Wednesday, September 21, 2016

November Quilt Challenge!!



2016 is the fifth anniversary for our guild, so let's celebrate!

The challenge, due at the November 8th meeting, is to make a quilt with the theme, "Five".
You take it from there! 

Guidelines to be eligible for fabric bundle raffle prizes:

Size: Shortest side is 12" OR contain a minimum of 144 square inches.
Style: Must have a modern aesthetic. (Check the MQG resources page for detailed definition)
Completion: Must be quilted and bound.

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

September Meeting Recap

Hello quilty friends, it's time for another meeting recap post!

First, just a reminder that registration continues for the walking foot workshop and November retreat, both of which are available to nonmembers, more info here!

Now there is a lot to show you..

First up, our Patchwork City Quilt-a-long participants brought in their blocks.
Patchwork City Quilt-A-Long

The Crayon Challenge quilts were finally due! If you recall: in June, each participant blindly drew three crayons from a box, and had to complete a quilt from fabrics of those three colors, with one optional neutral. We had a LOT of quilts! It was amazing!
Crayon Challenge 1
Crayon Challenge 2
Crayon Challenge 3
Crayon Challenge 4

The Guild Bee made blocks for Susan.
Guild bee - blocks for Susan

The New Bee made blocks for Michele.
New Bee - blocks for Michele

For this month's demo, Janneke discussed different forms of appliqué and showed many examples.
Demo - Janneke talks appliqueDemo - Janneke talks applique

We had another Member Spotlight, this time with Jessica Skultety describing her quilting journey. She showed everything from her very first quilt (t-shirts) to the one she recently finished for the Crayon Challenge above.
Member Spotlight - Jessica Skultety
Member Spotlight - Jessica SkultetyMember Spotlight - Jessica Skultety
Member Spotlight - Jessica SkultetyMember Spotlight - Jessica Skultety
Member Spotlight - Jessica SkultetyMember Spotlight - Jessica Skultety
Member Spotlight - Jessica SkultetyMember Spotlight - Jessica Skultety

The meeting closed out with another great Show and Tell!Show and Tell - Jamee
Show and Tell - JuandaShow and Tell - Connie
Show and Tell - JannekeShow and Tell - Lee
Show and Tell - LynnShow and Tell - Jessica S
Show and Tell - Laura BShow and Tell - Jessica L