Charleston Modern Quilt Guild Meeting: March 24, 2015
Welcome:
Kelly,
president, started the meeting by introducing new member, Debbie who just moved
from Delaware. Kelly announced the
agenda for the meeting to include business, committee meetings, swap and show
and tell.
Announcements:
QuiltCon recap on Sew Mama Sew blog. This site has photos of every quilt in
the show along with details on the maker.
Kelly announced that we will have a giveaway table at every
meeting now if you have anything that you can’t use and would like to
share.
Jenn Kingwell, fabric/pattern designer, author from
Australia will be teaching multiple classes in North Carolina this summer. The details can be found on May
Chappell’s blog.
UpComing Events:
April 11th Sew Day will be the sew together
bag. There is no cost for the
class, but you have to purchase and bring in your own pattern. Please sign up if you will be joining
the group. Doors will open at 8:30
and we will start at 9:00am. An
information sheet was passed out and will be posted with the minutes. The guild
has a Pinterest board of examples
if you would like some inspiration.
Lynn and Kelly will help guide you in the process since they have made
several of these.
April 28th will be the next guild meeting. At this meeting the swap will be ugly fabric. There is a challenge
component with this swap also. The
challenge will be to make something with the ugly fabric you receive and bring
it to the next meeting. There will
be a prize.
Committee groups met
and shared updates:
The swap committee
created a list of the swaps for the remainder of the year so the guild can plan
ahead. (See below). Also, great
news, the pincushion swap had 13 participants out of the 16 at tonight’s
meeting.
Community service
asked for suggestions for partners for charity quilts. Let them know if you have any ideas.
The
programming committee announced that there will be a tips and trends segment in
each meeting and also a teaching segment during the meetings. These will be short informative
segments. There will be a class at
every other sew day and the group is looking for a big name teacher to come in
once a year. Victoria Findlay Wolf is available in October 2016 for a six hour
class, so the committee is looking into this option.
Tips, Tricks and Trends
Lynn
introduced how this will work at each meeting and explained that it is a short
five minute talk or visual presentation—short and sweet. This will be kept current and modern.
- Trends that were discussed: solids, fabric
for multiple uses- ex. Quilting cotton for apperal, batiks thanks to Alison
Glass.
- Book update- Sherry Lynn Wood’s book
will be out soon and our own Kim has
a quilt feathered on Sherry’s blog right now. Modern Rainbow book and A
Modern Twist by Angela Walters are some other interesting new releases.
- Blogs- talked about Anna Maria Horner’s
blog and the thoughtful, well written posts that go along with her work.
- Patterns- Presale of the Betsy Travel
Bag is available through Kelly’s web magazine Whipercrafter.
Swap took
place- pincushions.
Show and tell:
Phoebe shared
a quilt top she completed entirely during the last sew day, a king size top
made of African Dutch wax prints. She also completed a mini in Geri’s improve class from a score in Sheri
Lynn Wood’s new book. She used
fabric she purchased at the first QuiltCon and an applique of a cat from the
last QuiltCon by Lotta. She did not use binding, but finished it envelope-style and hand-quilted it.
Lynn modeled a dress she made and shared shorts she made for her little boy. She also showed a quilt top she made
using a layer cake with half square triangles. She said she is busy getting
tops ready because her long arm will be delivered next week.
Tami told
about her quilt shop hop while visiting Seattle.
Alice shared a completed Shasiko pillow from a kit she found at QuiltCon. She showed
a baby quilt top of pinwheels that she found inspiration from Kelly’s
book. Alice completed a mini with
a chevron pattern and quilted it using Jenn Kingwell’s technique of cross
stitches. In addition to all of this she also shared a completed quilt top with
a more traditional 1930’s pattern, but she added a border that really made it
modern. Finally, she showed the
group a busy hands quilt for Alzheimer’s patients that has various textures and
items such as buttons and velcro to keep their hands busy. She said that this
is something we may do for charity quilts.
Carol shared her seaglass quilt which she quilted using a wavy stitch with varying
stitch length.
Keri finished block number 3 of the Camelot pattern by Trish Harper and shared a
block from a Craftsy block of month project. Keri also decided to try cross stitch and shared her
work on Stitchers Alphabet that will have beading added to it.
Kim showed
off her Supernova quilt that was done with Amy. They each made half of the blocks for each other's
quilts. They each took one of the
colorways from Pat Bravo’s Rock and Romance line by Art Gallery and choose
different background fabric.
Kim changed the pattern and added borders to the blocks. She also surprised Amy with a pillow
she made for her using scraps from the project and Amy’s background fabric.
Jackie made
a fabric bucket from an Ellison Lane pattern for SewSouth and brought in Tula’s
new Elizabeth line to show the group.
Debbie shared a paper pieced circle quilt. This quilt had quite a story. She had the kit for six years before trying it out in a class. It took four months to paper piece it
and then when she moved it was misplace for four months. The movers had hidden
it behind bolts of fabric.
Linda told
the group about the SC Quilters Guild that meets twice a year and encouraged
others to join.
The meeting
was closed at 8:09.
The pincushion swap! All super cute!
Phoebe's huge quilt!
Phoebe's mini quilt:
Lynn's layer cake half-square triangle quilt:
Lynn's dress:
Alice's Sashiko pillow:
Alice's baby quilt inspired by Kelly's book:
Alice's mini chevron quilted with cross stitches ala Jenn Kingwell:
Alice's traditional 30s fabrics quilt made modern with modern border:
Alice's busy hands quilt sample for Alzheimers patients:
Carol's seaglass quilt front:
Carol's seaglass quilt back:
Keri's Camelot block #3:
Keri's Camelot blocks #1 and #2:
Keri's first block from a Craftsy mystery quilt...
And she is trying a very ambitious cross stitch alphabet project!
Kim's Supernova quilt front:
Kim's Supernova quilt back:
And the surprise pillow she made for Amy:
Jackie's fabric bucket for SewSouth: (i think a swap...?)
Or newest member, Debbie's complex paper-pieced quilt:
