Laura has come up with a great challenge for this year.  Here is is : Rainbow challenge:

Dear friends, this year's challenge is a very simple one. Your vision of a rainbow! The only rule is that you must use all 7 colors of the rainbow, as established by Isaac Newton. There are no limitations. You can make 1 block, or 7 blocks. 1 placemat or 7.  A tablerunner or a wall hanging. A baby quilt or a king size quilt. Pieced or appliqued or both. Embellished or not. Anything goes! You can share your journey/progress at the October and November meetings, and/or you can wait to present your finished work at our annual Christmas party.

These are your 7 rainbow colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
(Indigo is a color between blue and violet; a dark purplish blue.)

Rainbows are magical! Have fun!   Laura

It will be discussed at the meeting on Tuesday.  Sounds like fun and who doesn't love a rainbow?  

CFMQG

Minutes May 2/17

In attendance: Penny, Lois, Marion, Wanda, Arleen, Joyce, Susan, Ann, Pam, Didi and Dianne

Blocks: suggest design meeting, or 2 or 3-person quilt group.

Pam and Dianne will plan the sew in project for June.  Bring in 6 or more 2.5” strips of red or blue fabric AND a some of misc. width strips (less than 3” and at least 1.5”) any color to make a bonus quilt.  You will need to bring in your sewing machine and all the “stuff” that goes with it.  No rulers, matts or cutters necessary. 

No Meeting in July.

August 1, Program: Bring in a problem quilt

Sept 5: Laura will present the Round Robin challenge; Officer elections:  Needed officer: President; remaining officers are: Wanda VP, Lois Treasurer, Arleen Web Master, and Ann Secretary.  If you are interested in becoming the President,please contact Joyce.

October: Sew Date: Penny to lead group

November: Didi t-shirt quilt—Bring sewing machine (Didi will send out a supply list)

Lois: scholarship.  No real movement—probably not gonnahappen.  She is continuing to gather information.

Kindness quilt updates: Pam brought in hers and Penny will bind it.  Arleen’s quilt is done and it will be given to the Sister Isaac Center.

Fabric challenge:  The veggies went over best.  Didi’s bag and Joyce’s table topper were wonderful.  Dianne and Wanda ran into issues and neither completed their projects, but there is still a chance with Wanda!  Ann cut out the birds from her fabric and made a lovely table runner, Lois misplaced hers.  

Penny has the blue/khaki and orange squares.

Meeting ended. 

Cape Fear Modern Quilting Guild

April 4, 2017

Coastal Sewing

In Attendance:

Lois, Susan, Arleen, Karen, Ann, Wanda, Joyce, Didi and Dianne.  We had one guest, July Mundhenk, welcome Judy, we hope you come back and join us again!

We displayed our aqua squares, and Wanda won them.  

Dianne handed out the squares for next month, we should use beige or khaki and Navy for the other colors.

Either I didn’t write it down, or no one volunteered to bring strips for next month.  

Treasurer’s report.  We have $243.48 in our treasury.

Lois also mentioned going to a community event where she, Penny and Arleen met the organizers and learned about a sewing class for kids at the community college this summer.  We voted to authorize her to donate up to $140 toward a scholarship for 1 student to attend.  The community organizer can choose the candidate.  We ask that s/he provide a picture of them self with their project.

Magazine challenge: 6 quilts were submitted for the challenge.  Some of the comments were: I could do what I wanted; opened her mind to possibilities, no rules.   

Rip and tear bags challenge: the bags were great, different shapes and sizes and filled with toiletries.  They were donated to the domestic violence shelter.  The extra notions were donated to the Sister Isaac Center.  Ann also donated a quilt she made, and Penny quilted to Sister Isaac.

For next month, the challenge was presented by Dianne.  Various fabrics were available for dual challengers.  Pair of quilters were challenged to make a table topper or some other quilted project with their chosen fabric and any other fabric they want.  Next month we will look at how each person used their fabric in a design of their choosing.

It was decided that next month (May 2) we will meet at New York Deli (by Apple Annie’s) at 12 noon for lunch before our monthly meeting.  This is an optional event.

The May meeting will have a program by Pam

 

Cape Fear Modern Quilting Guild Meeting Notes:

March 7, 2017

Dianne Brisson

Lois “won” the completed salmon/white/batik squares, I think she got 9 or 10.  That’s great.

