OCMQG

February 2018 Meeting

OCMQG February 2018 Meeting Recap (held on 3/1/18)

Co President, Karen Miller, lead our meeting.

Important Notice about Meeting and Sew In Location Changes

We will no longer be able to meet at Cosmic Quilting starting the March 29, 2018 meeting. New Location will be In Laguna Woods at Club Rooms 2 & 3 in Village Greens (24122 Moulton Parkway, Laguna Hills, CA 92637). You will enter through gate 12. This will be the same for majority of the Sew In’s. The space has lots of parking and holds up to 50 people. Booked through the end of the year for meetings. Sew In’s have also been booked based on availability. When location is not available for Sew In’s, we are looking into having field trips on those days. Sew In times have also changed to 1-5pm to accommodate the new space. Location has Restaurant and Bar there for purchase. However no outside food permitted.

Membership Renewals

Membership fees for the New Year are due. Dues are $50 for the year.

Workshops Update

The workshop chair has become available. However, Julie has volunteered to take position. Thank you Julie!!!

Donations

We took donations for the Thomas Fire Relief effort. The area is still accepting donations of fabric, thread, notions, blocks, finished tops, batting, completed quilts, etc. If you have any donations, please bring to the March Meeting.

Philanthropy Quilt Challenges

We have lined out our Quilt Challenges for the year. We will still be doing the challenges quarterly in May, August and November. More details will become available as we get closer. However, below is a rough outline for the year:

May: May Mini Quilt – tenets of modern quilting and will be no larger than 24 x 24.

Artful August: quilt inspired by a work of art (painting, architecture, etc) and no size limits.

November Storybook Philanthropy Challenge: children’s or teen book theme, minimum size is a baby quilt.

Field Trips

We would like to schedule some field trips for the year! Dawn has volunteered to schedule those. Thank you Dawn! A survey was passed to members before break with different locations. If you have any new locations, please let us know! Some ideas were Super Buzzy, A mid weekday trip to Purl Soho factory store, Visions Quilt Museum in San Diego, Etc.

Quilt Con Recap

Members shared about workshops they took, what their favorite part of the event, how colorful the halls looked with all the Charity quilts. Members were surprised with the variation on colors from the fabric makers. Various members took classes that opened their minds to new takes on creating works of art!

Charity Quilts

We have some Charity Quilt that still needs homes. Still need homes for our 2017 quilt con charity quilt (suggested for a military veteran/family), our 2018 quilt con quilt (already received 2018 received back from quilt con), and our 2016 Christmas quilt. If you have any ideas for places to donate, please contact us!

Directory Update

Our guild would like to get our Member Directory updated. We passed out new forms so we can update your information. If you missed the meeting please fill out at our next meeting.

Next Sew In

March 11, 2018 at Cosmic Quilting 12-4.

Show and Tell

Update on The Thomas Fire Quilts

By Gail: I briefly visited a sew in for Thomas Fire quilts yesterday. I went there to pick up blocks in sets to be sewn into tops. They are overwhelmed with blocks. They no longer need blocks. I picked up sets for 6 quilts. They are now requesting completed quilts, batting or backing. Check out update on Superbuzzy.com. They have so many potential quilts that they can use machine quilters and folks that will do binding also. Just a brief update.

Block Lotto February

Last month we had a Double Disappearing Nine Patch. Using solids – now “modern”!

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Gifts and Door Prizes

Thanks to Michele and Suzanna for the homemade items and donations of Art Gallery Fabrics (Ann A.) and Cotton & Steel ( Stacey A.) for the fat quarters. Much Appreciation!

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January 2018 Block Lotto

Lisha present this month’s Block Lotto. A simple Double Disappearing Nine Patch using all solids.

Here is some inspiration for layout of a Modern Double Disappearing Nine Patch:

Here is a tutorial on how to make one!

January 2018 Meeting

Our two new co-presidents are doing a great job keeping the meeting interesting and moving. Thank you Mary Anne and Karen for volunteering to be co-presidents this year!

Charity and Philanthropy

Ready for QuiltCon

Finished tops from December Charity Sew

Our QuiltCon Charity Quilt and results of our Holiday Party Charity Sew In.

Block Lotto

Lisha present this month’s Block Lotto. A simple Double Disappearing Nine Patch using all solids.

Here is some inspiration for layout of a Modern Double Disappearing Nine Patch:

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Here is a tutorial on how to make one!

