We are now hosting a Fall 2024 Retreat!!
Join us on September 20 – 22, 2024 at the FFA Leadership Center in Trafalgar, Indiana, starting at 9 AM on Friday and ending at 2 PM on Sunday. We’ll have the entire Fellowship Hall space to ourselves for sewing, socializing, snacks, and shenanigans!
Retreat is open to IMQG members only.
Our spring retreat is happening September 21-24, 2023 at the FFA Leadership Center in Trafalgar, Indiana, starting at 9 AM on Thursday and ending at 2 PM on Sunday. We’ll have the entire Fellowship Hall space to ourselves for sewing, socializing, snacks, and shenanigans! There is space for 13 overnighters to have their own beds and 8 single-day retreat-goers on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
To register, please follow the PayPal prompts:
If you’d like to participate in the snack swap, fill out this form to help guide your secret partner on what to surprise you with.
To keep members as safe as possible while we are eating, sleeping, sewing, and laughing in a communal space, the IMQG board has decided on the following protocol to prevent the spread of COVID-19. All attendees must do the following:
— Test for COVID infection before attending the retreat, at least the morning of their first day of attendance. Testing a few times in the two weeks before the event is encouraged, especially if there has been a suspected (or known!) exposure. Antigen tests done at home are acceptable. Many insurance plans reimburse for at-home tests or provide them free of charge.
— Skip attending the retreat if they test positive within 10 days of their arrival. The guild will refund your money and miss seeing you but there’s always next time!
— Be willing to make concessions for others’ safety if they are experiencing symptoms of a cold or other contagious respiratory illness (e.g., wear a surgical mask when not eating or drinking, sleep separately). This is especially courteous during a cold & flu season when many people have weakened immunity to other infections after experiencing COVID.
— Test for COVID infection 3–7 days after attending the retreat and share the results with the other attendees.
Members of Indy MQG and Akoma Ntoso MQG are encouraged to submit QUILTS and QUILTED ITEMS to this year’s show at Garfield Park Art Center, on display July 7–29. The public is clamoring to see our creative output!
STEP #1: Choose which pieces you’d like to have on display. Quilts are the obvious choice but maybe you also make quilted bags, quilted pillows, quilted clothing, etc. Everything* quilted is eligible!
* Items must meet the themes as described: hand-dyed fabrics featured in your piece for the main show or a 17″ x 17″mini quilt with a theme of the number 7 for this year’s mathemagical challenge.
STEP #2: Fill out a submission entry for each exhibit you’d like to have in the show, either by document or electronic form.
STEP #3: Once you have submitted one entry for each of your exhibits, use the dropdown below to submit your payment. The exhibition and public reception are funded by submission fees.
Remember: do not count your mathemagical mini toward your total number of quilts when selecting how many submissions to pay for.
Step #4: Send** photos of your exhibits to exhibition [at] indymqg [dot] com. Nothing fancy! Just something GPAC can use to verify that each piece is appropriate for hanging in a public gallery.
** This isn’t necessary if you uploaded a photo when you completed the electronic submission form.
STEP #5: Put these two dates on your calendar: the First Friday public reception for Exhibition 2023: A Modern Quilt Show on July 7 from 6–9 PM, and the Artist Chat on July 22 at 2:30 PM!
STEP #6: Drop off your submissions at IMQG’s May meeting on May 21, ANMQG’s May meeting on May 28, or May 30 or June 1 at Sacha’s house or Tony Jean’s house.
