June 2025

June 12, 2025

The June meeting of the Corvallis Modern Quilt Guild (CMQG) was conducted at the Corvallis Museum. Colleen, President, convened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. with 47 attendees, three of which were guests. Joyce, Membership Chair, welcomed guests Heidi, Nansi (Kim’s mother), and Ils (Mieke’s sister, visiting from the Netherlands). New CMQG member Lisa gave a brief introduction of herself. We currently have 83 CMQG members. Joyce explained to the guild the process that members should follow to indicate preferences for photos to be shared on social media. A red dot placed on your name badge will indicate that no picture should be used.

Program

A panel discussion, “Your Artist Identity”, was led by Alice with participating guild members Beth, Derrith, and Carah. The topic of conversation was identifying as an artist. The panel members shared when and under what circumstances they determined that they were artists. Also, who determines that they are artists. A common theme of the panel members was finding time to create every day even if it is done in small segments. Derrith recommended The Work of Art by Adam Moss for insights into the topic of artist identity. After the panel discussion, the guild members were placed in small groups to continue the discussion of artist identity. At the conclusion of the program, an artist identity challenge was announced: to design a personal mark that would represent your artist identity. Details of the challenge can be found on the website.

Exhibit Opportunities

There are currently four opportunities for upcoming quilt display exhibits.

• Benton County Fair - July 30 to August 2 - more information coming in July

• Unitarian Fellowship Exhibit - need a coordinator for this 3-month event.

• Honoring the Woman Farmer Challenge - June 2026 - refer to CMQG Challenge page.

• Quilts in the Garden - June 2026.

Get ’Er Done Project

Several members showed their completed #2 project on their Get ’Er Done list. The names of the June Get ’Er Done participants will be placed in the final cash drawing to be held in December. Members may still join in the fun and be entered into the drawing for cash at the end of the year and have the satisfaction of finishing projects. To participate in the Get ’Er Done Project, contact Candy. The project number drawn to be completed by the July meeting is #6.

All Members Group

Our new way to communicate within the guild membership is the All Member Group on our website. Instruction reminder: When you get a notice from a group post in your email, DO NOT REPLY to the email, as only guild board members will see the reply. You must click on the link “View Post” which takes you to the group within our website, where you reply to the post within the group. You can also log in to the group on our website and find the post directly from the members group area.

QuiltCon 2025

The 2025 CMQG QuiltCon quilt will be displayed in Sisters, OR, for the entire month of July as part of a business sponsorship for the Sisters quilt show event.

Donation Quilts

Members wishing to obtain a quilt kit for a donation quilt may contact Colleen or Mieke. Mieke will be establishing sew days to be held in August at her home for the purpose of working on donation quilt kits. Mieke also collected the challenge “White & Bright” blocks from various members. She will be designing a quilt using these blocks contributed by guild members.

Library of Things

JC reminded members that items in the Library of Things are available for members to borrow. She has added some rulers, quilting rulers, templates, and three sets of different color cards (AGF, Kona, and Moda Bella) to the library. Members were reminded that a spreadsheet of available items in the Library of Things can be found on the guild’s website under the general resources section. The spreadsheet includes a photo along with a description of the item and the manufacturer. To check out or return items, come to a meeting, Sew Day, or contact JC.

Show and Tell

Various members of the group shared their delightful quilting projects. In addition, members showed their scrappy triangles for the CMQG 2025 Block of the Month Challenge and their Get ’Er Done projects.

Book Club

The ZOOM book club event will be held on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. The club will be reviewing All of Us Are Broken by Fiona Cummins. Looking ahead, the July title will be No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall.

Upcoming Programs

• August: “Sew Outside the Box - Hacks & Tools” — This will be a showcase of unconventional quilting tools and hacks. Members should contact Colleen or Alice by the end of June with ideas.

• October: If it can be arranged with CPI, a two-day sewing retreat will be held in October. However, a date cannot be established until September.

The Binding

Twelve members attended the social gathering, The Binding, which is an after-meeting activity where members enjoy conversation and get acquainted with each other.

Upcoming Guild and other Quilting Events:

• In-Person Sew — Sunday, June 15th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at CPI Philomath

• Virtual Sew Day — Saturday, June 28th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Book Club — Wednesday, June 25th, 7 p.m. Zoom

• Uncommon Embroidery (4th Fridays) — June 27th, 10 a.m. - 12 noon in Albany

• Hand Sewing (1st Sundays) — TBD

The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.

Respectively submitted,

Marty S.