October 2018 Meeting Summary

What a wonderful meeting and workshop we had!  A few items of guild business you should be aware of:

1. Christmas party is Tuesday, 4 December, 5:30 - 9:00 at the University Roadhouse!  Make a 12-16" holiday-themed pillow for the gift exchange. Pillow needs to be finished (stuffed or pillow form) with the closure of your choice (zipper, envelope, etc.), and wrapped or in a gift bag. The gift exchange is optional!!  

2.  Reminder to renew your dues ($40) in January.  If you renew before the February meeting, your name will be entered in a drawing for a super prize!

3. Speaking of the February meeting, some exciting news!  We will be meeting on Thursday, 7 February at the Kalamazoo Public Library.  Why a Thursday? Because we will be FaceTiming with VICTORIA FINDLAY WOLFE!  She will be giving us a virtual trunk show! More details to come, but be sure to save the date! You can find her at vfwquilts.com

4. If you would like to host the January informal meeting, please let us know! We also need hosts for May, July, and September.  We usually meet the 4th Wednesday, but we can change that to accommodate the hosts' schedules.

5. RETREAT IS ALMOST HERE! November 15-18 at Camp Lutherwald! You will need to bring your own food. If you can't come for whole time, you can come for the day!

6. Don't forget to make your Converging Corners block (instructions here). These blocks will be assembled and quilted for a special presentation to the Kalamazoo Log Cabin Quilt Guild's 40th anniversary in April. The finished quilt will then be donated to the WMU Seita Scholars program.

Stay tuned to the blog for the 2019 schedule -- some GREAT stuff coming!

The Traveling Quilts have all gone home! 

Jill's 

Lisa's

Leslie's

Lynne's

Carolyn's

Pat's

We can't wait to see Stephanie's!

Show and Tell!

These blocks were found at a second-hand shop and assembled with care by Erinn.  

Erinn also made the Finnish and Scottish Flags to be gifted.

Shannon made this cute bag.

She also finished this cheerful masterpiece!

...and did an amazing job on the quilting!

Jackie shares some of her amazing work. 

The Aloe Vera bloomed, and Jackie captured the beauty in this piece!

Another beautiful quilt top from Jackie!

Jane finished her Glacial Ice from the Gudrun Erla workshop!

Jane's Haldora, also from the Gudrun workshop...

Stephanie has been practicing her longarming with Angela Walters!

More amazing quilting!

Our Sew Together Sew-Along! Thank you Stephanie and Carolyn for your guidance! Check out the Facebook and Instagram pages for some of the finished products!

August 2018 Meeting and Workshop: Gudrun Erla

Our August meeting will take place on Saturday, 8/25/2018 in the Van Deusen Room of the Kalamazoo Public Library (Central library).

Doors open at 9:00 am and we will try to start the meeting by 9:30am.

Morning Guild Meeting and Trunk Show

The morning will include guild business, block lottery, member show-and-tell, and a lecture and trunk show by our guest Gudrun Erla of GE Designs.

Gudrun will be sharing the amazing quilts from her book,  Quilts of Iceland.  In this lecture, Gudrun will take us on a journey through her home country of Iceland as she documented in this full color, 160 page book. She will show all the quilts in the book, talk about the inspiration behind each one, and give us a look into Icelandʻs natural beauty and landscape, the rich history of handwork and intriguing heritage. Copies of her book will be available for purchase, and are also available on her website.

Lunch

Bring a sack lunch or grab a bite on the nearby Kalamazoo Mall.

Afternoon Workshop (1:00 - 4:00 pm)

Preregistration with refundable $10 deposit is required.  Workshop is full at this timetime.  Register Here for wait list.  Refundable deposit.

In this 3-hour workshop, we will learn the techniques for two quilts from the book Quilts of Iceland, "Glacial Ice" and "Halldora" using Gudrun's Stripology ruler. Each student will choose one of the two quilts to work on. Rulers will be available for purchase and are also available on her website.  

Material lists will be provided to registrant.

June 2018 Meeting Summary

June was "use your scraps" month!  We welcomed Amanda Jean Nyberg from Crazy Mom Quilts, who gave us a fantastic trunk show and workshop. All were inspired and used a ton of scraps!  Following are some of the highlights:

Block raffle

The Block Challenge for June was the tiny scrappy churn-dash. Joanne was the lucky winner! Happy Birthday, Joanne!

Show and Tell

This is the Block Challenge from April already finished! Way to go, Shannon! It is amazing!

This is another Block Challenge finish from Pam.  So cute!

Trunk Show!

Amanda Jean brought some fantastic quilts for inspiration! 

"All Sizes" in two colorways.

"Donuts (The Size of Your Head)"

"Hot and Cold"

"Scrap Happy Rails"

"Mini Nines"

"Slopes"

"Scrap Vortex"

Detail of "Scrap Vortex"

"Remainders"

Detail of "Remainders"

Workshop

After that amazing show of Amanda Jean's quilts, the machines were busy bustin' scraps!  We set up a scrap table in the center for all to share.

Quilters hard at work.

Amanda Jean giving excellent tips.

Pam and Kim in create-mode.

PROGRESS!

 Traveling quilt exchange

The Traveling Quilts moved on to their next destination, but not before showing off where they've been!

Pat added "Stitches" to Lynne's words.

Jill added an asymmetrical border to Carolyn's star.

Carolyn put Leslie's block on point and then added a beautiful border.

Lisa added some flowers to Pat's "hobby" quilt.

Leslie added some scrappy churn-dash blocks to Lisa's star block.

Stephanie added curved geese sides to Jill's.

We'll catch up with Stephanie's quilt at the next meeting.  These quilts grow more beautiful with each destination!

A special "thank you" to Lynne for volunteering to set up a program for the Kalamazoo Log Cabin Quilters for Spring 2019.  The KLCQ asked the GLMQG to present some modern log cabin quilts and blocks. If you have a quilt that could be displayed in the program or can help in some way with the presentation, please let Lynne know.  We will be incorporating the modern log cabin blocks as part of a Block Challenge soon!

Election results are in and unanimous! 

President - Stephanie

Vice-President - Jill

Secretary - Jill

Web Coordinator - Carolyn

Treasurer - Kim

Our next social meeting is Wednesday, 25 July.  If anyone would like to host or suggest a nice meeting spot, please let Jill know! We hope to see you in a couple weeks!  

Check the blog for upcoming meetings and info.  HAPPY QUILTING!