The monthly raffle is back!! We need raffle items for our 2024 meetings. Please sign up if you can donate raffle items. We need to build up our funds. Funds go to the Guild for programs, workshops, meeting facility costs, etc.
Win the 2023 QuiltCon quilt! Silent Auction at meeting tonight! Winner was Susie, who graciously donated the quilt to the Orangewood Children’s Foundation.
Membership dues are due! $65
Many new and exciting things are being planned for 2024. For example in our January meeting members will bring their oldest and most recent sewing projects. We will also be doing a scrap exchange. Bonus – Cloud 9 donated fabric that will be up for grabs! In February we will have Seeing Double with Tammy Silvers. In addition, we will be having a Walking Foot Workshop. Please email the ocmodernquiltguild@gmail.com if you would like to suggest any workshop ideas.
November Book Challenge quilts were shown and voted on. See pictures of quilts. All the quilts showed wonderful creativity by its makers. First Place went to Mary, Second Place went to Jonathan, and Third Place was a tie between Susie and Barbara. All quilts and books will be donated to the Orangewood Children’s Foundation for emancipating or emancipated youth from the Orange County foster care system.
Betty Alstadt did a demo on how to make award ribbons. It was very informative. Thank you Betty!
A Guild member had some unique fabric and requested help in selecting a quilt pattern that would highlight the fabric. Many suggestions and ideas were offered.
Kelly Hogan conducted a discussion on Maximalism in quilting – What is it and why is it trendy? It was an invaluable discussion.
Upcycling and Scrappy Quilts Videos links were provided to membership.
See All News You Can Use slide for events that may be of interest to you.
SAVE the Date for our members only Holiday Party on December 9th from 1 to 4pm. It will be a potluck. Bring 3 fat quarters to play “left, right, center” game.
NEXT Meeting – November 16, 2023 at 6:30pm (Please note this is not the last Thursday of the month. We had to move to the 16th due to availability of the room (Thanksgiving, etc.)).
October Meeting Recap:
Bylaw updates, 2024 Board, and Budget were passed.
2024 dues are 65 dollars. Check or Zelle is preferred.
We are running a silent auction through the November meeting to purchase the community quilts.
We had a lovely collage activity, based on a technique from Sarah Hibbert. A low cost and stress free way to try out a quilt idea before committing to a full quilt.
Registration is open for the February Walking Foot workshop with Carrie Olsen.
Cheers for Lilian, Jonathan, and Mily for winning the prizes.
For Next Month:
We are talking about Maximalism!
We have the Book Challenge and Toiletry Drive!
We also have the final social event for 2024 on December 9th. Party and potluck at Cheryl’s in Irvine. RSVP forthcoming.
2024 Sneak Preview – renew your membership and let us know which workshops you want to see or if you have a programming idea!
Meeting Date
Meeting Content so Far – More to come!
1/25/2024
Old and New Show and Tell – Bring your oldest sewing project and your most recent / WIP Scrap Exchange Free fabrics from Cloud 9!
2/29/2024
Guest Speaker – Seeing Double with Tammy Silvers Walking Foot WorkshopSocial Event – North OC Brewery or Plants/CoffeeHaus (TBD – any preference?)
3/28/2024
Maximalist Challenge
4/25/2024
My Tippy Top Tips For Successful and Joyful Free Motion Quilting with Jenny Lyons Tea Social
5/30/2024
Drunkard’s Path Challenge
6/27/2024
Engineer your Quilts with Karen Bolan Summer Social
Speaker Allyson Allen – had historical replica quilts. She focused on color first when replicating and then the patterns were enhanced. She replicates quilts of the era – slave and antebellum periods of history. Allyson did a wonderful historical presentation on quilts, slave trade, impact of African slave trade, etc. Allyson will be showing at the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara, October 12-15, 2023, and the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art in the Summer of 2024.
YouPatch – tip from our member Gail, you can submit a photo and get free pixel (one time only). To to https://www.youpatch.com See slides page for additional information.
QuiltCon 2024 Community Outreach Challenge – Updated information since our meeting: The first sew in has been scheduled by Karen Miller, the lead for the project, for Sunday, August 13th, noon to 4pm. The pattern has been selected and the fabric is available to proceed. The group will also meet on August 20th. Location – Cosmic Quilting, 23011 Moulton J12, Laguna Hills 92653. Please call or text Karen at 949/281-7728, if you have any questions.
OCMQG flyers were distributed at the meeting for people to post at quilt shops, coffee shops, community college, etc. Please ensure you have permission to post. Find one friend to come to a meeting with you! Attached are 2 pages to create a pamphlet for you to distribute and post.
Blocks of the month – patterns will be attached to email for members
Log Cabin Quilt Challenge – quilts are due to the August meeting. Members participating must be present at the August meeting. Please see attached slide for the details.
November is our Orangewood Book Challenge! Create a quilt that goes with a book theme. Quilts and books will be donated to the Orangewood Children’s Foundation. Quilts are primarily for youth nearing emancipation or emancipated from the child welfare system in Orange County.
