November Meeting Recap

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We had a great turnout on Thursday, November 21st for author, collector and PMQG member Bill Volckening’s tour through quilting history.  His enthusiasm for the art and craft of our artform was palpable, both in his descriptions and in the quilts he chose to share. His amazing collection of over 500 quilts has taken him 30 years to gather.


Board President Erin Case shared announcements at the beginning of the evening, including congrats to Betty Colburn for having a quilt accepted at the Visions Art Museum in San Diego. Jen Carlton Bailey’s December workshop is all sold old.

Some exciting programs are planned for early 2020, including:

  • Anna Maria Horner will join us for 3 workshops (Applique Stories, Folk Flower Block, Color Fluency) on January 28-30th. Apply for the scholarships at the above link!

  • Lynn Czaban will bring her unique style of quilting portraiture to the guild in March

  • April will feature the abstract quilting artistry of Joe the Quilter, Joe Cunningham 


2020 Memberships are on sale on the website - $45 for PMQG and an additional $12 for MQG. Erin thanked the event organizing committee for putting together the fantastic display at the October Showcase.   Judy Livingston provided a year-to-date review of the guild’s budget, which is coming in with a $1,500 surplus. The perspective 2020 Board of Directors were introduced and enthusiastically voted in for 2020.  The new board volunteers are:  

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Tamara King shared two projects – her Cut it up! Challenge, creating crosswalk flags for high-accident intersections (patterns available on Instagram) and the 2020 QuiltCon guild quilt that she designed (kits available at the meeting, due back December 5).  

The evening’s door prizes were:

#1-  Inspired Free Motion Quilting donated by Bill Volckening; fabric donated by PMQG; and Flatter donated by Soakwash was won by Shelley McBride.

#2- Inspired Free Motion Quilting donated by Bill Volckening; Warm and White batting donated by Warm Co.; and Flatter donated by Soakwash was won by Angie McG.

#3 - Inspired Free Motion Quilting donated by Bill Volckening; $35 Pink Door Fabric gift certificate; and Flatter donated by Soakwash were won by Dana Huntington.

Fall color Fat Quarter swaps were won by Maddison Stapleton and Laura Guiles.

Our final meeting of the year will be a Potluck on December 5th.  The meeting will also include a container swap, a Bazaar for members who have handmade items to sell, and Show and Tell.  Two quilts will be raffled – the Block of the Month quilt by Sarah Flynn and the 2019 QuiltCon Charity Quilt (proceeds to benefit the Oregon Food Bank.

Check out our beautiful Show and Tell!