Showing posts with label applique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label applique. Show all posts

Saturday, January 31, 2015

January 17 2015 Meeting

General Discussion

Reminder that membership dues are due.  Dues are $40 and payable online or to Linda Cunningham by check or cash. 

2015 Meeting Calendar

January 17 - Open Sew
February 21 - English Paper Piecing taught by Stephanie Williams
March 21 - Community Service Sew Day
April 18 - Improvisational Curves by Jayne Willis
                 Machine Binding by Stephanie Williams
May 16 - Open Date
June 20 - Open Sew
July 18 - Shop Hop / Scavenger Hunt - Jenny Parker, Stephanie Williams
August 15 - Community Service Sew Day
September 19 - Field Trip - Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival - Allgood, TN
October 17 - Planning
November 21 - Officer Nominations - Open Sew Day
December 12 - Holiday Party - Election Results

Sub-committee meeting were held and will report back to group.
Social Media Committee - Ashley Gomez
Community Service Committee - Stephanie Williams
Guild Banner Committee

Pile O Fabric is offering your choice of BOM Skill Builder.  Check with Jenny Parker for more information.

Callie Tinney asked if there was any interest in a free motion class?  Fabric Squares might hold a class if there is enough interest.

SHOW & TELL

Linda Cunningham shared an baby quilt with appliqued frogs and cattails in beautiful blues and greens.

Stephanie Williams shared a quilt top using the Norway pattern and Bonnie and Camille fabric.  Update on Granny B's - they are now a Janome dealer in addition to longarm rental.

Mimi Shimp shared a beautiful floral applique quilt block she is going to frame.  She also shared Moonlit Flowers quilt in gorgeous gold, red, green and black applique.  Mimi shared quilt blocks from the Sensational Sampler pattern.  Showing how you can update an older pattern with modern fabrics.

Jennifer Hastonshared her LOVE quilt in process. Working on completing the quilting.  She also brought in a large applique project of Dolly Parton for a friend.

Sharon Hels shared what she learned for the Creative Walking foot Craftsy Class.  She used the wavy stitch on her Log Cabin quilt top.  Sharon is also completing hand quilting on a shibori dyed project.

Tori Grant shared her quilted name tag - very cute and personal!  She brought in her COMPLETED Bionic Gear Bag! 

Jayne Willis shared several items. A batik jelly roll strip quilt in plum, pink and purple.  She also brought in Vice Versa BOM from Genex Quilters using her hand dyed fabric in aqua, plum and gold.  Jayne free motioned quilted it.  She also brought in her COMPLETED Bionic Gear Bag using Tula Pink fabric.

MEETING REMINDER - February 21 2015 - English Paper Piecing - Project list on FB

Monday, November 24, 2014

November 15 2014 Meeting

General Discussion

Today is our Charity Sew Day to sew NICU smocks for the Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital!

Treasurer Linda Cunningham gave the Treasurer's report.  The Guild spent $51.09 on food today for our Charity Sew Day. 

Secretary Trudy Jackson let members know to keep an eye out for an email to vote for 2015 Guild Officers.  Some members declined to run from our October meeting.  Members running for office:
President - Jenny Parker
Vice President - Jayne Willis
Treasurer - Linda Cunningham
Secretary - Trudy Jackson

Stephanie Williams discussed doing an online FB Group  Bionic Gear Bag Sew Along.  She will posts steps and videos to help make this easier for all.

Christine Copenhaver reminded all the deadline to enter Quilt Con quilt competition is November 30, 2014 and encouraged all to participate.

Reminder:  Holiday Party December 13th at 10 AM.  Bring pot luck finger foods.  Guild members will exchange Secret Santa gifts and Dirty Santa.  To participate in Dirty Santa, bring a 1 yard equivalent of quilters cotton (4 fat qtrs, 2 - 1/2 yd pieces, charm pack, etc.).  Quilters  can be ruthless!

SHOW & TELL

Lindsay Connor sent an online challenge to sew NICU smocks.  The response was overwhelming with over 150 submitted and more coming in!  Thank you Lindsay!  She was also able to receive donated Holiday fabrics from Blend Fabrics.

Sharon Hels shared her Storm at Sea quilt using her hand dyed fabrics using low water emersion dye.   Beautiful shades of green, gold, grey and blue!

Stephanie Williams shared her quilt top, Short Cake Quilt by Cluck Cluck Sew.  What Stephanie loves about this pattern is that it only uses one jelly roll and one yard of fabric.  She made this using Gypsy Girl fabric.

Christine Copenhaver shared a vintage kimonos quilt top (grey background).  She is wanting suggestions and advise for quilting the negative space.  Her book, Necktie Quilts, is in stores now.  When asked about the development process, Christine it took approximately two years in development and an additional year to edit and publish.

Jennifer Haston shared her work in progress LOVE quilt.  On the back, she has the family's house with family members in various windows and includes a picket fence!  Soon to be a treasured heirloom!

Debby Lee shared two of her quilt projects.  One is a pixelated heart quilt top in blues with grey background.  Just needs the binding to be complete!  Great colors in her triangles quilt using grey, yellow, orange and aqua.

Jayne Willis shared her wonky quilt with shades of grey and pink.  Love the arrangement.

