Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Saturday

Just a reminder that Saturday will not be a regular Sew Day.  Instead, Juanita Yeager will present her Machine Quilting and Great Endings workshop.  It is not too late to sign up.  If you have not signed up but would like to attend, leave a comment on this post or send an email.  You can find all the details including the supply list here.  Sure hope to see you there!


Monday, September 20, 2010

September Sew Day

Saturday's sew day was another fun one!  

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Kathryn worked on her reversible batik placemats.

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Julie and Rene' discuss layout options for Julie's quilt.

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Julie also worked on this beautiful quilt using fabric from her daughter's baby clothes.

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Michele always wins the award for most projects worked on during sew day!


Rene', with Kathryn's helpful advice, worked on sewing sashes on her Amy Butler blocks.  Judy, one of our newest members, worked on her beautiful maple leaves, and Ally, our youngest member, made a brief appearance at sew day.

Thanks Kathryn for taking pictures!


Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Sew Day

Orlando Modern Quilt Guild's next Sew Day is this Saturday, September 18 from 10:00am to 4:45pm at Southwest branch of the Orlando Public Library in Dr. Phillips.  Please RSVP by leaving a comment on this post or sending an email so we will know how many tables to set up. 

Feel free to bring a snack or something to drink, and as always remember your extension cords, power strips, irons and ironing boards.

For anyone that hasn't come out to a meeting before, Sew Day is an event where once a month we bring our sewing machines and all of our sewing goodies and sew together for hours. It's lots of fun. Remember, your first meeting is free so come join us!

Hope to see you all there!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Quilt Happenings

Do you know of any good quilt classes, workshops, shop hops, sales, festivals, shows, etc. going on in our area?  Please share them with us!  Post any quilt related, but non guild, items of interest here.  Guild sponsored activities will be posted elsewhere.  Thanks for keeping us in the loop!!!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

September Minutes

Orlando Modern Quilt Guild
September 1, 2010 Meeting Minutes

The monthly meeting at the Sewing Studio was called to order by Hope. Members in attendance were Alejandrina, Beth, Cara, Heather, Hope, Julie, Sylvia and Michele. Guests included Fran, Judy, and Lisa.



The treasurer's report showed 21 members paid to date as of August 31, 2010. The balance in the checking account was $821.25. Two members have submitted payment for the October 2nd workshop and two members paid dues during the September 1 meeting.

Beth gave an update on our charity project. We are supplying holiday gifts to 25 residents of a nursing home in Windermere. These particular residents do not have family or friend visitors. Our guild is making lap quilts, shawls, eyeglass cases, bibs, walker bags, etc. Whatever you'd like to make, post it on our site. There are links to patterns as well. Let Beth know what you can make, so we get a good mix of items. Beth will collect items as we near our deadline. The nursing home would like to have a small party on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 to distribute gifts.

October 2, 2010, Juanita Yaeger is scheduled to host a workshop -- “Machine Quilting and Great Endings.” Juanita will give insight and instruction on how she quilts on a home machine and  finishes her quilts. The workshop will be held at the Dr. Phillip library, where we have our Sew Days. Participants will have their own table and need to bring their machine and a few supplies. The member price is $30. The guild will subsidize $25 toward the normal class fee. Non-members will be charged $55. There is a small list of supplies needed for the workshop. Click the Juanita Yeager Workshop tab above to get the details. Please sign up and pay by September 15. 

Our new website has been finalized. The original site wanted to start charging a monthly fee and the second site was not user friendly.  Rene', our president, has set up a free site on Blogspot as some of the other Modern Quilt Guilds have done. The site is easy to navigate and you can leave comments on any of the posts. The site is: http://theorlandomodernquiltguild.blogspot.com. Members are encouraged to update their information. There is a Flickr photo hosting account so we can display photos of our work.

Members were reminded to bring their “Ugly Fabric Challenge” item to the meeting October 6. 

Julie provided a fun demo to make a custom-designed orchid brooch for our group. She developed a pattern, provided kits and supplies to all the meeting participants and walked and talked us through the process. We all ended up with beautiful orchid brooches. 

The meeting ended with show and tell.

Labor Day Weekend Sales

What's a long holiday weekend without a sale?  I know locally both The Sewing Studio and Queen Ann's Lace are having huge discounts this weekend in their stores.  If you know of any other deals going on over Labor Day, please leave a comment so others can get it on the savings ;-)  Happy fabric shopping!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Project Modern: Challenge 1

The details of the Modern Quilt Guild's first Project Modern Challenge are up!  
This first challenge is to make a quilt based on an inspiration of your choice.  Valorie Wells will be the judge of this round.  There are some amazing prizes up for grabs.  I know our guild has some incredible talent, and I hope you will consider entering this challenge.  The deadline is November 30, 2010.  Go here for all the details.  Good Luck!