MARCH 2012

Happy March! I don’t know about you, but I feel like march-ing over to the fabric store and stocking up on happy springtime fabrics!
** PLEASE NOTE meeting room location has moved back to Room B121, in Building B, groundfloor
University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford Campus
33844 King Road
Abbotsford, BC

Meeting Agenda:
Thursday March 8, 2012 7-9pm
Room B121, in Building B, groundfloor, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford Campus

Please note: Our Spring Cleaning swap has been postponed to April’s meeting! Stay tuned for info to come next month.

Show & Tell as usual

Break

Creative Stitches discussion and volunteer coordination (see below)

Doorprizes & group photo
Design Seeds/ColourLovers challenge- if you’re participating, bring a printout of your chosen palette, any fabrics you’ve selected so far, etc. to share. More info is on the website here: http://www.fvmodernquilt.com/membership
We’ll be getting started on quilts/projects starting the April meeting.
We’re gearing up for The Creative Stitches Show, Mar 23-24 at Tradex!
This is a great opportunity to show our best modern quilts and invite new members to join our guild!

Lysa has a tentative time schedule for those who expressed interest in manning our booth at the show. We’ll have it at the March meeting & will ask those on the list to confirm that they can attend at the time allotted to them or make any changes needed.
Anyone who signed up but is not at the March meeting will be followed up with by email, and any further arrangements will be done over group email as well. We will coordinate how to get our exhibitor passes to those who are volunteering shortly after the meeting.

We’ll also be displaying some of our guild’s quilts at the show! If you have a modern quilt that you have made and would like to have at th eshow, please bring it to the March Meeting. We can’t guarantee that everyone’s work will be shown but we’ll do our best and ensure that all quilts are stored and shown safely.
We’re very excited to be part of such an awesome show!

Also, our meetup with the VMQG is scheduled for Saturday, Mar. 24, starting at 2pm in the Tulip Room at Tradex.
We’ll have a show & tell to start off so feel free to bring something to show, and then we’ll swap our mug rugs!
If you’d like to participate, swap details are:
- make a mug rug using “Improv” piecing – not using a regular pattern- (for inspiration head over to flickr.com or google.com and search for Improv quilts)
- mug rug must be bigger than a coaster and smaller than a placemat
- must have finished edges
- must be a quilt sandwich consisting of a top, batting, and back
- also we are encouraging you to label your mugrug so the recipients know who made them.
The rest is up to you!

We’ll be swapping in person by random draw, participation in the swap is optional.
If you cannot attend the meetup but would like to swap, bring your mugrug to March meeting and it can be swapped for you and your new mugrug brought to you at the April FVMQG meeting.

March FQ Swap theme is Cool colors (aqua/turquoise/blue/green/purple)
If you wish to participate, bring 4 FQ’s in a ziploc bag. Eryn will give you a ticket with a number- place half in the bag & keep the other half. At the end of the night you’ll retrieve your bag with 4 new FQ’s in it!
Things to keep in mind:
Do not prewash your fabrics.
Quilt shop quality only- 100% cotton, no poly/blends, or cotton broadcloth, please.
A fat quarter is 18″x21″ or 18″x22″. Fabric not meeting size/theme will not be swapped.

View/download the list of themes and guidelines on the Challenges page on our website:

http://www.fvmodernquilt.com/membership

Be sure to bring your $2 drop in, and your own beverage if desired.
We also encourage you to join our Facebook group if you haven’t already, as there’s always something going on over there and lots of fun discussions between meetings!

http://www.facebook.com/groups/150302034991107/

See you soon!

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FVMQG February 2012 Meeting
* PLEASE NOTE TEMPORARY MEETING ROOM CHANGE to Room B140, in Building B, groundfloor

January 2012

Happy New Year all! Did Santa bring you lots of quilty goodies?

We are working on cleaning up our mailing/membership list. If you wish to remain on our mailing list, please reply to this message. If you don’t reply, your email address & name will be removed from the master list and you won’t receive any further messages from us. Thank you!

** PLEASE NOTE meeting room location has changed to Room B121, in Building B, groundfloor
University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford Campus
33844 King Road
Abbotsford, BC

Huge thank you’s to Charline and Darlene who have booked the new space for our growing group at the U of FV in Abbotsford.

Meeting Agenda:
Thursday January 12, 2012 7-9pm
Room B121, in Building B, groundfloor, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford Campus

Show & Tell as usual- and feel free to share any quilty goodies that Santa brought you!

Break

Ellen will demo sewing curves, with Drunkards Path & Apple Core blocks

Cynthia F will do a short talk about her art quaintings and the process involved

FYI

2012 Retreat Info: The retreat has now been moved to February 3-5 and price reduced to $175. The spa services are not being offered now but loads of fun and sewing are still on! Please contact directly or talk to Charline at the meeting if you want to sign up to attend. charline.derksen@ufv.ca

FQ Swap theme is Sweet Tarts-(soft pinks/purples/blues/yellows)
If you wish to participate, bring 4 FQ’s in a ziploc bag. Eryn will give you a ticket with a number- place half in the bag & keep the other half. At the end of the night you’ll retrieve your bag with 4 new FQ’s in it!
Things to keep in mind:
Do not prewash your fabrics.
Quilt shop quality only- 100% cotton, no poly/blends, or cotton broadcloth, please.
A fat quarter is 18″x21″ or 18″x22″. Fabric not meeting size/theme will not be swapped.

