Holiday Sew In!

To attend the sew-in, November 2 from 9-5 pm -- please bring $5 to the October meeting so organizers can purchase food! 

Other special features: 

• Participant gift
• Sale Table—bring your UFO’s unwanted sewing/quilting items—tag and price
• Seating for 14 (more and it becomes cozy)
• Demos through out the day
• Lots of FUN and time to finish holiday gifts!!!

September Meeting Notes!

CMQG Meeting Notes 

September 2013 – Looking forward to our coming year

(Thanks to Barb for taking notes!) 

Seatbelt Covers were swapped with all of the appropriate ooohs and aahhhhs

New Officers – A signup sheet went around to see who would like to lead our guild into our 4^th year. Next month we’ll find out who will be helping out

Secret Santa – Jaclyn is going to organize a Secret Santa for those who want to participate. More news at the October meeting!

October is our Third Birthday! – Be sure and come celebrate with us! A food sign up list went around for goodies at the meeting. What would a birthday celebration be without games?? Here are a few that we’ll be playing – feel free to participate in some or all of them:

·         Quilter’s Strip Poker – bring strips from a jelly roll or cut your own. Cards are dealt and whoever has the highest card wins the whole kit & caboodle.

·         Musical Chairs – Bring 1 yard of nice fabric – text fabric if you can (you know, that cute fabric that’s out with letters, alphabet, etc.) Everyone passes the fabric around until; you guessed it, the music stops. Cut the fabric in half. Keep half and pass half. When the music stops; do it again. The fun continues until the strip is 1/8 yard. Bring scissors if you can because a lot of us ripped fabric last time and it didn’t always work very well.

·         Block Swap – Go to quiltville.blogspot.com and see the pattern for the Scrappy Trip Around the World (http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/scrappy-trips-around-world.html) . Make one in a bright color combo. Everyone who brings a finished block gets a raffle ticket. We draw one ticket and Voila! That person gets all of the blocks. How great is that??

All Day Sew In – June and Kathy G. are the brains behind this fun event: our very own Kathy F. with Keller Williams Realty has generously offered her office as a spot for a sew in. (Some of you may remember that we met there for our monthly meeting once last year.) Be sure to mark your calendar for November 2 from 9:00 – 5:00. A $5 donation will hold your spot and in turn you will be fed (they say “lunch” but I have a feeling there will be some all-day grazing going on), receive a participant gift and be able partake in fun events throughout the day. Whew! That’s a lot of fun for less than the price of two Starbuck’s Macchiatos, my friends.

Quilt Show: Heart of Ohio Quilters Guild is having their show October 4 and 5 at Bryn Du Mansion Field House. It’s at 537 Jones Road in Granville. They will have over 100 quilts made by their members, demonstrations, vendors, door prizes, a silent auction and red work raffle quilt. General Admission is $5 Hours are Friday 10 AM-8PM and Saturday 10 AM to 5PM. Parking is Free. For more info check out http://heartofohioquilters.com/index.php/quilt-show-mainmenu-185.

December Party – Joanna graciously offered the shop, Dabble and Stitch in Clintonville for our December meeting. It’s a new sewing lounge that sounds great. More info to come on the December Party, in the meantime for your reading pleasure, here’s the link to the shop: http://www.dabbleandstitch.com/

See you next month at our birthday celebration!

See you Thursday!

Yay! We have a meeting this Thursday at 7 pm at Quilt Trends!

Hope to see you there!

If you are doing the Seatbelt swap - bring your partners project!

Also we're transitioning to new leadership - are you interested? Please let us know at the meeting.

August Meeting Notes

Welcome to new members Joanna M, Joanna K and Melissa!

-  Seat Belt Cover Swap- The group swapped fabrics for the Seatbelt Cover Swap.  Projects are due in our September Meeting.

-  Holiday Sew In - June and Kathy G are putting together a fun Sew In day scheduled for November 2!  Sign ups will take place in the September and October Meetings.  The cost is $5 to help offset food costs. 

- CMQG Survey Results - Nicole reviewed some of the highlights from the survey we sent out to the group.  The survey provided some great ideas and insight on how we can improve our Guild.

-  MQG Guild Membership - We have not made a decision whether we are going to join the MQG as a guild or not.  Please continue to review the documentation Stacey sent out in email in August and bring your questions and suggestions to our meetings.

-  Leadership Opportunities - We announced in the meeting that Dana, Abbe and Stacey would like to scale back their leadership duties for the group and allow for members to step into those leadership roles.  We would like to target a transition to the new leadership team by our October meeting.  If you are interested in being more involved in the Guild and couldn't attend our last meeting, please email us your interest at:  columbus.modern.quilt@gmail.com

Our Guild is turning 3 in October!   Planning will begin for our 3rd Birthday party - food, games and maybe a few giveaways!  Stay tuned!

Our next meeting is this Thursday, August 15th from 7 - 9 PM at Quilt Trends!

