Meeting info

December’s guild meeting will be held in person on Monday, December 18 at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver, 949 W. 49th Ave. Doors open at 6:30pm and the meeting will begin at 7:00pm.

Don’t forget:

• blocks for December block lotto — Inside and Out
• seasonal snack to share (optional) 
• your own coffee, tea or water
• quilts for Show and Share — email photos so we can share them
• door prize donations
• your name tag!

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild
(registered as Metro Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild)

Monday, December 18, 2023
Doors open at 6:30pm, meeting begins at 7:00pm
Unitarian Church, 949 W. 49th Ave.

Agenda

• Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
  • Recognize a quorum
  • Call meeting to order
  • Approve agenda
  • Approve minutes of 2022 AGM
• Treasurer’s Report
  • Review of financial statements
  • Notice of approval of bank statements
  • Overview
• Report of the executive 
  • President
  • Membership
  • Program 
  • Communications/Social
• Acclamation of incoming executive
• Thank you to executive who are stepping down
• New business
• Adjournment

Link to minutes of 2022 AGM

👉 Retreat 2nd payment due

Note that the second payment of $200 is due by January 1, 2024. Please send by e-transfer to treasurer(at)vancouvermodernquiltguild(dot)com

👉 Showcase Refund Update 

The executive has decided to refund all of those who paid the $20 Showcase fee. We will have cash at the December 18 meeting. For those who don't attend, we will refund you by e-transfer.

Kawandis are created improvisationally with small scraps of fabric stitched from the outside toward the centre in such a way that you piece and quilt simultaneously. In this workshop you will make a mini quilt incorporating the design elements of a traditional Kawandi. Creating these hand stitched quilts can be relaxing and meditative, so pack up your hand sewing tools, your favourite scraps, and join Arita over a few hours for a creative and relaxing experience.

Map Quilt Workshop with amy dame

Saturday, March 23, 2024
10am to 5pm
Croation Cultural Centre, Room C
3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
$65 for members + $45 supply fee paid directly to amy
The supply fee covers the map base fabric, tulle, wash-away stabilizer, 12 weight thread, yarn, 505 adhesive, a Schmetz 18/100 needle, printouts for your individualized map pattern, and the grey, green, tan, and blue fabrics used for the maps.

For this workshop, we’ll be using techniques from the map quilts shown above to create smaller personalized maps. A combination of raw edge applique and confetti applique will be used to create a map that showcases a special location in your life. Home can literally be where the heart is!

 More workshop info

 Map quilt workshop registration 

January Block Lotto

 Block Lotto will continue in January and February while we meet on Zoom. We'll have three block lotto draws at our March meeting! 

This month we are using a MQG pattern Puzzle Patch Block Study by Vasudha Govindan. Block size has been reduced to 6 /12" x 6 1/2" and the colour palette is yellow/orange/pink/red/purple. Solid fabric values should be from light to dark.

 Block Instructions 

WIPs Update

We’re nearing the end of the WIP year; how are you doing on your finishes??!

The draw for the ✨pot of gold✨ will be held at our Zoom meeting on February 19. You must email your completed WIPs to Edna by February 12 to be entered in the draw.  

If you’re not sure what projects you entered as WIPs, please email Edna, at the wips email address below.👇

Reminders 

WIPs: Let Edna know when you finish a registered WIP, email wips@vancouvermodernquiltguild.ca

Show n Share Photos: Send us your photos so we can post them on our socials, email photos@vancouvermodernquiltguild.ca