Here's a lovely piece from a new member-
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| Aoife's x and + blocks |
And I had to show the back of Frederick's orange quilt-
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| Frederick's xtra block quilt |
Enjoy your (long) weekend!
Jessie
Friday, May 24, 2013
Friday Flickr Favorites
Here's a lovely piece from a new member-
And I had to show the back of Frederick's orange quilt-
Enjoy your (long) weekend!
Jessie
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Oklahoma Tornado Relief- Moore Love
Hi DCMQG friends-
I'm reposting this from the Oklahoma MQG website, in case anyone is able to donate to this effort- please use the comment section if you want to connect with other members and make a quilt as a joint effort:
Quilts will be due to the OKC Modern Quilt Guild by June 30th. If you e-mail us at okcmqg@gmail.com we will get an address to you.
Our guild will also be creating two quilts to raise money for two charities in the form of a drawing, as money is a big need for that area right now. That post should go up about mid June so please stay on the lookout for that one!
Thank you for your outpouring of support, love, positive thoughts, prayers... and quilts!
Monday, May 20, 2013
May Meeting Recap
Oh, this meeting was really lovely...
Because we were worried about space concerns, most of us brought hand projects to our meeting at Capital Quilts. Which meant that the room was much quieter than usual, and so instead of just chatting with our immediate neighbors, we were able to really talk as a group as well. It was lovely! We went around the room once and talked about what kind of needles we use for hand stitching, and then once around again for show and tell.
Now I love to come to the sew-ins with my machine and bust out a ton of sewing, but the chance to hear what everyone has to say and connect as a group was really nice as well. So here is this month's show and tell; and if you pop over to the Flickr Pool, there are even more pics and in my (JessieAller) photos I tried to have descriptions to share a bit of what each maker said about their project.
Our next event is a hand sewing hangout at the US Botanical Garden (National Garden, 100 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20001 ) on Saturday, June 1st from 10:30-12:30 after which some of us will probably go out to lunch and then visit a museum in the afternoon. Hope to see you there!
Jessie
Because we were worried about space concerns, most of us brought hand projects to our meeting at Capital Quilts. Which meant that the room was much quieter than usual, and so instead of just chatting with our immediate neighbors, we were able to really talk as a group as well. It was lovely! We went around the room once and talked about what kind of needles we use for hand stitching, and then once around again for show and tell.
Now I love to come to the sew-ins with my machine and bust out a ton of sewing, but the chance to hear what everyone has to say and connect as a group was really nice as well. So here is this month's show and tell; and if you pop over to the Flickr Pool, there are even more pics and in my (JessieAller) photos I tried to have descriptions to share a bit of what each maker said about their project.
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| Carissa |
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| Carissa |
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| Susan |
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| Carla |
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| Carla |
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| Channel |
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| Channel |
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| Anjeanette |
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| Anjeanette |
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| Melinda |
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| Melinda |
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| Melinda |
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| Amy |
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| Amy |
Jessie
Friday, May 17, 2013
Friday Flickr Favorites
Thanks to Frederick for the pics and for organizing the museum meetup!
Thursday, May 16, 2013
May 18th Meeting at Capital Quilts
Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to remind you of our meeting this Saturday, May 18th, from 1:30 - 4:30 at Capital Quilts at 15926 Luanne Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20877. Because of the size of the room and the shorter meeting time, if you are able to bring hand-work or a project to cut out, we may be better able to accommodate everyone (although if you really want to bring your machine, please feel free...I know we have quite a few people who will be at Quilt Market in Portland and missing the meeting).
Our agenda for the meeting will include the charm swap that Lynne announced at our last meeting - bring 1 (or more) sets of 10 charm squares (any 5" square is fine) rolled up and tied with a ribbon (or something), and we'll put them in a bag and then allow people to select the number of charm square rolls that they put in to the bag. I'm sure that there will be fun opportunities to trade after the drawing if folks want to, as well, knowing our group. We'll do a longer version of show-and-tell, have some time to help each other with shopping, have more door prizes, and hopefully hear a bit about the museum meet-up on Friday and the informal challenge that is being discussed over on Flickr. If anyone would like to do a demo of a technique (or would like to request a demo), please leave a note in the comments section asap. With all of our socializing, I'm sure that the 3 hours will speed by, as time with the guild usually does!
I meant to call awhile back about the idea of spending a certain amount of money in the shop as a group to reduce/eliminate the fee for the space, but it slipped my mind until today, and the owner of Capital Quilts is already in Portland at Quilt Market, so I doubt I'll hear back from her in time. I'm sorry! Since we haven't taken up dues yet to pay for things like space, and as of now we'll owe $50 for the room rental, if everyone could bring $5, we'll just split the fee by everyone who attends (if we have more than 10 people, it will be less than $5/person). I'm not sure how else to do it for this time, so I hope that is ok with folks. Also, please RSVP in the comments section, so we know how many folks are coming. I think they already have ironing and cutting stations set up there, but I'll bring my cutting mat, rotary, and rulers, just in case.
I think that's everything! I'm really excited to see everyone!
