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Membership Meeting

04.08.2020

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Welcome!

�Welcome to our first Zoom virtual meeting, we hope you enjoy it!

�Please introduce yourself in the Chat window. �Have questions?

Please type them in the Q&A window.

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Technical problems?�First try quitting your browser, reopening it, then use

the Zoom link in your reminder email to rejoin us. �Make sure your volume is turned up.�Request help in the Q&A window, describing your issue.�Remember: we can’t hear or see you —

this is a webinar style presentation.�Last resort: call via phone to listen in.

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Poll #1:Have you used Zoom before?

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National MQG Site�TheModernQuiltGuild.com�National news & events�Webinar recordings�Fresh Quilting shows�Block Study�Patterns & Inspiration�Seattle MQG Circle

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Seattle MQG Circle�Meeting minutes are posted for February

(no minutes for March, since we did not meet)�2020 Member Directory is posted there for your own use

(do not share)�2020 Membership Cards can be printed from here�Log in to https://www.themodernquiltguild.com

to access our Circle

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Seattle MQG Circle

How to join/access the Circle? Read the blog post on our site:https://seattlemodernquiltguild.com/membership/joining-the-seattle-mqg-circle/

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Modern Monthly�ModernMonthly.com

�Online Magazine�Content curated

by the MQG

�Quilts of the Month�Patterns, webinars,

and resources

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Local Seattle MQG Info

SeattleModernQuiltGuild.com

Follow the blog to get email updates:sign up box is in the right-hand column

This is your source for our local guild news, meetings and events.

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Be Social

NATIONAL: #MQGKeepCalmandSewOn Follow and see what other MQGers are sewing LOCAL:#SeattleMQGSewAtHome Keep using to connect with our guild members

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Poll #2:What's your favorite thing about your Seattle MQG membership?

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KATIE SPRUGEL PRESENTS:

Everything you wanted to know about making facemasks!

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BOM 2020Cascadia Cabin in the Woods

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BOM 2020: Cascadia Cabin in the Woods

� April Instructions posted to our website

� Easy access to all posts with directions

� New instructions posted on the 1st of each month

� Share your progress:#cascadiacabinquilt

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BOM 2020: Cascadia Cabin in the Woods

�Do you have questions? Our coordinators are:

�Susan Pray@sushi.farmer

�Kathy McGinnis @a_swede_life

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Poll #3:At this year's QuiltCon,

who received the Quilting Excellence Award…

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Quilting Excellence Award?

Peter Byrne: Cityscape

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Quilting Excellence Award?

Jackie Benedetti and Rachael Dorr: Deportation

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Quilting Excellence Award?

Patti Coppock: Bob

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Quilting Excellence Award?

Marla Varner: For the Love of Squircles

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Quilting Excellence Award?

Peter Byrne: Starring You

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Poll #3:At this year's QuiltCon,

who received the Quilting Excellence Award…

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Quilting Excellence Award Recipient:Marla Varner: For the Love of Squircles

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More QuiltCon winners:https://www.quiltcon.com/quiltcon2020-winners

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Folklife Festival Update

� Folklife is officially postponed for 2020� No new dates given at this time

� Visit their website for updates� No need to gather quilts for showing in May

� Ideas for a summer outdoor show of quilts? Please email them to us at:seattlemodernquiltguild@gmail.com

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The Everett Quilt Show

�Postponed until April 30 – May 1, 2021

�Visit their website for updates�They will refund fees

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International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival

�Call for entries is now open!�Festival dates: Oct. 9 – 11, 2020�Edward D. Hansen Conference Center,

Everett, WA�Sponsored by Pacific Northwest Quilt &

Fiber Arts Museum�Visit their website to enter

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Free Motion Quilting ChallengeWITH ANGELA WALTERS

� Join the Facebook Group� FREE quilt-along guidance

with videos� Improve your machine

quilting skills

� Multiple challenges to follow� More information on

Angela Walters site: Quilting Is My Therapy

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Support our local Quilt Shops!

Many are offering special sales

Online ordering

Curbside pickup or shipping

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Color Inspiration Challenge

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Play along, share your progress!

�Directions are on the blog�Make a baby quilt, runner, or?�Donate blocks for giving quilts�Share your progress:#seattlemqgcolorinspiration�Mail finished blocks to:Matt Macomber1120 17th Ave, #CSeattle, WA 98122

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Giving Quilt: Improv New York Beauty Blocks�Directions are on the blog

�Matt has a couple of layout inspirations from antique quilts and may have enough blocks for 2 quilts!

�If you have more finished blocks at home, please mail them to:

Matt Macomber1120 17th Ave, #CSeattle, WA 98122

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Tara FaughnanWorkshopsRESCHEDULED: July 25–26, 2020

Dependent on future restrictions, we’ll keep you updated

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2020 Sew-Ins� Saturday, May 9, 2020

Greenwood Senior CenterMOST LIKELY CANCELED

� Saturday, August 8, 2020 Greenwood Senior Center

� Saturday, December 5, 2020 Holiday Party at the Greenwood Senior Center

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Poll #4:How would you like the guild to

organize sew-ins in the near future?

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� Day RetreatNov. 6–8, 2020 Quilting Mayhem

� Fall RetreatDates TBDCamp Burton

2020 Retreats

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Pacific Northwest MQG Meetup 2020

HOPEFULLY!August 20–23, 2020Portland, OR

Follow the Facebook event for details

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Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show

HOPEFULLY!July 11, 2020Sisters, OR

Details on their website:soqs.org

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Sew & Tell!