Agenda Topics:

- Seat Belt Cover Swap - Bring in a baggie of scraps to trade with another member to make this cute and quick project!  Ann will pass out sewing instructions and a template to use for the swap.  We are swapping fabric this meeting and the project is due in September. 

- All Day Sew In -  Signs up will begin for the All Day Sew in retreat on November 2.  Kathy G and June will give us the details.  Bring $5 to reserve your spot.

- Volunteer Opportunity - The James Stitching Sisters organization is moving their Sewing Center this weekend.  They need help packing up all the fabric, sewing supplies and quilts in preparation for their move.  More details will be provided at the meeting.

-  Guild Planning -  Let's take a few to discuss and ask questions about the National Modern Quilt Guild membership information.  We would also like to discuss the future of our Guild, Leadership opportunities and we can start planning for our Guild's upcoming 3rd Birthday party in October!

- Show n Tell - Bring in a item for Show n Tell or a work in progress that you need feedback on.

If you haven't taken our survey yet, please take a few minutes to do so before the meeting.  Thanks!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PP32RJV

See you Thursday!

July 2013 Meeting Notes

Thanks Barb for taking notes! 

August: The ‘Do We or Don’t We’ Meeting 

James Stitching Sisters – Kathy G. is leading two challenges for this great organization. One if for pieced tops with backing and the other is for quilting and binding. There will be fabric drawings and two sewing machines as prizes. Woo hoo! Be sure to see Kathy G. with any questions. 

All Day Sew In - Kathy F. with Keller Williams Realty has generously offered her office as a spot for a sew in. (Some of you may remember that we met there for our monthly meeting once last year.) Be sure to mark your calendar for November 2 from 9:00 – 5:00. (That’s  9 AM to 5 PM, by the way.)There will be a sign up sheet at the September meeting. 

Sewing Retreat – The “First Annual #OHcraft Sew-In” takes place a Hueston Woods Lodge and Conference Center near Oxford, Ohio in November.  Registration is now closed, but congrats to those of you lucky enough to get registered.

At the time of our meeting, some Giant Eagle grocery stores had a 2 pack of $30 JoAnn gift cards for $50. Put that with a 40% off coupon and you could go to town! 

MQG?? The remainder of the meeting was spent discussing whether we want to become an honest to goodness  official Modern Quilt Guild next year with dues, officers and all the goodies that come with it. Check your email boxes if you haven’t already take the survey that Stacy sent out to get feedback from our membership on the ‘do we or don’t we’ question. Here is the survey: 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PP32RJV

See you next week!

Last Chance to Sign Up for the #OHCraft Sew In

Just an update on this fun retreat being hosted here in Ohio. Details are below - sign up for the retreat here. Registration Closes on August 1st!

When: Friday, November 8 from 3:00 PM to Sunday, November 10 at 12:00 PM

Location: Hueston Woods Lodge & Conference Center 5201 Lodge Road College Corner, OH 45003
Thanks for your interest in the first annual #OHcraft sew-in; we are so excited to have you! :) This sew-in will not only include lots of sewing time but will also include options for a few swaps and maybe a field trip or two to a local LQS... be sure to watch your email in the months coming up to our fabulous weekend for details!

This sew-in will be at the lodge and conference center in beautiful Hueston Woods, located just outside of Oxford, Ohio. There are two registration options for this sew-in: Friday-Sunday or just Saturday. Prices for Friday-Sunday are:

$279.00 +tax: one person/room
$189.00/person +tax: two people/room
$159.00/person +tax: three people/room
$139.00/person +tax: four people/room

The prices above not only reflect the lodging but also include sewing space as well as dinner on Friday, breakfast and lunch on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday! If you have special dietary needs, please make a note of them in the registration form- they can be accomdated by the chef! :)
If coming just on Saturday works best for you (please arrive between 9:00 and 10:00am), the price is $20.00+tax which includes sewing space and lunch.

All rooms have double beds; if you choose to room with 2 or 3 other people, you will need to share beds. If you are coming alone and would like to share a room with someone else who will also be coming alone, please say that below and I will assign you with a roomie. I will assign only two people/room and these assignments will be emailed out in September. If there is an odd number of people requesting roomies, the last person's registration I receive will be assigned a single room (I will email that person before doing so). Please note that up to four people who know each other can share a room together (two to a bed) but I will just be assigning rooms of two people, as requested, since it'd be a little odd to share a bed with a stranger. ;)

There is a refundable deposit (returned when you arrive at the sew-in) of $50 for peeps spending the night and $20 for the folks coming on Saturday only. I will send out invoices for deposits via PayPal only and hope to receive the deposits back as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, please email Kara at meandelna@gmail.com . Please note that due to the size of the conference center at Hueston Woods that this sew-in is LIMITED TO 60 PEOPLE. Please don't wait to register as all spots may be filled!

Hope to see y'all at Hueston Woods in November! :)