Meeting notes for CFMQ guild - January 21, 2013

Kathy Lyman called the meeting to order and welcome the new people who came to the meeting today.

Reviewed treasurer’s report - $116 in the treasury

$5 to become a member regardless of when you join during the year.

What do you get for your $5: block challenges, swaps, educational demos about modern quilting techniques, and lots of quilting inspiration.

Check out the facelift Mary gave to our facebook site and our blog.

Secretary report of November meeting.

Field trips/Retreats discussion:

1 - Spoonflower - Didi talked about her experience using Spoonflower.  Website has contests to make fabrics - designers all over the world. 

Could use a van to hold 14 or 15 people ($20-25 per person) or carpool.

Sherry will check dates for April and work around AGS quilt show in April.

Next Meeting in Feb.: we will discuss this Spoonflower field trip again.

2 - Quilt retreats (fall) - possible options: “in store retreat - bring your sleeping bag”, UNCW dorms and meeting room during the summer, Caswell Beach retreat (have to pay for 24 people to go - 3 floors and no elevator), mountain retreats (5 - 10 quilters).

Interested in a retreat - then check out some sites (some are listed on our blog) and we will discuss retreats in February.

January Challenge Blocks
Curved Block technique show and tell:  Many members participated in making a block using the curved technique demonstrated at the Nov. meeting. Great looking blocks - check out the pictures on our facebook page.

Self Sampler Show and Tell using the Sept. Improvisational piecing (straight lines) - many members shared their blocks.  Check out the pictures on our facebook page.
See S&T of Challenge block here ==> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.491219570919693.101397.200809193294067&type=1

New projects for the quild

1- What's Old is New Again Monthly Block Challenge.  Choose a traditional block and make it modern  (Feb. block - heart).  

At the next meeting, we will share these blocks and then vote for “Viewer’s Choice”.  Winner will get a fat quarter.

2 - Self- Round Robin - Row by Row challenge (you pick your own fabric and keep your own quilt)

Using the book “The Modern Quilt Workshop” by Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr, each month you will make a row of blocks using the same pattern.  First block pattern is called “Outside the Box”.  

Skills to develop using this challenge row by row: exploring color, values, composition, piecing and aligning points.

Directions were passed out at the meeting for this first row.

3 - Modern Odyssey - Bull Eye’s Quilt: This challenge will be completed by teams of 4 quilters.  First team: Kathy, Karen, Donna and Lynn.  Team members will meet to choose colors and fabrics for this challenge.

Show and Tell:
See all the S&T photos here ==>  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=492657110775939&set=a.492656440776006.101538.200809193294067&type=1&theater

Penny - flannel quilt - a lap quilt with a panel - quilt is very heavy with the flannel.

Also shared a Shutterfly book made with holiday quilts that Penny has made.

Also recommended a book: 15 minutes of Play - Improvisational Quilts by Victoria Wolfe.

Blog about 15 minutes of play: http://www.15minutesplay.com/

Shared some of the blocks: crazy patch blocks (“made” fabric) using telephone book pages for a foundation

Sue Foss - shared her holiday ornament that she made for the holiday party.

Lois - table runner with lots of curves

Alice - scrap quilt for the homeless, quilt as you go strip quilt, and a “Redbird” sewing machine cover (she currently lives on Redbird Lane and loves cardinals), and a Wolf panel wallhanging using tarpunto quilting technique

Donna Lockwood - 2 “reversed: machine embroidery redwork Valentine squares with curved binding

Pam - shared a quilt from a class she took from Pam Mostek (Scattered Garden quilts) and a Wonky quilt (from a book about wonky quilts)

Lynn - Oriental Sashiko wall hanging

(workshop in this technique at Brunswick quilters next month - Feb - check their website if interested)

Sherry Ward - shared fabric bowls that she made.  One used a stick for a handle.

Margie Grant - her first quilt that she is hand quilting

Donna B - Red-white- black Charm square lap quilt with disappearing nine patch

Member Spotlight - Kathy Lyman

Some facts about Kathy - oldest girl of a family of 5, from Wiscousin, a registered nurse, plays the oboe and has perfect pitch, likes to break rules when quilting, doesn’t usually follows patterns.

Shared bed quilts, wall hangings, and individual quilt squares.  shared stories about her quilts.
See some of her stunning quilts here ==> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cape-Fear-Modern-Quilt-Guild/200809193294067

Our next meeting will be Feb. Monday 18th.   Hope to see you there.