We had 67 members and 6 guests in attendance tonight.

Business:

• Matt gave a quick QuiltCon recap with photos of the winning quilts and will present a more detailed photo monologue at the April meeting.
• A big Thank You to Sandie H. for redesigning our website and making it more user-friendly!
• The Guild owns an Accuquilt Go! and it will be available at meetings, sew-ins, and for checkout.
  • More info about it can be found under the ‘Resources’ at the top of the page.
  • If there is a die that we don’t have and you are interested in, please talk to a board member or email us.  We may be able to purchase it!
• Trunk Show by Blair Stocker
  • here are a couple of things Blair didn’t get a chance to talk about:
    • Check out her Facebook Group Wise Craft Quilts
    • Check out her post on cleaning vintage fabrics

What’s Happening?

• Guild Sew-Ins
  • Thursday 3/16/2017 @ QuiltworksNW 2pm-8:30pm
  • Saturday 3/25/2017 @ QuiltworksNW  10:30am-5:30pm
• #mqgsewday
  • The next MQG sew day will be March 19th in all time zones.  These virtual sew days happen the 3rd Sunday of each month.
• Upcoming MQG Events:
  • Creative Webinar with Shelagh Jessop March 28th.  You can sign up here.
    • No rulers, No rules: Creating Cohesive Improve Quilts Without a Plan.
    • PLEASE NOTE: That this webinar is scheduled in Central European Time and Australian Eastern Daylight Time. A recording will be available for those who can’t join live.
  • Fresh Quilting TV 
    • All episodes are now available to watch through the MQG site.  You can find all episodes HERE.
• Pacific NW Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum (formerly known as LaConner Quilt Museum)
  • Abstract Quilts in Solids with Gwen Marston: Jan 4th – Mar 26th
  • It’s not easy being Green w/ High Fiber Diet (a group from the Columbia Fiber Arts Guild): Feb 1st – April 30th
• Bellevue Arts Museum
  • The Contact – Quilts of the Sierra Nevada by Ann Johnston:  Feb 24th – June 11th
• Quilter’s Anonymous 36th Annual Quilt Show
  • March 17-19 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe.
  • Admission is $8.
• All In Stitches Quilt Guild Everett Quilt Show: “Through the eye of the Quilter”
  • April 28-29 at the Xfinity Arena in Everett.
    • Rumor has it that this show is looking for more quilt submissions, check it out! Call for entries is open until March 31, 2017