Holiday Party & Swap and Sell Info

Get ready to party at our December meeting! Every year PMQG has a Holiday Party instead of a regular meeting in December. On tap: lots of mingling, a potluck, Show and Tell, our annual Holiday Swap, a Swap and Sell, Quilt Raffles, and a presentation from Elizabeth Hartman on her new book, Patchwork City!

When: Thursday, December 11th, 2014 (second Thursday), 7-9 pm
Where: St Andrew Church, 806 NE Alberta St.
What to Bring: A potluck item (see below), beer or wine for yourself, Show and Tell, your swap item, and lots of cash for the Swap and Sell as well as for the quilt raffles!

For the Potluck, please bring:

If your last name starts with A-M: Something Savory
If your last name starts with N-Z: Something Sweet


Swap and Sell:

Our Swap and Sell is for our members to sell their handmade items (or swap them!) with each other. If you are interested in having a half table, please email the guild at portlandmodernquiltguild @ gmail .com to reserve space. Space is limited! If you only have one or two items, you may put them on the community table with your name and price listed, no need to email to reserve space.

Holiday Swap:

If you are participating in the Holiday Swap and picked up a swap baggie of fabric at our November meeting, bring the swap item you created back in December! You may wrap your swap or leave it unwrapped, but please be sure to put your name and your swap partner's name on it! If there is a significant amount of fabric left over, be sure to return that to your partner as well.

Membership:

2015 Membership opened at our November meeting. You may pay for 2015 Membership online or at the Holiday party or any other meeting.


Quilt Raffles:

We will be raffling a couple of quilts that we made as a guild this year! Quilt raffle tickets are $5 each, or Buy 4, Get 1 Free (5 for $20). What quilts might you win? The Guild Medallion Quilt and one of the Monaluna Quilts will up for grabs!

The Holiday Party is sure to be a blast, hope to see you there!

2014 Holiday Swap

Our December Holiday Party is fast approaching, and with it our annual Holiday Swap!

2012 Holiday Swappers

If you're unfamiliar with the process, here is how it works: Anyone who wants to swap puts their chosen fabrics in a sandwich sized ziplock bag. Along with your fabrics, include a slip of paper with the following info~ Name, Email Address, Blog/Pinterest/IG, and a few options for ideas of things you might like to get your partner started. 

Note: If you missed October's meeting or forgot to pick up a bag, feel free to use your own bag or to pick one up at the beginning of November's meeting. Don't forget to add the info above!

 At the November meeting we'll swap bags of fabric and we'll make something for the recipient, to bring back at the December Meeting/Holiday Party. You'll then receive an item back made with your own fabric. Happy Swapping!

December Meeting Reminder

Party! Raffle! Swap + Sell!
December's meeting is, as always, a week early due to the Holidays. Join us the second Wednesday in December! Members, Non-members and family members invited!

When: Wednesday, December 11th, 7:00pm

Where: *new location in the Alberta Arts Disctrict*

St Andrews Church
806 NE Alberta St.
Portland, OR 97211

The party will be in the Community Center, which is behind the main Church building. There are two parking lots.

2012-2013 PMQG Members

There is also kids room and two babysitters if you would like to bring your kiddos. Space is limited, so please email the guild to confirm your spot. This is FREE (tips are appreciated)

December is our annual Holiday Party!

• Please bring a dish to share for the potluck. If your last name begins:

• A-L, please bring a savory dish. 
• M-Z, please bring a sweet dish.
• The officers will supply non-alcoholic drinks. You may bring your own alcoholic drinks if you like.

• Show and Tell!
• Swap + Sell! Swap + Sell returns just in time for the holidays! Bring your cash, we'll have an area set up for PMQG members to swap and sell their handmade items as well as craft supplies.  Each vendor will get half of a table space. *For the Swap and Sell, we will also have a community table open, if you only have 1-3 items you want to sell or swap, please label them with your name and price to put on the shared table. *Please email the guild if you would like to sell at this event, we have a limited number of spaces available and it is first come, first serve*
• Raffle! Two different group guild quilts will be raffled off to help support PMQG programs and membership costs. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Cash only.

