ANNOUNCEMENTS
Join us for our next open sew on Saturday, March 23 at Alfalfa’s in Louisville. To guarantee a spot for your machine, please make sure to RSVP. For our afternoon challenge project Laura L will present a learn something new topic on needle turn applique.
MEETING RECAP
The March meeting opened with show and tell. We love seeing what everyone is working on whether you are new to quilting or are an expert. Here are some of the great projects that we saw at our meeting.
Please remember that general show and tell will be shown at evening meetings every other month (May, July, Sept) when we are not having our UFO Challenge show and tell (April, June, Aug, Oct, Dec). You can also bring general show and tell to any of our open sew days. We typically have our show and tell just before lunch around 11:30am. If you can’t join us for the entire sew day, join us to see what our members have been working on and to eat lunch with us!
Laura L presented on different fabric selection methods and how you can apply those to your fabric pulls. Members and guests learned how to take inspiration from many things like photographs, fashion, and even other quilts, as well as others. Members can get the full presentation in the member area. We also introduced two challenges, Kona color of the year mini quilt, and Instagram fabric pull challenge.
Members will have the opportunity to sign up for the Kona Splash color of the year challenge at the March and April guild events. Read more about the rules and sign up here. The Kona challenge will provide members with a piece of Kona Splash to use in a quilt that takes advantage of a fabric selection method from our March presentation. Members are also encouraged to use a design that showcases a feature from the April presentation “What Makes a Quilt Modern.” Everyone participating will receive their fabric beginning in May and will share their mini quilts at the October evening meeting.
Our second challenge does not require participants to actually sew anything. It is designed to help you practice your fabric selection skills. Our Instagram fabric pull challenge will present a monthly prompt for a theme and then participants will share their fabric pulls with the hashtag #bouldermqgfabricpull. Follow us on Instagram for the latest updates and challenge prompts @bouldermqg.
Claudia will be presenting “What makes a quilt modern” at our April 4 evening meeting.
If you have any specific questions, please get in touch and let us know!