December Holiday Party

Holiday Party, Fat Quarter Yankee Swap, and Charity Quilt In.

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November 2017 Meeting

We announced the challenge for the November Philanthropy Quilt at the July meeting. We received many samples of digitally printed fabric from Hawthorne Threads who kindly donated these to the guild. The challenge is to design a quilt using the digitally printed fabric as inspiration, and to also incorporate it into the quilt. We also handed out Hawthorne Threads’s social media info for members to tag them on social media.The rules for the challenge were:

-Create a quilt in a size between baby (30 x 40) up to a twin (70 x 90)
-The quilt must be complete: quilted, bound, and labelled
-Design should be inspired by a Hawthorne Threads Digitally Printed Fabric and should include the fabric in the quilt top.
-If you are sharing your progress on social media, please include #hawthornethreads and #ocmqg in your comments along with your photo.

We had 13 participants for this month’s challenge!! Our new philanthropy chairwoman, Ann A., has chosen Orangewood Foundation to receive the beautiful quilts that were made. The Orangewood Foundation provides a safe haven for the foster children of Orange County. They also have a program for emancipated minors to help them successfully achieve their independence. The larger quilts that were made will be donated to that endeavor in conjunction with the Ambassador’s program that provides the resources for this worthy cause. Thank you to all of our members who participated and thanks to Ann for working to get the quilts to this worthwhile charity.

Our winners received gift certificates to Hawthorne Threads. Winners were:

First place: Barbara Knapp
Second place: Susie Johnson
Third Place: Mary O’Bannon

If you haven’t done so, please post a pic of your finished quilt on Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #ocmqg and #hawthornethreads.

Membership Renewal for 2018

Renew your membership by December 31 and receive an “early bird” discount. Bring cash or a check made out to OCMQG for $45 to the Holiday Party. Or, you can mail your check to Sandy Pratt at 25592 Loganberry Lane, Lake Forest, CA 92630.

Holiday Party

Our Holiday Party is December 10th (Sunday) from noon to 4:00 and will be held at Julie’s house. Thank you Julie for volunteering to host the party!

* Bring a potluck dish to share along with serving utensils if needed.

* This event is BYOB: wine, sparkling wine, beer, and cider, but no hard alcohol please.

* We will be sewing a quilt for charity, Shannon is leading this project and preparing the quilt to be sewn at the party.

* We will also have a “Yankee Swap” of five fat quarters. They should be modern, quality quilting fabrics that coordinate together and that are relatively new. Please bring FQs wrapped. Participation is not required, but it’s always lots of fun!

* We will send out a party reminder with the approximate number of attendees to help you plan your potluck dish.

Modern Batik Workshop

Julie is having a workshop on modern batik using wax and water soluble dyes. The workshop is $35 and will be January 13th from 9:30 to 3:30 at Julie’s home in Villa Park. It includes lunch. Please see the attached flyer for detailed info on this exciting event!

Laura Heine Pattern Workshop

Our new Workshop Chairwoman, Elise, let us know about a workshop opportunity! Sew Vac Long Beach is having a workshop that will teach you how to make a Laura Heine collage pattern. The workshop is 2 days and is only $30 for both days. The dates are December 17th and January 7th, both Sundays, from 12:30-4:30. Those who are signed up are being encouraged to share their scraps at the workshop. Sew Vac has all the supplies you will need including some Laura Heine patterns. If you would like to sign up, send us an email. Dawn is attending and is open to carpooling from south OC.

Donations for Santa Rosa

Shellie will be mailing the items that were donated at the meeting, thank you Shellie!

QuiltCon Charity Quilt

Our charity quilt was quilted at the November Sew-In. Those who attended the sew-in got to help choose the thread and the pattern. Karen put the quilt on the longarm and we got to see the quilting in action! Thank you to Karen and all of those who were involved with this year’s charity quilt! It was thanks to the help from so many that this quilt turned out so beautifully and was so easy to plan and put together. If anyone would like to volunteer to add the binding or deliver the quilt to Pasadena, please let us know.

Handmade Item Raffle

Susie made some beautiful table runners for this month’s handmade item raffle—thank you Susie!

Our next Sew-In:
The Holiday Party replaces the December Sew-In.

Our next meeting:
January 25th 2018

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November 2017 Hawthorne Supply Co. Charity Challenge

Our winners received gift certificates to Hawthorne Threads. Winners were:

First place: Barbara Knapp
Second place: Susie Johnson
Third Place: Mary O’Bannon

If you haven’t done so, please post a pic of your finished quilt on Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #ocmqg and #hawthornethreads.

