentation on how they are adding a longarm to their collection of machines available to rent.  The machine is a Bernina Q20.  As with all their machines, users will need to take a check-out class on how to use the machine.  You can either become a MW member or can get day passes.  Check out the MW website for more information : https://www.maker-works.com/

• MQG Community Outreach Quilt 2026 - sign-ups have gone out for the MQG project.  If you would like to participate but didn't get to sign up, please contact Dorie or Rossie.

• Programs - 

• 10 members participated in the Dye Day at Rossie's last month and many shared what they made/dyed.

• We are looking into a bag making class for the latter part of the year - more to come on that.

• Swaps/Challenges

• Our next challenge is a "self portrait challenge".  Bring your creativity to the fore and take this opportunity to show us what you love or what makes you "you". This challenge is due at the September meeting.

• Skill Share - Kathy Klinich presented on how she designs quilts using Illustrator and/or Inkscape computer programs.

• Member Spotlight - Deb Spring shared how she got started in quilting (her path was through art).

• Quilt Shows

• Gerald R Ford Library show this coming winter - signups will start at the next meeting. (Chair : Tara)

• Sutherland-Wilson Farmstead in Pittsfield Township summer 2026.  We have been invited back for next year and we have started a committee.

Next meeting: Wednesday, August 27th at Maker Works! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - June 2025

June 2025

The meeting was held at Maker Works on June 25th with 26 people in attendance and 2 on Zoom! 

Events: 

- The Liberty of London fabric was cut! There's still some left! Check your email for an order form.

Round Robin: Want to get involved? Just bring a bag with fabric and some instructions (as specific or non-specific as you like!) and cut on in! It's never too late to join our Round Robin fun! Check our guidelines to see how it works!

Swaps/Challenges:  Try a new skill challenge! Many people had wonderful things to share that they tried for the first time!! Thank you everyone for trying new things!

Charity: Continue to get those charity quilts to Carol and peruse our collection of kits to take home and put together, or make your own! 

Also, we discussed the community outreach quilt! We will be changing the color palette to the blue palette!

Demonstration/Skill Share:  Amy showed us how to use soy wax to dye batiks! Super interesting, thank you Amy!

Show and Share:  The Board would like to ask members to limit (if possible) the number of show and shares to no more than 2 quilts. We want to see your work! Don't forget to bring those finishes (and WIPs!) to show off to your quilty pals! Check out all our great shares on Instagram!!

Next meeting: Wednesday, July 30th at Maker Works! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

Next month's swap/challenge:  There is no challenge/swap due this month.  Reminder that our next challenge is a "self portrait challenge".  Bring your creativity to the fore and take this opportunity to show us what you love or what makes you "you". This challenge is due at the September meeting.

Upcoming Events: 

June 28th, 2025 Dye day! Free for members, watch for a signup form coming soon. Bring any materials you want to donate to the May meeting!

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - May 2025

May 2025

The meeting was held at Maker Works on May 28th with 28 people in attendance and 2 on Zoom! 

Events: 

- The Liberty of London fabric was cut! There's still some left! Check your email for an order form.

Round Robin: Want to get involved? Just bring a bag with fabric and some instructions (as specific or non-specific as you like!) and cut on in! It's never too late to join our Round Robin fun! Check our guidelines to see how it works!

Swaps/Challenges:  No challenge this month!

Member Spotlight: New member Lisa showed us some of her great collection of quilts! Thank you Lisa!

Charity: Continue to get those charity quilts to Carol and peruse our collection of kits to take home and put together, or make your own! 

Demonstration/Skill Share:  Rossie prepared us for dye day with a great presentation!

Show and Share:  The Board would like to ask members to limit (if possible) the number of show and shares to no more than 2 quilts. We want to see your work! Don't forget to bring those finishes (and WIPs!) to show off to your quilty pals! Check out all our great shares on Instagram!!

Next meeting: Wednesday, June 25th at Maker Works! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

Next month's swap/challenge:  Try Out a New Skill challenge! Try a new quilting related skill and show us your results!

Upcoming Events: 

June 28th, 2025 Dye day! Free for members, watch for a signup form coming soon. Bring any materials you want to donate to the May meeting!

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - April 2025

April 2025

The meeting was held at Maker Works on April 30th with 25 people in attendance and 3 on Zoom! 

Events: 

- The Ann Arbor District Library paper piecing event was a great success! There were 15-20 people and 7 guild members! Great job everyone!

- The Liberty of London fabric was cut! There's still some left! Check your email for an order form.

Round Robin: Want to get involved? Just bring a bag with fabric and some instructions (as specific or non-specific as you like!) and cut on in! It's never too late to join our Round Robin fun! Check our guidelines to see how it works!

Swaps/Challenges:  This month we did the book or movie cover color palette challenge! Some really great inspiration from all who participated!

Charity: Continue to get those charity quilts to Carol and peruse our collection of kits to take home and put together, or make your own! 

Member Spotlight: Rossie showed us some of her awesome finishes from years past!

Demonstration/Skill Share:  Sheryl showed us how a domestic stitch regulator works!

Show and Share:  The Board would like to ask members to limit (if possible) the number of show and shares to no more than 2 quilts. We want to see your work! Don't forget to bring those finishes (and WIPs!) to show off to your quilty pals! Check out all our great shares on Instagram!!

Next meeting: Wednesday, May 28th at Maker Works! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

Next month's swap/challenge: No challenge due next month! Following month is Try Out a New Skill challenge!

Upcoming Events: 

June 28th, 2025 Dye day! Free for members, watch for a signup form coming soon. Bring any materials you want to donate to the May meeting!

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - March 2025

March 2025

The meeting was held at Maker Works on March 26th with 27 people in attendance and 4 on Zoom! 

