Congratulations to our Best of Show winner Susan Manson! There were so many wonderful pieces entered in our Improv Challenge this month. Everyone should be very pleased with their work. The skills in our guild have really moved up with the help of so many great workshops.
We also want to mention that we had a wonderful lecture about Minimalism by Teresa Duryea Wong. It was just so informative and beautiful using examples from art and architecture to inform our understanding of Minimalisim.
Our next meeting is September 30 with guest speaker Carol Lyles Shaw. She will be talking about What makes a Quilt Modern. We welcome guests at just $5. Reach out in our email or there is a link on our meeting page.
Workshops are just around the corner. Libs Elliot, “Improv Stripes” is September 12, Sunday. There are few more openings. The cost is $60 for members and we welcome non members at just $70. Again, email us at ocmodernquiltguild@gmail.com. We will also host Daisy Auschehoug, “Giant Nested Curves” on November 14. Look up her work on instagram or on her website Warmfolk.com to be inspired.
We also have our sewing Sewcial on September 12. We welcome any member to host and use it as an opportunity for sewing or just catching up. Please let us know if you would like to host.
Lastly, we look forward to more members reaching out and volunteering for leadership positions. It is not that hard and is a great way to get to know guild members and help us stay a strong, vibrant guild. We looks forward to hearing from you and seeing you at the activities in September!
Quilt Description: This is my improv quilt from Cindy Grisdela’s workshop, Improv Puzzle Quilt. I used all scrap fabrics from my stash, and that makes me happy! I also love the fabric color combinations and that also makes me happy to look at it 🙂
Improv Techniques Used: free-hand rotary cutting with no set pattern except for the improvised log cabin-style blocks
Maker: Jeri Polizzotto
Quilt Name: I’m Not Afraid of Storms
Quilt Designer: Carol Lyles Shaw
Quilt Description: One of my favorite things about this quilt is the color palette. I started with a large scale print and dyed greys, blues, and purples to go with it. Working with Improv is a lot of fun although I sometimes have mixed feelings about the end product. It kind of makes me want to sew a nine patch or something that is more structured! This quilt is measures 72″X72″ I quilted it on my home machine using my walking foot.
Improv Techniques Used: Improv Curves and stack and whack
Maker: Lisa Handley
Quilt Name: Marge Tucker Log Cabin Improv
Quilt Designer: Lisa Handley
Quilt Description: This is the quilt that was the result of the Marge Tucker Improv workshop.
Improv Techniques Used: Improv and Log Cabin
Maker: Mary O’Bannon
Quilt Name: Just a little Fun!
Quilt Designer: Mary O’Bannon
Quilt Description: I had fun with the workshop from Cindy Grisdela. I liked adding the black and white for fun!
Improv Techniques Used: Vivid colors, change of size and just let’s try this approach.
Maker and Quilt Designer: Gail Sevilla
Quilt Description: Using fabrics from 1978 until the present, I was able to finally house these children and let them come out into public. I want to thank the book Collaborative Quilting by Freddie Moran and Gwen Marston for inspiring this over 15 years ago. They let me know that not everything in quilting had to line up and be uniform.
Improv Techniques Used: improv house blocks framed with improv strips, improv triangles and log cabin
Maker: Maritza Rodriguez Farr
Quilt Name: Improv Orange Pop Puzzle
Quilt Designer: Maritza Rodriguez Farr
Quilt Description: The bright orange fabrics really pop in this quilt. The white on white fabric a well as the green fabric, used in small quantities, have dots that provide a nice contrast to the geometric shapes. I used a bright orange Aurifil thread for quilting.
Improv Techniques Used: Techniques from our workshop with Cindy Griselda were used.
Maker: Sam Saturday
Quilt Name: Terrace
Quilt Designer: Sam Saturday
Quilt Description: As a lover of vintage Disneyland, Terrace was inspired by the stained glass backing of the original Tomorrowland Terrace stage, where musical acts have performed through the years. I borrowed some of the shapes, then chopped them up to create negative space. I quilted it was I went, borrowing from mid-century patterns.
Quilt Description: Using planned and unplanned improv techniques as well as taking cues from the fabric design itself, the composition evolved intuitively over many months. By using mostly ruler free triangles in various colors and values from both sides of the fabric, I was able to create movement across the quilt directly correlating to news of super spreader events causing a disproportionate rise in COVID-19 transmission rates. The rectangle structures represent those who were safer at home and in their pods. Finishing this quilt with facing allows the design to fall off the edge, expanding the design concept of the virus transmission.
Improv Techniques Used: Planned and unplanned improv, alternative grid, ruler free piecing, matchstick quilting
Maker: Nikki Constantine
Quilt Name: Tuckered
Quilt Designer: Nikki Constantine
Quilt Description: This quilt is a compilation techniques and blocks from the OCMQG Marge Tucker workshop.
Did I get your attention with the image above? It is by Libs Elliott from her website https://www.libselliott.com/. Libs will be teaching at a workshop on September 12, “Improv with Dynamic Stripes”. Registration is now open.
