The meeting was opened at 10:08 am on November 9th by Octavia Pitts (President).

Finances are updated and posted on the website HERE

Guild Business

• QuiltCon Member-Free Registration ends at 11/30

• There are 3 open Board positions that have 2-year terms. If interested, please reach out to a current board member or Hope Wyss: hope.wyss@gmail.com

Vice President
Treasurer
Web Director

• Board elections at January meeting-must be present to vote.

• Quilt Show Leader(s)/Committee Sign-Ups

• December meeting - 12/14

• • At Center of Clayton

  • Members only

  • Creative Activity

  • Swap amongst members

  • Show and Share

• 1/1 Membership renewals - renew on the website!

Improv BOM Sampler - bring your final sampler top to the December meeting for show and share. Find tutorials on the website HERE

There will be a drawing for a $100 long arm gift certificate for those finished tops!

Activities

• November 20th - Hand Stitchers

• November 23rd - Jackman’s Sew Day - Creve Coeur

• • Must sign up HERE

  • 10am-5pm

• November 26th - Hand Sew Happy Hour - Host: Carol Schmidt @ Chippewa Bread Co.

• December 14th - Member Meeting

• December 18th - Hand Stitchers

Committee Announcements

Charity

• Today was the last day to turn in totes, quilts, and personal care products! Thank you for your generosity!!

Quiltcon Challenge Quilt

• The committee showed the final quilt today! It was submitted to QuiltCon and we hope to be hearing back soon! Thank you to everyone who has brought the quilt together!

Sew Me

• Thank you to everyone on the committee and all who attended!

• Total of 94 paying members and 90 who were able to make it to the event!

• Financials for the event are on the website.

• Many presenters and volunteers, a huge thanks you to you too!!

Programming

• Volunteers are needed for the January 2025 meeting program!

• Spotlight on Block of the Month (BOM) Quilts - any BOM program, not just our guilds.

• We are asking volunteers to share about a BOM they have participated in - who ran it, time frame, your process, etc.)

• • What did you learn or what advice do you have for folks new to BOMs?

• Bring your quilt or project or a photo of your quilt or project!

• • It doesn’t have to be finished, we just want to hear from you!!

• To sign-up to volunteer

• • Today during break

  • At the December meeting

  • OR email the committee

  • • programming@stlmqg.org

Local Events

• City Sewing Room Quilt Annex 1 year anniversary is Today!! Please join after the meeting.

• Gallery Talk Artists Panel: Building of an Art Quilt 2.0 11/13/24, 1-2:30 pm at Longview Farm Park Gallery

• Suzanne Galli Koenen open house on 11/15-11/24 - more information in the News Blog on our website.

• Sew Creative Loose Threads Quilt Show - 11/23-11/24 at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, St. Charles

Member Announcements

• American Quilt Study Group - Ask Kristen more if you are interested in joining this group!

• Tomorrow the STL Smockers are having their annual auction, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, auction starts at 1 and doors open earlier.

• Contemperary Art Museum - Basil Kincaid Art Quilt Gallery

Member t-shirt orders projected to be available in 2025.

Link to pictures from the meeting presentation and show-n-share.