A few more blue squares came in for Pam.  Dianne will bring in strips for next month.  Looking forward to seeing some completed quilts soon!

Teal strips were distributed, we decided to use a light gray and 1 other batik for our 12 ½“ squares.  

We had a new member join us this month: Susan Wilson.  Welcome.

Election of officers will be coming up in a few months. Think about filling one of the following positions: president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and communications for a year.  

Karen got the date mixed up for the newsprint challenge.  But it was good so we all got to see what her interpretation was.  Gave the rest of us some courage.  The challenge is due next month.

The rip it and rip it again challenge started this month too.  Those that participated ended up with several strips of fabric of varying width.  Make a pouch of your choice and fill it with small toiletries to donate.  This challenge is also due next month.

Show and Tell was fun, several people brought in their projects.  Especially liked Terrific T shirt quilt by Lorelei and Laura’s quilt from mis-matched squares.

Next month will start another challenge.  I will bring in enough fabric for several 2 person

swaps.  No prep by the members will be needed!

Next Meeting: April 4, 2017 1:30 p.m. Coastal Sewing

Meeting Minutes Feb 7,2017

Cape Fear Modern Quilting Guild

Minutes February 7, 2017

In attendance: Ann Boggs, Joyce Bardeen, Lois Khakee, Karen Smith, Arleen Morrissey, Molly Bigelow, Pam Morris, Wanda Duchesne, Laura Leonard, Didi Nilson Taylor, and Dianne Brisson.

Meeting called to order by Joyce.

The first thing we talked about was the “Kindness” squares that were made using the strips that were provided by Arleen.  We got 9 with one being promised for next month.  Pam won the drawing and will work on assembling her quilt.

Joyce brought new “salmon” colored strips.  It was decided that we use white again as a background color and that 1 or 2 batiks can also be used in a 12 ½” block.

As a group, we also decided that the group would pay for batting and backing if reimbursement was requested.

The treasurer’s reported that we have $238.48 in our treasury.

The discussion was continued this month regarding the location for future meetings.  We took a vote and decided to move our meeting location to Coastal Sewing and Appliance store located at the Crossroads Center at 894 S. Kerr Avenue 5B in Wilmington.   Everyone also agreed that the afternoon time frame and 1st Tuesday of the month would work well for us.

We will need to find a new instructor for the class on “Taking care of your sewing machine” for October, several suggestions were made and we will look into them in the near future.

Don’t forger “Open Sew” at the Senior Center located at South College and Shipyard.  We meet in the Craft Room every Thursday at 9:30 in the morning until about noon.  Knitters and crocheters are also welcome.  They even have a sewing machine that you can use.

Magazine Challenge.  We looked at the magazine pages that Parker sent in.  As a group, we decided that creating something from an idea was better than out of nothing so each participant picked a page, and shared it with others that expressed an interest and we could each interpret it in our own way.  No limits were set for size, but it should be a finished product with binding or some other finished edge.  Challenges will be due at the April meeting.  This one could get interesting! Looking forward to the results and seeing how everyone interprets their page.

March project fabric requirements for each participant: ½ yard of quilt shop quality fabric.  NO BATIK for this project.  More details to follow at the meeting!

Meeting minutes provided by Dianne Brisson

Minutes from our Nov 15th Meeting

Lori called meting to order at 10:05 a.m. at Quilts n Crafts n Things, our new meeting place.
Thank you to Bill and Eileen.

Mary and Donna have withdrawn from the group in order to focus on their art quits.  Thank you for getting the group off the ground and know that you are always welcome to return.

We got 6 Green/black quilt blocks.  Molly was the lucky winner.  No new strips were distributed.

Our December luncheon will be at Sweet and Savory on December 20 at 10 a.m.  Please notify Lorilei before Dec if you will be attending.  The gift exchange will consist of ½ yard of quality quilting fabric wrapped.

Show and Tell

Lois, Arleen and Penny all showed off their most recent creations.  All very lovely.  Arleen’s 100 blocks modern quilt will be extraordinary!

Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt on line:  Quiltville.com for colors and weekly instructions

Quilts for Louisiana and North Carolina

2 more quilts were turned in for LA.  Dianne will package them up for delivery on December 1.  If you have any quilts, new or gently used, know that they will be used by those in need.  Just a note, table toppers or wall hangings or holiday doodads would be a nice gift for someone who has lost everything in a flood.

January 1 is the deadline for collecting quilts for here in North Carolina.  Moly will be the contact person on this project.

Babs is having an open house this Sunday for a friend who is selling Christmas ornaments.  Contract her if you are interested.

Work progressed on the “Kindness” quilt(s) for Louisiana or NC.  (don’t know which).  The quarters were a bit cramped, but we managed.

Submitted by
          Dianne Brisson

Reminder - Our next meeting is Nov 15th @ our New Meeting Location

What's on at this Meeting

• General Discussion/Business
• Our November meeting is a Charity/Kindness Quilt Sew-In.  Bring your own quilt to construct -or- you can participate in the quilt Molly and Babs have chosen for us.  Either way, bring your sewing machine, neutral thread and other supplies that you may need.
• Challenge Modern Block Show & Tell
• General Show & Tell

PLEASE NOTE that this will be our 1st meeting at our NEW meeting place.
                     Time:  10am
Meeting Location:  Quilting-n-Crafts-n-Things, 1616 Shipyard Avenue, Wilmington

Looking for a new owner for our Blog and FB page

I've change the look of our blog and FB page to welcome in a new era of our Group meeting at our new location.

I am also looking for someone to take over our blog and FB page.    If you'd like to do it, I'd be happy to train.   It's easy!

Mary

New Meeting Location

HI All:
You have probably heard that Sew Happins is closing it's doors in December. We are unable to meet there in November and needed to find a new place to meet.

I spoke with Bill Parent and his sister Eileen over at Quilting-n-Crafts-n-Things in Wilmington today. They have graciously opened up their classroom to us...same day, same time- next meeting will be Nov 15th at 10 a.m. in our new location- 1616 Shipyard Avenue, Wilmington.

This will be our new meeting location going forward!

There are even 2 lunch locations in the same strip mall for those that want to do lunch.
This next meeting will be our charity quilt sew- Molly and Babs have it all ready to go. You will need to bring your machine, sewing supplies and gray thread in your machine if you want to sew...OR you can bring your own charity sew project if you have one in the works!

We can use their ironing boards and cutting tables...they do request we use our OWN rotary cutters ....

We have very much enjoyed our time at Sew Happins and wish John and Sarah all the best as they go forward. As for us, we too, have a new experience ahead of us!

Hope you'll join us at our new meeting place! See you then--

Lorelei

Cape Fear Modern Quilting Guild minutes Oct 19, 2016

Lorelei welcomed everyone.

1 new member: Claire Malczyn—Welcome

Ann did the member spotlight showing many lovely family antique quilts and some that are almost done (except for the binding!)  She also showed us examples of some beautiful costuming she has done.  Thank you Ann.

Our challenge blocks showed us that we needed additional guidelines.  Arleen won the 13 blocks that were submitted.  Holy Scrap Bee has offered to help with the quilt.  If you have any of your blue strip left over, please give it to a Holy Scrap member as soon as possible. Pictures are on our FB page.

New Parameters for the continuing Modern Quilt Square Challenge

• Use the provided strip (Green for November)
• Add a neutral (Solid black for November)
• These 2 colors should constitute 50% of your block
• Use any other fabric for the remainder of the block
• Please trim to 12 ½”

Kindness Quilt:  We have decided to include Pender County to Louisiana on our Kindness Quilts Donation due to the recent flooding here in North Carolina.
Wanda brought bags and boxes.  So far we have 4 quilts, 1 each from Lois and Mary, and 2 from Donna.  Bring any completed quilts in November.

Show and tell:  Joyce brought her color crayon challenge quilt.  It was lovely.
Mary showed her original design Quilters by the Sea challenge and talked about her creative process.   Pictures are on our FB page.

Our November meeting is a sew-in.  Bring your own quilt to construct or you can participate in the quilt Molly and Babs have chosen for us.  Either way, bring your sewing machine, neutral thread and other supplies that you may need.

Lunch at Mission Barbeque was fun.  Always good to continue the conversation!