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Melissa Houston

Initial K Studios Sequoia quilted by our own Pam J Cole

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Melissa Houston

Elizabeth Hartman Koala pillow

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Julia Wachs

This queen size quilt was a GRIND and took 3 years to finish, but I like the way it turned out with the neutral colors. It’s now our couch quilt. Pattern: Tahoe by Cluck Cluck Sew

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Debbie Jeske

Cross Country, 80" x 80", from our SEAMQG class with Anna Maria Horner

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Debbie Jeske

Take Away, 16" x 16", my entry for the Curated Quilts "Subtraction" mini quilt challenge

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Karen Dereszynski

It measures about 40"x60", made from leftover fabric from the quilt I made last year. I hope to hand it over to Project Linus when it's completed, given that the covidshutdown has ended by then.This quilt was my first carefree approach to quiltmaking, doing a lot of "let's try this" along the way. It's turned into a color-therapy item in my home which is a plus.

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Rosie Donovan

Pixelated Color wheel quilt, about 60” x 60”

Inspired by a blog post by From the Blue Chair from 2011. It took me over 3 years, but it is finally done!

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Rosie Donovan

The retreat a couple years ago at Camp Huston was the perfect place to lay out the 2” squares.

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Rosie Donovan

It was my first attempt at circular quilting on my home machine. The back is flannel.

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Katie Sprugel

The Grand Poohbah. Foundation paper pieced. Violet Craft Peacock Abstractions pattern. Started in the workshop with Violet in 2018 (?). Finished top, then let it sit for over a year while I tried to figure out how I wanted it quilted. Eventually, asked Becky Quinlan to do it and she did an amazing job. She did peacock feathers in the tail feathers and surrounded the bird with a geometric Moorish tile-like design.

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Katie Sprugel

Indigo Dreams. Started in a workshop with Patricia Belyea. Vintage yukata cottons, silk batting. Made for a very light and lovely hand. Quilted with my Sashiko machine, and has a bit of hand quilted Sashikoembroidery in the inset magenta circle.

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Katie Sprugel

Indigo Dreams. Back view with vintage yukata cotton in classic blue and white.

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Louise Wackerman

I made this for the Curated Quilts mini challenge, but it was not accepted. It is my original design. Paper pieced. I am going to turn it into a pillow! and it's 15x15 inches.

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Kim Madden

Boom Baby! This is the first quilt where I picked out the fabrics myself, instead of using the pattern designers chosen fabrics. I started this in 2016, but stopped working on it because there was one block that just didn't do anything for me. Earlier this year, I was determined to finish this WIP in 2020, and realized I could redesign the uninspiring block, so I made my favorite flying geese, and the rest of the quilt came together after that! Pam Cole quilted it for me, and now I snuggle under it every night. I also love the trip down fabric-memory lane, working with a bunch of fabrics that aren't really too available anymore.

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Erica Johnson

Begonia Quilt: I added some extra borders to the top and bottom of my Begonia.

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Erica Johnson

I backed it with mostly fabric from the free table and quilted it with an all over orange peel.

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Amy Steed

This is my first ever blue ribbon for a quilt. From Kitsap Quilters show held in February. Made for my granddaughter, the blocks are paper pieced — I love the precision possible with paper piecing. This is City Weekend, pattern and fabric from Liesl Gibson. Judges really liked the "orange dots".

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Amy Steed

I've made about 80 masks —Kitsap Quilters have given about 2000 to various health care institutions and community organizations. At this point, I'm about "masked" out! It's been fun to see the IG posts of others mask makes — and interesting to see Katie's research and experimenting with many different types of masks.

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MeganVanderburg

This is a mini quilt I made for the #quiltersforkoalasswap to benefit the bushfires in Australia.

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MeganVanderburg

This quilt shipped in early Marchso I wasn’t able to share it in person. 32”x23”, paper pieced.

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How are you taking care of yourself?

� Reach out to connect with others: by phone, email, Facetime, Zoom

� Do something for someone else: get groceries, do yardwork, run an errand, make a mask!

� Less news, more music: one hour or less of news media per day

� Step away from the screens, do something analog instead: read a book, take a walk, make a meal

� Eat well, sleep at regular times� Get daily exercise

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Ideas for Staying ActiveSo much sewing and computer time, so little movement!

� Get outside and walk daily

� Keep drinking lots of water

� Set a timer to get up and stretch periodically

� Say “free workouts” into your Xfinity voice remote: access tons of free guided walking, yoga, Pilates, stretching, workouts and more!

� YouTube: search for specifics, like “easy low impact workout”

� Does your gym offer Zoom training, yoga or Pilates?

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Time to wrap it up!

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Poll #5:

What did you think about this Zoom meeting?

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Poll #6:

What style of Zoom meeting do you prefer?

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When can we gather again?

� Phinney Neighborhood Association says they are closed through May 4, to follow the Governor’s orders

� This includes the Greenwood Senior Center� We will keep you updated via our blog posts

� Plan on Zoom for our May 13th meeting

� Send sew-and-tell photos and stories any time to:seattlemodernquiltguild@gmail.com

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Next Meeting:05.13.2020Probably via Zoom

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