The open sew will be Saturday, August 24 at JVA Inc. Training Center at 1319 Spruce St., Boulder, CO. We will be doing an Instagram tutorial if anyone has been wanting to get started with an account. If you plan to attend, please RSVP.
The September 5 evening meeting with be a Carnival Night with tons of games and prizes. We’ll be giving more details soon, but if you haven’t made a nametag yet, make sure to get that done before the meeting. And if you’ve already made one, make sure you wear it!
Unoccupied : The Importance of Negative Space a juried gallery show open to BoulderMQG members and the deadline is coming up soon. All submissions must be in by September 1, 2019. The show will run November 14, 2019 – January 6, 2020 at The Collective – Community Arts Center in Lafayette. We hope all members will submit something, read the call for submissions here.
MEETING RECAP
August was a UFO checkin meeting so we saw a lot of finished projects for show and tell.
The next UFO due at the October meeting is number 5. We are getting towards the end, only one more after this!
We also had two new members at the meeting, and Eliu showed off his amazing reclaimed denim quilts.
Laura L., Rebecca, and Julie Y. presented on Quilt Design Software. Laura L. discussed Adobe Photoshop, Rebecca covered Adobe Illustrator, and Julie Y. talked about EQ. They compared the different software and discussed the pros and cons of each for quilt design. The PDF of the presentation is available in the Member Section.
Please note that the August evening meeting will be in a new location:
Thursday, August 1 from 6 pm – 8:30 pm
Sister Carmen Community Center 655 Aspen Ridge Drive Lafayette, CO 80026
Laura L., Julie Y., and Rebecca will be presenting on Quilt Design Software. They will be covering Photoshop, Illustrator, and EQ. They will be comparing each of the programs and exploring their strengths and limitations.
Please bring your finished quilted postcards to the meeting, we will be distributing postage for the swap. Also, please bring the postcards you have received.
August is our next UFO check in for project number 3. Due to the high participation in the UFO challenge, we will only be doing show and tell of the UFO projects. If you will not be able to attend the meeting but want to have your project counted for the giveaway, make sure you either email it or post it to Instagram using #bouldermqgufos
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next open sew will be Saturday, August 24 at JVA Inc. Training Center at 1319 Spruce St., Boulder, CO. There will be a member email with more information regarding the location. If you plan to attend, please RSVP.
The open sew will be Sunday, July 21 at JVA Inc. Training Center at 1319 Spruce St., Boulder, CO. There will be a member email with more information regarding the location. If you plan to attend, please RSVP.
Submissions are open now through September 1, 2019 for Unoccupied : The Importance of Negative Space a juried gallery show open to BoulderMQG members. The show will run November 14, 2019 – January 6, 2020 at The Collective – Community Arts Center in Lafayette. We hope all members will submit something, read the call for submissions here.
MEETING RECAP
The meeting started with show and tell and seeing lots of great projects.
Katie presented on Improv Quilting. She began her presentation by discussing the roots of improv quilting in Gees Bend.
Katie also showed off many of her quilts and discussed her process of improv.
Finally, she completed the presentation with a demonstration of her improv technique.
Katie answered a lot of questions and simplified the improv process. Hopefully she inspired some people to go home and try it out! If you did, make sure to tag your photos on Instagram using #bouldermqg so we can see it.
Community Food Share 650 S Taylor Ave Louisville, CO 80027
This Thursday BMQG member Katie Arrington will be presenting on improv quilting and piecing. Most of the quilts Katie makes have some degree of improvisation, either in block layout, or block construction, or the overall quilting of the piece. If improv techniques make you nervous, or you just want to learn more, this is a meeting not to miss. Katie will be bringing examples of many finished quilts, and will be demonstrating her usual method of improv piecing.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Starting in August, our evening meetings will be located at
Sister Carmen Community Center. 655 Aspen Ridge Drive Lafayette, CO 80026
More information will be given next month in regards to the actual location inside the building. But we are excited to have meetings booked here through the end of 2019.
The open sew will be July 21 at JVA Inc. Training Center at 1319 Spruce St., Boulder, CO. There will be a member email with more information regarding the location. If you plan to attend, please RSVP.
At the August evening meeting postage will be distributed for the postcard swap. Some members have already begun receiving their cards from the Bloomington-Normal MQG. If you have gotten a postcard already, please bring it to the July evening meeting to show off and so we can take a photo of it.
If you are participating in the 2019 color study, make sure you’re posting your blocks using #bouldermqgcolorstudy19. Below are the May Tertiary and June Complementary Color blocks. The July prompt is Split Complementary Colors, read the full post here.
Due to the 4th of July, our July evening meeting will be the second Thursday of the month. The meeting will be July 11 at Community Food Share and the presentation will be on Improv Quilting.
The open sew will be July 21 at JVA Inc. Training Center at 1319 Spruce St., Boulder, CO. There will be a member email with more information regarding the location. If you plan to attend, please RSVP.
Submissions are open now through September 1, 2019 for Unoccupied : The Importance of Negative Space a juried gallery show open to BoulderMQG members. The show will run November 14, 2019 – January 6, 2020 at The Collective – Community Arts Center in Lafayette. We hope all members will submit something, read the call for submissions here.
MEETING RECAP
The June evening meeting was a UFO checkin date so all the show and tell projects were UFOs.
The next UFO project will be number 3.
Terri presented on Focusing on UFOs. Focusing is a technique that enables us to get in touch with body wisdom to allow you to get projects going again.
Her handout from the presentation is available in the Member Section.
Thank you so much Terri for helping us on our yearlong UFO completion goal!
Please note that the June evening meeting will be in a new location:
The June evening meeting is:
Thursday, June 6 from 6 pm – 8:30 pm
Community Food Share 650 S Taylor Ave Louisville, CO 80027
June is our next UFO check in for project number 1. Due to the high participation in the UFO challenge, we will only be doing show and tell of the UFO projects. If you will not be able to attend the meeting but want to have your project counted for the giveaway, make sure you either email it or post it to Instagram using #bouldermqgufos
The June topic is Focusing on UFOs. There is a way to get your worst UFO off the to-do pile and into the ta-da pile. Terri Thayer, Focusing trainer, will teach a method to tune into the body’s wisdom. Using innate knowledge, you can find a way to finish what you’ve been putting off. Please note: this is not therapy. We will be doing experiential exercises with others but there is no need to say anything uncomfortable. The method works within you. You chose the level of sharing.You can also do this process on your own. Bring to the meeting the UFO that is dogging you (or bring a piece of representative fabric or the pattern or just the mental image of it). We will learn how to connect with your inner knowing, leading the way to becoming unstuck. Learn how to find your way out of procrastination and overwhelm.
Please bring along those hard to finish UFOs, paper, and a pen.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next open sew will be Saturday, June 22. This will also be located at Community Food Share. If you will be attending, please RSVP to ensure we have enough space.
If you are participating in the 2019 color study, make sure you’re posting your blocks using #bouldermqgcolorstudy19. Below are the April Rainbow blocks. The June prompt is Complementary Colors, read the full post here.
