April 2021 Guild Meeting

We had a great time at the April meeting with 17 of us in attendance at the Tioga Masonic Lodge. 

President Sylvia discussed the following items:

• A Board Meeting would be held on Saturday, April 24th at 10 AM. Board members may meet in person at Sylvia's home or through the Zoom meeting app. 
• The status of our use of the Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center for our meetings. Due to current restrictions, only 20 people would be allowed in for a meeting. As we traditionally had more people than that before the virus hit, it has been decided that we will continue to meet at the Lodge in Tioga for the time being.
  
• Our raffle quilt is almost done. As soon as it is completed arrangements will be made to get it photographed and raffle tickets will be ordered.
  
• Possible procedures for our quilt show were discussed. At the moment, the most likely scenario is that the next quilt show will be held in 2022.
• Bumble Bags are still needed. Recently some students from Mansfield University helped fill the bags we have made with the items for the recipients. One of the students was heard to exclaim that the bags are, "So dope!" He stated he would like one to use for his own toiletries. 😀
  

Jan gave a treasurer's report and Mary discussed the picnic meeting that will be held in August at a pavilion at Ives Run Recreation Area. Kristin brought items for the monthly raffle which Nikki won. She chose a beautiful puzzle as her prize. Nikki gave a mini program on making reading pillows from 3 fat quarters. The directions for this can be found here: alltuckedinquilts.blogspot.com

Important note about membership cards. Since we did not collect money for dues for the 2021 calendar year, if you paid your dues for 2020, your membership is carried over for this year. The only dues collected for 2021 will be those for new members. If you use your membership card for discounts at fabric stores, you may just add the number 21 to your card for this year or request a new card. Membership cards for 2021 will only be issued on request.

Then it was time for SHOW AND TELL!!!!

A watercolor quilt, be sure to click on this and see the large photo. It is spectacular!

This great quilt was a scrapbuster.

A wonderful example of paper piecing.

There is one less UFO in this quilter's pile.

Captain Goose had us all smiling.

3 more Bumble Bags completed from a yard of fabric and some scraps.

The May 2021 monthly meeting will be held on TUESDAY, May 18th at 7:00 PM at the Tioga Masonic Hall, 9 Meadow Street in Tioga, PA 16930. (We had to move to Tuesday for this month only because another group has reserved the room during our regular Monday meeting time.)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING MLQG MEETINGS

 

I apologize for the delay in sharing changes for our meeting; however, the restrictions that are in effect at the Gmeiner do not allow for more than 20 people to attend (see below info from Anna). We currently have about 17 people attending at the Lodge Hall. We want to be safe, but 20 is a low number for our group and it would be a shame if someone drove a long way to the meeting and could not attend because we have met their limit. I would love to go back to “normal meetings”, but at this time managing attendance is not something that I am willing to do. If someone else feels strongly that we should be using the Gmeiner, please put together a plan for that and contact me (Sylvia).

 In the meantime, we have decided that we will continue to meet at the Tioga Lodge hall until further notice. This includes the meeting for APRIL.

 

Please note: due to a conflict the May meeting at the Tioga Lodge Hall, the MLQG meeting will be held on Tuesday, May, 18 at 7PM. Hope to see you there.

Bonus Benefit with Membership - Quilter's Consortium of New York State

 Did you know that your membership in Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild also makes you a member of Quilter's Consortium of New York State?

 Quilter's Consortium of New York State website

 "Well," you may say, "That's interesting but what does it mean to me?" 

A membership in the Quilter's Consortium of New York State allows you to take part in the following:

• Quilter's Travel Club Passport - 
  Travel Club Passports encourage quilters to attend the many wonderful quilt shows that are held throughout the State of New York. The Passport booklet is approximately 20-25 pages and includes  quilt business ads, shop hops and great prizes.
• Quilt Challenge -
  Annual, themed, quilt challenge with the finalists' quilts traveling to member quilt shows for two years throughout NYS.
  
• Quarterly Meetings -
  QCNYS quarterly meetings at various locations around NYS to conduct business, share ideas, and provide networking for members.
  
• Award of Excellence -
  Awarded at Quilt Shows in the Passport to the best-of0show and exhibited at the biannual Best of New York Quilt Show.
  
• Scholarships and Grants -
  Annual educational scholarships to promote the art of quilting. Annual grants to guilds for support of community service projects.
  
• Best of NYS Quilt Show - Biannual quilt show featuring the Award of Excellence quilts, special exhibits, hostess guild quilts, and a great Quilt Market of quilters' goodies.
  
• Quilter's Retreat - Our annual retreat of quilters from across the state of New York! A great time with new and old friends, fun, food, and fabric. Bring a project that you want to work on and spend your time creating.
• Quilter's Connections - Quilt teachers and businesses enjoy this opportunity to share their class information and schedules with quilters and guilds. They also share quilt tips, techniques, tolls, and goodies! Watch for Quilter's Market in 2022.
  

 Our MLQG president strongly encourages our members to take advantage of these wonderful opportunities. Please share any of your experiences of using this benefit with a guild officer or at a guild meeting.

* Explanations shamelessly taken as direct quotes from the QCNYS website.

Spring Retreat - March 2021

 We're having a ball at Linck Hill. Here are just a couple of shots to show what we are up to:

Where is everyone???

 

 

 

Oh, here they are in the dining room. *lol*

The sharing table was full of goodies.

The door prize that was awarded on Monday night.

We each received a cute lanyard.

March 2021 Guild Meeting

 We had a great, socially distanced meeting at the Tioga Masonic Lodge with 11 members and one guest present. 

I hope you enjoy these pictures from our Show and Tell session.

 

 

Nancy's 9-Patch

Fancy Back on that 9-Patch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nancy's Frog Quilt #1

Nancy's Frog Quilt #2

Jan's Star Quilt

Nikki's Baby Quilt

Then we had a table runner extravaganza!

This patriotic quilt is just stunning!

Yay! A quilted baby quilt.

Look, another one all quilted.

Each block has a different quilting design.

Moon over the Mountains, made by Sylvia's sister, Cindy Chaapel.

Monkeying around!

Outreach Project of the Month

This month let’s concentrate on making Bumble Bags for the Humble Bumble Project!

Once completed, Bumble Bags are filled with all kinds of goodies and distributed to cancer patients who are receiving chemotherapy at local cancer centers.

Bumble bags can be made with two coordinating fat quarters in about a half an hour.  You can find the step by step tutorial below.  

Let’s see how many we can make before the March meeting!  

Questions?  Contact Susan Mc., outreach chairperson.

https://mountainlaurelquiltguild.blogspot.com/2019/11/bumble-bag-tutorial.html

Meeting Updates

 I hope you are all well and can't wait to see the wonderful things you make as we hunker down to hide from another round of this nasty virus. COVID-19 is having an impact on our community and our Guild activities.

Unfortunately there was a mix up as to the date of the November meeting. The meeting was actually held November 16 and there will be no meeting on November 23. 

 

In other updates there will be no meeting in December and the Christmas party has been cancelled due to  COVID-19. 

 

Our next meeting will be held at the Masonic Lodge in Tioga on our regular meeting date, the third Monday of the month, January 18th, 2021. Let's hope we can meet and enjoy our passion for fabric, thread, and friends.