May Play

FlourishingPalms
Twenty-one quilters attended our May 14 meeting. Though we had no visitors, we welcome a new member – Barb!

Dee shows: on the left, her “Quilty Love” mini, a test block for the Instagram #OmbreGemsQAL (quilt along) she’s doing led by @Emily_Dennis_; and on the right, “Little Star” by Thimbleblossoms. 
Beth showed her 10″ X 10″ triangle mini, her entry in Curated Quilts triangle challenge, using this color palette. 
 
We encourage our members to participate in challenges, to help expand and grow your understanding of modern. One suggestion is to follow @curatedquilts on Instagram, and/or sign up for their newsletter here. 
Lynn shared this quilt, a Zen Chic pattern called “Contrasting.” Batting is Hobbs wool; quilting was done on a longarm. 

We gratefully recognize Selina’s donate of this quilt to North Lake Presbyterian Church who passes along patriotic quilts to veterans. What a nice way to say thank you for allowing us to use the church for our meetings. Thanks Selina!

We also very much appreciate the program Selina gave to us: “Foiling Around With Appliqué.” She showed us a technique for creating appliqué pieces with turned-under edges. 
This is the link to a Sarah Fielke video demonstrating this method.

Everyone had a chance to try making their own appliqué shapes.

Selina’s samples…

It’s a technique worth knowing, and we’re sure we’ll see some of this appliqué in our members’ work.

2019 QuiltCon Charity Quilt Challenge
Jane has volunteered to lead our challenge quilt, and will be assisted by Dee. A small committee has been formed to determine how to meet the challenge:

Small Piecing

using some or all of this color palette
More information to come!

June 11 Meeting

We will have a guest workshop instructor and meeting presenter on Monday, June 11. She is Anne Sullivan – @PlayCrafts on Instagram. All spots for the workshop have been filled.

Members may attend the presentation – You Are Creative! – at no charge.

Everyone is encouraged to invite friends to attend for only $5 a person! What a bargain to hear a national instructor/speaker, and see modern quilts.

Don’t Forget!
The June 11 workshop and meeting/presentation are not at our usual location!

We will be at:


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