December 11, 2017 Meeting

Good  Evening,

It is with a heavy heart that I write to you all tonight.  Ventura County and our sister counties of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Diego have been hit hard with fires, power outages, loss of homes, and evacuations.  We all know people that have been impacted, if not impacted ourselves.
In light of this, we are canceling the December member meeting.  We want to move the festivities to January.  Everything we were planning to do in December, we will do in January.  The swaps, games, food and fellowship.  Let’s concentrate on getting life close to normal and in January we will celebrate health, happiness and the new year.

We have ideas for donation for victims of the fires.  Scott will be publishing a quilt block that we can put out there to our quilt family and help provide some comfort to those in need.  If you are looking for more ways to donate or volunteer, you can go to readyventuracounty.org for information.

Wishing you all the best during this challenging time.  Please let me know if there are questions and/or concerns.  I am hopeful that you and yours are safe and healthy.

Tisha

November 13th Guild Meeting

Ventura Modern Quilt Guild
NOVEMBER GUILD MEETING

Date:​Monday, November 13, 2017
Time:​6:00PM – 8:00PM
Location: Ventura Masonic Center, 482 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura, CA
Building Entry Code: See email sent to members

• Budget for 2018 and By-Law Changes Vote for Approval.
• Election of Officers For 2018.
• Our First “Modern Quilter’s Marketplace”! You still have time to reserve your table for $10. If you have any items you want to sell, such as items you have made, extra fabric yardage, quilt tools, etc., reserve a table at our Marketplace. Email Sue Nowak: Communications@venturamodernquiltguild.com or Wynemesue@aol.com.
• Finished top of QuiltCon Charity Quilt by coordinators Karen and Sara.
• Bring a Fat Quarter to Donate to Santa Rosa Quilt Guild devastated by fire. Collected by Scott Griffin.
• The Opportunity Quilt needs volunteers to help sell tickets. Please sign up!
• Bring a BLUE Fat Quarter and get a chance to take home a bundle of BLUE fat quarters!
• Block Challenge for the month is “Negative Space”. We encourage you to make two blocks and “Give One and Keep One.”
• Return your borrowed library materials and check out new ones.
• Win yourself a basket of goodies! Buy tickets to win a chance.
• Donate extra blocks to Philanthropy and get a chance to win a gift.
• Show and Tell Items.

Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting!

September Guild Meeting

Ventura Modern Quilt Guild
SEPTEMBER GUILD MEETING

Date: Monday, September 11, 2017
Time: 6:00PM – 8:00PM
Location: Ventura Masonic Center, 482 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura, CA
Building Entry Code: See email sent to members

  • Very special guest speaker, modern quilter and teacher, Alissa Haight-
    Carlton, is Executive Director of the Modern Quilt Guild. She has
    written two books, Block Party and Modern Minimal, and is featured in
    many modern quilt publications.
  • Chris Russell, team manager of Human Service Agency will be picking
    up our philanthropy quilts for his organization.
  • QuiltCon Charity Quilt Sew-In, September 16, 2017, Saturday, 10:30AM-
    3:00PM at Superbuzzy, 1794 East Main Street, Ventura. To help, there
    will be a sign-up sheet at meeting.
  • Any “Orphan” quilt blocks lying around? Donate them and we will make
    quilts to donate to Hurricane Harvey Relief.
  • Win yourself a basket of goodies! Buy tickets to win a chance.
  • Bring a Black and White Fat Quarter and get a chance to take
    home a bundle of B & W fat quarters!
  • Block Challenge for the month was to design a SUMMER Block.
    We encourage you to make two blocks and “Give One and Keep
    One.” Give one block to Philanthropy that will be used to make our
    donation quilts.
  • Return your borrowed library materials and check out new ones.
  • Philanthropy needs help. Visit our design wall at meeting and help
    us design our next quilt. Return any blocks and kits finished for
    donation. Donate a block and get a chance to win a gift.
  • Show and Tell Items

Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting!

May Guild Meeting

Date: Monday, May 8, 2017
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Ventura Masonic Center, 482 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura
Building entry: Punch in the door code sent to you via the email.

CHECKLIST FOR THE MAY 8th MEETING
If you signed up for the Scrap Swap bring your scraps in a shoebox for trading-make sure your name is in the box too!
Make and bring your Nametag.
Philanthropy Block/Challenge Block – Improv Flower GardenColor of the Year Challenge
Bring a Purple Fat Quarter Game
UFO Table, bring one, take one, donate one.

