At January’s guild meeting, our speaker was Jacquie Gering. Jacquie spoke to us about the ways in which she finds inspiration for her work; concept, events, artists, environment, and shape. She described her daily working habits in which she starts with a small quilt (5x7) each day in the morning and also uses craft foam to start the process and ignite her creativity. She has two domestic machines which she uses for piecing and quilting all done on her own. Jacquie described how she has drawn inspiration from her family life while growing up, living in Chicago and observing gun violence, the shape of the Drunkard’s Path block, and Verner Panton and wild colors from the 70’s. Her talk was very open and honest and enjoyable. She lives by the motto, ‘take a risk and expect nothing’. Her website is www.jacquiegering.com and her fabric collection Mend, can be found at the following shops:
Hannah Johnson Fabrics in Minnesota
Mend patterns - free downloadable PDFs on the MM site!
Tricia Royal
Coming up in February we have a presentation from Tricia Royal of Bits and Bobbins. Her workshop is currently sold out, and we have a waitlist available. In March we will welcome Sandra Johnson who will give a presentation and host two workshops. Tara Faughnan will present in April and host two workshops as well. We look forward to these amazing and talented makers coming up soon!
Business Meeting:
We now have 250+ members in the following areas:
Oregon: 29 Cities
Washington: 12 Cities
California, Arizona, Illinois, New Jersey, Idaho, DC, Georgia, Minnesota, Maine and New York!
Canada: Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia
Goals for 2021
The 2021 Board has decided on the following goals for 2021.
Increase volunteerism
Increase accessibility via continuing to live stream after we’re able to meet in person, incorporate closed captioning for meetings, and keep our workshops affordable.
Continue to work with the DEI committee and increase diversity within the Guild; as PMQG’s mission which has a strong community component; encourage and engage a diverse community of quilters within our Guild. We will also be bringing a diversity and inclusion training to the Guild as a part of our programming.
New for 2021:
Raffle Prizes are postponed for now - historically we sold extra raffle tickets for prizes as a way to raise money for scholarships, but with so many members out of state, we worry about gambling laws and so we will pause raffles for now.
Business Member Highlights - each meeting we will feature a business member as an added benefit to them.
New Member mixers - we will be in touch with more information about getting new members together virtually in small groups to welcome them.
Members Only section on website - please visit our site to find Members Only content, including Zoom links for all meetings, and more, at https://portlandmodernquiltguild.com/members-only
We want to see your work!
Follow us on instagram @portlandmqg and if you would like us to feature your content on our Instagram, please use #pmqg to give us permission to do so. Any photos tagged before 12/21/2020 will not be used without permission.
Volunteer of the Year:
In past years, we have honored our outstanding volunteers with a Volunteer of the Year award.
2018: Cath Hall for her work with our charity quilt program
2019: Anne Matlak for her work with our library
In 2020, we named Sam Hunter, Kimberly Bennefield and Susan Beal as Volunteers of the Year. Sam has raised over 1,800 pairs of panties for local charities, is Cath’s right hand woman in the PMQG Charity program and has served as an invaluable resource for the guild.
Kimberly has served on the board twice, as president in 2018 and 2019’s Programs Coordinator for Meetings. She has also served as the coordinator for PMQG’s exhibit at Sisters Outdoor Quilt show which involved not only organizing the information about or quilts, but to drive our quilts back and forth from Sisters, OR for the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. She has also served as one of the leaders of our new DEI Committee.
Susan has served on the board a whopping four times! Once as President, once as Programs Coordinator for Workshops, and twice as Programs coordinator for meetings. She is a founding member of the guild and has worked hard on the Fabric Fundraiser (which has raised over $7,000 for local chairities in the three years we’ve run it!) and continues to serve as our Guild Historian.
We will be extending the offer of a lifetime membership to all of these amazing volunteers without whom we could not accomplish our mission.
Small Groups Survey:
2021 BOM:
We have a block of the month pattern created by Tara Evans of Taralee Quiltery. The finished quilt is called Mother. You can find the code and link to buy in our Members Only area for a discount. The cost is $10 for the year.
UFO Club:
Sign-ups are now open. The entry fee is $10. Each completed UFO will get you one raffle ticket.
Sisters 46th Annual Outdoor Quilt Show:
Minimum size 40 x 40, with a maximum of 102” on any one side
Submissions are now open!
Submission form on the Sisters page (“Get Involved” tab)
Last day to submit is April 30
Events:
Peacework 2020: Racial Justice Through Protest and Handcraft
Exhibition Dates: October 21, 2021 – January 3
2022 Artwork Entry Deadline: March 1, 2021
Email PMQG for more details
With This Needle: Women, Words, and Quilts 2/6
Saturday, February 6, 2021 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Portland quilt maker (and PMQG former president) Tamara King discusses the ways women have used the art of quilt-making over the years to add their voices to the social and political discussions of the day.
https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/loreads/needle-women-words-and-quilts-26
Pre-registration is required.
Merch:
Holographic stickers on sale now! T-shirts coming soon!
https://portlandmodernquiltguild.com/shop/pmqg-holographic-stickers
Reminders:
February meeting is one week early on February 11th, 2021 and Quilter Filter is cancelled for February.