March Meeting -Change in date

New date for our March meeting:

Wednesday, March 20

6:00-8:00

Carmel Presbyterian Church -2048 Carmel Rd

Ligon Hall (Building beside playground)

Due to the meeting being moved up, our hexagon BOMs will not be due until the April meeting.  Hopefully that will give everyone more time to complete some great blocks.

Also, our swap in March will be fat quarters.  Bianca has a fun game planned so bring 3 fat quarters if you would like to play along.  Sounds fun!

February Meeting Recap

February's meeting was held last Thursday.  Here is a quick recap:


- We had a wonderful group there - a total of 28 people.

- The swap this month was a drawstring bag and 14 people participated.


Look at the great swap bags!

 

- Bianca and others gave a recap of their visit to Quiltcon.

- Courtney gave a great demo on English paper piecing and we got to practice doing hexagons.  THANK YOU Courtney!

- There were quite a few blocks for the February BOM.  Beth was the lucky winner.

Feb BOM

- Lots of great Sew-n-Tells (Head over to Flickr to see them  http://www.flickr.com/groups/cltmqg/).

Some of the great Sew-n-Tell items

March BOM

To practice what we learned about hexies, our March BOM will be the
Hexi Stripe Block of the Month (Craftsy BOM April 2012 - Free Craftsy Video)

http://www.craftsy.com/lecture/April-English-Paper-Piecing/546.html


Here is a link where you can download and cut out hexi forms
http://www.incompetech.com/graphpaper/hexagonal/

Color scheme this month: Bright/Modern Fabric on Gray Background

Sew-In Tomorrow (10:00-2:00)

SEW-IN

3/2/13 from 10:00 - 2:00

Carmel Presbyterian Church -2048 Carmel Rd

Cathcart Center (Building beside playground)

We will be working on 2 charity projects and you can also bring anything you would like to work on. The charity projects will be:

1. Wonky star blocks for a raffle quilt to donate to Carmel Presbyterian
2. Pillowcases left from the previous Beds For Kids sew-in day


If you have some scraps or extra solid color fabrics please bring those for the wonky star blocks. The guild will provide gray fabric for the background.

Hope to see you tomorrow!

Meeting reminder - please note meeting location

Hope to see youThursday...

FEBRUARY MEETING:

Thursday, February 28

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Myers Park Presbyterian Church
2501 Oxford Place
Oxford Hall - Room A105

NOTE: This is in one of the main church buildings, NOT
in the Outreach Center across the street.

English Paper Piecing at Thursday Meeting

 

At our Thursday meeting, Bianca and Courtney will be teaching a workshop on English Paper Piecing.  We would love to have you participate by making your own hexie ring or flower.

Please bring at least 6-7 scraps cut to a 3" square and a hand sewing kit with hand needle, thread and scissors.  If you have a fabric glue stick (like lapel or sewline) you can bring that too; some people like to use them although they are not necessary.

If you already have paper hexies, please bring them, but we will have them if you don't.  You can purchase paper pieces here or print them here.  We recommend starting with the 1" size at first. 

See you on Thursday!

January Recap & Upcoming Events

JANUARY RECAP

January's meeting was full of excitement.  We had 8 new guests and a total of 25 people! 

Elyse gave a wonderful presentation about how fabrics go from a design concept, to strikeoffs, to production and then finally to market.  It was very interesting to learn about her job, the fabric industry, the various substrates and the trade shows.  Thank you Elyse!


We had 7 people participate in the January BOM and 12 people participate in the mini pouch swap.

We had lots to show during Sew & Tell.  Below is a snippet, but more photos can be found over on our Flickr group HERE.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

 

FEBRUARY MEETING:

Thursday, February 28

6:00 - 8:00 PM
 

Myers Park Presbyterian Church
2501 Oxford Place
Oxford Hall - Room A105

NOTE: This is in one of the main church buildings, NOT
in the Outreach Center across the street.

 

 

 

FEBRUARY Block-of-the-Month & Swap:

Join in the fun with our BOM and swap!

 

February's BOM: 

Block: X's and O's
Color: Emerald tones on a white background
Tutorial: http://quiltingtutorials.com/all/xs-os-quilt-block-easy-quilting-tutorials/

Please note this tutorial makes one block that will be 5" square.

February's SWAP:
This month we are making the lined drawstring bag from the In Color Order blog.
Tutorial: www.incolororder.com/2011/10/lined-drawstring-bag-tutoria...

Please use this tutorial to make your bag for the swap. Including chocolate is optional. :)    
  

NEXT SEW-IN
Saturday, March 2 from 10-2 at Carmel Presbyterian Church
Cathcart Room (In the building adjacent to the playground)

February BOM - Let's explore the color of the year

Color of the year meets block of the month.


In 2012 it was TANGERINE TANGO.  This year the Pantone color of the year is EMERALD.

The Pantone website describes EMERALD as:

 

"Lively. Radiant. Lush… A color of elegance and beauty
that enhances our sense of well-being, balance and harmony."

From Pantone Website

Let's have fun with this color and make a block (or more) for the February BOM.  This month's block is the X's and O's block from the Missouri Star Quilt Company.  Remember, each block you make gets you a chance to WIN THEM ALL.  This one is going to be fun.  Let's see if we can get enough blocks turned in to make a nice sized lap quilt!


Block:          X's and O's
Color:          Emerald tones on a white background
Tutorial:      http://quiltingtutorials.com/all/xs-os-quilt-block-easy-quilting-tutorials/

EDITED TO ADD: Please note this tutorial makes one block that will be  5" square. 

A recap of the January meeting and lots of other good quilty news will be posted soon.

- Karen