Feb 20, 2019 | Evening Meeting, UFOs
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next open sew is Sunday, February 24. If you plan on attending, please make sure to RSVP. Tracy’s Basic Skill Building demo will be on French Seams. If you would like to learn how to make a pillowcase with this method, bring three 1 yard pieces of fabric.
MEETING RECAP
The meeting was the annual member meeting and started off with going over the budget and updates from all the committee heads. We have a lot of great programming planned for 2019, and you can still sign up to help.
The full meeting minutes are available in the Member Area.
Members can submit a blog post here or sign up from an open sew demo here.
There are 23 UFO challenge participants, and 17 finished their first projects. Not everyone had their projects at the meeting to show (remember, you can email them or post them on Instagram using #bouldermqgufos if you can’t be at the meeting)
The next number was drawn and it’s 5. This needs to be completed by the April 4 evening meeting, so get working!
All of the finished UFOs ended up taking far longer than expected, so Laura L. and Rebecca presented the world’s fastest overview of different color harmonies. There will be slower, more in depth explorations for each month of the 2019 Color Study Quilt.
At the March 7 evening meeting we will be discussing fabric selection. If you have any specific questions, please get in touch and let us know!
Feb 4, 2019 | 2019 Block of the Month, Color Theory, Evening Meeting
The February evening meeting is:
Thursday, February 7 from 6 pm – 8:30 pm
Alfalfa’s Market
785 E South Boulder Rd
Louisville, CO 80027
Laura L. and Rebecca will be continuing their presentation on Color Theory. This month we will be focusing more on color harmonies and color schemes. If you have made a block for the 2019 Boulder MQG Color Study BOM, make sure you share it.
If you have a color wheel, please bring it. It will be useful for following along and some exercises we have planned.
This is also the first check in for the 2019 UFO Challenge. If you are taking part, make sure you bring your completed UFO. If you aren’t able to attend the meeting, you will need to either email a photo of the finished project or tag it on Instagram with #bouldermqgufos If you don’t send a photo or tag it BEFORE the February 7 meeting, it will not be included in the drawing. We will also be choosing the next project, check your email for the number!
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
The January color study prompt was Value, it’s great seeing the different blocks everyone picked out!
For February you’ll be making a block with primary colors, you can read the prompt post here. Make sure you tag your blocks on instagram with #bouldermqgcolorstudy19
Jan 10, 2019 | Color Theory, Evening Meeting
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next open sew is Saturday, January 19. If you plan on attending, please make sure to RSVP. Karla will be doing a Try Something New demo, so please make sure to bring fabric scraps.
If you are interested in signing up for the 2019 Round Robin, the sign up deadline is January 27. You can see the finished quilts from the 2018 Round Robin here. Members can read the rules and sign up here.
The UFO challenge sign ups have been extended and you can still submit your projects here. But don’t wait too long, the due date for the first project is due at the February 7 evening meeting. Once you submit your project list, you will get an email with the project number to work on.
MEETING RECAP
We had a huge turnout for our first meeting of 2019. 23 members and 6 guests joined us for a night of learning about Color Theory.
First, Claudia handed over the position of guild president to Monique. There were announcements and group introductions before we has show and tell.
Wendy showed her new HST quilt top finish, Laura finished her second Boulder MQG BOM quilt top, and Katie L. showed off her shoe bag pattern and an awesome oversized hexie quilt.
After show and tell, Rebecca and Laura lead us in the first of two presentations on Color Theory. We learned about value, tone, and basic colors. There may have been some head scratching, color theory can be complex, but the 2019 Color Study Block of the Month quilt was introduced. All year we will have an opportunity to dig deeper into color theory with monthly lessons and color prompts on the blog. Learn more here.
Members can download the presentation and also a color theory terms reference guide in the Member Area.
Join us in February as we dive into color harmonies and more details of color theory.
Dec 31, 2018 | 2018 Block of the Month, Color Theory, Evening Meeting
The January evening meeting is:
Thursday, January 3 from 6 pm – 8:30 pm
Alfalfa’s Market
785 E South Boulder Rd
Louisville, CO 80027
Laura L. and Rebecca will be presenting on Color Theory. We will be discussing the fundamentals of color theory, color harmonies, and color context, and talking more about the 2019 Boulder MQG Color Study BOM.
If you have a color wheel, please bring it. It will be useful for following along and some exercises we have planned.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
We’d like to thank everyone who participated in the 2018 BoulderMQG BOM! We’ve seen so many amazing variations of the blocks and are excited to see some finished quilts! If you missed it, Laura L. put together a great post with final layout options.
As you finish up your blocks, make sure you’re still using the hashtag #bouldermqgbom18 and tagging us @bouldermqg when posting your blocks on Instagram!
