Cape Fear Modern Quilting Guild minutes - July 2014

Cape Fear Modern Quilting Guild minutes - meeting date: July 21, 2014
Treasurer's report:  same as last month
Minutes from June's meeting:  see blog post

Show and tell for Calendar block - awesome blocks!! - lots of great ideas for quilt blocks for theme of America.

• Lorelei - hexagon fireworks with batiks
• Donna - watermelon boat on wonky log cabin
• Dianne - apple pie Dresden plate pattern with ice cream in the center
• Mary - Scottie on rooftop looking at fireworks
• Teddy - beach umbrella on the beach (June block)
• Arleen - modern interpretation of flag - stars and strips
• Penny - Amber waves of grain

General Show and Tell (see pics on our Facebook page):

• Karen - shared your applique project from a long arm quilting class at the Raleigh Sewing & Quilting Expo (also did bobbin work with the long arm), also sock yarn aphgan
• Arleen - ipad case
• Didi - bird fabric from IKEA, memorial quilt with birds, birdhouses, and tree trunk
• Penny - has completed 18 project so far this year, bean bags for Noah and his cousin, showed quilt pic on her phone of a quilt made with Kaffe Fassett
• Lorelei - has been busy quilting - made a floor baby quilt for her grandson and a Turning Twenty quilt for a friend in Vermont
• Donna - eyeglass made using bobbinwork from Bernina University, Bird art quilt with fabric collages, Bug wallhanging
• Mary - Bug wallhanging, sketch book cover, sea star quilted wallhanging, modern log cabin quilt 

Blogs to check out:

• The Inbox Jaunt blog - tutorials on free motion quilting (Lorelei found this blog) - every Tuesday there is a new tutorial
• Dharma Trading Co. - website for supplies to dye fabric (Dianne shared this blog)
• Luke Haynes: LUKE! - Luke Haynes  (check out his galleries - very cool quilts especially the Ben Franklin quilt - Donna took a class from Luke at Bernina University)  LUKE Haynes is a designer working with fabric to create objects and exhibitions. His work seeks to change the way viewers understand utility based objects.

Member Spotlight: Dianne
Dianne shared the exotic fabric that she collected from living overseas and travels in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Africa.  She took a trip to Sri Lanka and saw the process of making batik fabrics. She shared many wonderful samples of fabric from her travels including wooden stamps to make designs with hot wax on batiks.  She also shared fabrics that she had dyed using ice cubes in a bathtub.  Thank you for sharing your beautiful fabrics - they were awesome.

Reminders for next month: August 18
Calendar block theme:  picnic
General Show and Tell
Program:  Kathy will share how to make stones using fabric

September challenge - make a bag from the batik fabric swap

Have a great day.
         Donna, secretary

Reminder: Our next meeting is Monday July 21st

Our next meeting is July 21 @ 10am at Sew Happins.

Here's what's up at our July meeting:

• Calendar block - theme is "America"
• General Show and Tell
• Member Spotlight: Dianne will share some of the exotic fabrics from her travels and jobs overseas.

Hope to see you there.

Minutes from our June 16, 2014 meeting

• Reviewed treasurer's report
• Checked addresses and added birthdays to guild roster. (will send out roster to members)
• Reviewed minutes.
• Mary reviewed how to join our blog so you can get email reminders.
• Lorelei - update on the charity quilts.  Karen will quilt with her long arm.  Lorelei will get the backing and batting together and finish the quilts with the binding.  Another Quilt of Valor was finished and be donated at next QTBS guild meeting.

Calendar blocks for June show and tell: very creative blocks.  It was interesting to hear the stories behind the inspiration for the blocks. Can't wait to see next month's calendar blocks. ( see pics on our FB page ==> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.704849149556733.1073741853.200809193294067&type=1 )

• Arleen - lighthouse
• Penny - moon
• Mary - Ranger the lifeguard
• Lorelei - modern hexagon
• Laura - triangle block
• Lynn - beach landscape
• Donna - wonky log cabin

General Show & Tell ( see pics on our FB page ==> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.704849149556733.1073741853.200809193294067&type=1 )

• Karen - knitting a blanket with sock yarn
• Donna - mini-bird collages
• Lynn - Lily of the Valley flower collage
• Mary - Pear collage
• Teddy - challenge bag made from fabric swap at May's meeting
• Penny: ALS challenge donation quilts (scrap quilt and Dresden quilt), wedding quilt with Downton Abbey fabric, Birthday table runner for her mom's 90th birthday
• Didi - working on memory pillows and other memory quilts
• Arleen - placemats in fall colors
• Francine - picture of new great grandchild - making burp cloths
• Alice - Bargello quilt from Paula Golden's class

Member Spotlight:  Lynn (see pics on our FB page ==> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.705243609517287.1073741856.200809193294067&type=1 )
Thank you Lynn for sharing your quilting history with us.  Lynn started sewing at age 12.  She took her first patchwork quilt class in 1982.  Lynn has taken many classes to learn new techniques - ex. 3 D flowers and folded flowers.  She shared some of her Round Robin quilts.

Reminders for July 21 meeting:

• Calendar block - theme is "America"
• General Show and Tell
• Member Spotlight: Dianne will share some of the exotic fabrics from her travels and jobs overseas.

Have a great day, Donna (secretary)