MAY MEETING RECAP

Election Results

LIMQG held elections for two open board positions: Vice President and Treasurer. 

Congratulations to our new Vice President Mario Mulea and our new Treasurer  Amy Abrie.

We would like to thank Elise SansSouci for the dedication and hard work this past year as Treasurer!

 Award Winning Quilt 

LIMQG would like to congratulate Susan Cohen-Pessah for her NACQJ AWARD (National  Association of Certified Quilt Judges) she received for her quilt entitled PG-13 at the Smithtown Stitchers Quilt Show in April 2017.  Susan named her quilt PG-13 because she first saw someone wearing a purple and green color combination when she was 13 years old.

Interleave.....

Quite a few members brought in their Interleave mini quilt projects, in various stages of completion!

Thank you Lorraine for teaching us how to create an Interleave mini quilt!!

SHOW AND SHARE

Our newest member, Mary, showed a few of her latest projects:

 Maureen displayed a quilt project she made that was inspired by the Empire Quilt Quild's Jade and Coral challenge.

Julie was busy making beautifully embellished eye glass cases:

Susan put together a quilt top from "snippets" of fabric that Judy had given her.  Susan proved that small fragments of fabric can be put together to form larger quilt. Well done.

Lorraine put together blocks made from Cherrywoood hand dyed fabrics to make this beautiful quilt.

Improv With Intent... Kim Smith Soper

Kim Smith Soper of Leland Ave Studios, gave a lecture and demonstration on improvisational piecing with intention.  She describes what Improv with Intent is to her compared to just Improvisational Piecing. When you make a quilt using Improvisational piecing techniques, you have freedom. Freedom from rulers,  freedom from pattern and design. Freedom from expectations. You cut the fabric, sew it together and repeat until you create a quilt you like.

Making a quilt using Improv With Intent uses the same techniques as improv but the quilter maker has an image, idea or design in mind before piecing, cutting and sewing pieces together.

 Kim created her award winning quilt "Lincoln" from an image as her inspiration. She took the image and drew a grid over it.  The squares within this grid became her quilt blocks.  Then she chose her fabrics, cut them up, sewed them together to create the block. She did not use applique, paper piecing or patterns. Total Improv With Intent!

Check out Kim's blog obtain more info how she created Lincoln: 

http://www.lelandavestudios.com/2016/04/06/on-fear-and-creating/

Mini workshop

Kim handed out two images for us to chose from. The first image was the one she used to create Lincoln, the other was an image of Donald Trump.  She drew the grid on the images for us.  She instructed us to choose a block within the grid, choose  fabric, cut it up and "piece" together until it resembles the block you have chosen. Sounded easy enough...but it wasn't!  We were excited to tryout the technique.  

Upcoming Events

• June 21: June Monthly Meeting featuring Jessica Levitt: instagram 

• Jessica is a fabric & pattern designer as well as an author. Lecture and Trunk Show.  Cost is $ 5 per member

• Bring in your Medallion Quilt tops to donated to NJ Quilt Guild

• July 16: Denyse Schmidt Work Shop 

• check out past blog for details: Denyse Schmidt Workshop Details

• 3 Spots still available. email: contactlimqg@gmail.com to sign up

• September 16: Quilters Take Manhattan

• Click here for details: QTM

Denyse Schmidt Improvisational Workshop

Denyse Schmidt Improvisational Workshop, 

Sunday July 16, 11-4 pm

We are pleased to offer a workshop with  renowned quilt designer Denyse Schimdt. 

You will have a unique opportunity learn Denyse's intuitive design techniques on improvisational quilting right here on Long Island.  Please check out Denyse's website: Improvisational Patchwork

If you have basic sewing machine skills and are willing to experiment with color and free yourself from pre-printed patterns, this workshop is for you!

• Date:  July 16, 2017
• Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
• Location: Knights of Columbus @ Hewitt Square # A, East Northport, NY 11731

• Fee:  $150.00
• Refreshments:  Catered lunch will be provided along with snacks and soft beverages

Please contact the Long Island Modern Quilt Guild if you are interested in this event.  We will contact you as to how to register.

Email: contactlimqg@gmail.com

or phone: (631)278-3747

April Recap

The meeting went really well this past month. It was an open sew meeting in which members chose to bring in their own projects to work on.

OPEN BOARD POSITIONS

There are a couple of LIMQG open board positions for the fall of  2017 :  Vice President and Treasurer.   We will be taking nominations at our next meeting, May 17.  Please consider running for one of these positions. If you have any questions about the descriptions of these positions, please contact Kim Soper via email: contactlimqg@gmail.com.

Denyse Schmidt Workshop

The LIMQG will host Denyse Schmidt this summer on July 16, 2017. She will offer a workshop entitled: Pure Improvisation

Details:

• Date: July 16, 2017
• Time: 11:00 am- 4:00 pm
• Location : Knights of Columbus, East Northport
• Fee: $150.00
• Sign Up: email contactlimqg@gmail.com

Show and Share

Kim shared her new quilt, Dancing Squares, that is featured in the May/June Issue of the Modern Patchwork Magazine.

Modern Patchwork Magazine

The magazine contains an interview with Kim!

Amy shared her Interweave mini quilt. Great design. Do not forget to bring your versions of the Interweave mini quilt to our next meeting.

Suzi shared a quilt that she is working on that features Sashiko, a Japanese hand quilting technique.   Great Job!

Susan share her Medallion Quilt. Beautiful!

Elise shared a couple of quilted see through bags, Clever!

April Meeting

APRIL 19, 2017

At this months meeting we will be holding an open sew night.  Please bring you sewing machines and basic sewing supplies

We have a few people brining in irons, ironing board, cutting mat, ruler, extension cords and rotary cutters.

At this meeting we will also be having a demonstration on threading drawing/painting. 

March Meeting Recap

SEW AND SHARE

                     WE HAVE A SEWLEBERITY IN THE HOUSE!

    Kim brought in her ribbons that she had won at QuiltCon 2017 in Savannah, Georgia.
She won 1st place in the Improvisation category as well as People's Choice Award!  Well Done!!                     

Judy brought in her latest finish for Show and Share! What a great two color quilt, the quilting is awesome as well.

Judy also brought in her block that she made from Delilah Quilt template of the month program.  

Maureen is having fun sewing mermaid blocks!

Karen shared her latest adventure in machine quilting!  Experimenting with her long arm quilting machine and rulers!!

TUTORIAL TIME

LORRAINE WAS OUR TUTOR FOR MARCH!  She demonstrated the techniques involved in creating an Interleave Mini Quilt!  We brought all of our supplies to start the project. We had some homework to do to help get us going.  I forgot to sew down one side of the "fabric tube" and was quickly trying to hand sew a seam.  We are going to finish up the quilts at home and bring them to the May Meeting!  Looking forward to seeing some finished quilts in May!!   

Raffle Prizes

We had a lot of raffles at this meeting!  Take a look at a few of the prizes!

Next Meeting: April 19

We are planning on having a sew-in for April's meeting, as well as Sew and Share and Raffles. Also Karen will be demonstrating thread drawing and painting.

 We will be talking about the up coming meetings and the exciting things that the board has been planning for over the summer!

Please bring in the quilt tops that we made for our Medallion challenge to work on or a UFO you would like work on.  One of the great things about our guild is the sharing of ideas and projects that happens when we all get together.

I will be emailing a link to the current members to a Google Document where you can sign up for items to bring to the meeting, so that we do not all bring irons and no ironing surfaces!!!!

See ya soon!

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