A2MQG Meeting Minutes - May 2026

     May 2026

The meeting was held at Lull Co on May 27th with 27 people in attendance and 2 on Zoom.

• Guild Business
•  Our bylaws have changed! The verbiage was confirmed unanimously. 
  
• Taryn has been confirmed unanimously as our VP of Membership! Welcome to the board, Taryn!

• Swaps/Challenges
• This month: Wonky block lottery! 
• For JUNE we are doing a LETTERS CHALLENGE! Make any thing with lettering!
• Check our swaps and challenges page for more information!

• Member Spotlight: Jenna! Thank you Jenna for sharing your talents!
  
  
• Skill Share: Lynn showed us how to do single fold binding! Thank you Lynn!
  
  
• Quilt Shows
• Sutherland-Wilson Farmstead in Pittsfield Township summer 2026. 

Next meeting: Wednesday, June 24th at a Lull Co - same plaza as MakerWorks! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - April 2026

    April 2026

The meeting was held at Lull Co on April 29th with 26 people in attendance and 1 on Zoom.

• Guild Business: Our bylaws are changing! Email to be sent out for members to vote on next month.
  

• Programs 
• Discussing/considering Brandon Wulff do a zoom program! Watch this space for deets.

• Swaps/Challenges
• This month: Postcard swap! Always a big hit - lots of creativity!
• For MAY we are having a wonky block lottery!
• Check our swaps and challenges page for more information!

• Member Spotlight: Wendy! Thank you Wendy for sharing your work with us!
  
  
• Quilt Shows
• Sutherland-Wilson Farmstead in Pittsfield Township summer 2026. 

Next meeting: Wednesday, May 27th at a Lull Co - same plaza as MakerWorks! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - March 2026

    March 2026

The meeting was held at Lull Co on March 25th with 33 people in attendance and 2 on Zoom.

• Outreach
• Carolyn is now taking all your charity requests for batting and backing and you can hand off quilts to her at the meeting. 
  

• Programs 
• April 25-26 is our bag making class by Debbie Vanden Huevel at A2 Sewing. 

• Swaps/Challenges
• This month: Randomly drawn crayon challenge! This event was HUGE! So much participation - thank you everyone!
• For APRIL we are having a postcard swap!
• Check our swaps and challenges page for more information!

• Skill Share - Toledo Sheryl showed us another one of her weird little sewing machines, the Babylock Embellisher! A 7 needle felting machine with no thread or bobbin!
  
  
• Quilt Shows
• Sutherland-Wilson Farmstead in Pittsfield Township summer 2026. 
   

Next meeting: Wednesday, April 29th at a Lull Co - same plaza as MakerWorks! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - February 2026

  February 2026

The meeting was held at Lull Co on February 25th with 33 people in attendance and 2 on Zoom.

• Outreach: 
  
• Carolyn is now taking all your charity requests for batting and backing and you can hand off quilts to her at the meeting. 

• Programs - 

• April 25-26 is our bag making class by Debbie Vanden Huevel at A2 Sewing. 
• Rossie is looking into other program ideas including possibly a sew day at LullCo

• Swaps/Challenges
• Heart block swap! Patty won! Congrats Patty!
• For MARCH we are having a randomly drawn crayon color challenge!
• April is a postcard swap!
• Check our swaps and challenges page for more information!

• Skill Share - Ben showed us how to do cordage and told a lovely story! Thank you Ben!!
  
  
• Member Spotlight - This month we celebrated Kelly! Thank you Kelly for sharing your work with us!
  
  
• Quilt Shows
• Gerald R Ford Library quilts were returned!
• Sutherland-Wilson Farmstead in Pittsfield Township summer 2026.  We have been invited back for next year and we have started a committee - please feel free to join. Co-Chairs : Jillian and Carolyn and Wendy (Kathy will assist as needed). We probably won't start getting active with this until next year.
  
  

Next meeting: Wednesday, March 25th at a Lull Co - same plaza as MakerWorks! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - January 2026

   January 2026

The meeting was held at Lull Co on January 28th

• Annual meeting: This was our annual meeting where we went over our finances and plans for 2026!
  
  
• Outreach: 
  
• Carolyn is now taking all your charity requests for batting and backing and you can hand off quilts to her at the meeting. 
• Carol will be coordinating our booth at the Ann Arbor Library Fiber Arts Expo.  Please plan on attending, Feb 8th from 1-4pm.  The event is at the main library downtown - we will be downstairs and there will be hexies to sew, or you can bring your own hand projects. The goal is to talk to folks about what excites you about quilting, what our modern quilt guild is all about and we will have sewing machines to demo and show folks how to use.
  
  
• MQG Community Outreach Quilt 2026 -  "Michigan is 41.5% Water" quilt is has been sent to QuiltCon
  

• Programs - 

• April 25-26 is our bag making class by Debbie Vanden Huevel at A2 Sewing. 
• Rossie is looking into other program ideas including possibly a sew day at LullCo

• Swaps/Challenges
• No swap or challenge this month - Prepare a heart block for a heart block lottery in February!
• For MARCH we are having a randomly drawn crayon color challenge!
• Check our swaps and challenges page for more information!

• Skill Share - Kathy showed us how to do no-tear foundation paper piecing. Thank you Kathy!
  
  
• Quilt Shows
• erald R Ford Library show is still running with the last day on the 30th.  Teams will be tagged by Tara to help tear down.
• Sutherland-Wilson Farmstead in Pittsfield Township summer 2026.  We have been invited back for next year and we have started a committee - please feel free to join. Co-Chairs : Jillian and Carolyn and Wendy (Kathy will assist as needed). We probably won't start getting active with this until next year.
  
  
• Retreats
• Next retreat is January 30th - Feb 1st, 2026 at creative passions! 

Next meeting: Wednesday, February 25th at a Lull Co - same plaza as MakerWorks! 6pm meet and greet, 6:30 meeting start! See you there!