Wednesday, September 19, 2012

September Meeting Recap

Upcoming Events:
  • Sun., Sept. 23 from 2-7 pm: Monthly Sewcial - come sew with other guild members! At Sandy's house - RSVP here and Sandy will send you her address
  • October 5-7 - Courthouse Quilters show in Stockton, NJ at Prallsville Mill
  • Sun., October 7 from 10 am-5 pm - Kaffe Fasset workshop - all info and RSVP here - a few more seats!
  • Tues., October 9 at 7pm - October meeting
Challenge/Swap:
Members shared their improv blocks, made from scraps swapped at the August meeting, as well as an FQ of Kona Sage. Some improv blocks were set aside to be made into charity quilts, and some were swapped among members.
September-October 2012 090 September-October 2012 093
Discussion/Educational Topic:
Jessica, our president, presented a slideshow on modern composition, to inspire us and to give us ideas for the October challenge (see below).

September-October 2012 092 We also had a spotlight on Janneke - we will be spotlighting different members at upcoming meetings!
September-October 2012 108 September-October 2012 111
Show and Tell:
September-October 2012 115 September-October 2012 122 September-October 2012 171

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October Discussion: (for October 9)
Bring or share the organization system you use to carry around sewing projects (this should be very informative!). We will also be spotlighting Janet.

October Challenge: Sew something into a modern composition using the improv blocks you have sewn and swapped for.

Full September minutes here.


-Jess H.