Dianne

Reminder - Our next meeting is Oct 18th

What's Up at this Meeting

General Business

Member Spotlight:  Ann

Modern Block Challenge

• Show and Tell of 1st Modern Block challenge.  
• Drawing of the winner of the blocks. 
• Molly will distribute our next 2 1/2" strip for our November block.

Quilt for Baton Rouge:  Feel free to bring any charity quilts to this meeting and to next month's meeting.

General Show and Tell

Hope to see you there.

CFMQ Guild - Meeting notes from September 20th

Modern Quilting Guild
September 20, 2016

General Business

• Julie B joined.  Welcome Julie.
• 2017 dues are due and 14 people paid and 1 person joined during the October meeting.  
• The Treasury balance is $332.48. 

Upcoming Meetings

• October meeting:  Ann will do the spotlight.  Also, bring rotary cutters and matts in order to cut squares or strips to set up the November sew in.
• November:  Sew in –be sure to bring your sewing machine

Table Topper Color Crayon Challenge revealed.  Very successful.  Pictures will be posted on our FB page.



Announcements
Penny—Her brother is an Episcopalian priest in the Baton Rouge area.  Many people have lost everything in the flood.  Over 200 families are eligible and in need of assistance.  The group decided to gather as many new or “almost” new to send to these families to be re-homed.  Karen and Julie volunteered to long arm quilt some of the quilt tops.  Dianne will receive the quilts and hold them until they can be packaged and mailed to Baton Rouge.  Wanda has boxes that we can use for shipping and it was also suggested that we vacuum pack the quilts before shipping.  We plan to pay for the postage out of our guilds funds.

New Challenge begins.  Ann brought in 2 ½” strips for everyone who want to participate.  We need to make one 12 ½” modern square using the strip.  There will be a drawing during the October meeting, the winner to assemble the quilt (as they please) with the finished quilt to be donated either to Baton Rouge or another charity.  Molly will bring in our next fifteen 2 ½” strips for distribution, another drawing and another quilt

Arleen talked about the 100 block challenge on Instagram.  She has about 50 blocks done.  Says she is getting better at ¼” seams and cutting!  And on top of that she will have a beautiful quilt when she’s done!  Go Arleen!

Mary will post the links for Modern Quilting show and tell.

Minutes submitted by Dianne Brisson

Reminder - Our next meeting is Sept 20th

Our next meeting is September 20th 

What's Up at this Meeting?

> General Business & Guest Welcome

> Reveal of our Table Runner/Topper challenge.   In case you forgot... here are some of the colors that were drawn for this challenge.

 

> We will also Kick-off of our new 12.5" Modern Block challenge.    Note: Ann agreed to bring our 1st set of strips for our new Modern Block Challenge.


> General Show & Tell


Upcoming meetings:

• October:  Member Spotlight: Ann Boggs
• November:  Sew-In, led by Molly and Babs

CFMQ Guild - Meeting notes from August 16th

In attendance:
Ann Boggs, Sue Allen, Joyce Bardeen, Molly Bigelow, Lois Khakee, Arleen Morrissey, Penny Schmitt, Karen Smith, Dianne Brisson, and Babs Fullerton

Treasurer's report: $257.48 bal and no new members this month

Upcoming meetings

September 20th meeting:  reveal of our Table Runner/Topper challenge.   In case you forgot... here are some of the colors that were drawn for this challenge.

We will also kick-off of our new 12.5" Modern Block challenge.    Ann agreed to bring our 1st set of strips for our new Modern Block Challenge.


October:  Member Spotlight: Ann Boggs

November:  Sew in led by Molly and Babs

Lois Showed off her award winning quilt for the Row by Row Experience.  She won at Bernina World of Sewing.

We had show and tell (Arleen took pictures) and we basted 3 quilts.
Several of us then went out to lunch.

Dianne

Reminder: Our next meeting is Tuesday August 16th @ 10am at Sew Happins

What's Up at our Next Meetings

• General Business & Guest Welcome

• August:   Quilt Basting -  Dianne will bring her basting frame.  If you have a quilt that needs to be pin basted, bring your quilt top, batting, backing and basting pins to the meeting and we'll all help you pin it.    

Come prepared:  batting should be about 2" bigger than quilt and backing should be 2" bigger than that (approx 4" larger than quilt top).  And bring OPEN safety pins to baste.   Additional questions can be addressed to Dianne.

