We started off 2020 with a giveaway for members who signed up for 2020 MQG membership prior to the start of meeting. We had two winners:

• Creative Grids ruler won by Jeannie Land
• Harts gift card won by Susan Wagener

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We kicked off 2020 with a membership giveaway. @landjeannie won a Creative Grids ruler and Susan won a gift card to @harts_fabric

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Quiltcon Charity Quilt 2020 update:

• SBAMQG official entry top has been completed. Mo Goltz emailed photos, which Darlene printed and shared with the group. ~37 members participated in making the quilt

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About 36 of our members contributed to our @themqg 2020 Quilt Con Charity Quilt! Introducing “Persisterhood”! #quiltconcharityquilt2020 @mgoltz is finishing up the quilt soon, then it’s off to Austin!

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• The “unofficial” Charity Quilt for Second Harvest Food Bank will be submitted to MQG by “Individual Members”. The finished quilt was shared!

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Our over-achievers in our group were so excited about this year’s @themqg 2020 Quilt Con Charity Quilt, that they made a second submission! This will be submitted as an individual submission for the group that helped pull it together. #quiltconcharityquilt2020

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BOTEOM:

• Lori Green and Ruth Smith completed a demo of “Modern Stripes,” the BOTEOM due March 3rd. Color scheme is Bordeaux, Lemon, and Palm

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@sewsewlori and @scarletbegonias633 gave us a demo for our block of every other month, due in March #sbamqgboteom

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• BOTEOM for “Vintage Crossed Lines” were due and were won by Kathy Howard

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Kathy won January’s #sbamqgboteom “Vintage Crossed Lines”, which Kathy actually designed for us after inspiration from a previously shown vintage quilt.

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Sew and Tell:

• Barbara Keeley shared 3 quilts
• Cate Munch shared a shirt
• Laura Pyle shared her jacket from Tiny Pieces workshop with Chawne Kimber
• Mickey Beebe shared a Hawiian shirt
• Leslie Botu shared a log cabin quilt
• Stacey Rod shared “All Roads” quilt
• Vivian Skripek shared 2 quilts
• Isabella Selak shared her woven quilt
• Regina Falkner shared her “Sea Glass” quilt
• Chelsea Hard shared two pouches

Check out our Instagram for more photos of our fun meeting!

We started our meeting by announcing and celebrating that it was our 8th anniversary of our very first meeting. Who knew that our branch of the MQG would grow and thrive as it has done? We’ve not only grown in size, but together we have produced vibrant work, made friendships, had shows of our work, had guild challenges, retreats, road trips and donated quilts to various charities. We are more when we are together.

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Can’t believe it’s been 8 years that our guild has been going! I feel continually inspired and grateful for the #sbamqg @sbamqg for being a part of my life. Thinking of @playcrafts @codingcrafter @seventeenandem tonight and wishing you all were here. #quiltguildchangedmylife #quilting #quiltsofinstagram #showusyourmqg @alchemytea wish you were here too!

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Tonight we celebrated our EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY as a guild! #sbamqg

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We announced our new BOTEOM and it is called “Irish Unchained” Directions for this are posted previously HERE.

October meeting we will have our annual Scrap swap. Bring your scraps, fabric, notions, books or any and sundry items that you would like to sell or share or donate. This is a great way to keep what you love and pass on what you no longer need or want.

We have a sew day coming up on 10/12 at the community foundation room in Aptos.

Here, we have our usual show and tell featuring the amazing quilts we make.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2SoiuAHnWa/

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Renee @uniquilter visited! Despite having moved out of state, she continues to be a valued member and friend. She recently finished two Hawaiian appliqué blocks. She’s got skills! #sbamqg

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Mickey @mickeybeebe experimented with cyanotype to use the power of the ☀️ to capture images on fabric. #sbamqg

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Pam brought several finishes to our meeting. She continues to amaze and inspire us all! #sbamqg

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Also, one last reminder that we still have spots in the Tara Faughnan workshop this weekend!

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Hey SBAMQG Members! Have you seen the @_color_collective hosted by @tarafaughnan and @sewtopia it’s a monthly subscription that includes a palette of solids hand selected by Tara and an original block design that teaches you a new technique. All that comes with tips, tricks and videos direct from Tara! What could be better than that? Head to the @sewtopia page to sign up for this six month adventure before October 18th. Plus, we still have spots open in Tara’s workshop this weekend if you want to sign-up for that too!

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