Mar 19, 2019 | Evening Meeting, Events
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!
Mar 5, 2019 | 2019 Block of the Month, Evening Meeting, Events
The March evening meeting is:
Thursday, March 7 from 6 pm – 8:30 pm
Alfalfa’s Market
785 E South Boulder Rd
Louisville, CO 80027
Laura L. will be presenting on ways to select fabric for a quilt. She will be talking about options like choosing based on a fabric collection, color scheme, a main fabric, and more. Laura L. also attended QuiltCon and will be showing off photos from her trip.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
The color theory prompt for February was Primary Colors. Check out the great variety of blocks exploring this color harmony.
In March we are looking at Secondary Colors, get the prompt here.
We will also be doing a Color of the Year mini quilt challenge and a postcard exchange, so keep an eye out for sign ups!
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!
