Date: Monday, July 9th Time: 6pm to 8pm (superbuzzy open at 5pm) Location : superbuzzy (directions) Join us in welcoming our guest speaker, the talented Karen Anderson Abraham, for a meeting filled with modern quilt inspiration! Don’t forget to bring your “Improv with a Limited Palette” challenge blocks. Please RSVP by leaving a comment. WeContinue reading “July Meeting (July 9, 2012)”
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July Block Challenge – “Improv with a Limited Palette”
Our July Challenge was envisioned by the super talented Karen Anderson Abraham. All members who attended the June 11th meeting received a bag containing strips of fabric donated by Kelly Stevens of superbuzzy. (Thanks Kelly!) The fabrics provided were Kona solids in Quilt Con Block Challenge colors. Your challenge is to create a small cluster of color withContinue reading “July Block Challenge – “Improv with a Limited Palette””
QuiltCon Block Challenge Guidelines
Check these two links ( here and here ) if you’re planning on following the QuiltCon block challenge guidelines while creating your July block challenge .
June Meeting (June 11, 2012)
I can’t believe that our monthly meeting is already next week! I hope everyone is enjoying their “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue” June block challenge which utilizes the fat quarter you received at our May meeting swap. We can hardly wait to see what you have designed! Meeting info: Date: Monday, JuneContinue reading “June Meeting (June 11, 2012)”
Interesting Quilt-Related Kickstarter Projects
After learning of Generation Q‘s successful Kickstarter campaign to publish a print version of their magazine I thought it would be worthwhile to post about other quilt-related Kickstarter projects. The first (of hopefully many) is Sam Hunter’s campaign to launch new quilt patterns at Long Beach Quilt Festival.
Who doesn’t like Legos?
And here’s a tutorial on how to make a Lego sewing machine.
May Meeting (05/14/2012)
Date: Monday, May 14th Time: 6pm to 8pm (superbuzzy open at 5pm) Location : superbuzzy (directions) 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 chanceContinue reading “May Meeting (05/14/2012)”
Quiltcon Block Challenge
I was excited to see that the Quiltcon Block Challenge blocks are starting to appear! Check out the Flickr Photostream to see the submitted blocks as they come in. I’m pretty fond of this great block submitted by Pamela Flam of the Boston MQG. Has anyone started work on their Quiltcon block?
Bees, QuiltAlongs and Exchanges
As promised, here is a really short post briefly describing or linking to a more thorough description of the following terms: Quilting Bee – here is a great Flickr discussion by Erin- Two More Seconds. She does a wonderful job of explaining what a virtual quilting bee is. This could be easily translated to aContinue reading “Bees, QuiltAlongs and Exchanges”
April Meeting (04/09/2012)
Date: Monday, April 9th Time: 6pm to 8pm (superbuzzy open at 5pm) Location : superbuzzy (directions) 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 chanceContinue reading “April Meeting (04/09/2012)”