October 2017 Meeting

We had another full house at our May meeting! Thanks for coming!

Quiltcon 2017

Several members discussed their experiences at Quiltcon 2017. Highlights includied seeing OCMQG member Lucinda’s quilt at the show, the Siddi Quilts exhibit, the Angela Walters exhibit, and seeing all of the charity quilts. Including OURS:

Quiltcon 2018

Quiltcon 2018 will be held in Pasadena on February 22-25, 2018. If you are a member, you should be receving emails from the Modern Quilt Guild about the conference. They are recruiting volunteers, see the website for details. The theme for the charity quilt has been announced, it is Modern Traditionalism. We had FIVE people volunteer to coordinate the planning of charity quilt for our guild: Karen M., Gail, Leslie, Julie, and MaryAnne. Karen M. has suggested the Road to California block. Thank you to our volunteers!

Show & Tell

Upcoming Workshops:

Indigo – Shibori Workshop & Lunch with Sandra Johnson

Sandra’s workshop will be held on June 3 from 10-3. The location is in a private home in South Orange County, and will be sent to those who register. It is $75 for OCMQG members, and $100 for non-members. To register, email Sandra at sandrajohnsondesigns@gmail.com

Jackie Gehring Workshop

This workshop is being offered by Santa Barbara Quilting Retreats. It is in Carpinteria, CA and is on 9/11/17-9/13/17. Cost is $775, lunches are provided, and there will be a wine and cheese event. Discounted hotel is at the Holiday Inn Express in Carpinteria. She is going to teach her class “Composing With Lines.” For more info and to register, go here.

Cecile will be offering her workshop again: Playing with Color and Fabric: Making Your Stash Work For You. If you are interested in attending this workshop in June or July, email Cecile and let her know which dates in June or July work for you. customerservice@sewingparty.com

Quilt Shows and Lectures

Kaffe Fassett will be giving a lecture in Glendora in 9/23 at The Sew N Sew. The cost is $50. For more info, go here.

The Flying Geese quilt show is 6/3 and 6/4 at SOKA University in Aliso Viejo. This is a great opportunity to see an excellent show close to home with both modern and traditional quilts. Sewing Party will be a vendor at the show! For more info, go here.

Southern California Quilter’s Run

This will be held over two weekends this year! The dates are July 13-16 and July 20-23. The Quilter’s Run is a great opportunity to visit quilt and fabric shops in the area and get some inspiration from each shop. It’s also an opportunity to win prizes, grow your stash, score some new patterns, and have some fun! This would be a great opportunity for someone to get your feet wet leading a “field trip,” hint hint! For more info on Quilter’s Run, go here and here for more info on Row By Row go here.

Central Coast Quilter’s Run

This one is coming up soon: June 2-4. These shops are located from Ventura to Paso Robles. Superbuzzy, some wine tasting, and a mini buzz-y, anyone? Check it out here!

Scrap Swap

Elise brought four bags stuffed with fabric swaps and four lucky people were chosen via random number generator to take the scrap bags home! If you received a bag, take out the scraps that you want and then add scraps from your stash back to the bag and bring it back next month. Thank you Elise for coordinating the scrap swap!

Handmade Items Raffle

Elise donated several items for the raffle, thank you, Elise! The materials that she used to make her items were donated by Sew Vac Ltd. in Long Beach and the patterns are from the Sew Sweetness blog. The raffle items raised $83 for the guild!

Make It Modern Segment

Gail brought in several of her quilts, some dating back to the 80’s! In addition to sharing her quilts, she also shared some books that have been influential on her quilting including Quilts of Gee’s Bend, and Collaborative Quilting. It was wonderful to see Gail’s progression as a quilter, so thank you Gail for sharing your quilting journey with us! Elise volunteered to bring in examples of her quilting for our June meeting.

Social Break

Several members brought cookies for our social hour—thank you! Julie’s homemade chocolate chip cookies are a Martha Stewart recipe. They were all delicious!

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September 2017 Meeting

Thank you for attending our September meeting! Karen M. moved the tables out of the space to free up more room for our attendees. Thanks Karen! Thanks to the members who helped put the Cosmic Quilting space back to its usual set-up. And thanks to Julie for bringing fruit cups for our social time!

