May Meeting Minutes

We had a great time at the meeting on Saturday. Hope to see you next time, if you weren't able to make it.
1. Question of the Day: When you have a creative block, what do you do to get out of it? Some of the answers were entertaining and most were very helpful

• look through quilt books
• drink some wine
• clean up
• sideways move
• set aside project and think about it
• give up/ come back later
• start a new project
• pick up an older UFO
• look at pictures of quilts in books, magazines, on Pinterest, other online sources
• revisit the UFO closet
• work on a charity quilt
• pick up a mindless project
• channel quilt
• read magazines, book
• remind yourself quiltmaking is supposed to be fun
• don't work on it
• move to knitting
• hang project on design wall and keep it in view for a few days
• let your mind process the problem while sleeping
• will let you know
• Cut up 2.5" squares or another useful unit
• deadlines motivate
• thumb through books at the bookstore
• go to a museum
• mindlessly chain piece useful units (4 patch, 9 patch) that you might be able to use later

2. Treasurer
The baton has been passed to Nancy. While Claire will still be doing the taxes, she will be getting a much deserved rest. Two dues scholarships are available. See Gerre for details.

3. Charity
The guild has been able to donate 100 quilts already this year. There are many quilts to quilt and you will receive 5 merit hexies if you get one from the Charity Girls and finish one of them.

4. Fibershots (SJ Quilt Museum)
Due to Mary by June 3.  10x10 works of art used to fundraise for the museum.

4A. Modern Meetup at the Museum on June 17 (same day as June BAM meeting) 9:30-11am. You'll get a hexie for showing up.

5. Retreat
The Retreat will be at Wild Palms again, Sept 29-Oct 1. Signups are coming soon. there will be space for 30 people and the configuration will be a little different.

6. Workshops
Indigo to Go - Sue S announced that Joy-Lily will be teaching this class at Sue's house on August 26. there are 15 spaces available. You will need to commit by august 7 with a $50 check to Sue.

Tara Faughnan - signups for her workshop will be in June meeting. She will also be the speaker at the July meeting. Workshop will be on August 12.

Karen Foster - September 23 - details to follow

7. San Mateo County Fair
Cyndi collected entries and will drop them off. The Fair is June 10-18.

8. Quilty Happenings
Crate and Barrel is selling Marrimekko fabric for $4/yard at their outlet. PIQF is 10/12-15 and entries are due by August 29.

9. Meet Your Neighbor
Today Gerre interviewed Cheryl, who told us a lot of about her work restoring wetlands as well her many pets.

10. UFO Challenge
The UFO challenge was due at the meeting. Members who participated did a fantastic job.

11. Color My Quilt
Gerre received hers and Annemarie gave out sheets for her preferences. Bring Annemarie's chunks to the June meeting

12. Destash Party
Erin did a great job organizing the destash party. People brought and took away lovely bits and pieces to liven up their own fabric collections.

WOW! Look what is upcoming!!!

Calendar:
5/30-31 - San Mateo County Fair dropoff
6/3 - Fibershots Due
6/3 - Sew Day
6/10-18 - San Mateo County Fair
6/17 -  Modern Meetup at the Museum 9:30-11am
6/17 - June meeting 1-5pm
6/17 - signups for Tara Faughnan workshop
6/17 - Color My Quilt due for Annemarie
8/7 - Commit to Indigo to Go workshop (check to Sue S.)
8/12 - Tara Faughnan workshop
8/26 - Indigo to Go workshop
8/29 - Entries due to PIQF
9/23 - Karen Foster workshop
10/12-15 - PIQF

May Meeting Tomorrow

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow, Saturday May 20, 2017, for our monthly guild meeting! Join us at 1:00, at the Redwood City Library, in the upstairs community room.

May's Destash Party is tomorrow!  If you haven't started your Spring sorting you had better get busy! See more information and details on the blog.


Reminder about our BAM Merit Hexies challenge! Participation is the key to winning your hexies!

Gerre is this month's Color My Quilt queen and your piece for her is due. (hexie available!)

Things to bring:

• Color my Quilt piece
• UFO Challenge #1 piece
• Show and Tell - this is a great way to get to know people
• Your name tag (hexie available!)
• Charity blocks and quilts 
• Small Group projects (and ideas for new Small Groups!) 
• Information about local/national quilty happenings 
• Non-messy snacks 
• Sewing projects for after the meeting 

Other Reminders:

1. Make sure you check off your charity and service accomplishments and collect your BAM Merit Hexies.  Don't forget, there are EXCLUSIVE Merit Hexies for special projects.
2. Remember to take away uneatened snacks and unclaimed items off the free table. Thanks! 
3. Check out the April Meeting Minute.

