October 15 Meeting Reminder

This month's meeting is going to be a combo open sew as well as a planning meeting for 2017.

If you have any suggestions for our calendar next year, please bring those ideas to the meeting!  Also bring along whatever project you'd like to get a few hours of working on with you.

Don't forget to bring along some show and tell! :)

July 16, 2016
Monthly Meeting - Shop Hop

Ashley organized a great Shop Hop for our group.  Our day was filled with laughter, shopping, petting fabric, food, and a little Pokemon!

We started off at the Quilting Squares in Franklin.  We were greeted with a demo and cookies!  Our next stop was the Dancing Bobbin in Thompson Station.  It was the a "first" for many of the members in the guild to visit this shop and what a great place it was!  They had extra staff ready to cut fabric for all of us that swarmed the shop.  Lunch was next on the agenda.  We all made the drive in to Nashville to eat at ML Rose.  They also had a very cool patio which is the back drop of our group photo.  Near by, was Textile Fabrics.  We made a quick stop here, before heading to a modern quilter's favorite shop, Craft South.  Anna Maria and team greeted us with open arms, as always.  The last stop on the Shop Hop was at Stitcher's Garden in Franklin. It was close to closing time so we had to make it quick.  It appears as though we didn't have any thrill seekers in the group looking to break the rules, because no one sent me a photo from inside this shop.

Music City Modern Quilt Guild

Meeting Recap

May and June Meeting - 2016

The May meeting was an open sew.  We also had show and tell.  Below are pictures from the May show and tell.

June was our charity sew month and in light of the recent event in Orlando we decided to switch our charity sew focus from pillow cases to heart blocks.  The Orlando MQG organized this charity sewing collaboration and asked for quilters across the USA to send in heart blocks.  Check out #quiltsforpulse on Instagram to see all the wonderful blocks and quilts that were made for the victims and victims' families.  

In addition to the heart blocks made during the meeting, guild members also made heart blocks from home.  Most of our blocks were sent to Melinda Ringer who offered to assemble all the blocks into tops.  Thank you Melinda!

Below are pictures from the June Show and Tell

June 18th Meeting Update

We have been planning on making pillowcases for Ronald McDonald house, however in the wake of this past weekend's events in Orlando, it seems a large number of the guild agrees that making heart blocks for the Orlando MQG's drive is taking precedence.  If you are unaware of this, here is the Orlando guild's blog post addressing their request.  I've got some instructions printed out for the construction of these blocks, as we'll be making the 10" versions.  The Orlando guild has asked for hearts of any color with a low volume background.  Here is a link to directions on how to make these blocks in case you want to make some on your own.  We have plenty of "heart" fabric in our guild's fabrics, however we don't have much in the way of low volumes.  If you'd like to participate in this little block drive this Saturday, please plan on bringing a low volume/ off white/ white fabric to use for the background.  Also, if you happened to want to bring some of your own fabric to use for hearts feel free. 

We'll still have some show and tell, some giveaways, as well as some "not sewing" jobs.  I know I cannot personally bring my machine this week because I don't have the room. However I'll bring my iron and ironing boards (standard and mini) as well as a cutting mat.  I'll put a sign up poll on the facebook group for any other things we'll need. (another iron, cutting mats, etc)

I can collect these blocks as well as Melinda, and we'll get them shipped off to Orlando.  If you can't make it to the meeting leave a comment and we can coordinate how to collect blocks.

June 18th Meeting Reminder!

This month we'll be doing our community service sew, and we'll be making pillow cases!

We'll have a demo of how to make these pillow cases, which are simple, fun and come together fast!

Here is a tutorial if you want to look ahead on how to do this project.

There will be a few "spots" available; sewing, cutting and pressing.  There will also be a few giveaways!  If you want to "destash" something small to add to the giveaway pile, feel free!

We'll also have a quick show and tell, but we'll want to dive into sewing as quickly as possible.

See everyone Saturday!

April 2016 Meeting Recap

Music City Modern Quilt Guild

Meeting Recap

April 16, 2016

The charity quilt was returned to us.  Great work and THANK YOU to all the people who worked on this quilt!  We discussed options for donating the quilt.  One option is to donate it to a specific organization.  The other option mentioned was to raffle the quilt and donate the money to an organization.  No decision was made.  We will continue discussions next month.

The weekend of June 11-12, the St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild is traveling to Nashville for a shop hop.  We are trying to organize a meet up with them at some point during their visit.  Ashley will provide more details at a later time.

