A2MQG Meeting Minutes - July 2026

 The meeting was held at LullCo with a somewhat lighter attendance (summer y'all!). We did have one guest in attendance.

• MQG Community Outreach Quilt
• Kathy shared the fabric choices for the quilt and explained the process
• Fabric scheduled to be handed out at the August meeting
• We discussed how the membership felt about offering the MQG quilt for sale at QuiltCon and the general consensus was that this would be okay - the charity it benefits goes towards art programs for youth.  The question was raised on how much quilts have sold for in the past and how many have actually sold so that will be researched.

• Programs:
• No Tear Paper Piecing class, August 30th at Ann Arbor Academy: class is full but members welcome to add to the waitlist
• Rossie is looking into Brandon Wulff class as well as a possible Debbie Grifka class near the beginning of next year

• Swaps and Challenges:
• There was swapping of quilted bookmarks with some very clever tiny things.  
• Next month's swap will be a 12-in finished block of member's choice in blue and neutrals. Blocks will go into our charity quilt offerings.
• September will be a Negative Space Challenge (Jess will email with more info)

• Charity:
• We had a couple donations for our charity outreach.
• We also announced the addition of a new charity resource - Alyssa has offered to bring donations to Univ of Michigan's adult compassion carts.  These quilts will be used to support grieving families, often to cover up tubes and such to make the process less scary for family members.  The quilts can be any make and generally we are thinking in the lap quilt size.

• Sutherland-Wilson Farm Quilt Show
• Quilts were collected for the show which will be open to the public August 16, September 20, and October 18th.
• Set up for the show will be Saturday, August 1st at 10:00am

• Procedures
• The board announced a procedure to add a membership category for Junior Members.  Please see the policies and procedures for exact wording

• Retreats
• There will be a local retreat (email going out shortly to members) to be held September 26-27 at Ann Arbor Academy.  Members will be able to sew all day and leave their projects overnight to work on the next day.  The retreat is planned for about 15 members although we will look at the space during the FPP class and see if we can extend that. We may ask for a $10 fee which will be donated to the Academy as a thank-you for using the space.
• We will still have our overnight retreat at Creative Passions in January (Jan 29-31).

                

A2MQG Meeting Minutes - June 2026

     June 2026

The meeting was held at Lull Co on June 24th with 29 people in attendance.

• Programs
•  The date for the no tear foundation paper piecing class is August 30th! $20 cash at Ann Arbor Academy, Kathy is teaching!
• Watch email for a signup form!
• Bring your own supplies, but please have an Add-A-Quarter ruler!
• The form will have a checkbox to purchase a ruler.

• Swaps/Challenges
• This month: Letter challenge! Make something with letters! 
• For JULY we are doing a wrapped bookmark swap! Make a quilted bookmark for swapping!
• Check our swaps and challenges page for more information!

• Skill Share: (Toledo) Sheryl showed off her nifty Sashiko sewing machine! Thanks Sheryl!
  
  
• Quilt Shows
• Sutherland-Wilson Farmstead in Pittsfield Township summer 2026. 
• The theme is "Somewhere in Time" 
• Setting up August 1st 
• Please bring anything you want to go to the July meeting with an artist's statement!

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

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!