The evening meeting started with a welcome by Nicole for two out of town (or even out of country) guests and swiftly moved on to the business portion of the meeting . Outreach have done a stellar job this year and have delivered many quilts and placemats to local deserving causes. Details of the great work done by our members can be found in this months newsletter. Also in the newsletter are all the details from the various committees for the year. Laynie presented the prize from the Shop hop scavenger hunt which went to Liliana. Fay also asked for anyone interested in helping with the childrens craft at the guild stall during the St Jean festivities on June 24th in Centennial Park to contact her.
After Show and Tell and a brief break, the program part of the meeting, entitled “Quilting with the community in mind”, focused on local quilting or sewing organisations which support the community. Some speakers were invited in to talk to us and some speakers were our own members wearing a different hat. The organisitions were:
- Mother for Others – Laurie McKeown-Tomassin (no website found)
- Quilts for survivors (Via Zoom) – Vanessa Genier
- Victoria’s Quilts Canada – Karen Besso
- Quilts of Valour – Pat Bradley
- Ronald McDonald House Montreal – Dawn Baxter
- La Source d’entraide, St Lazarre– Karen Besso
The presentations included the history and raison d’être for these groups and the amazing work they are all doing in supporting those in need. A quilt really does make a difference so if you want to help out Outreach has some kits ready for you to do some summer sewing on those rainy days.
After the speakers we had time to buy some material that Karen had brought along from La Source D’entraid and to socialise before the summer break.
Wednesday morning was the AGM and Janet led us through the agenda. Committee spokespeople gave their reports and as mentioned above this informetion is mostly contained in the newsletter. The Program team is bowing out after their term but by the end of the meeting a new team had volunteered. As had a new Newsletter coordinator and a new Treasurer. Thank you all new committee members and welcome to the team
The Retreats team will carry on for another year and they gave us some idea of what they have planned. The first retreat via zoom will be in September ( probably sept 24-25) and the ongoing theme will be Revisiting Techniques. This year long project will take the expertise within the guild and make it available to members. If you are interested in sharing your gifts please contact the team. There will also be a challenge for the show. The format will be a long format wall hanging on the theme of Sounds of Joy. Time to start thinking about your next creation. Also next year will be a Show Year. Lots of fun to come.
Have a great summer and see you all in September.