Events: 

- The Liberty of London fabric was cut! There's still some left! Check your email for an order form.

Round Robin: Want to get involved? Just bring a bag with fabric and some instructions (as specific or non-specific as you like!) and cut on in! It's never too late to join our Round Robin fun! Check our guidelines to see how it works!

Swaps/Challenges:  No swap or challenge this month!

Charity: Continue to get those charity quilts to Carol and peruse our collection of kits to take home and put together, or make your own! 

Demonstration/Skill Share:  Heidi showed us how she paints with thread in her unique style! Thank you Heidi that was so cool!

Show and Share:  The Board would like to ask members to limit (if possible) the number of show and shares to no more than 2 quilts. We want to see your work! Don't forget to bring those finishes (and WIPs!) to show off to your quilty pals! Check out all our great shares on Instagram!!

Next meeting: Wednesday, April 30th at Maker Works! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

Next month's swap/challenge: The color palette challenge! Choose a color pallette from a movie poster, album cover, book cover, or whatever moves you! Then make any project from it! Can't wait to see yours!

Upcoming Events: 

June 28th, 2025 Dye day! Free for members, watch for a signup form coming soon. Bring any materials you want to donate to the May meeting!

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - February 2025

February 2025

The meeting was held at Maker Works on February 26th with 28 people in attendance and 5 on Zoom! 

Quiltcon: Some members went to QuiltCon and had a great time! They did make and takes, attended lectures, and saw some beautiful quilts!

Events: 

- The Ann Arbor library will be hosting an English Paper piecing class on April 9th from 6-7:30pm! Signups for helping coming soon!

- The Liberty of London fabric was cut! There's still some left! Check your email for an order form.

Round Robin: Want to get involved? Just bring a bag with fabric and some instructions (as specific or non-specific as you like!) and cut on in! It's never too late to join our Round Robin fun! Check our guidelines to see how it works!

Swaps/Challenges:  Modern block raffle! We had so many blocks made!! Thanks to everyone for participating!

Charity: Continue to get those charity quilts to Carol and peruse our collection of kits to take home and put together, or make your own! 

Demonstration/Skill Share:  Carol showed us a technique called Bojagi, which is a Korean flat felled seam patchwork technique! Thank you Carol! 

Show and Share:  The Board would like to ask members to limit (if possible) the number of show and shares to no more than 2 quilts. We want to see your work! Don't forget to bring those finishes (and WIPs!) to show off to your quilty pals! Check out all our great shares on Instagram!!

Next meeting: Wednesday, March 26th at Maker Works! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

Next month's swap/challenge: The color palette challenge, due in April! Choose a color pallette from a movie poster, album cover, book cover, or whatever moves you! Then make any project from it! Can't wait to see yours!

Upcoming Events: 

April 9th, 2025 (6-7:30pm) - EPP Class at Ann Arbor Downtown Library

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - January 2025

  January 2025

The meeting was held at Maker Works on January 29th with 23 people in attendance and 1 on Zoom! This was our annual meeting to go over what we did last year and what we'd like to do this year.

Events: 

- The Ann Arbor library will be hosting an English Paper piecing class on April 9th from 6-7:30pm! Signups for helping coming soon!

- The Liberty of London fabric was cut! There's still some left! Check your email for an order form.

Round Robin: Want to get involved? Just bring a bag with fabric and some instructions (as specific or non-specific as you like!) and cut on in! It's never too late to join our Round Robin fun! Check our guidelines to see how it works!

Swaps/Challenges:  None this month!

Charity: Continue to get those charity quilts to Carol and peruse our collection of kits to take home and put together, or make your own! 

Demonstration/Skill Share:  None this month, annual meting!

Show and Share:  The Board would like to ask members to limit (if possible) the number of show and shares to no more than 2 quilts. We want to see your work! Don't forget to bring those finishes (and WIPs!) to show off to your quilty pals! Check out all our great shares on Instagram!!

Next meeting: Wednesday, February 26th at Maker Works! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

Next month's swap: Modern Blocks Lottery! Make as many or as few modernj blocks as you would like entries in the lottery to win them all! Please make them 6.5' or 12.5".

Upcoming Events: 

April 9th, 2025 (6-7:30pm) - EPP Class at Ann Arbor Downtown Library

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - December 2024

  December 2024

The meeting was held at Maker Works on December 18th with 23 people in attendance!

Events: 

- The Ann Arbor library will be hosting an English Paper piecing class on April 9th from 6-7:30pm! Signups for helping coming soon!

- We will be offering Liberty of London fabric to guild members to raise money for charity! More details for this soon as well!

Round Robin: Want to get involved? Just bring a bag with fabric and some instructions (as specific or non-specific as you like!) and cut on in! It's never too late to join our Round Robin fun! Check our guidelines to see how it works!

Swaps/Challenges:  Smalls and/or notions yankee swap! The holiday party swap is always a big hit!!

Charity: Continue to get those charity quilts to Carol and peruse our collection of kits to take home and put together, or make your own! 

Demonstration/Skill Share:  None this month, too busy partying!

Show and Share:  The Board would like to ask members to limit (if possible) the number of show and shares to no more than 2 quilts. We want to see your work! Don't forget to bring those finishes (and WIPs!) to show off to your quilty pals! Check out all our great shares on Instagram!!

Next meeting: Wednesday, January 29th at Maker Works! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

Next month's swap: Nothing for January!

Upcoming Events: 

January 24th-25th, 2025 - Quilt retreat at Creative Passions in Chesaning, MI. 

February 9th, 2025 (9-5) - Fiber Arts Expo 2025, Ann Arbor Downtown Library

April 9th, 2025 (6-7:30pm) - EPP Class at Ann Arbor Downtown Library