April 2025 Meeting Presentation.pdf

Octavia (president) opened the meeting at 10:04 on 4/12/2025. 

The account balance as of 3/31/25 is $18,158.64. Financials are posted on the website Here. (https://www.stlmqg.org/2025) 

Guild Business:

• Fabric Found- roll of fabric

• Earth Day Sale; City Sewing Room 4/22 

• SLU Denim Day; 4/23-24 

• Save the date: Hearts and Hands Quilt Show 6/7-8 in Belleville, IL

• Save the date: Park Hill Threads of Friendship Quilt Show 6/28

• Save the date: Paducah Quilt Show AQS April 23-26

Kitty Wilkin is coming to visit May 30-June 1. 

• Friday lecture is free for members. 

• Saturday workshop- From Watercolor to Quilt

• Sunday workshop- Improv Mountains

• Registration is open

STL MQG schedule: 

• April 16: Hand Stitchers 

• April 22: Hand Sew Happy Hour 

• April 26: Virtual Sew 

• May 6: Art Quilt Meeting 

• May 7: Hand Stitchers 

• May 10: Regular Meeting 

• May 30/31: Kitty Wilkin

Block Lotto for Lightening Block:

• Focus: curves, MQG resources, controlled improv, reimagining a traditional block

• Palette: Solids; pick two colors from palette (doesn't have to be exact match)

• Log into MQG account to access

Guidelines are on the website Here (https://stlmqg.org/2025-Activities)

Committee Announcements: 

Swap & Challenge

• Challenge: Stripe It! 

• Due: November 8th, 2025

• Focus: Stripes. Make stripes with fabric, used striped fabric, the PRIMARY focus must be stripes. 

• There will be monetary awards for 1st-3rd and participation prizes.

Social

• 15th anniversary party in July. Members only meeting. We will have a raffle. 

• • Members will donate items in May and you will receive tickets to use for the raffle. 

  • Bring modern, new, unused, gently used books, bundled smaller items. 

  • Tickets given out in July.

  • Ticket guidelines on website

• Jackman’s Sew Day! Save the date: June 28th

Charity Committee

• We are trying to get a spokesperson here from Epsworth Family Services. This will be confirmed/announced later.

• Quilts due 11/8/2025.

• Post your quilts on instagram and tag the guild @stlmqg 

• Throws or twins for 11-19 year olds. No baby quilts. No specific length requirements. 

• Charity Committee has a package of charity labels that can be placed on quilts. “STLmqg cares”

Quilt Show Committee

• Mary Beth Oberlin and Candice Marshall are the chairs on the committee

• Save the date: March 14th and 15th, 2026

• • Set up March 13th

• Help needed- Publicity team. Email quiltshow@stlmqg.org

• Send information on vendors and vendor experiences at quilt show email 

Sew Me Committee

• Will be held in October at Marriott West.

Pincusion Swap

Upcycling Textiles for Quilts by Octavia Pitts @theeighthchild

• Slides on Website for presentation

• Upcycling

• Knowing what you want to work with and what you love

• Why to Upcycle

• Where to find them

• What to look for and what to avoid

• How to process upcycled materials

• Deconstructing shirts

• • Cotton content

  • Cutting cuffs, collars, buttons, seams, etc

• Sources for Second hand Fabrics

• • Sew Hope, City Sewing Room (Local)

  • Perennial (Local)

  • Feel Good Fibers (online) 

  • A Thrify Notion (online and in person- not local) 

  • EBay and Etsy (online)

• Sheets and thread count

• Felting and processing animal fibers

• Octavia is open to discuss upcycling with any members

Show and Share! 

Attendance Prizes

Bitty Block Lotto Winners: Annamaria Lu and Chelsea Hackbart

Fabric raffle Winner: Diane Grooms, Debbie Bouquet

Huge thank you to Cotton Cuts for your donation!

Meeting Closed at 12:18pm

We hope to see you at our next meeting on May 10th. Until then, happy quilting!

Ander Weis (VP)