If you have any questions or want a space on the agenda, please leave a comment, or contact an officer before the meeting.


Members can visit the BA Modern forum.

May Meeting Saturday

We look forward to seeing you Saturday May 20, 2017, for our monthly guild meeting! Join us at 1:00, at the Redwood City Library, in the upstairs community room.

May's Destash Party is Saturday!  If you haven't started your Spring sorting you had better get busy! See more information and details on the blog.

Reminder about our BAM Merit Hexies challenge! Participation is the key to winning your hexies!

Gerre is this month's Color My Quilt queen and your piece for her is due. (hexie available!)

Things to bring:

• Color my Quilt piece
• UFO Challenge #1 piece
• Show and Tell - this is a great way to get to know people
• Your name tag (hexie available!)
• Charity blocks and quilts 
• Small Group projects (and ideas for new Small Groups!) 
• Information about local/national quilty happenings 
• Non-messy snacks 
• Sewing projects for after the meeting 

Other Reminders:

1. Make sure you check off your charity and service accomplishments and collect your BAM Merit Hexies.  Don't forget, there are EXCLUSIVE Merit Hexies for special projects.
2. Remember to take away uneatened snacks and unclaimed items off the free table. Thanks! 
3. Check out the April Meeting Minutes.

If you have any questions or want a space on the agenda, please leave a comment, or contact an officer before the meeting.


Members can visit the BA Modern forum.

Destash Party at the May Meeting

by Erin M.

It's happening again: the annual BAMQ Destash party will be May 20th at our meeting.  Come one, come all, It's really fun!

Details:
It’s spring cleaning time in your sewing room, craft drawers, and quilty bookshelf. Bring along the items that you no longer need. Bring as much as you like but at least a small bag of stuff.

When you get to the meeting, there will be a table designated to drop off your bags and boxes – no peeking! We will have a couple of non-participating volunteers empty all of the containers and return them to you (so label your bags and boxes with your name – taped or pinned on is fine).

When everything is ready we will do a count of three and then participants get to sprint to the goodie pile to load up containers.

Stuff to bring:

• Fabric of any kind and style. If pieces are small, it works better if you bundle them together or place them in a clear bag (see scraps below). You don’t really need to make ‘em pretty but a rubber band or string would be helpful to keep things from getting too out of control. Upholstery weight fabric is fine too.
• Fabric scraps packaged up so that they don’t make a mess – a ziploc is fine.
• Patterns
• Craft/sewing/quilting magazines & books
• Notions
• Other crafty stuff that you are done with: yarn, paper, felt, scrapbook supplies, etc.

They say “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” but please refrain from bringing things that are everybody’s trash. No tiny, loose scraps of fabric or batting – bagged scraps are great. No damaged, stained, or worn fabric unless it is usable vintage. If it’s not in donatable condition, just toss it rather than bringing it.

Again, you can bring as much as you want, or just a small bag of stuff. Folks who brought items will get first go at the table, but when they are satiated, peeps who forgot will also get a chance to help themselves. We have a couple of volunteers who will be taking the leftover items for donation.

Help Needed:
1.  I would appreciate up to 3 more attendees who aren't bringing fabric to help set out fabric during the first half of the meeting.

2.If anyone is interested in being in charge of taking home the leftover items, please let me know. I ask that you do something responsible with them but am not picky about what you do- donate them to another organization, use them all yourself, share with another quilting group or whatever else you'd like.

Thanks to the St. Louis MQG for this awesome idea! And to Ruth for creating the original post.

Charity Sew Day Saturday

Our next fun filled Sew Day is this coming Saturday, May 6th.
Location: Grace Lutheran Church
3149 Waverly Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306
(Corner of Waverly and Loma Verde Street)
10-4pm

Please bring:

• Your sunny smiling self
• Light non-messy snacks (take home whatever isn't eaten)

Plan to bring your own:

• Sewing machine
• Cutting tools (your own personal mat if you want)
• Fabric and other project parts

We provide:

• Patterns and fabric for walker bags
• Ironing Boards (2)
• Irons (2)
• Cutting Mats
• Extension Cords (but you should pack one just in case!)
• No donation needed! Unless you want to be generous of heart.

If you can, get there early and help Mary set up! Please remember to put your chair and table back (unless you are sharing a table!) if you leave early.  If you stay to the end your help is greatly appreciated in putting away all the tables and chairs.

We want to see you even if you are not inspired to work on charity projects. Many hands make light work! THANK YOU!

Thank you Mary for setting this up!