We welcomed Sarah Nishiura, who presented her lecture “Strings.” We were amazed by the history of weaving, fibers, ropes, architecture, and more, all leading to quilting. We are looking forward to her workshop “Deconstructing Designs” August 7th and 14th.
Our Multi-Technique Mono Challenge was due. We had 12 participants submit their photos. Look through our slides to see what cool techniques were used and the final pieces!
The Wonky Star block was designed by Laura Ryle, who was initially inspired by the quilt Blaze by Adrianne Ove. Ruth Smith put together the directions, based on Laura’s design.
This is basically a 9-patch block. Each block is made up of a center block, 4 pieced “Star Points” squares, and 4 yellow and white pieced “Ray” squares. There are opportunities for improv piecing when making the star points and the rays, so have fun!
Read through all directions before beginning!
Thank you to our member spotlight, Karen Foster, for presenting her progress through quilting and improv. We voted on our design for our MQG Community Quilt and Laura Ryle’s submission for wonky stars won, we will start introducing the blocks and requesting help for making the quilt. Laura Ryle won our BOTEOM Splish Splash and Lori, Shauna, and Pat introduced the new BOTEOM due in September: To Be or Knot To Be.
We have presented a new schedule for in person and virtual meetings for July through September, including our September retreat. We will update our events page as we have more information!
| WHEN | WHERE / HOW | DURATION | WHAT |
| 1st Tuesday
8/3, 9/7 |
Virtual via Zoom | 1.25 hours | Guild Meeting
Business Announcements Lectures / Member Spotlights |
| 3rd Tuesday
7/20, 8/17, 9/21 |
In-Person
Location TBA |
About 2 hours | Community Activities
Sew n Tell Community Quilt Efforts Demos |
| WHEN | WHERE / HOW | DURATION | WHAT |
| July 17 | Virtual | 10 am – 2 pm
Hosted 10-12 Open Sew 12-2 |
Sew Day |
| Aug 7 & 14 | Virtual Workshop w
Sarah Nishiura |
Half Days | Deconstruction Designs |
| Sept 18 & 19 | In-Person
(no sleep overs) Location – TBA |
All Day | Sew Days / Retreat |
Here are our meeting slides:
TO BE OR KNOT TO BE?
Presented by Lori Green and Shauna Moulton, drafted by Pat Goulet
(Pattern inspired by Bonnie Hunter’s Garlic Knot)
FABRIC SELECTION:
Fabric 1 low volume small print white with black or gray
Fabric 2 medium tone gray solid or small print that reads as solid
Fabric 3 black solid or small print that reads as solid
Fabric 4 color pop solid or small print that reads as solid
CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS:
Fabric 1 Two 2 ½ X 4 ½ inch rectangles
Four 2 ½ X 2 ½ inch squares
Fabric 2 Three 2 ½ X 2 ½ inch squares
Fabric 3 Three 2 ½ X 2 ½ inch squares
Fabric 4 Two 2 ½ X 2 ½ inch squares
SEWING INSTRUCTIONS:
¼ inch seam
Finished block 8 ½
Thank you to Amanda Morris from SVMQG presenting her talk “Elements of Modern Quilting” to our guild! You can read more about her talk on the blog post on SVMQG’s post.
We had two new members this month and our members were so busy with lots of Show N Tells! We announced Sarah Nishiura’s workshop for August 2021 and the next BOTEOM color palette.
View the meeting slides here: June 2021 General Meeting