Michelle Wilkie will be teaching her Modern Block Design class to us on July 23.  Please note that this is a separate time from our normal monthly meeting.  There are only 20 spots available for the class.  Ashley will send the sign up email on May 1^st.  The sign up will be first come, first serve.  This is for members only.

May Meeting – Open Sew

Show and Tell

After Show and Tell, Ashely taught us how to make zipper pouches.  Thank you Ashely and thank you to the helpers who assisted us newbies.  Take a look at a few of the pouches we made today!

March 19 Meeting Reminder

This month we're having a Quilt as You Go tutorial being lead by member Marcia Reel. Here's what Marcia has explained thus far:

 Preparation for March: pictured below is an example of a pillow panel we will be doing utilizing a very simple "quilt as you go" method. Choose the size pillow you want to make, and bring a piece of batting (cotton works great) cut about an inch or two bigger on each side. I will be doing a 16" square, so my batting will be 18". I will bring lots of colorful scraps you can utilize for your pillow or you can bring your own. If you would like to completely finish your pillow at the meeting, bring a piece of fabric cut the size of your pillow and an invisible zipper at least the width of your pillow. I can show you how to insert. Make sure you throw in your zipper foot! Can't wait to see what all you creative people make!

You'll need your sewing machine, scrap fabric, batting about 2 inches bigger than you want your pillow to finish, if you're going to finish your pillow off also bring a zipper (as noted, the width of your pillow) and your zipper foot, as well as a piece of fabric cut to the size of your pillow.

 I know I'm excited to learn this method! Thank you Marcia for volunteering to teach all of us! Look forward to seeing everyone this month!

ALSO!  Don't forget to bring some show and tell if you've got it! :)

February 2016 Meeting Reminder

Good morning!

I wanted to make a quick reminder that this month there will NOT be a regular meeting at our regular meeting space!  In lieu of our regular meeting, we're having a retreat in Paris Landing!  Just a reminder, if you haven't already paid your invoice for the retreat, you have just under 2 weeks to take care of that.

The next time we will be meeting up at First Presbyterian will be March 19!  In March we'll be having the first part of a two part, two meeting project!  In March, Marcia Reel will be showing us the quilt as you go method.  Then in April we'll be using those quilt as you go pieces to make a zipper pouch!  We'll have a list of what to bring out before both meetings.

Thanks!

Ashley Gomez

January 16 2016 Meeting

Happy New Year everyone!

A new year means new meetings!  Get ready for our January meeting on Saturday the 16th at 10am.  We're having an open sew, so feel free to bring anything you'd like to have a few hours to work on.  However, we'd like to encourage everyone who hasn't already made one to make a quilted name tag.  Here is a blog post with a tutorial by member Jayne Willis on how to make a Polaroid Block, which is popular for these "teeny tiny quilts."  As our guild grows and grows, it'll help everyone remember every member's name.  It's tricky if you only see each other maybe once a month!  We're also hosting a "yard sale" so if you have any sewy items that you feel like it's time to part ways with, feel free to bring them along.

A new year also means...membership dues!  If you haven't already, please click here to head over to the membership tab and scroll down to the bottom until you see the "Buy Now" button.  There you'll be directed to PayPal where you can pay your dues, OR if you'd like you can bring a check to this month's meeting.

What to Bring

• Sewing machine, notions, etc & project
• Show and Tell - Anything you've finished and want to share!
• Extension cord/ Power strip (Just in case, you may be able to share with someone else)
• Extra sewy items for the yard sale!
• A happy attitude :)

We hope to see you!

October Meeting Recap

This past month we had a fun open sew meeting!  Everyone brought out some projects we were all working away on and just needed some sewing time to catch up.  We also had elections for our guild's office positions, as well as calendar planning for 2016!  It looks like it's shaping up to be another fun year!

We all loaded up and spread out for a fun day of sewing!

Jayne set up a station to put together our NICU smocks to get a jump start on our November sewing event for Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.

Our member Vickey brought her sister Sandra along and she brought this adorable baseball themed patchwork quilt!

She had Vickey quilt it with cute bats, mitts, and other baseball themed quilting.  She used minky for the back.  This quilt looked SUPER snuggly!

Jayne showed off her quilt she made using a quilt block pattern she developed for a blog hop!

The backs of Jayne's quilts could easily work as the fronts, they're always so creative!

Our member Joanne brought some show and tell that she made from some curtains and things that were just around the house!

She told us that while she didn't like it her husband did!  That's a feat in itself!  We were all impressed!

Libby brought us some amazing Dresden plate blocks she's been working on.

Trudy brought in some show and tell of some scarves she's been working on.  They are so cozy and lush!!!