Eugene Modern Quilt Guild: July 2018

Monday, July 23, 2018

July 2018 Eugene MQG Meeting

We welcomed one guest this month.

Announcements:

Lane County Fair: July 18-22
Coburg Quilt Show: July 20-21 10-4
Blackberry Jam Quilt Show: July 28 10-4, July 29 10-3
PNW Meetup: August 10-12
Next Sew Day: Sunday, August 19 10-4
Barn Quilt Workshop with Sheila Sinclair Snyder
September 8, 2018 10-4 Eugene Garden Club
Eugene MQG Retreat: October 4-7, 2018

Business:

Amendments to By Laws for the Eugene MQG. This was voted on and passed with 20 members present all voting yes.

Fun stuff:

Kim offered a presentation on hand sewing yo-yos and hexies. Board members had provided supplies and those present were invited to try out their sewing skills.

Ken presented a method for making migrating geese. He brought a template and demonstrated how to add the pieces together to make a wonderful strip of geese. His geese flying through the lime green were fabulous!

QuiltCon 2019 Charity Quilt

Kim and Janice presented the design chosen by the charity quilt committee and offered up packets to members to help with piecing the strips. Instructions were included in each packet, with the request that they be completed and returned at the August guild meeting.

UFO FQ Challenge:

6 people completed the challenge for last month!

Janice finished a baby quilt


Kim and her Gypsy Wife Section 8

Ken and one of the pieces quilted on his long arm

Linda's Tiki Hut quilt completed

Kelly with her Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt

Missy finished her long overdue baby quilt

Linda Dye was the winner of the fat quarters!
5 people have challenged themselves for this month.

Traveling Quilt Bee:

Gail's medallion

Janice's medallion

Jenny's medallion

Hillie's medallion

Denise's medallion

Linda's medallion

Jill's medallion

Nela's medallion

Susan's medallion

Ken's medallion

Kim's medallion

Missy's medallion

Pat's medallion

Penny's medallion

Jackie's medallion

Sorrel's medallion

Show and Tell:

Sharon's rearranged 1/2 square triangle creation

Virginia's table runner

Another table runner by Virginia

Jayne's bat quilt

Linda's tulips

and the back

Daisy's baby quilt

Linda's "Ghastly" quilt

PLEASE NOTE: Our August guild meeting will be held at Sladden park at 6:30pm.
Address: 925 Cheshire Ave, Eugene, OR. It's in the Whitaker on the north side of the railroad tracks between Adams St and Jackson St, parking on street.

Bring a plate and utensils and food or drinks to share We will have a table runner/placemat swap (be sure to place them in a brown paper bag), as well as continue with the traveling quilt additions, UFO challenge and show and tell.

See you then!

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Kim's "Mystery With Letters"

Kim offered a project for those who are interested. She referenced the Portland MQG site for a Word Quilt Challenge. Also check out http://lellaboutique.blogspot.com/2016/06/when-life-is-scrappy-make-quilt.html to find the patterns for letters posted by Moda.
See Kim's information posted below:

For this mystery:
This is a study in looking at contrasts and color value, to distinguish between Darks and Medium/Lights. Some letters will be dark to make words that will be dark in value and others light or medium. This works best if the background is light!

There will be 20 letters in total. A collection of 5 will be introduced each month. Some light/medium and some dark. You can create your letters in whatever style you choose, lower case or capitols, and of which size you prefer. Just remember to be consistent throughout as the letters will be mixed to spell words. This will make a lap sized quilt if you make the Moda 8" by 10" size letters.

One may want to add some favorite pieced blocks to fill in as well. Otherwise, the negative space areas will be available for your beautiful free motion quilting! :-)
-Kim

April letters:   E = 3 light or medium
                       E = 1 dark
                       K = 1 dark

May letters: S = 2 light or medium
                     S = 1 dark
                     R = 1 light or medium
                     R = 1 dark

June letters: T = 2 light or medium
                     O = 1 light or medium
                     D = 2 dark

June 2018 Eugene MQG Meeting

We had one new member join and 3 guests in attendance.

Announcements:

Corvallis Meet-up was cancelled for this year.

Lane County Fair July 18-22
Nelda Copsey presented the information regarding entering quilts for the Lane County Fair. Textile entries are to be collected on Sun July 8 and Monday July 9. She is also looking for volunteers to help with the receiving, prep for judging and setup for the textiles. Please go the the website Atthefair.com for more information.

Coburg Quilt Show July 20-21
Classes and a quilt show are part of this years offering. Go to Coburgquiltshow.org for more information and entry forms.

Pine Needler's 14th Annual Quilt Show July 28-29
This is part of the Lowell Blackberry Jam Festival. Quilt entry forms are due by July 16th and received on July 27th. Go to Blackberryjamfestival.com for more information.

PNW MQG Meetup August 10-12
For more information go to https://seattlemodernquiltguild.com/2018/04/18/2018-pacific-nw-meet-up-registration-is-now-open/

EMQG Sew Day Sunday, August 19 10-4

EMQG RETREAT October 4-7
Nela provided registration forms with details.
Please email EMQG for a registration form if you were not present and would like to go.
Location: Big K Guest Ranch, 20029 Highway 138 Elkton, OR, 97436
Prices are per person:
3 to a cabin: $252
2 to a cabin: $315
Cabins have mini fridges
Brunch (Fri, Sat, Sun) and Dinner (Thurs, Fri, Sat) are included.
Optional Wine tasting on Saturday.
Deposit $150 due July 1st. Final payment due September 12th.

QuiltCon 2019 Nashville, TN
It was decided that our guild would make a charity quilt again this year to send to Quilt Con. Jenny, Nela, Janice, Kim and Missy all volunteered to meet and decide on details for the quilt design. Guild members are encouraged to participate in the creation of the blocks once the design is chosen.

Barn Quilt Block Workshop September 8 10-4
Sheila Snyder will be presenting a workshop for the EMQG on creating your own barn quilt block. It will be approx 3-4' square painted quilt block which can be hung on your "barn", house, fence, wall, etc. This is in the tradition of the barn quilt blocks seen around the country.
For more details of cost and how to register please email the EMQG.

Business:

EMQG board members met on May 22 to review and make amendments to the EMQG bylaws. These changes were emailed to all members in late May with discussion held this meeting to address these or other suggested changes. The amendments will be voted on during the July 2018 meeting.

Kim discussed how to square up a quilt top when adding to sides.
Kim also presented this month's mystery letters. (see other posting for details).

UFO FQ Challenge:

There were 4 people who completed the UFO challenge this month.

Susan quilted and binded!

Mary completed her quilt!

Janice with her contact print pillow!

Sorrel pieced her Alison Glass quilt top!

Janice took home the prize of the bunch of fat quarters! We have 8 people who entered for next months challenge. Happy sewing!

Traveling Quilt Bee:

Another month of great additions. See all of the changes going on...