Meeting #101 (August 8th, 2020)

We are excited to welcome everyone to Zoom, the new format in which we will conduct the remainder of our meetings for 2020. Please see the Meeting and Events tab to your right for further information on dates, times, and how to join if you are not a current member. 

Date: August 8, 2020
Time: 10 am-11:30 am
Format: Zoom. 

Links to access the meeting are provided in Tuesday's reminder email, and again in an email sent Friday evening before the meeting.

SPECIAL NOTE: If you are a guest who would like to join this August meeting, we kindly ask that you sign up through the SJSA Event as we are having a paid speaker. 

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As this meeting we are hosting a special speaker and will have paying guests, we will start with our speaker and will conduct any guild business in a condensed format at the conclusion of her talk. 

- Brief Welcome and Zoom Reminders

- Special Guest Speaker
  :: The St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild is excited to continue our "Building Community Through Quilting Series" with our next speaker, Sara Trail, founder of the Social Justice Sewing Academy (SJSA).   Join us for a lecture and truck show titled -  Youth Voice through Textile Arts. Guests are welcome, we ask that you sign up through our SJSA Event Link. 

-Announcements/Reminders

  :: Block of the Month Fabric Type Selection

  :: QuiltCon 2021 Community Outreach Quilt Challenge Reveal

  :: August Fabric Bundle Raffle - ONLINE AND AVAILABLE NOW!! See your email for details. 
  :: Hand-Sew Happy Hour date/time/format

  :: Next Zoom Sewcial Event

  :: Pennant Swap Show and Share (time permitting)

-------------------------- Reminders/Items Due ------------------------------

:: Be sure to post your July BOM block on Instagram with #stlmqgbom and #stlmqg! If you do not use Instagram you can email your entry to stlmqg@gmail.com. Due by meeting time (10 am August 8th).

:: Due to an uptick in participation, the deadlines to drop your Airmail Envelope Block Lotto blocks and your Ryan's Cases for Smiles Pillowcases (be sure to launder them!!) has been extended until August 10th. Please have your contributions in your nearest drop box or mailed to Tess by this date.