Check out this cool solar system quilt from 1876! The quilter, Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, used it as a teaching tool for her astronomy classes. Click HERE for more info.
Free Tula Pink patterns
To celebrate her new fabric line, Salt Water, Tula Pink is giving away free downloads of some of her patterns. Click HERE to be taken to the download page.
And the winner of the PANTONE 2013 Color of The Year is…
Emerald! (Pantone 17-5641)
And don’t forget last year’s winner: Tangerine Tango (Pantone 17-1463)
Anybody want to take a stab at what would be the closest solid fabric color to Emerald and Tangerine Tango?
Meet Your Candidates!
These are your candidates for the Ventura Modern Quilt Guild‘s 2013 executive board. Voting will take place during our December 10th, 2012 meeting.
1. Maureen Timmons – President
2. Robert Morin – Vice-President
3. Becky Haycox – Communications Administrator
4. Andres Rosales – Communications Administrator
5. Susan Leech – Treasurer
6. Misty Revell – Secretary
Please click on continue reading to read statements/bios from our nominees:
How to Bind 120° Angles Tutorial
Anybody else thinking of working with hexagon edges on a quilt like I am? Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts posted this tutorial on how to bind hexagon edges. Click on the button above to check it out.
Better start planning!
“Boots, Barns and Banjos” will be the theme for the 2013 Ventura County Fair, which will run from July 31 to Aug. 11 2013, officials for the fair said. Doesn’t this scream MODERN to you? I see this as a challenge to our creative members to interpret in the modern aesthetic.
VMQG featured in this week’s VC Reporter!
The Ventura Modern Quilt Guild is featured in this week’s issue of the VC Reporter (page 18 for print edition). Congratulations to Andres – our much-photographed quilter – for patiently posing and sewing whilst photographer Heber Pelayo snapped away. Despite the misnomer reference to members’ “blankets” on exhibit at the California Oil Museum in Santa Paula, this is a wonderful feature on our young, growing Guild. Thanks to all who have quilts in the exhibit and to those who played a part in the crafting of this article!
A behind-the-scenes look at the fabric printing process
December Meeting (December 10, 2012)
Date: Monday, December 10th
Time: 6pm to 8pm (superbuzzy open at 5pm)
Location : superbuzzy (directions)
The first half of our December meeting will be devoted to VMQG Executive board elections. The second part of our meeting will be our holiday party potluck! Don’t forget to bring your dish.
We don’t have a block challenge for December but don’t forget to work on your quilted name tags for January!
Please RSVP by leaving a comment.
We might be short on chairs for this meeting. If you can bring your own portable chair it would be greatly appreciated!
superbuzzy will be open at 5pm to give you a chance to browse and pick up any last-minute goodies!
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two quick links
Two quick links:
Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day is January 24th, 2013 and Worldwide Quilting Day is March 16th, 2013. Click on the button above for more information.
Click on the button above to take the 2012 GenQ Addicted Stitcher Survey. Five survey-takers will each receive a box of fabric, books and small stitchy goodies valued at $50.