Our Orangewood Toiletry Drive will be held at our upcoming meeting. Please see slide for items needed for the youth. Items will be collected at the August Meeting.
Remember that part of your membership dues are distributed to the Modern Quilt Guild (our mother ship!) who provides us with many online webinars, tutorials, patterns, etc. for FREE! All you need to do as a member of the OCMQG is register to create an account.
August Social Event is scheduled for August 20th from 3-5pm at GameCraft Brewing, 2330l Avenida De La Carlota, Laguna Hills.
Board Members Needed – We need a Workshop Chair to start this Fall 2023 so they can begin planning for 2024. We also need beginning in 2024 a Secretary and Vice President. Our Guild cannot continue without key positions such as the President, VP, Secretary and Treasurer. Please consider participating if you want our Guild to continue in 2024. Please feel free to reach out to Kelly Hogan if you have questions at our email ocmodernquiltguild@gmail.com
The OC Fair is already happening! Start planning for next year – submit a Modern Quilt!
Visions Museum of Textile Art – San Diego has Interpretations 2023 on view from October 13th to December 30th. www.vmota.org
August Meeting will be on August 24th. Look for your announcement with details in August. Maria Schell will be our speaker. We will have our voting for the Log Cabin Challenge and our Toiletry Drive. See you all soon!
Where is the Modern & Art Quilts category? The section for Modern & Art Quilts is listed under Home Arts & Hobbies > Fiber Arts Click here for the Fiber Arts category guidelines: https://bit.ly/3ppqTji
Where is the application to submit for Modern & Art Quilts? You can fill out your entry form beginning here: https://ocfair.fairwire.com/
So many great reasons to participate in 2022. We will meet in person at the Laguna Woods Clubhouse. You can look forward to the following video lectures:
Of course, there will be block lotto, sharing of our work and the meeting of old and new friends that can’t be beat. The following workshops will also be offered at a very fair price to our members. Most are zoom.
Workshops– January 16 with Libs Elliott, “Improv with Dynamic Stripes”, http://libselliot.com
If you have any questions, please reach out in our email at ocmodernquiltguild@gmail.com. Membership is just $50 and includes your membership in the international organization, The Modern Quilt Guild. This is a valuable resource for webinars, patterns, community and more. Excited to see what this coming year will mean to our quilt world. Don’t miss out.
After our great October meeting where we saw many great pieces made by members and finished up our business issues, we are looking forward to our meeting on November 18, 6:30 pm PST.
Our guest speaker will be Mary Fons, with Lecture and Trunk Show – Extreme Home Edition. Mary has a great breadth of knowledge of all things quilting and a gift of humor that makes her talks so popular. We are grateful we are able to have her share with us.
We welcome non-members to participate. We ask for a modest $5 donation and ask that you reach out to us at ocmodernquiltguild@gmail.com. We will happily share the zoom link. To ensure that you are included, please request by no later than noon, Wednesday, November 17.
Following Mary’s talk, we will share our Book Themed Challenge. This is always a highlight. Members chose a book theme quilt to make and then donate the quilt and book to our partner the Orangewood Foundation in time for Christmas.
If you are looking to learn more about quilting and especially, the modern take on design, please check out our group. We hope to meet in person beginning in January. We looks forward to any questions you may have about our very warm, inviting quilt guild.
We are burning up days until the year ends so I thought I better roll right into November.
Our guild meeting for October is the 28th at 6:30. We will be zooming but want to feature your quilts and work. Please submit photos to ocmodernquiltguild@gmail.com as soon as you can. We would love to show lots of work, so don’t be shy. We will also vote on by laws and officers and share some of our great plans for 2022.
November will feature guest speaker Mary Fons on November 18. We will also award prizes for our Book Themed quilt challenge. These are always so varied and amazing. Don’t miss this.
Pictured above is Daisy Aschehoug in front of one of her amazing quilts. She is presenting a workshop on November 14. She will teach about Giant Nested Curves. There are a few openings. I have heard her speak and I am sure this will be a rewarding day.
We will be having a social meeting on December 5 with many more details to come.
If you haven’t, please reach out to renew your membership now. You will not be disappointed in all the great resources we have planned for 2022. They will be shared at our October meeting and I will post here soon.
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!
We have had a lot of exposure to improv this year with lectures and workshops- David Owen Hastings, Cindy Grisdela, Amy Friend, and more. Use your inspiration to participate in our August challenge.
Quilts must be completed with quilting and bound. Quilts must measure no less than 18″ per side.
Three prizes will be awarded based on member voting – Best Improv Quilt, Best Modern Quilt, and Members’ Choice. The dates to remember are submission open July 29 until August 13. There will be an online form and you will need photos (by phone are great). The voting will be August 16 right up till our meeting on August 26. Be part of the fun. Let us see what you can do. Improv is such a great brain puzzle!
Maker: Jason Titus
Maker: Susie Johnson
Quilt Name: Happiness Doubled
Quilt Designer: Susie Johnson
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.
Winner for Members’ Choice
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.
Winner for Best Modern Design Winner for Best Representation of Improv
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”.
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