Omaha Modern Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes
September 3rd, 2024
Westside Community Center
Meeting called to order by President Kate Fagan at 6:32 pm
Members – 35 members present, 7 visitors
- Minutes from August meeting approved
- Welcome to guests and members
- Business Meeting
- Chris Juliano, President
- Shauna Smith, Co-Vice President
- Beth Salistean Co-Vice President
- Kari Ott, Treasurer
- Laura Schonlau, Secretary
- Interested in a Quilt show in 2025- Chaired by Lynn Poly
- Fields of the Midwest - QuiltCon Community Engagement Quilt
- Block kits available; due at the October 1st meeting
- Lecture by Kelly Lautenbach: Three Kinds of Quilters and Motivating Ourselves to Finish
- Bring your Community Engagement QuiltCon Blocks back
- Rings Revival Workshop with Kelly
- 10/9/2024 - 5:30-9pm at Fabric Bash; sign up details to come
- Bring Block Lotto Blocks
- Befriending Colors with Carolina Oneto
- Zoom workshop with Carolina on 11/9
- Quarter 4 Challenge Announced
- White Elephant gift exchange “Something for your sewing space”
Upcoming Events in 2024
- September 7th - Collage Workshop with Shannon Nelson
- October 9th - Rings Revival Workshop with Kelly Lautenbach
- October 12th - Sew Day (12-4)
- October 18th - October 20th - Fall Retreat in Winterset, IA
- November 2nd - Sew Day (12:30-4:30)
- November 9th - Carolina Oneto Workshop (zoom) Creative and Colorful Improv Piecing
- December 7th - Sew Day
Upcoming Events in 2025
- January 11th - David Owens Hastings Workshop: Inspired by Architecture
- February 20th-23rd - QuiltCon 2025
- March 15th - Quilt Day at IQM
- March 21st-23rd - Spring Retreat
- Program : Sarah Ruiz Quilt Math 101 and MQG Information
- Raffle Prizes/Door Prizes
- Show and Tell of Q3 Challenge
- Meeting ended at 8:42pm
Submitted by: Angela Schmidt, Secretary