Annual Meeting

Our annual meeting will be in November. In October, we will be putting a budget together to determine if dues need to stay the same or if they will increase. We are looking for volunteers to help out with creating the budget. Budget will go out to members in October and will be voted on in November. Bunnie and Susie are co-charing this committee and we would like 2-3 members to help out. The committee will meet on October 18th at Bunnie’s house in Newport Beach for dinner and wine. Please email us if you are interested in helping out!

Also, the bylaws are included with this email for members to review. This will be voted on at the November meeting, also.

In November, we will be having November elections. Officer positions are: President, Vice-President, or two Co-Presidents, Treasurer, and Secretary. Our current officers are:

* Co-President: Karen A. will not be re-running.
* Co-President: Bunnie is open to re-running, but is also open to someone else taking over as president.
* Secretary: Dawn is open to being secretary again, or is willing to take a position that we have been having trouble filling, like Social Media.
* Treasurer: Susie is re-running.

We will also have a nominating committee, email us if you would like to join this committee to help elect officers. This committee will just need to meet once before the November meeting. Karen M. has already volunteered to be on this committee.

MQG Mini Quilt Swap

Susan brought some examples of mini quilts and items that she has received doing many different swaps. Thanks, Susan! One of the neat things about this swap is that there will be a meetup at QuiltCon so you will have the opportunity to meet your swap partner. Info:

Once again, we’re making mini quilts — no larger than 24″ x 24″ — with the suggestion (not requirement) that they be themed for your swap partner’s sewing space. This swap is a one-to-one partner swap, so once matched, participants will know who they’re making for and who’s making for them. If you’re going to QuiltCon and your partner is too, we’ll have a special meetup so you can swap in person. Not going? Not a problem! Mail your item to your partner, get yours in the mail and join the virtual meetup on Instagram. You’ll have a Swap Fairy assigned to you to check in during the swap to make sure everyone’s on track. You’ll meet your Swap Fairy and get to know them in early November when partners are announced.

Important Dates for the Mini Swap:
Participant sign-ups open: October 1, 2017
Participant sign-ups close: October 25, 2017
Participants notified of match with partner: early November, 2017
Deadline for international shipping: February 9, 2018
Deadline for domestic shipping: February 16, 2018

QuiltCon Charity Quilt

We had an “interactive display” of the progress of the charity quilt. We will put all of the individual blocks together at the next Sew-In in October! The border will be attached, and we will also gather ideas for the quilting. Hoffman Fabrics will be donating the fabric for the backing. Lucinda brought several examples and the guild voted on the backing fabric. In November, we will have a “quilting bee” and either do a combo of hand quilting and longarm quilting.

Demos

Elise has volunteered to do a demo at the October meeting, if you would like to share a cool technique with the guild, just let us know and you can be the star of a future meeting!

November Challenge

How is your November philanthropy challenge quilt coming along? The challenge is to make a quilt using the digitally printed fabric donated by Hawthorne Threads that have been handed out at past meetings. Don’t forget to put your progress on Facebook or Instagram and tag #hawthornethreads and #OCMQG. Requirements for the challenge:

Create a quilt in a size between baby (30 x 40) up to a twin (70 x 90)
The quilt must be complete: quilted, bound, and labelled
Design should be inspired by a Hawthorne Threads Digitally Printed Fabric and should include the fabric in the quilt top.
These quilts will be donated to a local charity TBD.

Workshops

We received some great feedback during the meeting about how to make workshops WORK better for the guild. Elise has volunteered to be a Workshop Chairwoman! Thank you Elise! We hope that by having a dedicated person actively working on planning workshops, that we will be able to:

– offer workshops regularly
– offer workshops that will be scheduled out 6-12 months in advance
– offer workshops that will be well attended (and that will pay for themselves)

QuiltCon OCMQG Social Time

Karen M. came up with the idea to have a designated social time at QuiltCon. We would use the QuiltCon app to advertise that members of the OCMQG are available for an informal “meet and greet”. This would be a great way to meet people who are attending QuiltCon from all over the country—and the world! It’s also a way to let SoCal people know about our guild. More info will be coming!

Block Lotto instructions are attached to this email. Thank you Lucinda for the great work you do planning Block Lotto!

Our next Sew-In: October 8 at Cosmic Quilting

September 2017 Block Lotto

This month’s block is a scrappy pieced strip block from a tutorial by Mama Love Quilts on the Spoonflower blog: Free piecing quilt block tutorial – Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap

It’s a simple and fun way to use scrap strips. The Guild provided:

One piece of Kona Snow 8” x 22”

Participants supply:

Print or solid scraps from their stash, approx 8-12 pieces in strips of varying widths up to 3” wide.