• General Show & Tell:  Inspire the group with your latest Show & Tell project.

Note:  Donna and I will not be at this meeting.   Dianne volunteered  to take notes/minutes of the meeting (thank you Dianne).



Upcoming Meetings

September:   Crayon Table runner/topper challenge.   I can't wait to see them.  Make it Modern and only use the 3 colors that you chose + 1 neutral (optional).

We will also kick-off our New Challenge:  Modern Block Challenge.   Ann volunteered to bring our first 2 1/2 inch strip for us to use.


October: tba

November:  Group charity sew-in.   Molly & Babs are heading our next group charity sew-in.   Thank you both for volunteering.  Stay tuned for additional information.

CFMQ Guild - Meeting notes from July 19th

Lorelei was out of town and Donna was working so Mary (Communications Chair) ran the meeting and took notes.

Welcome New Members:  Sue, Wanda, Joyce & Alice.   Teddy is also back and re-joined.   Welcome back Teddy.

Treasurers Report (Karen):  We currently 23 paid members and have $257.48 on our books.  

Program:  Christmas in July - Members shared little gift projects that they have made or had given to them with the group.  

Here are some website for some of the gift ideas that Karen shared:
 * Thread catcher - http://www.redhenfabrics.com/freebies
 * Tuffed Pin cushion - https://www.connectingthreads.com
 * Needle book - http://mythreesonsknit.blogspot.com
Thank you Karen for providing the websites.

Round-Robin Challenge:   Continue to bring them in and share them at future meetings as you complete them.

Next Challenge:   Mary and Donna share their idea for our next challenge and the group tweeted it a bit and about 12 people said that they were willing to participate in it.
The New Challenge (we'll call it our Monthly Modern Block Challenge) will kick off at our Sept meeting.

All about our Monthly Modern Block Challenge:

• Each month, one member will bring 2 1/2" strips to hand out to all of those participating in the challenge.   The strip must be a solid.
• Participants will take the strip and make a 12 1/2" modern block (of your choice.... from a book / website) and bring it to the following month meeting.   Additional fabrics from your stash can be used to make your block, but you MUST include the solid 2 1/2" strip someplace in your block.   Note:  the 2 1/2" strip of solid fabric is what will tie all the blocks together.
• At the following month's meeting we will share our block and discuss the techniques.   This way we will all get fresh ideas from each other on modern block techniques/designs.
• We will then raffle off the block and one member (who participated in the challenge) will take home all the blocks to make up into a charity quilt.   Note: you will only be able to win one set of blocks during this challenge.  That way everyone gets to go home with a set (over the timeframe of the challenge).
• Another 2 1/2" solid strip will be give out to the challenge group for our next month's Monthly Modern Block Challenge as we repeat the process each month.
• We will discuss any adjustments to the rules at our monthly meetings.
• At the end of the challenge,  all participants should have a set of modern blocks to make into a charity quilt.   
• We will also discuss some modern quilting techniques prior to quilting up your charity quilt.

There are lot of definitions of Modern Quilting.  Here one that might help you in your design.

What is Modern Quilting?

Modern quilts are primarily functional and inspired by modern design. Modern quilters work in different styles and define modern quilting in different ways, but several characteristics often appear which may help identify a modern quilt. These include, but are not limited to: the use of bold colors and prints, high contrast and graphic areas of solid color, improvisational piecing, minimalism, expansive negative space, and alternate grid work. "Modern traditionalism" or the updating of classic quilt designs is also often seen in modern quilting.

Source:  http://www.themodernquiltguild.com/content/about-mqg

Volunteer Request:  We are looking for someone to take minutes/notes at our meetings (since Donna is currently working on Tuesdays).   They would type them up and email them to Mary so she can put them up on our website.   Mary is already handling our Website and Facebook and is not looking to take on another role.

