Emerald Coast Modern Quilt Guild: membership

Showing posts with label membership. Show all posts

Strut - May 2018 Block Lottery Info

This months block comes to us directly from The MQG, one of the benefits (patterns, discounts, webinars, etc.) of membership. (Not a member? Join here or here.)

Strut, from February 2017, is an exercise on how to use asymmetry to make bold quilt blocks or quilts.

Loree and Laraine liked the suggestion given by the block's designer, Silvia Sutters, about using color to help define asymmetry within an individual block so much, we are running with that exact idea - black and white with a single pop of color!

(Black and White Strut blocks and bright Kona FQs)

Silvia is an accomplished designer, pattern writer (quilts and garments), and teacher whose work has appeared in print and digital magazines you might own - Modern Patchwork, QuiltCon, Make it! Patchwork, Simply Moderne, and Love of Patchwork and Quilting. Her online patterns can be found here.

(Black and White Strut block with Kona Pomegranate )

ECMQG will not post the link to the PDF. Please sign-in to your MQG account, navigate first to the Community section then the Resources section. Once there, type 'Strut' in the search bar.

(Black and White Strut block with Kona Dahlia)

Please use Kona White for your background. There is no manufacturer preference for the black pieces or for the pop of color, other than using quilt shop quality fabrics.

(A stack of Kona solids - Dahlia, Pomegranate, Tomato, Sunny, Pickle, Parrot, Malibu)

Choose a color you love... a color you've been hoarding... a scrap... a piece of a new FQ or F8 you've been waiting to cut into.

(Cool and warm stacks of Free-Spirit solids)

You could even use a why-do-I-have-this-in-my-stash color!

(Black and White Strut block with Kona Pickle)

The instructions require you to print a muliti-page template. Check your printer settings beforehand and print to size. You will need to tape and cut your template pieces together.

Other important things to remember: a scant .25" seam allowance is absolutely necessary because of the number of seams (unless you choose to cut your pieces slightly bigger and trim down once each is sewn); a light spritz or two of starch eliminates stretch and distortion; seams within the striped portion should be pressed towards the darker fabric.

Lastly, as seen in the photos, the pop-of-color chosen to replace ONE of the black pieces can be any of the five sizes listed in the instructions.

As always, thanks for participating! We'll see you May 12th when we'll choose a winner of these bold and minimalist blocks! You can't win if you don't sew.

It's Time to Renew Your ECMQG Membership!

It's time to renew your membership in the Emerald Coast Modern Quilt Guild! Our national dues are due in January, and since December is a PARTY, it's time to renew. Dues paid now will be good through 2016.

If you wish to renew online, complete this Google form, then go to PayPal and pay your dues. Dues are still only $25 which includes all the benefits of the local guild (meetings, events, programs, swaps, block lottery, friendship), PLUS all the benefits of the national guild (fabric challenges, free patterns of the month, webinars, QuiltCon, etc.)

Curved Piecing Presentation and Workshop

For our meeting next Saturday, March 8, Diane, who blogs about her modern quilting journey at Southern Meanderings, will give a brief presentation on improvisational curved piecing. During the Sew Day portion, she will lead a workshop on the same topic.

Diane has sewn for many years but allowed her sewing machine to collect dust for one reason or another. She found her groove again with the modern quilt movement. In her own words, "Now that I am retired, I am enjoying sewing again and have fallen in love with modern quilts. "

While attending a Camp Stitchalot workshop last summer, Dan Rouse of Piece and Press showed Diane how to create simple improv curves that led to the beginnings of her Twilight quilt. It is this same technique she'll talk about and demonstrate Saturday.

If you want to step into the world of improvisational curved piecing, you'll need to bring the following items with you:

- 4 coordinated fat quarters (solids or prints, or a combination of both)

- rotary cutter, ruler, and cutting mat

- sewing machine, thread, etc.

- iron and ironing board/surface

Diane says it doesn't take long to make these blocks. She estimates the total time for her workshop will be approximately an hour to an hour and a half.

ECMQG members do not need to register for this workshop. It is a benefit of membership. Non-members and guests wishing to participate, should contact ECMQG via our Email. The non-member and guest fee is $5, which is payable at the door.

Cindy Marvel

ECMQG Secretary

Sew Days

I think, one of the nicest benefits of membership with ECMQG is our Sew Day.

The Fellowship Hall at Crestview Baptist Church is spacious with large round tables which are perfect for sharing, has tons of well positioned electrical outlets, and that big ol' floor which allows for easy basting or contemplation of your quilt design.

I truly enjoy spending the hours after our regular meeting talking to and sharing ideas with other modern quilters. For me, it's a mini-retreat with friends. Friends who have varying quilting experience and interests. We eat. We encourage. We play with fabric. We laugh. We help each other. We learn. We get to know each other a little better. We form bonds and make plans.

Our Sew Days are visually stimulating and always inspirational. As a member of ECMQG who lives nowhere close to Crestview, the opportunity to have six hours of sewing time with like-minded people is immeasurable, and to me, oh so worth the drive.

You should consider joining us if you haven't previously. Members pay nothing extra for this time, as I mentioned, because it's a benefit of membership. Guests who wish to join us, pay $5 for each Sew Day.