There’s still time to sign up for the 2019 UFO challenge, we’ve extended the registration deadline.
Signups for the 2019 Round Robin are open now through January 27. You can find the rules and sign up in the Member Area.
We hope all of you have a great New Year and we’ll see you at the meeting Thursday!
Nov 9, 2018 | Evening Meeting, UFOs
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Our next open sew will be Sunday, November 18. If you plan on attending, please make sure to RSVP.
An email went out to all members with information regarding 2019. If you haven’t received the email, please get in touch to make sure we have your correct email. We are looking for member participation for the blog and meetings, so please sign up and get involved!
We are collecting dues for 2019 and giving away amazing prize packs for early membership renewals. Read the full post about the dues increase and renewal schedule.
November’s block of the month is a Zigzag Path. And that means there’s only one more month! Keep an eye on the blog for the post on final layout ideas.
Signups for the next round robin are open in the member area. If you’re on the fence about joining, take a look at the amazing quilt tops that the first round robin made! If you are a Boulder MQG member and haven’t made an account for the member area, you can do that here.
NOVEMBER MEETING RECAP
At the November evening meeting, Rebecca talked about UFO projects. She covered some common reasons projects become UFOs, deciding what to do with the project, how to revive UFOs, and how to keep them organized. The presentation document is available in the member area. If you aren’t a member, you can read up on UFOs on the blog.
This all lead up to an announcement regarding the 2019 UFO challenge. Tracey explained the rules and will be hosting the challenge for us. You can download the sign up sheet or register online here. The rules are also on that page, sign ups must be received by December 6 to participate. We can’t wait to see all the projects you finish next year!
Claudia, Katie L., and Julie Y. brought some UFOs that they weren’t sure how to finish. The group worked together to come up with some ideas.
We saw a lot of great finished projects during show and tell, and Susan even had someone else’s UFOs she was finishing!
Next month’s evening meeting will be the Christmas party with an ornament swap, keep an eye on your email for more information!
Oct 25, 2018 | 2018 Block of the Month, Evening Meeting, Events, UFOs
The November evening meeting is:
Thursday, November 1 from 6 pm – 8:30 pm
Alfalfa’s Market
785 E South Boulder Rd
Louisville, CO 80027
Earlier in the year we provided a UFO sheet to track the those abandoned projects that you needed to get back on track. As is often the case with UFOs, this challenge lost some of it’s steam as the year got busier. But we haven’t given up on finishing some of those UFOs and that’s going to be the focus of our November meeting.
In 2019 we will be continuing the UFO challenge with a new determination, Tracy will be leading the efforts and keeping us all (me included!) on track.
There will be a brief UFO presentation, but this is mostly going to be a group effort to help brainstorm and problem solve how to finish those projects that just keep plaguing you. Look through your UFOs and find those ones that are really causing you problems. The one that you don’t even like to talk about because you’re embarrassed and it keeps you up at night. We will help figure out just what to do next and come up with a plan of attack to finally get those projects finished in 2019!
And if you have any projects that you ended up changing course and finishing them differently than you originally intended, we’d love you to bring those for show and tell!
At the November evening meeting we will also have signups for a variety of roles and presentations for next year. We have an amazingly talented group of members and we’d love to have you share some of your knowledge and skills with the rest of the guild! If you aren’t going to be at the meeting but would like to contribute to the blog or present at a meeting, please email info@bouldermqg.com and let us know!
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
“An Exploration in Sustainable Modern Quilting” had a successful opening reception and is open to view Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm until December 14 at the Albert A. Bartlett Science Communication Center. It’s located at 4001 Discovery Dr, Boulder, CO 80303. Parking information is available here.
The October block is a fun sawtooth star variation that comes together quickly.
Use the hashtag #bouldermqgbom18 and tag us @bouldermqg when posting your blocks on Instagram!
The 2018 Round Robin resulted in some amazing quilt tops. And due to the interest, there will be another Round Robin starting in February! Signups are open now through January 27, you can find the rules and sign up in the Member Area.
The Community Outreach Committee has prepared quilt kits filled with fabric that was donated to our guild for members to take home and sew at their leisure. Each kit contains all the fabric and batting needed to complete a quilt. However, members are free to choose what they want to sew, i.e. piece a top and or a backing, sandwich a quilt and/or quilt it, prepare binding and/or sew it on, or do all the steps. If you are interesting in completing one, please contact Monique or Barb.
Open sew is Sunday, November 18 from 9am-4pm. Please RSVP to ensure you have a space. The December 6 evening meeting will be a holiday party at Monique’s house in Longmont. We will be doing a handmade ornament exchange, more details soon.