Misc items shared by members:

• Karen shared that the Quilting and Sewing Expo will be back in Raleigh next year (July 20, 21 & 22,  2017)   http://www.sewingexpo.com/Calendar.aspx

Show & Tell:  Pictures of this month's S&T can be found on our FB page => HERE

What's Up at our Next few meetings

August:   Quilt Basting -  Dianne will bring her basting frame.  If you have a quilt that needs to be pin basted, bring your quilt top, batting, backing and basting pins to the meeting and we'll all help you pin it.  
Come prepared:  batting should be about 2" bigger than quilt and backing should be 2" bigger than that (approx 4" larger than quilt top).  And bring OPEN safety pins to baste.
Additional questions can be addressed to Dianne.  
Note:  I will not be at this meeting so we'll need someone to take notes/minutes of the meeting.

September:   Crayon Table runner/topper challenge are due.   I can't wait to see them.  Make it Modern and only use the 3 colors that you chose + 1 neutral (optional).

We will also kick off our New Challenge:  Modern Block Challenge.   Ann volunteered to bring our first 2 1/2 inch strip for us to use.

October: tba

November:  Group charity sew-in.   Molly & Babs are heading our next group charity sew-in.   Thank you both for volunteering.  Stay tuned for additional information.

Hope to see you at our next meeting.
Mary

Reminder: Our Next Meeting is Tuesday July 19th at 10am @ Sew Happins

What's Up at our Next Meetings

• General Business & Guest Welcome

• Christmas in July:   Please bring a little gift project that you have made or had given to you to share with the group.    We all like to get new and fresh ideas of handmade gift to make for our family and friends.   (Completed quilts don't count as a little gift idea.

• General Show & Tell:  Inspire the group with your latest Show & Tell project.

Hope to see you there.

Quilting Daily - Modern Quilting projects

Check these out!  
http://www.quiltingdaily.com/quilting-designs/modern-quilting

I just love the green pillow.  
May just have to make one for my bed.

Make it Modern.
Mary

CFMQ Guild - Meeting notes from June 21st

Welcome New Member: Sue & Wanda

Program:  Mary presented a slide show of quilts from the 2016 Mid-Atlantic Quilt show and shared Donna's and her pieces from the workshop that they attended.

Color Challenge:  New members drew their crayons for our color challenge which is due at our Sept meeting.    Some of our members have already completed and shown their completed challenge project at our monthly Show & Tell.   We want everyone to bring their completed project to our Sept meeting (even if you have already shown it) so that we can see them all together.

Round-Robin Challenge:   Dianne brought in her completed RR piece (actually she did 2 of them).   Continue to bring them in and share them at future meetings as you complete them.

Show & Tell:  Pictures of this month's S&T can be found on our FB page => HERE

Upcoming Meetings:   We solicited ideas for future meetings.    Keep those ideas coming.

What's Up at our Next few meetings

• July - Christmas in July:   Please bring a little gift project that you have made or had given to you to share with the group.   We all like to get new and fresh ideas of handmade gift to make for our family and friends.   Completed quilts don't count.
• August - Basting Frame:  Dianne will bring her basting frame.  If you have a quilt that needs to be pin basted, bring your quilt top, batting, backing and basting pins to the meeting and we'll all help you pin it.
• September:  Crayon Table runner/topper challenge are due.   I can't wait to see them.  Make it Modern and only use the 3 colors that you chose + 1 neutral (optional).

Hope to see you at our next meeting.

CFMQ Guild Meeting notes from May 17th

Welcome to new member:  Sue

Magazine subscription "Modern Quilts" - voted to renew subscription for another year.  Lois will renew the magazine for the guild. Thanks Lois.
Magazines about modern quilting will continue to be circulated among members at the meetings. Borrow a magazine for a month and then return it so everyone gets a chance to check out the quilting ideas.

Color Challenge - 3 crayon colors plus a neutral.  Make a home dec. project (ex. table runner, table topper, pillow, etc.) Have fun with the challenge.  We look forward to see your projects in September or sooner when you finish the challenge.
Arleen and Dianne shared their completed challenge projects.

Self Round Robin: bring in completed projects when finished.

Show and Tell - pics can be found out our FB page

Joyce - Member spotlight.  Thank you so much, Joyce for sharing your quilts and your quilt journey.


What's Up at our Next Meeting:

Tuesday, June 21 at 10 am

Program:  Slideshow of quilts from the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival by Mary and Donna

Bring your Show & Tells and any challenge projects.

Also looking for ideas for programs for July and August.  Bring your ideas to our next meeting.

See you then.