Our Guild Needs Volunteers

 

We need you! Positions to fill for the 2026-2027 season.

We are looking for folks to fill these positions in the upcoming 2026-2027 season.  These positions help the guild flourish, bring the guild together, and provide opportunities for learning, connection, and fun.

If you are interested but have questions before diving in, contact Kirstin @ PresidentOMQG@gmail.com.

If you would like to see a job description, contact France @ SecretaryOMQG@gmail.com.

April Block Lotto: Blossom Quilt Block

 Due: Bring your blocks to the May 25 event

Technique: Snowball corners, 2 at a time HSTs

New to block lotto? Learn about it here

This month, we're making big, bold blossoms using a free pattern from Julie Cefalu (TheCraftyQuilter).

(Miranda Priestly might not approve, but I think we can all use a dose of springtime after the long winter we've had)

To make the blocks, please go to The Crafty Quilter website and download the pattern. Julie's website has lots of variations and ideas for how to use the blocks. 

The pattern includes three block sizes, and we'll be making the biggest one: the 12" block. 

A few tips:

• To keep some consistency between our blocks, please use yellow for the center, and white or a low volume fabric for the background. The petal colours are up to you!
• After downloading the pattern, go to page 2 to see the cutting chart for the 12" blocks.
• When the sewing instructions include measurements, those measurements are for 6" blocks. Here are the corresponding measurements for 12" blocks:
• At the end of the Make the half square triangle (HST) units section, the instructions say to trim to 2" square. We'll trim to 3-1/2" instead.
• At the end of the Make blossom center section, the instructions say this unit should measure 3-1/2", but ours will be 6-1/2". 
• When you're finished, the block should measure 12-1/2" square, not 6-1/2".

Proposed Constitution Changes

We have a few updates to our Constitution, By-Laws, and Procedures that need to be approved at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 25.

We’ve tried to keep the changes straightforward—mostly clarifications and a few additions where we didn’t previously have formal wording. To make things easier, we’ve included both a marked-up version of the Constitution and a short summary of the key changes.

There will be one motion to approve all Constitution updates.

In addition, we will be bringing forward a separate motion regarding our membership fees. Due to increased costs, we are proposing to remove the early bird rate.

If you can, please take a few minutes to review these before the meeting. It’ll help us move through the voting smoothly and leave more time for the fun stuff.

Of course, if anything raises questions, feel free to reach out ahead of time.

Thanks,

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16y3Pp5idL1EH6EKW8rwhqmvmn044ZaZA/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=116414742298483391323&rtpof=true&sd=true

Thanks so much,

France Cyrenne

SecretaryOMQG@gmail.com