May Meeting Recap (+ show and tell!)

We held our May meeting on the 14th at Bernina Sewing Center in Kalamazoo. 

A couple highlights from the minutes:

1. Elections! A BIG thank you goes out to Holly and Mary, who are stepping down from our executive board. Our guild wouldn't be what it is without your roles in our first year of existence! 

Congratulations to our elected board, unanimously approved at the meeting, serving from May 2014 through May 2015:

President: Stephanie

Vice-President: Jillian

Treasurer: Terri

Web Coordinator: Carolyn

Secretary: Joanne

2. Guild retreat! Scheduled for November 14-16. Find preliminary details here, and watch for more details both here on the blog and at the July meeting.

3. Upcoming online challenges! I (Lisa) will be posting the Challenge for the July meeting soon, as well as details about the text fabric swap for the July meeting (with fabric to be used for the September Challenge).

4. Sharon and Pam shared two different binding techniques--thanks ladies!

Here, Sharon demonstrates her preferred method:

And Pam shows hers:

And now, onto everyone's favorite...show and tell!

Jill shared her finished quilt made from the wonky star blocks. 

Lisa shared her finished quilt (except for hand stitching the binding, which has since happened) from the improv herringbone challenge:

Stephanie shared her liberated medallion work in progress from the Gwen Marston workshop:

Stephanie also shared some adorable zipper pouches she's been making:

And a few more (I think she had 4 of the pencil version?):

Pam shared her liberated medallion from Gwen's workshop:

Terri shared a piece she made at a class at the AQS show in Paducah:

Mary shared her small studies piece from Gwen Marston's workshop:

Joanne shared 3 quilts she's made:

Joanne's second quilt:

And Joanne's third quilt:

Jane shared her liberated medallion piece from Gwen's workshop, made primarily with Kaffe Fassett fabric:

Jane also shared this modern Christmas quilt top she finished:

Jackie shared two different star block projects in progress: 

And Jackie's second star project--great fussy cutting!

Jill shared a saw blade quilt she's been making for her dad:

Tina shared a baby quilt she made from a pack of 2" squares she won:

Connie shared a purse that Joanne made for her:

As well as her piece from Gwen's liberated medallions workshop:

Lisa shared her small studies piece from Gwen's workshop:

And her liberated medallion piece:

Carolyn shared a hexagon piece that she made and hand quilted:

Holly shared her small studies piece:

And her liberated medallion piece:

Teri brought in several projects to share: First, a drunkard's path design:

This neat lantern-looking design:

Love the scrappiness and the colors in this quilt of Teri's:

Wonky bullseyes from Teri:

And one last one from Teri:

Sandy shared her hexy project in the works: great color scheme!

Mark your calendars for our next meeting on July 26! More details to follow.
And...if I made any mistakes in the information about the show and tell pictures, please leave a comment letting me know so I can fix it!

Minutes from the September, 2013 GLMQG Meeting

We had another just wonderful meeting of the guild!  Below are minutes and photos from the meeting.

Old Business:

Everyone brought their blocks from our block challenge we did last month.  Check out all the beautiful blocks!

We drew a winner...and  Lisa won! What a beautiful quilt this will make!  Thanks to all who participated in the challenge! 

Judy had completed her quilt top with the pieces she won at the July meeting. She was able to make a queen sized quilt and plans to use it as a summer quilt.  Looking good, Judy!  Love the piano key border!

New Business:

a. Presentation by Carolyn

Paper Piecing—Kaleidoscope Block by Alex Anderson

Carolyn gave us a wonderful demonstration of paper piecing using a kaleidoscope block. 

Carolyn showed us now to place the fabrics and sew....

She suggested we then use an Add-a-Quarter ruler to trim things up.  (Might be a tool you want to get for our October challenge!)

We'll be doing this block for our October challenge.  Stay tuned for instructions. We will be doing the Kaleidoscope Block with grey, white and brights.

b. Logo—We reviewed some ideas that Holly’s son, Dylan, developed. We had a few suggestions for changes but really appreciated his general ideas.

c. Need for Program Committee Members—Elaine offered to help Pam.

d. Please make a nametag for our next meeting, if you haven’t already.

e. Donations for door prizes. If anyone has things to donate, please let Pam know. Stephanie, Pam and Evelyn donated today’s prizes. Thank you!

f. We are looking for a location to meet nearer to Kalamazoo, since most of our members seem to be from that area. We checked with members present and everyone agreed that this was a good plan. Holly will be checking into possible venues.

Finally, we had show and tell!  Ready for a quilt parade?  :-)

One member showed her quilt, which was published in Generation Q magazine!   You can even download the pattern and instructions for this quilt at the magazine's website.  Click on the link that says Baubles and Bangles.

One member brought this quilt she had made.  Great Granny Squares!  Loved the backing fabric, too!

 A miniature quilt that was paper pieced....after all, that was the theme for the day!

 A member brought this modern art quilt she had made.  The title of the quilt was Ova, I believe.

 A lovely chevron quilt!

 A lovely oriental style quilt.  You should see the quilting!  It had koi fish on it!

 A member brought this pillow she had made using some scraps from a bedspread she had previoiusly made.  Just beautiful.

 Great Ikea fabric on the back of the pillow.

 A very striking and colorful quilt top here!

 One member liked our challenge block from a couple months ago that she is making her own quilt out of it.  Love the use of the gray fabrics with the bright colors.  This will be wonderful!

 That same member was recently traveling to Ireland and took a long plane ride. She put together all these hexies on her trip.  Wow!

 Another member brought these cute wool mug rugs...

 And this cute wall hanging.

 She also worked on these wonky partial log cabins....

 And this table runner.

We had tons of fun.  Another inspiring meeting!

Next meeting: Our next meeting will be on November 23^rd at Bernina’s on Portage Road in Portage, MI. We will begin with a 10 am, then members are encouraged to stay for a sew-in that will last until about 5 pm. Please bring your own machine, supplies and rotary cutter. Mats and ironing supplies are provided. You can bring your own project to work on and/or try some curved piecing after Stephanie’s tutorial.

Respectfully Submitted,

Mary Baggerman, secretary

Stephanie Peterson, adequate photographer