Let’s start with Show and Tell. We only had two quilts to see, but there was a theme. Both quilters used fabric that their Mother had used and or saved from the 1930’s and 1940’s. The fabric was from flour sacks with different results and both were beautiful!
Beth @blue_dragonfly5 shared her version of a Cathedral Window which was hand sewn with flour sacks that her mother collected and saved in the 1940’s. Antique “back” buttons were sewn at the points. The colors were arranged in diagonal stripes which adds modern traditionalism to this quilt. The entire quilt was done by hand and started in the 80’s and worked on every decade since. The last row was completed during the pandemic. The quilt measures 36 by 48. This quilt was recently accepted for publication in an upcoming Currated Quilts.
Linda @blu24berry also worked with flour sacks passed down from her Mother. However her Mother had created the Dresden blocks and stored them away in 1932. Linda’s mother passed away in 1975 and Linda finally put them together into a Modern quilt this year. Using an alternate grid, she was able to create an asymmetrical look to a familiar block. This measures 76 by 90 and was quilted on her Bernina 153.
CFMQG welcomed one visitor and had 23 in attendance for our monthly meeting. The calendar for 2022 has been updated to reflect additional sew-in dates and the Quilts in the Park scheduled for October.
Our topic for the May meeting was THINKING OUTSIDE THE PATTERN. The powerpoint and discussion was designed to encourage members to utilize all the resources within the MQG site and participate in the next challenge for 2022. The challenge information will be shared via a separate blog post.
Members are encouraged to become more acquainted with all the free resources on the MQG website. The powerpoint shared a wealth of information and provided thought provoking questions on BLOCK STUDIES and QUILT OF THE MONTH filters. These free resources allow members to download patterns or blocks and then consider changing the block orientation, adding negative space, changing scale, altering the grid, extending lines, cropping or leaving items out and more to make something their own original based on the many resources available. Lots of information was shared. Lots of good questions were asked. And best of all, the challenge will not be due until January 2023. That leaves a significant amount of time to explore the resources, pick three, narrow it down to one and then create! Everyone is encouraged to participate. Help will be available at all the sew-ins or by just asking other members in our guild.
Our next meeting will be June 11th. Anyone that has created an Interleave Quilt is asked to bring and share. This will allow all those participants in the Interleave Workshop from April to share their final product. And if you have made an Interleave Quilt from a previous workshop or on your own, please bring it to share as well. In addition to Interleave Show and Tell, there will also be our regular Show and Tell.
Members are asked to download and print the Show and Tell form whenever they have an item to share. This form helps identify Modern Aesthetics, provides information about the quilt pattern, speciality tools used and the creator. It is an important piece of Show and Tell, captures metrics about the quilts in our guild and helps provide vital information for the blog and Instagram. Print multiples and complete them as you create your masterpieces.
In addition to all the beauty of Show and Tell in June, our program will be DASH QUILTING presented by Shloe Kerness. Plus we will be talking about the Guild’s participation in the Community Outreach Charity Quilt through the MQG and QuiltCon 2023. Bring ideas on how you want to see the gradient pallette applied to our entry. Everyone is welcome, bring friends and share the Modern joy.
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