December Meeting Recap

Happy New Year

Have you started writing down your New Year's Resolutions? Do they include finishing all or some of your U.F.O.'s?  My list of UFO's is very long and I hope that it will become shorter by the end of 2018 (and that I do not add any more projects to the list!) . I can always hope!

Here are a few pictures from the December meeting Show and Tell:

Jamie's Foxies..her first quilt. WOW!

Nancy's fussy cutting Tula Pink Fabric! 

Nancy's Crowned Star Quilt

Amy's Quilt top from a Quiltcon 2017 Class

Janet shared what she made @ a Victoria Findlay Wolfe Class.

QUILTCON 2018 CHARITY QUILT

Here are a few sneak peek pictures of our entry into the 2018 QuiltCon Charity Challenge.
Thanks to all who helped create this awesome quilt!  Well Done!

Ornament Creation!

Next Meeting: January 17, 2018

We will be hosting Vicki Field as a guest speaker at our next meeting.  Vicki will give a lecture on Color Theory.  More details to follow.




Wishing you a Happy and Healthy Quilty New Year!

FEBRUARY MEETING RECAP

FEBRUARY Meeting Recap

We started off the meeting with Show and Share:

Maureen has been very busy with Tula Pink's 100 block challenge.  She plans on quilting each long section, one at a time.  When quilting is complete, she will join the three sections together.  A "quilt-as-you-go" project. Looking forward to seeing this quilt finished!

Here a few other Show and Shares:

Amy's Purl Soho quilt with Liberty fabrics.

Mario e-quilter blocks; paper and fabric versions

ROUND ROBIN MEDALLION REVEAL

  After several rounds of adding 10", 8", 6" then a final 4" borders the challenge Medallion quilts were revealed.  They are amazing!  The creativity and originality that went into the design of these borders was fantastic.  We have a very talented group of quilters!  If you would like to see what the original block looked like check out June 2016 blog by clicking here:  Medallion Blocks

 MARIO AND Electric Quilt 7

Mario was kind enough to demonstrate Electric Quilt 7 (EQ7) quilt design software program. This program is used to design blocks, borders, sashings and quilts.  It contains lots of tools for you to become a successful designer.  The EQ7 contains libraries filled with fabrics that you can use to create blocks and quilts using currnt fabric to give you and idea of what the block will actually look like when sewn together. The possibilities are endless.  Check out the EQ7 website for more info: electricquilt.com and this blog: doyoueq.com

March Meeting:

Tutorial on the Interleave quilt by Lorraine.

For the mini quilt, you will need 4 pieces of fabric measuring 9.5" x 18 each, a fat quarter for backing and material for binding.

Prep Work @ Home:
Please place the Dark and Light Fabric pieces right sides together and sew a seam down both of 18" edges to form a tube (leave the short edges open). Do the same for the medium fabric pieces.



Supplies to bring: Fabric that you sewn, scissors, rotary cutter, cutting mat, 24" long ruler, fat quarter for the backing, marking pencil/pen, pins, small pieces of paper for numbering.
There will be a $ 5 fee for batting and grid fabric that Lorraine will supply

January Meeting

Happy New Year!  2017 will be the best quilting year ever!

The next meeting will take place on January 18, 2017. 



Theme:  Holiday Celebration

We will be celebrating the holiday season this meeting by bringing a savory or sweet food to share with our group. Also, for those of you who signed up for the holiday swap, please bring in your wrapped gift.

During the meeting we will be sharing a tool, trick or tip with the group. Think about a special tool that you use to create the a quilt block or a tip that will makes your quilting easier.  Did you find an easier way to create a perfect point? Think about a tip, trick or tool to share with us!

As always we will be having Show and Share. Bring in some recent projects that you are working on, either finished or unfinished. 


REMINDER:  The final round of the medallion quilts are due at the February Meeting on 2/15/2017.  The final border is  4".  

Here are a few pictures from the December Meeting:

Things to Bring:  

1. Holiday gift for the swap (if you signed up)
2. Savory/Sweet food item to share
3. Show and Share Project
4. Tip, Trick or Tool to share

November Meeting Recap

The November Challenge was to create a mug rug utilizing just two colors. What a nice collection of Mug Rugs!  Various techniques were used including paper piecing, half square triangles and improvised piecing.  

Round Robin Medallion-round 2

This last round of the medallion quilt was challenging.  The border added this round measured 8 1/2" unfinished. Figuring out the math to add a particular width and length of border can challenging. I used my calculator a bit for this project! It is often difficult working on someone else's project, but rewarding as well.

The photographs below will show how the added borders are transforming the center medallions into beautiful quilts.

   

The third and final round of this project is to add a 4" border (4 1/2" unfinished).  This final round will be due at the February 15, 2017 meeting.

Show and Share

Mario shared his latest project: improvised piece quilt top with embroidered snowflakes that he will turn into a holiday stocking...Mario please take a picture of the stocking when complete!

Suzi pieced to together a graphic improvised quit top.  This was her first improvised project. She especially liked sewing the free formed curves! Great job.

Kim showed her latest improvised quilt inspired by a trip into Manhattan. She used invisible thread to do some matchstick/straight line quilting. Beautiful!

Inspiration Boards

Janet and Lorraine shared a technique to get our creative juices flowing. By looking though magazines for pictures of what "speaks" to us, we were able to create a board that will help us discover what colors, color combinations, shapes, styles etc that we are drawn to.  Using the inspiration boards, we can design our next project. 

So finish up your inspiration boards and post them to Instagram by December 2nd.  We will exchange names for the holiday gift swap based upon these posts. Please hash tag your post with #limqg. 

Kim will create a list of members who have posted their boards and randomly choose names to swap gifts with.

January holiday gift challenge will be to create a gift for your randomly selected LIQGM.  The inspiration boards that have been created and posted, will be a starting point to create the holiday gift. So, please use some design element from the member's board to make the gift. These gifts will be exchanged at our holiday party/meeting on January 18, 2017.