We have Marge Tucker teaching a workshop on July 18, “Modern Log Cabin”. A few openings remain, non members welcome. Write to us at ocmodernquiltguild@gmail.com.
Our June meeting was wonderful with a lecture by Malka Dubrawsky. We also got excited about creating our Community Outreach quilt for Quiltcon 2022. Kelly shared with us great information about literature for young adults and kids in preparation for our November challenge. Kelly is also keeping our Coat Quilt along running. She welcomes your photos and input.
We are very pleased to be offering scholarships for members who might not otherwise be comfortable spending on our workshops. Our latest minutes has the details and the link to the form to apply.
This Sunday, July 11, is our Sunday Sewcial. We would love to hear about what you have been doing. It is not just limited to sewing but that is the excuse we use!
I think you can see that our Guild has been very agile in adapting to the challenging year plus that we have been on Zoom. It has allowed us to have the chance to offer more workshops and speakers than ever before. In some small ways, it has allowed our treasury to grow and in return, we have been creative in ways to give back to the guild. We are so glad that you have continued to participate!
Our next meeting is July 29, 6:30 PST. We do not have a guest speaker but are planning a lot of interesting content. We would love to share projects that you are working on. It is also the first day to submit a quilt for our August Improv challenge. We will also begin to accept registration for our last workshop of the year, Daisy Aschehoug, “Giant Nested Curves”.
This gorgeous quilt was made by our guest speaker for our June meeting, Thursday, 24th, Malka Dubrawsky. Malka will share insight on “Designing a Quilt”. To my mind, the one above is perfection. Guests are welcome for a $5 donation. Go to our meetings page to find the links to pay. Meetings start at 6:30 pm, PST
My apologies for being late in posting this. You may have missed our June Sunday Sewcial on June 13. Our next sewcial will be July 11.
We are accepting registrations for our workshop with Marge Tucker, “Modern Log Cabins” on July 18th. Non members are also welcome at this time. Libs Elliott will be teaching us “Improv with Stripes” on September 12. This open to members only at this time but check around August 12 for non members.
Lot’s of activities for members right now. We have our next challenge, Improvisation, open for entries on July 29 through August 13. Kelly is hosting a Quilt coat sew along. See #ocmqg.quiltcoat.along2021. It is open to everyone everywhere! Email us if you want to get in touch with Kelly, ocmodernquiltguild@gmail.com.
We have also begun the planning for our Community Outreach Quilt for 2021. You can look forward to hearing more at this month’s meeting.
Thanks to all our members so being so open and enthusiastic in participating with the guild even though we have been distanced. We look forward to seeing all of you at our August 22 Swap Meet/Summer Social!!!
We enjoyed seeing so many of you at our May meeting. Cheryl Brickey (above) shared so much input on the inspiration and challenge of designing the quilting on our work. Our words block lotto was a big success. We are looking forward to receiving members input for the community charity quilt for Quiltcon 2022. https://www.quiltcon.com/community-challenge
We see your smiling faces and thank you for contributing and participating in our guild. We look forward to seeing you at our meet up on August 22. Please always feel free to reach out to any of us at ocmodernquiltguild@gmail.com.
Unfortunately, we have had to change plans for our November workshop. Jean Impey is not available for a zoom workshop. We are very fortunate to book Daisy Aschehoug of Norway for a workshop titled “Giant Nested Curves”. The date for the workshop is November 14. Sign ups will begin July 29. She has a beautiful clear modern style that I think you will really enjoy learning about.
Current registration is open for Marge Tucker, “Modern Log Cabin” on July 18. The Libs Elliot workshop, “Improv with Dynamic Stripes” will be September 12 with registration opening at our next meeting, May 27. All of our workshop are offered to members at $60. If there are openings, we open to non members about a month before at $70. We will be posting on instagram when those workshops are open to non members.
We trust everyone enjoyed our April “Swap Meet. So great to see friends and quilts in the wild. We will meet again in person on August 22.
Our next meeting is May 27, 6:30 zoom with guest speaker Cheryl Brickey. Cheryl’s talk is “Quilt as Desired”. She will give us inspiration on choosing that final element, the quilting. Please know that we welcome guests. To cover our costs, a nominal fee of $5 is charged. The form is under our heading meetings including a link to paypal. We have many great speakers ahead: Malka Dubrowski, Teresa Duryea Wong, Carole Lyles Shaw and MaryFons. Follow us on instagram @ocmqg.
We may have a spot or two for our workshop with Cindy Grisdela, May 23. We are accepting reservations for members to our July 18 workshop, MargeTucker: Modern Log Cabins. The cost is $60. Reach out by email to reserve a spot. We will open to non members closer to the date.
Many of us are now vaccinated. The outlook is starting to brighten. We are grateful that you have continued to participate and make our guild strong.
