January 2018 Mtl MQG Meeting Minutes

January 2018 Mtl MQG Meeting Minutes
January 9, 2018 at 7pm SouthWest Mission, Verdun, QC

Introductions and Welcome

Business:

• Sew-ins are back at CRCS St Zotique in St. Henri 
• Sew in Jan 27 10:00-16:00 - Debby will do a demo of walking foot attachment as a quilting tool.
• Next meeting Feb 13th at the Verdun SouthWest Mission as usual

• Quilting week/semaine de la courtepointe at Club Tissue January 21 – 28.
• There should be lectures and quilt products featured but we do not have a lot of info yet, we will share it on social media when we do.

• Twist Festival in August
• We have been approached by the Twist Festival to see if we would be willing to display some modern quilts at the next installment of the festival in August 2018. Space is limited, they have room for approximately 6 quilts, and due to the way they would be hung, the quilts would need to be lap size (approximately 54"x54") or larger. If you think you would be interested, please let us know.

• Quilt Exhibition – "Log Cabin: A Canadian Quilt" at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in Kingston. On now until August 5 
• https://agnes.queensu.ca/exhibition/log-cabin-a-canadian-quilt/
• Maybe get a group to do a road trip when the weather warms up.
• Conference/Talk about the history and significance of the Red River Coat in Quebec, 
• Tuesday Jan 23 at the McCord museum at 2:00pm
• http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/activities/lecture-red-river-coats/
• Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto had an interesting history exhibit on quilted textiles.
• Please see the link here http://www.textilemuseum.ca/home
• http://www.narrativethreads.ca/explorer-explore.html?lang=en-ca#/curated=true
• Lyn Carter textile exhibit at the Musée d’art de Joliette: http://www.museejoliette.org/fr/expositions/lyn-carter/

• Charm Swap
• This year's charm swap palette will be: Warm and Cool 
• Due at the March meeting, participants will bring two sets of 5"x5" charm squares, one cool and one warm. Stacy will be posting details to the blog soon. 
• If you are interested in participating, please sign up here

• Show and Tell 
• https://photos.app.goo.gl/4YIAPRlSpIiEPxvI3
• Stephanie death star quilt 
• Izzy – grand baby #4 – for Hunter 
• Michele Fitzgerald – tangram – Raffle for Syrian family
• Cinza – Madrona Road Fabric - Winter's Promise. For the story of the fabric see http://www.violetcraft.com/blog/memoir-of-madrona-road
• Melanie – quilt as you go – with her daughter – 
• Natalie portable/ collapsible thread catcher - 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbOflNoEYLc
• http://fabrictherapy.blogspot.ca/2015/02/a-tutorial-sweetest-little-thread.html
• Francine – Noel Table runner

• Skillbuilder presentation - Nathalie presenting Flying Geese (see blog post for details)