Happy Thursday,
Elle
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I just wanted to remind you of our meeting this Saturday, May 18th, from 1:30 - 4:30 at Capital Quilts at 15926 Luanne Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20877. Because of the size of the room and the shorter meeting time, if you are able to bring hand-work or a project to cut out, we may be better able to accommodate everyone (although if you really want to bring your machine, please feel free...I know we have quite a few people who will be at Quilt Market in Portland and missing the meeting).
Our agenda for the meeting will include the charm swap that Lynne announced at our last meeting - bring 1 (or more) sets of 10 charm squares (any 5" square is fine) rolled up and tied with a ribbon (or something), and we'll put them in a bag and then allow people to select the number of charm square rolls that they put in to the bag. I'm sure that there will be fun opportunities to trade after the drawing if folks want to, as well, knowing our group. We'll do a longer version of show-and-tell, have some time to help each other with shopping, have more door prizes, and hopefully hear a bit about the museum meet-up on Friday and the informal challenge that is being discussed over on Flickr. If anyone would like to do a demo of a technique (or would like to request a demo), please leave a note in the comments section asap. With all of our socializing, I'm sure that the 3 hours will speed by, as time with the guild usually does!
I meant to call awhile back about the idea of spending a certain amount of money in the shop as a group to reduce/eliminate the fee for the space, but it slipped my mind until today, and the owner of Capital Quilts is already in Portland at Quilt Market, so I doubt I'll hear back from her in time. I'm sorry! Since we haven't taken up dues yet to pay for things like space, and as of now we'll owe $50 for the room rental, if everyone could bring $5, we'll just split the fee by everyone who attends (if we have more than 10 people, it will be less than $5/person). I'm not sure how else to do it for this time, so I hope that is ok with folks. Also, please RSVP in the comments section, so we know how many folks are coming. I think they already have ironing and cutting stations set up there, but I'll bring my cutting mat, rotary, and rulers, just in case.
I think that's everything! I'm really excited to see everyone!
Happy Thursday,
Elle
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Friday Flickr Favorites
Sigh, Melinda is making something gorgeous again...
Linda took her sister and daughter out to Finch Sewing Studio to make tote bags (So sweet!)
Jamie made a hungry caterpillar quilt, pulling up happy memories for so many of us,
and Anne made this awesome skirt!!
So much loveliness in the Flickr Pool. Enjoy the weekend, everyone!
Jessie
and Anne made this awesome skirt!!
Jessie
Thursday, May 9, 2013
May 17th Art Museum Meetup
Hi Modern Quilters!
Some of our members have been discussing having a small challenge where we choose a piece of modern art and then make a quilt based on the art- no deadlines at this point, no pressure, just an idea to get our creativity flowing. Frederick has organized a Museum Meetup at the National Gallery of Art for anyone who would like to come and view the collections together- whether or not you are interested in joining the challenge!
Here's what Frederick had to say:
Friday May 17th, we'll meet at the ground floor information desk of the East Wing National Gallery of Art for the 11:30 tour of the 1900 to present collection. This is going to be fun. The docent walks you through stopping at important paintings giving an overview of the various movements in the modern art history of the last 100 years. We can then go back and look at things we wanted to see better or make notes on.
I took my own tour of the most recent work that is housed on the lower level a few weeks back and really got some perspective on how it can be seen to influence or reflect quilts. I would like to have lunch afterwards with anyone who is interested. There is so much to see at NGA it's nice to have a break and I think we would benefit having a post tour discussion of our impressions.
If you get there late ask where the tour goes and see if you can catch up to us on the tour. It lasts about an hour I think moving through galleries on the top floor and then down to the lower level of the East wing.
We're hoping that some of you who work in the city might be able to join us on a long lunch, and those who are home with children are welcome to bring them along!
If you think you might come, let us know by commenting on this post, sending an email to dcmodquilts at gmail dot com, or joining in the discussion on Flickr.
Hope to see you there!
Jessie
Some of our members have been discussing having a small challenge where we choose a piece of modern art and then make a quilt based on the art- no deadlines at this point, no pressure, just an idea to get our creativity flowing. Frederick has organized a Museum Meetup at the National Gallery of Art for anyone who would like to come and view the collections together- whether or not you are interested in joining the challenge!
Here's what Frederick had to say:
Friday May 17th, we'll meet at the ground floor information desk of the East Wing National Gallery of Art for the 11:30 tour of the 1900 to present collection. This is going to be fun. The docent walks you through stopping at important paintings giving an overview of the various movements in the modern art history of the last 100 years. We can then go back and look at things we wanted to see better or make notes on.
I took my own tour of the most recent work that is housed on the lower level a few weeks back and really got some perspective on how it can be seen to influence or reflect quilts. I would like to have lunch afterwards with anyone who is interested. There is so much to see at NGA it's nice to have a break and I think we would benefit having a post tour discussion of our impressions.
If you get there late ask where the tour goes and see if you can catch up to us on the tour. It lasts about an hour I think moving through galleries on the top floor and then down to the lower level of the East wing.
We're hoping that some of you who work in the city might be able to join us on a long lunch, and those who are home with children are welcome to bring them along!
If you think you might come, let us know by commenting on this post, sending an email to dcmodquilts at gmail dot com, or joining in the discussion on Flickr.
Hope to see you there!
Jessie
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