View/download the list of themes and guidelines on the Challenges page on our website:
http://www.fvmodernquilt.com/membership

We’ve been offered complimentary space at The Creative Stitches Show, Mar 23-24 at Tradex and are looking for volunteers to help.  This is agreat opportunity to show our best modern quilts and invite new members to join our guild!
We’ll have a sign up sheet for anyone who is interested in helping run the booth, help set up/take down, plus we need to supply our own display stands, table & chairs so if anyone can loan us some that would be great. Depending on what space we get, we may also do some sewing demos. Stay tuned for more info coming soon & a sign up sheet at the meeting!

Be sure to bring your $2 drop in, and your own beverage if desired. There is a group kettle available for those who want a hot beverage (please bring your own ingredients other than water!)

See you soon!

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December 2011

Hello all! It’s getting to be that time of year and our next meeting is just over a week away so I thought I’d send this a bit early to give you time to rsvp and get ready for some quilty fun!

We are asking for rsvp’s to this meeting, if you have not already done so and plan to come, please either reply on the Facebook group event page here:

http://www.facebook.com/events/158188037612362/

or reply on the website rsvp page here:

http://www.fvmodernquilt.com/events-2?calendar_day=2011-12-08

Or, reply to Cynthia by replying to this email. The first 25 rsvp’s will get a special holiday surprise so don’t miss out!

A reminder that our meetings have moved the the University of the Fraser Valley Abbotsford Campus, room D215. Directions can be found here:

http://www.fvmodernquilt.com/about

Please bring:
- your $2 drop in donation
- your own beverage/container, there is a kettle available if you want a hot beverage
- any holiday goodies you might wish to share or extra doorprizes you wish to donate

Our next FQ swap continues this month with this month’s theme of “Swapper’s Choice”.
If you wish to participate, bring 4 FQ’s in a ziploc bag. Eryn will give you a ticket with a number- place half in the bag & keep the other half. At the end of the night you’ll retrieve your bag with 4 new FQ’s in it!

Things to keep in mind:
Do not prewash your fabrics.
Quilt shop quality only- 100% cotton, no poly/blends, or cotton broadcloth, please.
View/download the list of themes and guidelines on the Challenges page on our website:

http://www.fvmodernquilt.com/membership

Reminder to Potholder Swap participants- your potholders should now be in the mail to your partner in the city. Please let Eryn know asap if you are unable to meet the deadline in any way if you haven’t already.

Agenda
Doors open 6:45pm

7pm
Meeting start & intro, updates and news with Lysa

Show & Tell
Our next challenge will be introduced with fabric supplied by FreeSpirit- finished project will be due Feb 2012, $5 donation to the group to play.

Break

Cynthia & Tamara of Delish Magazine will be speaking about their experience at the Sewing Summit!

Group photo & doorprizes

Happy December & hope to see you there!
Please feel free to forward this message to anyone you think might like to join our group!
Cynthia & Lysa
FVMQG November meeting Agenda

Hello everyone and Happy November!
First and foremost, just as a reminder we have moved our meeting location and dates- our November meeting is set for Thursday November 10, 7-9pm , Room D215 at the U of FV campus in Abbotsford. From now on our meetings will be held on the *second Thursday* of each month (instead of the third as it was previously) at the U of FV Abbotsford.

* Room D215
University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford Campus
33844 King Road
Abbotsford, BC

Map: http://www.ufv.ca/Assets/Maps/abbydir_map.pdf

For people unfamiliar with the campus:

Come in main entrance (up set of concrete stairs in front); take building to the right (Building B) keep going down this hallway (already on 2nd floor), you’ll make 2 turns and then go through an overhead walkway (becomes Building D). Room D217 is right around the corner. It’s easier to find than it sounds. )

Also please note it is pay parking at the Campus: http://www.ufv.ca/Facilities/Parking/Daily_Parking.htm

Huge thank you to Charline who has booked the new space for our growing group at the U of FV in Abbotsford.

Reminders:

Our next FQ swap continues this month with this month’s theme of “Christmas”.

If you wish to participate, bring 4 FQ’s in a ziploc bag. Eryn will give you a ticket with a number- place half in the bag & keep the other half. At the end of the night you’ll retrieve your bag with 4 new FQ’s in it!

Things to keep in mind:
Do not prewash your fabrics.
Quilt shop quality only- 100% cotton, no poly/blends, or cotton broadcloth, please.
View/download the list of themes and guidelines on the Challenges page on our website:

http://www.fvmodernquilt.com/membership

Also our Potholder swap with the Vancouver MQG ends this month! Thanks to Eryn & Krista (VMQG) for coordinating this fun swap. Partners have been assigned and you are responsible for making and sending your potholders directly to your partner before Nov. 30.

Please note:
-if you signed up but find you cannot complete the swap *please* let Eryn know immediately so she can find a replacement. We want everyone to receive their potholders, no flakers please!
Life happens, but anyone who signed up and does not complete the challenge without letting Eryn know they can’t in advance will not be allowed to participate in future swaps.

You can find links to the Flickr group here to share images after your partner has received, and an inspiration flickr group link as well:

http://www.fvmodernquilt.com/membership

The Mod Sampler if you are participating is due for November’s meeting.

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We highly encourage you to visit the website: www.fvmodernquilt.com and RSVP to the meetings- click on the date on the Events calendar in the right sidebar- from now on so we know how many people to expect. Or RSVP via our Facebook page.
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Please bring:
- $2 drop in donation to the group
- your own mug/beverage container
- Your Mod Sampler challenge quilt/top for photos if you are participating

Agenda:
Doors open at 6:45pm- sign in 6:45-7pm

7pm Start
- Welcome Business and catch up
- Show & Tell

Break and snacks

- Berene Campbell of Happy Sew Lucky will give a talk about her work and show off her fabulous sewing kits. She’ll have some available for purchase so come prepared to shop! You can view her website here: http://www.happysewlucky.com

- Cynthia F. will demo her art quainting process

Door Prizes & Group Photo

We hope to see you there!