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April 2020 General Meeting

We had a different – but fun – meeting this month. We hosted on Zoom, which allowed us to see and hear each other, while also sharing our Sew and Tell quilts from the month. Darlene introduced Mo, Heidi, and Renee as members/previous member guests that were able to join us from out of town and Jen Janisch who will become a member after moving to Santa Cruz County this summer. 

 

Darlene had us share our socks, which was a fun watch as everyone lifted their feet into the camera view. We gave away a fabric with the words “home” and “love” on them, as a reminder that we love our homes, especially while we are stuck in them! Laura Ryle won the fabric from a random number generation. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ucCKqHxNC/

Darlene gave an update on masks, which we have been collecting for local needs. Please see our blog for updates

Mickey put together our BOTEOM color palette vote and we voted by Google Form. Mickey made the palettes based on Émile Alain Séguy prints. The winning vote with 67% of the vote was Dragonflies. This color palette will be used for the BOTEOM demo in May for blocks due in July.

For philanthropy, two of our members, Ruth and Kathy, finished quilts for Quilts Beyond Borders. Kathrin shared a Disappearing 9-Patch child quilt top for CASA that Monterey Peninsula Quilters Guild, which will tie at annual Tying Event at September meeting.

Tamlin gave virtual demos of the SBAMQG blog, showing members how to navigate to our payment page, BOTEOM page, and more. She also demoed the MQG website to show members how to find their membership card, sign up for virtual classes, and find archived patterns and classes.

With all of us spending more time at home, many of us had a lot of quilting progress to share, but also our members made SO MANY masks! It was great to see the variety. We had a very interesting and productive conversation about mask making options. We learned from our resident fabric experts that fabrics like batiks, which are made of poplin and have a high thread count, are best for making masks. Art Gallery Fabrics has a thread count of 200, while other cotton quilting fabric tends to have a thread count of 120-180. The higher the thread count, the better resistance to particle transmission, high thread count sheets, pillowcases, and flannel have been proven to be great alternatives. See NYTimes for more info: https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-homemade-mask-material-DIY-face-mask-ppe.html

We also learned to use vertical cuts of t-shirt material for ties so that it properly rolls. We were very impressed with Lori Green’s two seam, one piece of fabric mask. We hope she can follow up and send us a video to show us her tricks!

Quotes of the night goes to Kathrin: “We’re all wearing masks, but who is wearing a bra?” Yes, we’ve replaced bras with masks and at least the braless part feels really nice! And Kathy “No family member will ever tease me about having too much fabric again!”

14 members (those below + Lori by video) participated in our virtual Sew and Tell by emailing photos of their work prior to the meeting, in order for it to be included in our slide show. When their slide was being presented, members spoke about their quilts. See our Instagram for photos:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-v8nJGnl7s/

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Thanks to all who virtually joined us!

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