Win yourself a basket! Bring some raffle money.
Return your library materials if borrowed, check out new ones
Philanthropy blocks, kits, returned finished for donation
if you signed up for refreshments please bring your treats and thank you!
Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Welcome from the President

We are so pleased you have joined us for our guild meeting! I hope you will find yourself among friends, fellow sewists and creators. We have one common passion – quilting! As a member of the Ventura Modern Quilt Guild, you will find:
• Access to our meetings, websites, Facebook, Pinterest, Flicker, and Instagram accounts
• Guild events like sew-ins, meet-ups and charitable opportunities
• Monthly skill building challenges
• Blocks, fabric and project swaps
• Priority registration for VMQG speakers and workshops
• Dual membership to the nationwide Modern Quilt Guild (aka “the Mothership”)
• Lapel pin and membership card
Our monthly meeting is the second Monday of every month at 6PM at the Ventura Masonic Center, 482 E. Santa Clara Street in Ventura. We post meeting reminders on the website and send out emails prior to the meeting with a checklist of items to bring. Every meeting has a show-and-tell where you can display your latest project(s) and get inspired by your fellow members work.
Board Members Email contact Websites & Fun stuff
Tisha Maeda
President President@venturamodernquiltguild.com https://www.venturamodernquiltguild.com
Scott Griffin
Vice President Vp@venturamodernquiltguild.com www.flickr.com/photos/vmqg

Judy Brower-Hunt
Treasurer Treasurer@venturamodernquiltguild.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/
239855479426144
Kathy Price & Sue Nowak
Communications Communications@venturamodernquiltguild.com Instagram: #venturamodernquiltguild #venturamqg
Ann Olson
Secretary Secretary@venturamodernquiltguild.com Twitter: @VenturaMQG use #vtamqg

March 13 Meeting

March Guild Meeting

Date: Monday, March, 13, 2017
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Ventura Masonic Center, 482 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura
Building entry: Punch in the door code

CHECKLIST FOR THE MARCH 13 MEETING
Guest Speaker: Trunk Show by J Irelle Beatie, Santa Barbara Modern Quilter
Philanthropy Block Challenge: Color of the Year Challenge, Pink Flamingo and/or Pantone “Greenery” 12 1/2″ block
Bring a Green Fat Quarter Game
Presentation of the winner of our Opportunity Quilt
Win yourself a basket! Bring some raffle money.
Return your library materials if borrowed, check out new ones
Philanthropy blocks, kits, returned finished for donation
if you signed up for refreshments please bring your treats and thank you!
Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting
REMINDER

Don’t forget our Sew-In on Saturday, March 18th, 9am-4pm, at Grace Lutheran Church, 6190 Telephone Rd., Ventura. We will be working on philanthropy quilts and will be having a workshop on making an “Improv Garden Flower” which may be used in our Opportunity Quilt. Come and learn something new, meet others in the Guild, and help the Guild to create the 2018 Opportunity Quilt.

February 2017 Guild Meeting

FEBRUARY GUILD MEETING

Date: Monday, February 13, 2017
Time: 6:00 – 8:00pm
Location: Ventura Masonic Center, 482 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura [map]
Building entry: Punch in the door code

It’s our fifth birthday! And we will be drawing the WINNER for our Opportunity Quilt.  Please make sure all your tickets and money are turned in at the beginning of the meeting prior to the break.  If you can’t be at the meeting make sure you check with a guild member to bring your tickets for you.

CHECKLIST FOR FEBRUARY 13 MEETING

 Opportunity Quilt Money and Tickets for the drawing.
 “Five” block challenge – see details
 “5 Things” snack, if you signed up to bring treats
 Library materials if you borrowed last month
 Philanthropy items/kit
 Raffle money!  Win yourself a basket!
 Membership payment if due
 Placemats you made for donation!

Don’t forget our sew in on February 18, at Grace Lutheran Church.  There will be a Template Demo by Ann Olson and Tisha Maeda.

Members, we are still looking for recipients for our philanthropy quilts.  Please share your ideas!

February 2017 Board and Guild Meetings Reminder

VMQG Board Meeting
Tuesday, February 7 | 6:30pm
Panera Bread, 4910 Telephone Rd., Ventura
Look forward to seeing everyone!

Ventura MQG Meeting and 5th Birthday Celebration
Monday, February 13 | 6pm
Ventura Masonic Center, 482 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura
Mark your calendar to attend the 5th birthday celebration of the Ventura Modern Quilt Guild! Details to come.

January 2017 Guild Meeting Reminder

JANUARY VENTURA MQG MEMBERS MEETING
Date: Monday, January 9, 2017
Time: 6:00 – 8:00pm
Location: Ventura Masonic Center, 482 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura [map]
Building entry: Punch in the door code (refer to your emailed meeting reminder)

  • Don’t forget to bring a check to renew your dues
  • Snacks: Jenn R, Saundra, Cary Lyn