The Central Florida Modern Quilt Guild met Saturday, April 8, with 34 members and one visitor in attendance. Show and Tell was followed by a program entitled SUSTAINED AND REPURPOSED: Using Upcycled Fabrics in Your Quilts.
Show and Tell
Joella shared her quilt inspired by Cindy Grisdela’s book Adventures in Improv.
Anne, a visitor, shared several pieces that she made as part of this year’s Color Collective @_color_collective project from Tara Faughnan and Sewtopia. The Color Collective is a six- or seven-month subscription that provides curated fabric and a monthly block pattern. Anne also shared a quilt top made using the Finger Paints pattern by Laura Loewen of Quilt Fort Co.
Beth @blue_dragonfly5 and Judy also shared work from the Dreamlines project. Dreamlines is by Brenda Gael Smith @brendagaelsmith and sends subscribers a free monthly linear design. A number of CFMQG members have subscribed, and it’s interesting to see everyone’s choices of colors and personal creative touches!
Program
The program, SUSTAINED AND REPURPOSED: Using Upcycled Fabrics in Your Quilts, was all about how to repurpose fabrics for use in quilts – old shirts, denim from jeans, bedsheets, vintage fabrics, you name it! Repurposing fabrics helps cut back on waste going to landfills, and can be a wonderful way to incorporate fabrics with sentimental value into a keepsake. A number of quilts at QuiltCon this year included repurposed fabrics!
The presentation included photographs of quilts by Beth @blue_dragonfly5 and Karen @sunrayatplay that include repurposed fabrics, as well as many examples from social media.
In addition, several members brought quilts to show in person. Alice shared a quilt made with denim from jeans, which still had pockets, belt loops, and labels present.
Irene @riedmanirene shared a quilt top made of fabric cut from a career’s worth of bold and colorful nursing scrubs.
Linda @flourishingpalms shared a kawandi piece made using her grandmother’s vintage fabrics.
Reminders
The All-Star Virtual Sampler is free to CFMQG members and takes place from 3-6 pm on both May 6th and 7th. Keep an eye out for a link in early May!
Openings remain in the virtual Matchstick Quilting workshop with Cassandra Beaver @cassandra.beaver, www.thenotsodramaticlife.co on Saturday, June 17 from 9 am-12 pm. The cost of the workshop is $35 but please note there are some required supplies.
The next Sew-in is Saturday, April 22 at the Oxford Community Center, from 12-4 pm.
There will be no regular meeting in May, as members will be on retreat! The next regular meeting will be Saturday, June 10 at 10 am at New Life Christian Church.
Keep making Modern!
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