Call to order [Olivia and Nikki]

Olivia and Nikki called the meeting to order and welcomed the new members and guests.

Treasurer’s Report [Katey]

Katey provided the treasurer’s report. We will not be posting the accounts balances online. However, any member is welcome to ask for the information and it will be provided at each meeting. We have 37 paid members so far for the year. Enough profit for about Our merch sales including Zazzle and magnets/stickers/ buttons have created a small profit so far, equivalent to having 2 extra paid members.

Social Events [Olivia]

We are planning a secret Santa style mini quilt swap with the West Atlanta MQG. May 9th is the last day to sign up. Swap partners will be coming out in the next couple of weeks from Olivia. The quilts are due back at the October meeting. WAMQG will be joining our October meeting for the exchange! Use the information from your partner’s questionnaire to make a Mini Quilt (18 inches-ish).

Upcoming Quilt Shows/Events/Member Promotions

If you have a show or event that you would like the guild to know about please contact the board (ATLMQG@gmail.com) so we can get it added. We would like to promote paid members in our newsletters. If you have a pattern coming out or are teaching classes let us know so we can share the info! Please send in requests for the newsletter by the 15th of each month.

2018 Quilt Along [Ella]

Ella shared the 4th block from her quilt along with us -Curvalicious. Find the directions under News>Quilt Along.

Next month will be a drawing month for a cool prize to one of those who bring in blocks from the last 2 months.

Use #AMQGQAL2018 and #ATLMQG on social media to share your progress!

Program- Sandy Teepen

Sandy is a quilter from here in Atlanta who has an amazing use of color in her vibrant quilts. I am sure I spied a lot of Kaffe fabrics in her work. She also had some very inspiring use of novelty prints. Picture above shows how she used a vintage quilt block and created a new quilt. She also showed us the quilt she created with a group including our own Jenny Hynes for Quiltcon this year.