Raffle Quilt

Great news we are raffling a modern quilt! Tickets are $1 or 6 for $5. Members can pick up packs of tickets for selling at the meeting Tuesday Feb. 20th. Also we will be selling at Gateway Mortgage 214 W Walnut, Rogers on March 8th, 4:30-7:30 and at our All Modern Quilts Show April 13-14. The drawing will be April 14th.

The quilt is reversible!

February Update

Hello!

Hopefully this message find you well. I have suffered a few bouts of illness in January which was no fun. I have been busy filling out or programs for 2018 and excited to share that with you. We have a lot going on this year with our first quilt show, programs, swap, and workshops. The growth of our group and new opportunities is exciting. I look forward to everyones participation and enthusiasm it's going to be a great 2018!

Lots going on!

Location

Don't forget we have moved to the Southside Church of Christ, 919 S. Dixieland Rd. Rogers, AR 72758. It is the front building on the Northwest side. Door open at 6 and meeting still start at 6:30 pm. A huge thank you to Natalie McCrory our new "Jedi Key Master", for picking up and returning the key each month.

2018 Membership Dues

Our 2108 membership dues are $35 payable asap. If you can't attend Feb or March meeting and would like to send in your dues. Mail a check payable to MQG of NWA to us. For the address please email nwamqg at gmail.com and we will send that to you.

All Modern Quilts Show April 13-14, 2018

Mark your calendars for April 12th which is set up day and the show is April 13-14, 2018. Volunteer when you can we need everyone to pitch in, Sonja will have more details on volunteer specifics.

Quilt Show Registration- Deadline March 8

Our quilt show registration form is open! Submit your quilts as soon as possible. Quilt drop off deadline is: Sunday April 1st. All the details are on the form and on the blog. Please let me know if you have questions. Form here-  https://goo.gl/forms/aexBIdH6o6Osdup33  Blog post here- . http://nwamqg.blogspot.com/2018/01/our-first-quilt-show-registration.html

Art on The Bricks

Leeanna got us a great free advertising opportunity for our show. Our guild will participate in the March Arts on the Bricks in downtown Rogers. If you aren’t familiar with the event, here are a few details. We will display quilts in the windows of Gateway Mortgage, 214 W. Walnut, across from Arvest Bank. One of those quilts will be our raffle quilt. We will need 6 or 8 other quilts depending on their sizes. We will hang them on Feb 14. If you are interested in donating a quilt for this display please let Leeanna or Elizabeth know before Feb 14.

The Arts on the Bricks event will be March 8, 4:30-6:30pm. This is a great chance to have our art seen, and see the work of others displayed in downtown businesses. Also, you can experience some of the excellent restaurants downtown. We will have more info at our Feb meeting. 

MugRug Swap with Tulsa MQG

Our MQG friends over in Tulsa reached about a swap. I have been working with their VP on the details. We will be having a modern mugrug swap Size: 4”X8” to 8”X12”. Sign up sheet will start at Feb. meeting. It will have details on colors, styles, ect. Partners will be asigned one to one so you make and receive from the same person. Sign up deadline in May meeting. Mugrugs need finished for the Aug meeting. I am really excited to make these connections with other MQG guilds.

Art Inspired Challenge -Due May

Make a quilted item that was inspired by a piece of art. This is not a pictorial quilt but rather the art piece inspired you with it's shapes, style, subject, or colors. Bring a picture of the art that inspirer you and tell how it inspired your challenge quilt. Any kind of art from 2D: painting, drawing, digital, even ads or marketing materials to 3D: sculpture or architecture. I always get great ideas when ever I visit Crystal Bridges. This challenge was suggested by one of our members. Our challenges are to help you grow and think as a quilter and meant for sharing and FUN FUN FUN! So have fun!

