December 2025 Meeting Presentation.pdf

President Octavia Pitts opened the December meeting at 10:05 a.m. on Saturday, December 13. This was our members appreciation meeting and the final one of the year!

Balance as of 11/30 - $22,238.30 and membership is up to 204!

Announcements:

*We’re still in need of board candidates! Please consider guiding our guild.*

• Board elections - positions for President and Secretary will be up in January! We encourage anyone who is interested to ask Octavia and Abbie to get more information.

• • 2 year terms

  • Election will be held at January Meeting

  • Must be present to vote

  • Election Officiant will be Hope Wyss (contact info - hope.wyss@gmail.com)

  • If interested, submit name to Hope prior to the January meeting

• Membership renewals 1/1/26

• Committee SignUp Genius is LIVE! We encourage EVERYONE to sign up for at least one committee. 

• January Program: String Quilts with Sandy

• Details for Workshops and Speakers for 2026 are coming! So many exciting things in store in the New Year.

• Quilt Show at Ferguson Public Library

• • Feb. 12,13, & 14, 2026

  • Register HERE

• QuiltCon 2027 in Atlanta, Georgia

• Quilt!Knit!Stitch! Coming to STL in April- LOOK FOR INFO EMAIL COMING

• H&H Show in Chicago - End of April/beginning of May 

• Upcoming: The board to review how to navigate the MQG website for its benefits.

STL MQG Schedule

• Dec. 17 - Hand Sitchers

• Dec. 27 - Virtual Sew

• Jan. 6 - Art Quilt Meeting

• Jan. 7 - Hand Stitchers

• Jan. 10 - January Metting - Board Elections!

• Jan. 14 - Laura Hartrich - Virtual Lecture

• • Liner Notes and Labels: Learning to Love Quilt Documentation

Board to update financials for the last half of 2025.

Committee Announcements

Quilt Show: 

• Quilt Submissions open December 15

• Submissions close January 15

• Help Desk

• • At January meeting, there will be members available to help you submit. If help is needed, please bring all the information needed (blank form on website)

• All information for submissions is on the website - make sure you’re logged in!

• • How to find that information is in the slides from the December meeting.

• Submissions

• • Notices of acceptance will be sent prior to Feb. 14 meeting

  • Collection Dates:

  • • Feb. 14 meeting

    • Feb. 28 location TBD

  • Plastic bags for storage or they will be available for $1 each

• Tell your friends! Get the word out! We want as many people attending as possible. Postcards are available for pickup at meetings.

• Special Demonstrations

• • Bed Turning - featuring modern baby quilts! These will be quilts that are not part of the exhibit.

  • • This will be an item on the volunteer list

  • Sunday Fashion Show - Wear your quilted clothing, bags, etc. and walk the runway!

  • • This will be an item on the volunteer list

Challenge:

• Thank you to all those who participated in the STRIPES challenge!

• • 1st - Candice Marshall

  • 2nd - Susan Muszynski

  • 3rd - Annie Cook

  • Participation winners - Sheila Acuncius, Margie Murphy, Laura Cox

Thank you for another wonderful year of quilts in community with each other!

-The Board