July Meeting Show and Tell

We had only six people at our last meeting but the were prolific quilters!

Pat made 3, count 'em 3 great baby quilts.

 Don't you just love these bright colors?

Pat is thinking of doing more quilting on this but I love it just like it is!

Look at Stephanie's cool new bag!

Isn't this the cutest?

We loved the quilting she did on this!

Kathy made a yoga bag using Quilt as you Go

And she finished a No Dragons on My Quilt from Jean Ray Laury's book.

Yvette finished her block challenge, isn't it superb?

Pat is working on hers!

How are your challenge blocks doing? Mine are sitting in a bag!

Challenge quilt for IQF

If you would like to have a quilt in the IQF show in 2016, here are the details:

36" quilt

Block to interpret is Drunkard's Path

Online enrollment will be early January, 2016

Challenge is open to all Modern Quilters in states that border Illlinois as well as Illinois.

Catherine will collect the quilts and bring them to the show.

Challenge update

We swapped our 6.5" blocks at our June meeting. If you missed it make 9 or 10 blocks yourself and join in the fun.

July 23 - No Challenge due - work on block quilts due in September

August 27 – No Challenge due

September 24 - Block swap Quilts (or tops) Reveal

October 22 - Strip Challenge Reveal

December 3 - Holiday Swap - Candle Rugs

January 28, 2016 – Show Challenge quilts due for IQF earlier in month

February 25, 2016 – What’s Old is New Reveal

March 24, 2016 – Misprint Fabric Challenge Reveal

Show and Tell June 25, 2015

At our guild meeting we swapped blocks, we even had enough extras to include everyone in the challenge. Can't wait to see the projects. 

In the meantime, we had great quilts to see and drool over.

Svetlana made two drooly worthy quilts whose back we even loved. 

Cog

Back of Cog

Kinectics

Look, Nan finished a quilt with a fall theme way before fall! Impressive on many levels.

Stephanie is making this super cool Deer head. Can't wait to see it finished!

Jen made everyone jealous with her projects from Sewapalooza. She met Tula Pink!

Cool journal/notebook

Groovy Tula Pink's van inspired mini

Yvette, can we all join your family, please?

What a fabulous wedding quilt! 

I even love the back!

A masculine quilt for a tall member of her family.

Each month show and tell is too much fun!

Show and Tell Thursday, May 28,, 2015

Jen showed her fabulous Aragon bag started at Sewtopia.

Stephanie created Leonard the Llama, isn't it so darling?

Bert made this terrific Fat Quarter Style quilt. Love it!

Sharon learned the method of making Half Square Triangle from 3 Dudes. Wow!

I am so jealous of Nan, she got to go to Paducah, KY and she has a bag to prove it!

Anita made this great quilt and I didn't get one picture of it all. 

Sorry Anita, here's the rest, the fab yellow strip!

Yvette hand quilted this magnificent pillow!

She also let us see this eye pleasing wedding quilt. Wow, yellow and grey!

And she wasn't done, aren't you jealous of the granddaughter who is going to receive this?

Kathy let us see her Irish 9 patch, Erin Go Bragh!

Challenge Schedule

Challenge Schedule

June 25 - Ten 6.5" blocks due! (We will swap and make quilts for September)

July 23 - No Challenge due - work on block quilts due in September

August 27 – No Challenge due

September 24 - Block swap Quilts (or tops) Reveal

October 22 - Strip Challenge Reveal

December 3 - Holiday Swap - Candle Rugs

January 28 – Challenge quilts due for IQF

February 25 – What’s Old is New Reveal

March 24 – Misprint Fabric Challenge Reveal

Schedule Changes and Volunteers to run Meetings

At our April meeting I asked if there would be members willing to run the meetings. Catherine and Cheryl launched us and have guided us but have so many ongoing commitments in the larger sewing world that we needed new people to start the meetings, decide what order that segments would go in, etc. We will always be grateful for their guidance these past years and hope to see them at future meetings when they have a break in their schedules.

Luckily we had two members who volunteered! Yay!

Yvette and Anita will be co-leaders of the meetings!

I (Kathy) will continue to do the blog and Facebook pictures and announcements.

And everyone will help to make the group fun and challenging.

While we were discussing the future of the group we decided to mix up the remainder of the schedule and extend some deadlines.

May 28 - Receive fabric for misprint fabric challenge. (Thanks Catherine!)

Also:

•   Time to swap magazines or get your first one if you missed April's meeting
•   Cut your own 2.5" strips if you missed the strip swap in April - Due in October
•   Reminder that 6.5 inch blocks are due June 25. Ten blocks from each participant. This is the only challenge that really needs a commitment. 

June 25 - Ten 6.5" blocks due! (We will swap and make quilts for September

Also:

• Still time to grab a magazine for What's Old is New Again
• Cut your own 2.5" strips if you missed the strip swap in April - Due in October

July 23 - No Challenge due - work on block quilts due in September

Also:

• Sewtopia report from from Sharon was so much fun that we want more
• Report on Grand Hotel Annual Spring Needle Art Seminar from Kathy
• Report on Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival from Kathy

August 27 - Colors of the Decades presentation by Kathy

Also:

• When do we want colors of Decade Challenge due, or do we?
• Still time to grab a magazine for What's Old is New Again challenge
• Cut your own 2.5" strips if you missed strip swap in April
• Block quilts due in September

September 24 - Block swap Quilts (or tops) Reveal

Also:

• Reports on Summer quilt activities?
• Still time to grab magazine for What's Old challenge due in February
• Strip challenge due next Month

October 22 - Strip Challenge Reveal

• Reports on recent quilt activities
• Bring ideas for next year's meetings
• Still time to grab/swap magazine for What Old is new Challenge in February
• Need misprint fabric? Challenge is due in March

December 3 - Holiday Swap - Candle Rugs

• Final chance for magazine - What's Old is New reveal February
• Misprint Fabric challenge due in March