My photos show the process in brief, but the tutorial (linked above) is very thorough.

The block will be squared up to 12.5” x 12.5” and will finish at 12” square.

1.) I started by cutting strips of Snow, in varied widths, about 8” long, sometimes shorter, sometimes longer. (The tutorial starts with cutting the scraps. You can do it either way.)

Bear in mind that you will lose 1/2” seam allowance in between strips, and you will need to end with al least 12.5” of width, ideally 13” so that you can trim down. A greater number of wide strips will help insure that won’t lose too much width. Try not to cut all your strips super skinny, or you will run out of fabric!

2.) Then I cut each strip in two without measuring, creating uneven pairs. Then I laid them out so that the two far ends of each strip lay about 14” apart, leaving a blank gap in the middle. (bottom left image)

3.) Next I chose scraps from my stash, and cut them to fit into the gaps. My picks were mostly modern prints in somewhat coordinating colors, and a couple of solids.

4.) Then I pieced the strips, pressing seams either open or toward the scrap. Each strip should be at least 13” long. Now you can rearrange to the strips to your liking.

5.) Connect the strips. I staggered the strips a little bit in order to get a nice flow across the scraps, so my edges were very uneven. I was careful to keep at least 13” of length across all strips.

6.) Square up to 12.5”

With all of our varied scraps, and the consistency of the white throughout, the finished quilt should be stunning! Blocks can be arranged in any manner the winner chooses. Vertical strips resemble books on a shelf, while horizontal strips call to mind a stack of coins. And of course they can be alternated or randomly placed as well.

block lotto

Navigating the Mother Ship (or how to find stuff on The MQG site)

Hi, All – At the last meeting, there was a question regarding where to find links to the latest webinar on The MQG website. And then there were questions on how to navigate through the site…

First some quick links you may find helpful:

Mary Fons’s Webinar, “Definition: Modern Quilting” This was fabulous. Worth at least two viewings

The MQG free Quilt of the Month Patterns (member Mary Anne found inspiration for a surf themed quilt from Nov 2014 QoM Plumage)

List of past webinars

Here’s a short How-to-Find-Stuff on The MQG website.

Tip #1: Log in. When you joined the OCMQG, you should have received information on how to sign into The MQG.

Tip #2: When you first “land” on the site, there’s a menu along the top of the site. Hover over the menu word to see what’s included. For example, if you hover over Education, you’ll see Events, Teacher & Lecturer Directory, Blog, and Resources. If you hover over Events, you’ll see QuiltCon East, QuiltConWest, Webinars Future, Webinars Past, and Calendar

Tip #3: Once you’ve clicked a menu item, scroll down. Under Events, the top portion looks like it’s only a list of events. If you scroll down, you’ll see links to past webinars

Tip #4: Be patient and be prepared to click on every menu item to find what you’re looking for….(possibly have your beverage of choice handy)

Tip #5: BE AWARE THAT ONCE YOU LOG IN AND GO INTO COMMUNITY, THE MENU CHANGES.

Notes on The MQG landing page:

Screen Shot 2016-07-31 at 6.06.47 PM — Screenshot of MQG landing page

About: Basic answers about what The MQG is all about
Education: The education landing page shows upcoming events, then past webinars
1. Events:
  1. QuiltCon East: Takes you to the QuiltCon East website
  2. QuiltCon West: Takes you to the QuiltCon West website
  3. Webinars Future: Take you to the Events Page
  4. Webinars Past: Takes you to the Resources Page, but only if you’re logged in
  5. Calendar: Takes you to the calendar page
Design
Community: This is where the menu changes, if you’re logged in. See below.
Sponsors
Shop
Join

Notes on the Community Site:

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Home: This does NOT take you back to the MQG site. It takes you to the home page of Community
Galleries: Photos of pretty modern quilts. 😀
Events: This is DIFFERENT than the one under Education. This is a list of upcoming events (oddly, from most future event to most near event) and includes webinars and other guild events (if the guild posts their events through The MQG site; OCMQG does not)
Groups: List of modern guilds
Forums: Place to ask and answer questions.
Resources: Links to Quilt of the Month, Past Webinars, Webinars for Businesses, Materials for guild officers, Annual Reports