October Meeting Recap

Upcoming Events:

• Register for QuiltCon in Austin, TX (Feb. 21-24) - see www.quiltcon.com for more info! Enter your modern quilts into the show HERE (the call for entries is until Nov. 30).
• November Meeting - Tues., Nov. 13 at Pennington Quilt Works, 7 pm
• November Sewcial - Sun., November 18, 10-4 PM at Pennington Quilt Works, RSVP here (and more info). 7 people have already responded and are bringing machines - that means there is space for about 3 more machines! You can always bring hand work and join us, too! :)
• Homemade gift exchange within the guild - will happen in January, more info at Nov. and Dec. meetings

Meeting:

• First, we introduced ourselves by discussing which quilting events we had been to. This turned into a lengthy and informative discussion - especially for those of us (*raises hand*) that have been to few or none!

• Janet Bergman shared her quilts and her quilting journey, which included her fabulous ribbon quilts. You can find her website here!

Discussion:

• We discussed some of the way we carry our products on the go. Judi showed us her (clean :) )pizza, and wipes box methods, Janneke showed off her make up bages and the wallet she made from an unused block, which holds her needles and pins.

• We also talked about using coffee tins (especially for retreats and classes), prescription bottles (for the tiniest notions/projects), and even toolboxes. Finally, Jessica L. shared her obsessive usage of Enviro bags, which fold up very small and can hold a project each. I know I have some ideas now!

Challenge:

• Our October challenge was to make a quilt out of the modern blocks, which were swapped in September. Our guild members (in one month!) produced some GORGEOUS quilts (seriously, gorgeous)!

Finally, we had show and tell. We had a late meeting this time, but there was a lot going on!





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November meeting lineup (will be reposted closer to meeting):

• Swap: Potholders (set of 2 or a double one) - use insulated batting if you can, or several layers of regular batting, so no one burns themselves! Try to use a modern design.
• Jessica L. will share her experience at Quilt Market and hopefully have some giveaways, too!
• Jess (me!) will be giving you a tour of the modern blogging world, and I will showcase some of your favorite blogs/websites (email me at quiltyhabit@gmail.com if you have some suggestions!)
• Spotlight on Kathleen

Thanks! I'll be back soon with links from the last meeting (and a links tab at the top of the page), more online member spotlights, and Modern Mondays will be back! Yay!

-Jess H. (now Jess S. :) )