We had a great meeting in November. 56 members and 2 visitors enjoyed another fabulous program!
Meeting Winners! Congratulations Maryann and Donna! You’re going home with some great prizes!
Committee Updates
Committee Sign Ups: The link for sign ups for 2026 committees will be available in the December newsletter. Sign ups will be through Signup Genius giving everyone an equal opportunity to access the sheet and also limiting the number of people on any given committee to how many are needed for it.
The available teams are shown below. Information on what each does is on the sign up sheet. Think about what you want to contribute to the guild and sign up. It’s a great way to meet people and get involved!
| Standing Committees | Teams Under Committee |
| Membership | Sunshine Bylaws Birthday Club |
| Education | Education Planning Education Logistics |
| Communication | Social Media Newsletter |
| Community Outreach | Charity Quilts Fundraising Sit & Sew |
| Meetings | Snacks Free Table Hospitality |
| Retreats | Note that sign up for this will be released later after retreat registration |
| Party | |
| Programs | This committee will need to meet in December to come up with a January program. |
| Challenges (+UFO) | This committee will need to meet in December to come up with a January challenge. |
| QuiltFest | |
| Special Groups/Other | QuiltCon Outreach Quilt QuiltCon Contact AQS Quilt Week Contact Airing of the Quilts |
Community Outreach: We received thank you notes from Pinky Promise and Community Hospice for the generous donations our members have made. We are at 280 items donated so far for the year to a variety of organizations!
Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church Fundraising Quilt: To help support Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church in their community outreach efforts, some members put together a beautiful quilt depicting one of the church’s stained glass windows. This quilt will be auctioned off in January to raise money for UCOM, Sulzbacher Center, and the Food Pantry.
Challenges: The next challenge is a log cabin one in the colors of our Christmas party. See the Challenges page for more information.
QuiltFest: If you received a check for items sold at QuiltFest or awards, please deposit the checks as soon as possible.
2026 Jax MQG Officers: We elected our 2026 officers. Three of the four officers from this year (Alison – President, Bonnie – VP, and Debbie – Secretary) will continue next year. Amy G. will be our new treasurer.
December Meeting: Join us for the JAXMQG Holiday Party on December 21st! RSVP here so we can save you a seat. Items to bring to meeting:
- Challenge block
- Three $1 bills if you want to play Left, Center, Right. Don’t worry if you have no idea how to play; it’s very easy and we’ll be happy to show you how.
- Any UFOs you finished and haven’t shown yet (if you are in the UFO challenge)
2026 Jax MQG Membership : It’s time to renew your JAXMQG membership! To renew:
- Select Log In from menu on JaxMQG.com.
- Enter user ID and password.
- If you can’t remember your password, after selecting Log In from the menu, Select “LOST YOUR PASSWORD” and enter your email address. You will get an email from JAXMQG@gmail.com with a link to reset your password. The email will include your user ID for our guild website. As info, the user ID cannot be modified.
- Once logged in, hover over “Member Resources” and select “My Account”
- Scroll down to MEMBERSHIPS and select “Renew”. Payment options:
- PayPal. You DO NOT need to have a PayPal account; you can use a credit card. No additional fees will be charged.
- “By Check”. Bring check or cash to a meeting.
- “By check”. Mail in your check. The mailing instructions will be included in your confirmation email from JaxMQG.
Members MUST renew online before paying by check or cash.
Member Sit and Sew: Several members stayed after the meeting to make some slow stitched postcards, like what we did with the recent programs at the Cummer Museum. Take a look at the fun they’re having and some of what they made!
Calendar of Events Taking Place by the November Meeting
12/6: Sign up for Michele Ortiz By Annie bag making class
12/11: Virtual sew-in
12/21: December Jax MQG meeting.
See the calendar for a full list of events for the year.
Sew & Tell
We had a great sew and tell with members sharing their completions. Note that you can bring in a previously completed project if you want to share it with the guild.
November Program
Our November program was a presentation on portrait collage quilts by Cindy Richards. She is a globally recognized fiber artist whose quilts have been exhibited and won awards throughout North America, Europe, and Israel. She has two books, coauthored with Phyllis Cullen available through Amazon.
She presented a lecture and trunk show on how she has created these works of art.
