Holiday Party

I forgot to mention…. spouses are welcome too!

We will not be holding our regular CFMQ Guild meeting in December.   Instead, we will be having a Holiday Get-together.   PARTY !!!!

Date:  Sunday, December 16th
Time:  2pm - 5pm
Place:  Donna Bergman & Mary Harned's home in Magnolia Greens in Leland.
Address: 3104 Woodbend Ct, Leland, NC

What to bring:   

• An appetizer and BYOB (if you don't want punch/water).     If you feel like sneaking in something sweet… we'd be happy in indulge.
• If you are participating in our ornament exchange, bring that as well.  The colors need to be  purple & white.  Note:  If you cannot attend the party and you would still like to exchange an ornament… you can give it to someone else attending the party or drop it off to Donna at Sew Happins.   She works on Tues/Thurs/Sat.

Please RSVP to this email address by Dec 9th.

Hope you can make it.

Come and share the holiday spirt and see their home decorated with holiday quilts and wallhangings.

Modern Quilting Concepts to keep in mind

Modern quilts and quilters:

• Make primarily functional rather than decorative quilts
• Use asymmetry in quilt design
• Rely less on repetition and on the interaction of quilt block motifs
• Contain reinterpreted traditional blocks
• Embrace simplicity and minimalism
• Utilize alternative block structures or lack of visible block structure
• Incorporate increased use of negative space
• Are inspired by modern art and architecture
• Frequently use improvisational piecing
• Contain bold colors, on trend color combinations and graphic prints
• Often use gray and white as neutrals
• Reflect an increased use of solid fabrics
• Focus on finishing quilts on home sewing machines

http://themodernquiltguild.com/about-2/

October - Modern Quilt Challenge Block instructions

October Educational Project

Using your block from September do the following:

1. Slice the block up into different widths: at least one inch or larger.
2. Decide if you want to slice your block vertically, horizontally or diagonally.
3. From your stash choose a solid color (or fabric that works as a solid color).  You will be adding this fabric to your quilt block.  (You can even use the same fabric as you added in September).Reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/quiltconblockchallenge/7966067438/in/pool-quiltconblockchallenge
4. With your strips make a new 14 inch block.

Enjoy and have fun ........

September - Modern Quilt Challenge Block instructions

September Educational Directions - Improvisational Piecing

You have been given a bag of material "supplies" to begin the education in modern quilting techniques.

Your first task is to create an improvisational piece.

The ONLY directions you have are as follows:

1. Using the two long strips of fabric lay them RSU (right sides UP - like stack and whack).
2. Then slice and dice, using your rotary cutter.  Use different widths.  Make the widths wide enough to sew back together ( At least 1 inch wide).  No curves at this point in time please - only straight cuts.
3. Lay the pieces out on your cutting table.  Alternate the cut strips any way you'd like to "create" TWO new pieced strips - approximate length to be equal.
4. Using the small additional square of fabric as well as your two new pieced strips, add a solid or a color that reads like a solid from your stash, to create a block which is approximately 12 inches square.  

Be creative in your cutting and piecing.  Remember: no curves.

All joining of fabric pieces MUST BE completed with your sewing machine - not hand pieced.  There should be no appliqué on your project (at this point).

It is OK to do something different - out of your comfort zone.

Cape Fear Modern Quilt Guild Holiday Party

We will not be holding our regular CFMQ Guild meeting in December.   Instead, we will be having a Holiday Get-together.

Date:  Sunday, December 16th

Time:  2pm - 5pm

Place:  Donna Bergman & Mary Harned's home in Magnolia Greens in Leland.

Address: 3104 Woodbend Ct, Leland, NC

What to bring:   

• An appetizer and BYOB (if you don't want punch/water).  
• If you are participating in our ornament exchange, bring that as well.   Remember the colors are purple & white.

Come and share the holiday spirt and see their home decorated with holiday quilts and wallhangings.

CFMQG Meeting - Monday November 19th

Our next Cape Fear Modern Quilt Guild meeting will be at 10am Monday November 19th @ Sew Happins.


Don't forget to bring 

• Your Modern Quilt square challenge block 

• Your Potholder for our potholder exchange (if you plan to participate in the exchange).   I can't wait to see all the creative potholders. 

• Your Name tag

• Your Show and Tell projects  

See ya on Monday!

* Hurricane Sandy - 5000 Quilts*

Just thought I'd pass this along (in case you were interested)

eQuilter Quilt Relief
Their goal: 5000 quilts for Sandy victims.

Here is the link for additional information.  ==>
http://www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/quiltrelief.html

Save the Date for our Holiday Get-together (Dec 16th)

We will not be holding our regular CFMQ Guild meeting in December.   Instead, we will be having a Holiday Get-together.

Date:  Sunday, December 16th
Time:  2pm - 5pm
Place:  Donna Bergman & Mary Harned's home in Magnolia Greens in Leland.
Address: 3104 Woodbend Ct, Leland, NC

What to bring:   An appetizer and BYOB (if you don't want punch/water).  
If you are participating in our ornament exchange, bring that as well.  You will be getting more info about the ornament exchange challenge at our Nov meeting.

Come and share the holiday spirt and see their home decorated with holiday quilts and wallhangings.

Modern Quilt Challenge - from the Quilter Guild of NSW

Modern Quilt Inspiration from the Quilting Guild of New South Wales
http://www.quiltersguildnsw.com/challenge.html

Love these  purple and yellow challenge quilts.
https://picasaweb.google.com/quiltersguildnsw/PurpleYellow2011GuildChallenge

Modern Quilting - inspirational websites

Here are some Modern Quilting websites that were recommended at members:

http://themodernquiltguild.com/

http://themodernquiltguild.com/tutorials-from-the-modern-quilt-guild/

http://www.42quilts.com

http://kcmodernquiltguild.webs.com/

http://www.freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2012/04/quilt-along-13-finishing-quilt.html

http://www.3dudesquilting.com/

http://quiltingonabudget.blogspot.com/2009/05/modern-wonky-scrap-quilt-tutorial.html

http://www.redpepperquilts.com/

http://quiltinginoz.blogspot.com/2011/03/in-style-of-freddy-moran.html

http://exuberantcolor.blogspot.com/

http://quiltinjeanie.blogspot.com/2012/04/free-piecing-letters-is-so-much-fun-now.html

http://gwenmarston.com/

http://quispamsisquilter.blogspot.com/

http://liberatedquiltingchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://www.bluemoonriver.com/FreeStuff.html

http://unrulyquilter.com/

http://wwwbluemoonriver.blogspot.com/

http://www.lyrickinard.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lib-Quilters/

http://quispamsisquilter.blogspot.com/

http://cielcharlotte.com/home.html