Don't forget to bring: 

• Your completed swap item for your swap partner!
• Your potluck item, as assigned above
• Charity BOMs! The November BOM was Convergence by Quilt Dad/John Q. Adams
• Cash or check in the amount of $40 for 2014 membership. If you would like to pay with debit or credit card, the price is $41.50 to cover fees.
• Cash for raffles, $5 a ticket. The proceeds will go to support PMQG.
• Money to purchase and/or items to sell for the Swap and Sell!

Raffle Quilt #1 Neon Group Quilt 2013

December Holiday Meeting

Our 2012 President Susan Beal giving away Ruby Star Wrapping.

Nancy our little seen Treasurer hard at work renewing memberships for 2013. 

Some of the holiday gifts from our Holiday swap. We had so many this year it was inspiring! 

See all the projects with their recipients at the end of the post. 

We handed out our Madrona Road Fabric for the Modern Quilt Guild Winter Challenge. We will have a post up this week with all the details we announced at the meeting. 

At the meeting this month we also had a raffle. Two of our Cotton Couture quilts were raffled off raising over $500 for the Children's Relief Nursery and Bradly Angle House. 

SHOW AND TELL

I shared my quilt for Elizabeth Hartmen for our holiday swap.

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A twin quilt top I put together for Hurricane Sandy relief. 

Linda Nussbaum shared her Patchwork Squares Baby Quilt.

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Veronica B. shared some finished UFO's, her Baby Spider Web block, 

her Small Spider Wed and Pontiac Star Quilt, 

and lastly her Michael Miller challenge block made into a mini quilt.

Soon to be new Board Secretary (my job) Amber Wilson brought a quilt she designed for her 5 year old nephew. "He has a little attitude thus the "Blah Blah Blah" fabric was a perfect fit". 

Back. Amber is AGypsiSoul on Flickr.

Sara Quigley shared "It's a T-Shirt Quilt". All t-shirts from I think her daughter ACU student. 

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Kim Lumapas, future Programs Board member, shared her Hexie Kist mini quilt. Kim is Perfection Not Included on Flickr.

Nikki Paresi brought her Baby Boy Blue quilt, her first quilt!

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Rachel shared 3 quilts she quilted for the Guild. We made them at the Seattle Meetup and they will be donated to the Children's Relief Nursery. 

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The Modern Cross quilts are from a pattern in Susan Beal's Modern Log Cabin book. 

The Stitch and Flip Quilt is a pattern from Katie's Quilting Modern book. 

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Cherri Langley shared Got the Blues? made using a 4 patch block plus a half square triangle block to make a new block.

She also shared this quilt.

Bill Crane brought his Red and Yellow Barn Raising Quilt. 

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Also his Squares quilt.

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Kelly Cole shared her Vintage Rework quilts. Made from a huge 16 patch top she cutup and reworked. 

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2nd quilt

Anne Woodman shared her Ghastly Quilt.

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She also shared Frankie's Quilt her first machine quilting applique. 

Lara Giles shared Penelope's Quilt a baby quilt for a co-worker.

Ale Kloch shared her Christmas pillows 

Cathy Fowler shared her Shaker quilt. 

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Also her Modern Log Cabin Crosses top from Susan's book.

Chris Pera brought her Mekong Quilt. A white whole cloth quilt made by women in Cambodia and Vietnam all had quilted. 

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Michelle Freedman, our 2013 President, shared Same but Different. For her cousin's new twins. 

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Susan Paris brought her Christmas Tree mini quilt. This was made from member Monica's fabric Susan won at a summer meeting. 

Elsa Hart shared Quinn's Quilt. Made with Bonnie and Camille fabric. 

Jennifer Gleich brought her first modern quilt top an Anita Hartmann Design. 

Chelle Casey-Stevenson brought her Summersville Quilt. 

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Heather Davidson shared her Vintage Whole Cloth quilt.

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Also her finished Eames inspired quilt. 

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Jolene Knight shared her Sun Bonnet Sue quilt quilted for her family.

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Pillows

All of our happy members with their Holiday Swaps! 

This is my last meeting recap! I had such a wonderful time being on the Board this year and am looking forward to many more years of learning, sewing, laughing, and swapping with our wonderful Guild. 

Happy Holidays Everyone! 

Pétra