June
28, 2016
QuiltCon: There
were issues with registration, so they closed the site down and it will reopen
on Thursday.
Guest Instructor: Latifah Saafir’s
visit was very successful. We all
learned new techniques. Thank you to all
who attended.
Charity: The next
sew day is July 16th and we will work on a quilt for Orlando. This will have a heart for all of the victims
and all of the survivors. Bring rainbow
fabric solids or prints, but the prints need to read as solids.
Geri talked about the QuiltCon Charity Quilt and led the
group in a design exercise. The quilt
needs to be a work on scale, so think about taking a traditional element and
oversizing or under sizing it or even only using a portion of it. She asked the group to come back to the next
meeting with a design throwing in that we will be shamed if we come empty
handed. There will be prizes as
incentive. The group will choose from
these designs for our group charity quilt.
She also reminded the group that we need to find a charity
for the last QuiltCon quilt, so please give your ideas to the Charity
committee. There are also several other
quilts ready to go to good homes.
Tips and Tricks: Lynn
showed the group Latifah Saafir’s trick for cutting bias binding.
Swaps and Challenges:
Alice passed around the challenge book so everyone could update their
projects.
Amy and Marybeth announced that the swap for next time is a
UFO swap.
Next meeting is July
26th. Next scheduled sew day is July 16th.
Show and Tell:
Jennifer shared
heart blocks she is sending for the Orlando quilts. She completed her Air Show quilt top from
Latifah’s class and also showed a quilt that she made as a quilt along with
sisters and sister in laws called the Lake Girls Quilt.
Keri joined the
group for her last meeting before moving away.
She brought a recently finished quilt top of half square triangles out
of solids and Kaffe Fasset. She used
Phoebe’s piecing tip from a previous meeting.
Geri shared her
block from Latifah’s airshow class that will become a pillow. She used a Moda fabric with a building print
as the background.
Lynn C. shared
her Air Show quilt top and also blocks from the Molehill class. She improv pieced her arches and used her favorite fabric by Maze & Vale.Lynn
also showed the group her completed double wedding ring quilt top in Carolyn
Friedlander fabric.
Cheryl brought a
quilt containing whimsical words she made for a challenge using black and white
fabric to which she added orange.
Lynn B. finished
a UFO she started last year for a Christmas Quilt. She used a pattern in the Fat Quarter Book.
Carol shared heart
blocks that she made.
Amy used a scrap
pack from a recent trip to Purl Soho for her Air Show Quilt.
Iliana wanted to
make a point to all of the members who don’t like to use scraps and showed three
minis she made entirely from scraps. She
also shared two Hunter’s Star quilts one new one for a friend and one she made
in the past. She of course also made a
mini from the scraps on the Hunter’s Star also.
She made a 4th of July mini and one from a Jeni Byer pattern
and finally she finished her Molehills Quilt top as well.
Cathy announced
that she is retired and now has more time to sew. She showed a stack and whack quilt and a
modified compass quilt that she will have hanging in the Asheville show.
Whitner a former
member moved back and rejoined the group tonight. She showed off her Auburn
Quilt made with crosses and hand quilted in Auburn colors.
Alice shared a
quilt she made because “when you get older and retire your husband gets
interested in birds”. She also made a
Mickey Mouse pillowcase for Marybeth who is getting ready to go on a Disney
trip.
Phoebe finished
her molehills quilt top out of Cotton + Steel and also part of her No
Latitude quilt made of African Wax Prints and linen.