REMINDER - Holiday Party December 13 2014

Thursday, October 30, 2014

October 18 2014 Meeting

General Discussion

November is our Charity Sew - NICU Smocks in Christmas prints!  Please invite guests to participate. Jenny's bringing door prizes!

December is our Holiday Party with potluck finger food, Secret Santa and DIRTY Santa.

Business

Nominations for Guild Offices of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer are as follows:
President - Jenny Parker
Vice President - Jayne Willis, Kathy Lasko, Lindsay Connor
Secretary - Trudy Jackson
Treasurer - Linda Cunningham

Trudy will send out a voting survey to all eligible members.  Lynette McKenzie will monitor and tally votes.

Jenny Parker felt the Guild needed a few specific committees for better communication and outreach.  Our members agreed.

Social Media - Chair Ashley Gomez, Jennifer Haston, Katie Dornan
Charity Committee - Chair Stephanie Williams, Kate Alicea, Marcia Reel, Callie Tinney
Community Outreach - Chair Lindsay Connor

2015 Calendar
January - Open Sew
February - English Paper Piecing
March - Charity Sew
April - Improv Sew & Machine Binding
May - Open
June - Open Sew
July - Shop Hop / Scavenger Hunt
August - Charity Sew
September - Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival
October - Planning
November - Elections
December - Holiday Party

SHOW & TELL

Kathy Lasko - Shared a 16 patch quilt that was machine quilted and bound.  She also shared a sweet baby quilt in bright wonky stars.

Jennifer Haston  shared her progress on her LOVE quilt and the appliques that has been added.

Katie Dornan shared a cross stitch project - Autumn Sampler.

Ashley Gomez also shared a cross stitch project - a Thomas Edison quote.

Tori Grant shared a quilt she made for her daughter - Dandelion in white, blues and yellow.

Stephanie Williams shared her experience at Granny B's Longarm Quilting Class.  She also brought in her Count Down to Christmas quilt top using FQ, jelly roll and solid.  Stephanie also shared her Christmas Ornament quilt top.

Linda Cunningham shared her hand pieced and hand quilted project using multi-color batiks charm squares.  She also brought in a Halloween Quilt utilizing HST and Breast Cancer Quilt with a center medallion surrounded by HST..

Jenny Parker shared a baby quilt using Jayne Willis' pattern in pinks.  Guess it's for a girl!

Jayne Willis shared a HST quilt she referred to as her "Cluster" quilt using her hand dyed fabrics and shot cotton.  She also shared a purse that she made.

Marcia Reel shared a bag she constructed to help test patterns.  She also participates in a Bag of the Month group and brought in her project in grey with magnetic closure.

Sharon Hels shared her shibori dyed fabric table runner with echo hand quilting.

NEXT MEETIN DATE - November 15, 2014

Saturday, October 19, 2013

October 19, 2013 Meeting

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Holiday Party will be held on December 14, 2013 at 10:00 AM.  
  • As it gets closer, there will be a signup for sweet and savory finger foods.
  • Dirty Santa Swap - Bring wrapped gifts: one yard or two 1/2 yards of fabric, or a charm pack.
  • Swap Exchange - If you participated in the swap, make sure to bring your creations for the big reveal!
We brainstormed ideas for our 2014 meetings.  We will continue meeting at the First Presbyterian Church, but will look into renting a smaller room.  Here are our tentative program ideas for 2014:
  • January - Charity Sew
  • February - Hand Piecing Class by Linda
  • March - Free Motion Quilting Class
  • April - Volunteer at SewDown Nashville or go to Paducah
  • May - Paper Piecing by Kathy
  • June - Hand Quilting by Linda
  • July - Binding Techniques
  • August - Dyeing Your Own Fabrics by Jayne
  • September - Upper Cumberland Quilt Festival?
  • October - Planning for 2015
  • November - Elections
  • December - Holiday Party
We nominated officers for 2014.  We will hold elections at our November 16th meeting.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH

Chelley shared her raw-edge applique block with us.  She cleverly cut out shapes that echoed the large-print fabric in this collection (not shown here) and appliqued them over the heart with artistic flair.

 SHOW AND TELL


Chelley has been cranking out loads of these pillowcases with crocheted edges.  We were glad we finally got to see some in person.

Each month Jayne brings a finished quilt or two, each made from her hand-dyed fabrics.  This quilt reminds her of a city sunset and the little gray patches conjure up images of city sidewalks.  We're hoping to find a way to learn how she dyes her fabrics at our August 2014 meeting.  We're sure it will be fun and messy! 

Here's a great blend of traditional blocks made with modern batiks.  Linda is making this quilt for her aunt.  Here challenge was to find batiks that didn't have blue in them - her aunt doesn't like the color blue.  We're sure that Linda's aunt will love cuddling up in this, knowing all the thought and effort that went into making it.


Stefanie learned lots of new techniques while making this Craftsy block of the month quilt.  We all gasped when she showed us the back, thinking that she'd pieced all those circles.  It turns out she used what she called a cheater quilt fabric.

Here's another amazing quilt by Stefanie.  She participated in the Moda Mystery Block of the Month.  She warned us that while it was mysterious and fun, it also got very pricey.