Reminder: Fabric Flower supply list for our next CFMQ Guild Mtg on 4/19

What's up at our April meeting:

• General Business & Welcome Guest
• Name tag challenge - Make and wear your name tag to the meeting.  Let's see if everyone can wear a name tag to the meeting.
• General Show & Tell

April Program:  Creating Fabric Flowers by Penny and Lorelei
Fabric Flower Supply List

For Penny's flowers:

• bring 3 to 5 inch squares of fabric
• buttons

For Lorelei's flowers:

• hand sewing needle
• thread
• button (NOT a shank button- can have 2 or 4 holes; NOT a tiny button) 
• 7″ square of fabric, fabric scissors and a pencil

Hope to see you there.

Piecework: Quilting & Fiber Arts Show is this weekend (Saturday & Sunday, April 2 and 3)

Don't miss this Amazing Show!

Food Truck Schedule:
Saturday - Catch the Food Truck
Sunday - Vittles Food Truck

On Saturday and Sunday, April 2 and 3, from noon to 6 p.m., the Brooklyn Arts Center will present Piecework: Quilting and Fiber Arts Show.  Produced in association with Quilters By The Sea Guild, Wilmington’s fabulous quilting community, the BAC is thrilled to host one of the finest quilting and fiber arts events in the Southeast.

Piecework will feature an awesome array of modern, traditional, and art quilts—hung from the rafters throughout the BAC’s historic and magnificent church—a quilting skills showcase, a fiber arts boutique, and a variety of fiber-related vendors.  There will be display-only quilts and also quilts for sale.

Wilmington’s finest food trucks will feed the crowd and the BAC cash bar will provide liquid sustenance.  Parking is free in the North 4th neighborhood, and there is an ATM on site.

Admission is $5—good for both days and includes a raffle ticket.  Children under the age of 12 are free.

Meeting Notes from our March 15th meeting

We drew crayons for our 3 color + a neutral for our Modern table-runner/table-topper challenge.   Here are the color that were drawn at the meeting.    Bring your finished challenge piece to our September meeting and remember to make-it-modern!

 

Others, that were on retreat, drew their colors separately.

Lorelei shared her experience with  Quiltybox.com.

Make your calendars for Quilters by the Sea Fiber Arts show "Pieceworks" that will be held April 2 – April 3
Location:  Brooklyn Arts Center at St. Andrews
516 N 4th St
Wilmington, North Carolina 28401
(Note: many of us have quilts in this exhibit).

Our Member Spotlight was Marion.   You can see some of her wonderful quilts on our Facebook page.   Thank you Marion, for sharing.

General Show & Tell pics can also be found on our FB page.  

Upcoming Programs

April 19 

Fabric flower making demo: Penny and Lorelei  (info about what to bring so you can make your own fabric flowers for embellishments  will be available next month).

May 17
Member Spotlight - Joyce

June meeting - a slide show of quilts from the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival.

See y'all at our next meeting.

Reminder: Our next meeting is Tuesday March 15th @ 10am at Sew Happins

What's up at this meeting:

• General Business & Welcome Guest
• Name tag challenge - Make and wear your name tag to the meeting.  Let's see if everyone can wear a name tag to the meeting.
• Member Spotlight - Marion
• Draw colors for the next challenge - Modern table runner
  
• Show & Tell (general and challenge quilts)

Hope to see you there.

Meeting Notes from our Feb 16, 2016 Meeting

Business Meeting & Discussion items

• Treasurer's report: expenses this month for the quilt of valor charity quilt (about $25 for batting and sashing/border fabric)
• Thanks to Lorelei for adding sashing and borders to the "Chinese Coins" charity quilt and to Karen for quilting the charity quilt.
• Discussion about our next challenge after finishing the current "self" Round Robin challenge.
• Reviewed some challenge ideas and looked at some modern quilting books that members brought to the meeting.

Our next Challenge

• Color challenge to make a "Modern" table runner or table topper with a focus on using modern blocks to complete the challenge.  
• At the March meeting, participants will pick 3 colors and add their own neutral color to complete the challenge.  
• Use 3 chosen colors in 80% of finished work.  Completed project can be round, rectangle, or square and your choice of size.

Note: At the March meeting: Donna will bring index cards and crayons for participants to draw their 3 colors.

Self Round Robin Challenge

• Members shared the progress on their Round Robin challenge quilts. 
•  Arlene shared her finished challenge quilt.  If we had a prize, she would win!   Great job Arlene.
• March is the last month of this challenge - using embellishments.
• Can't wait to see all the finished quilts.

General show and tell by members - pics will be posted on our Facebook page.

Upcoming Programs

March 15  

• Member Spotlight - Marion
• Draw colors for the next challenge - Modern table runner
• Name tag challenge - Make and wear your name tag to the meeting.  Let's see if everyone can wear a name tag to the meeting.

               

April 19 

• Fabric flower making demo: Penny and Lorelei  (info about what to bring so you can make your own fabric flowers for embellishments  will be available next month).

May 17

• Member Spotlight - Joyce 

We are always looking for additional ideas for future programs and possible field trips so let us know if you have any ideas.

See you next month.
     Donna