Thursday, March 20, 2025

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