Cape Fear Modern Quilting Guild - Notes from our February Meeting

Meeting notes for Cape Fear Modern Quilting Guild
Feb. 17, 2014

FQ swap - polka dots

Traditional Made Modern block challenge: any animal

• Linda - 2 wall hangings (one with sea creatures and one with a fish and handmade buttons).  She has a show coming up in the Fall.   Do I hear "Field Trip"? 
• Didi - zebra (based on a Charlie Harper drawing)
• Donna - wacky birds (mixed media)
• Mary - purple kitten (from a QBTS workshop last fall)

Charity quilt blocks from Fall sit and sew.
Lois and Penny offered to add sashing to the blocks to make 2 quilts (charity quilt tops will be shared at the March meeting - next step will be discussed).
Thank you Penny and Lois for sewing the blocks together.

Discussion about charity groups who we could give the charity quilts to:
1 - ALS Hopes and Dreams - see info on Dream Cotton batting packages or check their website - money is raised for ALS research.
2 - Providence Home (family emergency teen shelter)
5310 Dosher Cut Off, SE, Southport, NC 28461 (910-457-0040)
Warren Mortley, Executive Director
looking for teen quilts with pillowcase
3 -  Good Shephard Shelter - homeless shelter near Greenfield Lake, Wilmington - needs: pillowcases, towels, blankets
4 -   Tileston Center (Sister Issac) - across from St. Mary’s on Ann St, Wilmington (quilts for all ages, food, clothes, houseware items, furniture (Mon. - Thurs. 8 - noon)
5 -    Handmade with Love (contact person: Karen) meets 1st Monday of the month at St. Theresa Church on Wrightsville Beach from 1-3 pm
6 -    Quilts of Valor - minimum size 55 by 65 (see their website for more info)
7 - Amer. Quilt Society - promotes art of quilting. National Quilt Museum during March accepts donations of fabric and supplies.

Show and Tell favorite books:
Lois - “Easy Japanese Quilt Style by Julia Davis and Anne Muxworthy
Penny - “Quick Classic Quilts” by Martha McCloskey
   “Contemporary Hawaiian Quilting” by Linda Arthur
Mary - “Creative Quilting - The Journal Quilt Project” - Karen Patterson   Bressenhan
Donna - “Beautifully Embellished Landscapes & Luscious Landscapes” by Joyce Becker
     “ Radiant Landscapes: by Gloria Loughman
Kathy -  “Stripes and Curves” by Louisa L Smith

General Show and Tell:
Lois - Spiral Table topper - red/ pink
Lorelei - Spiral Table topper - greens
Teddy - Log Cabin quilt with polka dot fabric
Kathy - Valentine bag with embroidery
Karen - pincushion to put on the side of a chair or couch
Penny - reversible apron with flamingos (Sweet Tea girls pattern)
Laura - Project Linus quilt (red/ white/ black)
Mary  - Quilt of Valor
Donna - landscape with a sailboat


What’s happening at the March (3/17) meeting:

• FQ exchange: stripes or Patriotic fabric
• Bull Eye’s quilts reveal
• Show and Tell
• Sit and Sew - Quilts of Valor - If you would like to sew, bring your sewing machine, neutral thread, scissors, and general sewing supplies

>>  Reminder: no meeting in April (Sew Happins closed on 4/21)  <<

Have a great day, Donna (secretary)