April 2018 – Upcoming Meeting and Announcements

The April evening meeting is:

Thursday, April 5 from 6 pm – 8:30 pm

Alfalfa’s Market
785 E South Boulder Rd
Louisville, CO 80027

Social hour begins at 6 pm with the program running from 7 – 8:30 pm. This month the theme is Paper Piecing Techniques. Barb will be demystifying foundation paper piecing with a simple to make block. Then Rebecca will slow things down with some hand stitching as she teaches English paper piecing. Materials to try out English paper piecing will be provided, but please bring along some 2.5″ fabric scraps.

There’s still time to join in on the Polaroid Block swap, and that will take place at the May 3 evening meeting. Printed instructions and Kona white fabric will be available for pickup at the meeting, or you can get the tutorial in the member area.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

The May 3 meeting will be all about Quilt Book reviews and we gave some ideas of what to think about when preparing your review. And make sure you bring a project you made from the book!

The Boulder MQG will be doing a Round Robin and signups are open! You can find the rules and sign up information in the Member Area.

We’ve had another great month of BOM participation! A huge thanks to everyone who has posted blocks on Instagram, it’s great to see all the different variations! You can get the March tutorial here if you haven’t made it yet.

Make sure you’re using #bouldermqgbom18 and tag us @bouldermqg for your blocks on Instagram!

The April open sew will be April 21 from 9am-4pm and the challenge project will be Paper Piecing. This will be a chance for you to get one on one help with paper piecing, so bring along a pattern you want to work on. We’ve put together some great options on Pinterest.