Orlando Modern Quilt Guild

Our next guild meeting is Wednesday, February 1st at The Sewing Studio in Maitland from 10am-12pm. Bring your February blocks for the BOM drawing.  Rene' will be collecting the Priority: Alzheimer's quilts made for our AAQI Crayon Challenge.  If you haven't made one yet, it's not too late to get started! See this post or go here for more information.  Also, don't forget to bring money for the quilt basket raffle and items for Show and Tell.  See you Wednesday!

Just a reminder, that Saturday is the Mary Sorensen workshop for registered members. An email has gone out with specific directions to the Windermere Library.  It would be helpful to leave a comment with any food item you plan to share.
Please also leave a comment if you did not receive the email or have further questions.  See you Saturday!

February's Block of the Month is once again a 12.5" square to finish at 12".  This block is a simple yet bold block named Spool, and an example can be found in the book Modern Blocks.  

For our purposes, the background should be a dark gray, black, navy or other fabric that reads as such, and a solid white fabric used for the thin strips.   Good choices for the center square (thread) fabric include large-scale modern fabrics, graphic prints, or tone-on-tone textured type fabrics.  

Two different examples have been shown here.  Have fun making these blocks, and let me know if you have any questions.  Bring your block(s) to February's meeting for an opportunity to win them all!

Meeting Minutes January 4, 2012 Sewing Studio Maitland, Florida 10 AM til 12 Noon
I.   Sign In, Meet and Greet
There were 17 attendees at the January meeting.
II.  Guild Basket Raffle As the December Basket Raffle winner, Rene provided the Basket full of goodies for the January Raffle.   It was won by Kathryn, who will provide the February basket.  The purpose of the Raffle Baskets is to raise additional funds for guild programs and workshops.
III. Block of the Month
The January Blocks in Blue, Green and Blue Green were won by Alejandrina who promptly withdrew her name.  The second drawing resulted in Judy winning the blocks.
Rene announced the block for February. It will be a 12 1/2 inch block unfinished in a color combination of grey, navy or black with white. A sample block will be posted on the website.
IV.  Flickr Demo
Jodi gave a very detailed and useful demo on Flickr.  She talked about the pros and the cons, how to get started, how to add your photos to groups, how to find the OMQG flickr …