Quilter: Susie Johnson Name of Quilt: Zen Garden About the Quilt: This is my improv paper pieced curves mini-quilt from the Amy Friend workshop. How Alternative Grid Work is used: No grid whatsoever – all improv curves
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Quilter: Joanne Treffner Name of Quilt: Cats and dogs live off the grid About the Quilt: A black and white quilt-as-you-go quilt. The windows are winter white which makes it look like the lights are on. How Alternative Grid Work is used: Rather than placing the houses in rows and columns each row moves to the left or right of the row below.
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Quilter: Gail Sevilla Name of Quilt: Not before my Coffee About the Quilt: Amy Friend inspired me to use paper piecing, gradation of color and to use the alternative grid work. I modified a paper pieced coffee cup that we used for block lotto to make it into a mug. I was inspired also by a photo of a poster of a large coffee cup so I added the oversized mug. It was fun choosing the browns including espresso and capuccino. The quilting is simple but could be steam rising up. How Alternative Grid Work is used: The blocks are not in line with each other. Every other column is jogged up by a half from the other blocks so that some blocks run off the edges.
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Quilter: Jason Titus Name of Quilt: Untitled About the Quilt: Free form crazy How Alternative Grid Work is used: Grid work was not part of it.
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Quilter: Kaylin Murray Name of Quilt: Jewelry Box About the Quilt: My quilt is made to look like someone dumped a bag of diamonds onto a lush piece of velvet. How Alternative Grid Work is used: The varying sizes of blocks and placement gives the impression that the gems are randomly scattered on the quilt.
Quilter: Mary OBannon Name of Quilt: Put A Ring On It My Way About the Quilt: I took Latifah Saafir’s class Put A Ring On It during QuiltCon this year. You could do the quilt the original way or draw and color the quilt in your own design. I decided to draw and color the quilt myself which was fun but also challenging. I drew a few drawings before I was ready to cut and sew. A fun project with challenges and lots of curves. How Alternative Grid Work is used: I wanted some of the rings to stand out and some of the rings to appear as though the were in the background. I chose vibrant colors for the stand out rings and wanted these to be on the diagonal. I chose cream and white for the rings that I wanted to appear more in the background.
Quilter: Jeri Polizzotto Name of Quilt: Summer Moon About the Quilt: This quilt started with the 3 Fractured blocks from the National Quilt Museum’s 2019 sew along. In this pattern you cut a piece of fabric improv and then swap out some of the pieces with new fabrics. I love the dash of pink and the black and white against the hand dyed green fabric. I also love stripes so I decided to frame the blocks with the green and white striped fabric and was so happy that I had enough to bind it with the same fabric! I used a lot of negative space and had fun quilting some ghost blocks and doing some free motion quilting and a little bit of ruler work also. How Alternative Grid Work is used: I didn’t use a grid. I set the blocks at random angles so they didn’t look like blocks as much and I used the rule of thirds for placement.
Quilter: Mary Anne Skorpanich Name of Quilt: Everglades About the Quilt: The quilt takes its name from the print fabric by Alexander Henry by the same name. The solids and texture prints were selected to complement the print. How Alternative Grid Work is used: It started out following an approach for ‘planned improv’ from Carole Lyle Shaw but wasn’t creating the right look, so it went experimental from there. Blocks ere of variying sizes and shapes to create the non-grid layout.
Quilter: Barbara Knapp Quilt: Cactus Spikes About the Quilt: 28 X 28 wall hanging that was foundation paper pieced. Most quilting lines are 1/4” apart. How Alternative Grid Work was used: Was assembled in vertical rows where every other row started out with half a block instead of a full block. There is lots of negative space and the binding is the same fabric as the background.
We made it. The months go by and hopefully, many of you are vaccinated and feeling optimistic.
We have our Sunday Sewcial, this Sunday, April 11, 10 am until 3 pm. As usual, our Show and Tell is at 1 pm. Please drop by and say hi.
Don’t miss out on catching up at our Spring Fling on April 17 from 1 pm to 4 pm. There will be exchange of block lottos, raffles, submit your quilts to see in person and more.
Our monthly meeting is on April 29, zoom link to come in your email. We are having the guest speaker Cindy Grisdela to inspire us about Improvisational design. She is also presenting a workshop on May 23. Registration is open now.
So glad you are part of our guild! We look forward to seeing you soon.
The year is moving right along. We have our March Sewcial this Sunday, March 14 from 10 am to 3 pm. Join the Show and Tell at 1 pm. Just stick yourself in and say hello. We would love to hear how you are doing and what quilty things you might be up to.
Our next meeting is the last Thursday, March 25 at 6:30 pm. We are so grateful that everyone is hanging on with our Zoom meetings. We look forward to seeing you. Maybe you will win a door prize?
Look for zoom links in your email. If you know someone who would like to attend, have them reach out in our email, ocmodernquiltguild@gmail.com for a link.
Our Challenge, Alternative Gridwork inspired by Amy Friend, has begun and the entries can be accepted from March 25 until April 16. Voting begins shortly afterwards. You can participate with something as small as 18″ on the sides. Prizes will be given during the April meeting for Best Representation of Alternative Gridwork, Best Modern Design and Member’s Choice. Amy Friend’s website is https://duringquiettime.com/ for inspirtation.
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