February Program

Destash sale bring your items priced and be ready to buy new stuff!! This fundraiser was a hit last year with many requests to do it annually. Go through your sewing supplies and destash anything you no longer need or will use. All items are donated and the money from sales go to our guild. Items that don't sell we will store and sell again at our Quilt Show. Bring all items clearly priced. Here's some general guidelines but it's by no means comprehensive. Any fabrics are excepted, no need to be modern. If you think it will sell and you are done using it, bring it!

Treasure Destash -Clean out your stash, MQG will sell items to new owners. -Bring your items clearly priced to the Feb 20th meeting.-Please clearly price with WHOLE DOLLARS ONLY!-Bundle items together as needed.-Extra items will be sold at our Show in April

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Fabric yardage $3-$8 per yardFat Quarters $1-$3 eachcharmpack 5" $5-$8layercake 10" $15-25jelly roll $15-$25scraps** $0.5-$1 per oz  **place your scraps in a clear plastic baggie Books/Magazines  25-50% of retailnotions/other stuff  25-75% of retailother stuff 20-60% of retailPartial projects and handmade items are welcome too!

Snacks

As you saw in November our new space has a nice kitchen and we can have food and drinks. We need a person or 2 to be snack coordinators. Help with setup and cleanup and make a schedule. Natalie McCrory has volunteered to be a co-snack manager but we need one more person to work with her. Think about it! Ge involved. Natalie will have a snack sign up sheet at the meeting.

Programs coordinator

I am still looking for a person to be Program Coordinator or VP of Programs if that sounds better to you! If you are interested in this job let me know. Bonus- you will always like the speakers if you get to pick them out! 

Charity Programs

Thomas Fire blocks are due at Feb meeting. Details on the blog. http://nwamqg.blogspot.com/2018/01/thomas-fire-charity-block.html

We started our baby charity program last year and call it Quilt.Share.Love. QSL was organized by April Wells who has resigned. We need a new Charity programs person. Think about it and let me know if interested.

Treasurer

Sadly April has resigned as treasurer. We thank her for all her service to our guild. Sheena Johnson has volunteered and will be our new treasurer. Sheena has a bookkeeping background and we are happy to have her. Thanks Sheena.

Quilt Con quilt

Our quilt was shipped and we can all be very proud to have our quilt at QuiltCon. Blog post on that here 

http://nwamqg.blogspot.com/2018/01/quiltcon-2018-charity-quilt-challenge.html?m=1

Raffle Quilt

Our Raffle quilt is made. Sonja quilted it and Dorothy Day did the binding. We are still waiting on license it should be soon. Once that goes through we need everyone to sell tickets. We will let you know.

2018 current schedule of programs

January	16	Elizabeth Ray, MQG Resources CANCELED MEETING
February	20	Treasure DeStash Sale
March	20	Patti Coppock(Tulsa), Trunk Show
April	13-14	All Modern Quilts Show
April	17	Karen Kielmeyer, Quilts for Shows
May	15	Elizabeth Ray, MQG Resources, Art Inspired Challenge due
June	19	Alice and Catherine Dutton(Dallas), Make it Your Own or Finishing UFO's Program. possible workshop tba
July	17	Briana Hefley-Shepard(Tulsa), Pin Project Sewing efficiencies
July	18	Improv Tote Workshop $25
August	21	Annual Social potluck, MugRug Swap with TulsaMQG due
September	18	Laura Speer, Traditional and Arkansas Quilts for Modern Inspiration
October	16	Owl and Drum(Tulsa), program, possible workshop tba
November	20	Holiday Party Gift exchange

Quick takeaways:

1. Bring your sale items priced
2. Bring check or cash for membership dues and to shop the sale.
3. Register you modern quilts into our show  https://goo.gl/forms/aexBIdH6o6Osdup33 
4. Make and bring some Thomas Fire blocks
5. Volunteer to be a co-snack coordinator
6. Volunteer to be program coordinator
7. Start your Art Inspired challenge quilt

Happy quilting!

Elizabeth Ray

President