Monday, July 27, 2015

Coats and Clark Thread Evaluation: Deadline: July 29th

From time to time Coats and Clark conducts consumer tests of their threads. These evaluations can be quality related, a comparison to other products or evaluation of a proposed new product.  They will be conducting an evaluation this month and they are hoping to recruit participants through the Charlotte Modern Quilt Guild.

Here is the information:
Thread Evaluation
Coats & Clark is looking for people who sew to participate in a comparison test of all-purpose threads. All materials will be supplied.  Participants should:
•             Own or have access to a sewing machine
•             Sew on a fairly regular basis
•             Be able to devote 1-2 hours to the test
•             Be able to complete in the next 3-4 weeks.
  
They usually send out a packet which contains the thread, fabric and needles plus instructions and an evaluation form. It also includes a postage paid envelope for returning the samples.  If Lynn has email addresses, she can follow up with details and get the shipping info. If anyone wants to contact her directly via email that is great!  Here is the email of Lynn Browne:  Lynn.Browne@coats.com
You will need to contact her by July 29th!   Get to it!  



Wednesday, July 15, 2015

June Meeting Recap!




First, let's send out a big THANK YOU to Lee Monroe for joining us at last month's meeting.  She was such a delight and shared so much of her amazing work with us, as well as great tips and insight on how to design and incorporate different color palettes into our quilt projects.  She is such an inspiration!  

Lee has started a new series on her website, called "color stories", it is a great resource to see how to use color in a way you may not have thought about before.  She will be in our are again in August teaching some classes! She will be at the Quilted Thimble Cottage on August 14th and also at We're Sew Creative on the 15th.  You can find more about the classes she is offering, here:  http://www.maychappell.com/learn/

Lee shared so many wonderful quilts with us at the meeting!  If you want to get a glimpse at them, head over to our Flickr account and you can view them there!   https://www.flickr.com/groups/cltmqg/pool/   If you took some pictures during the last meeting it would be great if you could share them on Instagram!  Use the hashtag  #cltmqg and we will all get to see them if we are following the CLTMQG account.  



The Block of the Month for the August 4th meeting is below.  

There isn't a tutorial online for this one, here are the steps:
- Cut 36   2.5" squares of all the same shade - in my example it's all in the pink family
- Each block will have 6 squares in each row, and 6 rows total making it 6 x 6  2.5" blocks
- Arrange colors randomly, I sewed them 2 at a time and then began adding them together to make the rows... no planning on the layout




We did not follow through with the fabric swap during the last meeting, so we are just going to plan to do it again at the August 4th meeting!   Bring a fat quarter or two and swap with the other ladies who are participating! 

Please remember that our meeting day has changed, just for the July meeting.  The church needed the room that evening, however they can accommodate our group on Tuesday, August 4th instead!  We voted at the last meeting to cancel or take the new date for our July meeting, and since you all love the Cltmqg so much, you voted to meet on the 4th!   Same time: 6-8; same place:  St. Gabriel's, Room D.  See you there!   You are not going to want to miss out, Vicki Chase will be doing a program Fabric Postcards and Printing on Fabric From Home!