The September block is inspired by the Japanese art of Kintsugi.
At the September meeting, Kelly provided participants with a metallic gold fabric and instructed them to piece together errant pieces of fabric, using the gold as a connective “repair”.
These blocks are due at the October 27th, 2022 meeting. Each block turned in at the meeting counts for one entry to win all the August blocks. Only blocks made with kits purchased at the September meeting will be eligible for entry.
The August block is the Classic EPP Hexie!
These blocks are due at the September 19, 2022 meeting. Each block turned in at the meeting counts for one entry to win all the August blocks. Only blocks made with kits purchased at the August meeting will be eligible for entry.
For instructions, visit https://www.theyellowbirdhouse.com/epp-hexie-projects-to-sew/
The July block is the Disappearing Nine Patch block! These blocks were inspired by our guest lecturer Bill Stearman, who uses them prolifically in his work.
These blocks are due at the August 25, 2022 meeting. Each block turned in at the meeting counts for one entry to win all the July blocks. Only blocks made with kits purchased at the July meeting will be eligible for entry.
For instructions, visit https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/disappearing-nine-patch-quilt-2821751.
The June block is the Puff block! Kelly will be selling these again at the July meeting.
These blocks are due at the August 25, 2022 meeting. Each block turned in at the meeting counts for one entry to win all the June blocks. Only blocks made with kits purchased at the June meeting will be eligible for entry.
For instructions, visit https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/make-puff-or-biscuit-quilts-2821756.
In your kit you will have two color fabrics. Both are blue or green shades.
1) From the two strips of fabric you have, cut two 9.5-inch strips and one 3.5-inch square. From the single piece of fabric, cut five 3.5-inch squares.
2) Place a square on each end of the 9.5-inch strips. Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner. Sew on the diagonal line. Press the seam. Trim off the excess (similar to HSTs). Repeat for the second 9.5-inch strip.
3) For the center row, sew three squares together in a row. (Center square will match the corners).
3) Join the rows together to make your Square Circle. Press to the dark side.
These blocks are due at the June 30, 2022 meeting. Each block turned in at the meeting counts for one entry to win all the May blocks.
Pojagi is an ancient Korean textile art form. The first documented mention of it was in AD 42, so it is about 2,000 years old – much older than western quilting. A pojagi (po) is a cloth that is used to wrap, carry and store things. Reversible patchwork is the most unique option of pojagi. It is very different from western quilting because the seam are finished on both sides. The best way to view these items is with light shining through them. It gives the impression of stained glass. Designs tend to be geometric and random rather than the shapes and repeating designs of western quilts. The techniques involved in pojagi are now used for many things beyond wrapping cloths. You can see them in table linens, clothing, and other decorative pieces. (Source – Epida Studio)
1) Take a piece of the linen. Have another scrap of the same length. Have one fabric have a larger seam allowance than the other fabric (if top fabric is ¼ inch, have the bottom piece poke out a ¼ more (1/2-inch total).
2) Sew the pieces together. (Alternatively, sew a ½ inch seam. Once sewn, trim one of the two ½ seams to ¼ inch so you can fold the larger seam over the smaller seam.)
3) Press the fatter bottom seam allowance over the raw edge of the top shorter seam allowance.
3) Press the fatter bottom seam allowance over the raw edge of the top shorter seam allowance.
4) Open the seam. You will fold the fat seam over the raw edge of the short seam. Topstitch down.
5) On one side of the finished piece, you see two stitching lines. On the other side, you only see one stitching line, but the seam is finished on both sides. All the raw edges are tucked away inside. – This is very similar to flat fell seam used in garment sewing, like on jeans.
For more information straight from the source, please see:
1) 8 Minute Introduction – Hansan Ramie Patchwork 한산모시조각보 Constancy & Change in Korean Traditional Craft 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7WjXFLJOE8
2) A close up showing the process with Raime and hand stitching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eraoNnMJr4Q
3) Another demo – designing and then sewing multiple pieces coming together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slhCg9bLrKk and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-PMWx9FHiE
4) For a deep dive and additional stitching techniques by Bojagi Artist Taerim Claire Jeon : 30 Minutes Introduction and Tutorial from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvuijvNPnpU and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9KmwN9LgFc
For English Language Tutorial:
1) Epida Studio – Modern Pojagi Simple Seam Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ViW5mraYMor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exUfjcCz9Ss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW5JaaaAmtg
2) Flat Fell Seam – The art of Pojagi on It’s Sew Easy with Rebecca Kemp Brent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I9ZcpfSRW4
3) 101 Patchwork Projects: Pojagi Seam Technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCVvCjTnuSI
4) Flat Felled Tutorial Seam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODoLrCTxp5o
COLORS: The fabrics included in all the kits are warm neutral tones.
These blocks are due at the May 26, 2022 meeting. Each block turned in at the meeting counts for one entry to win all the April blocks.
It’s been a couple of weeks since the shooting in Orlando occurred. In an effort to help the survivors and the victims families, the Orlando MQG has started a quilt drive.
Thank you to Kathy, Cathy, and Morgan for the two tops and stack of blocks that were dropped off at the June meeting. Thank you to Karen @cosmicquilting, who has volunteered to quilt the tops on her long arm.
Our guild is collecting materials to send to the Orlando MQG. Karen A. will be at the July 10th Sew, as well as the July 28th Meeting to collect materials.
We can send the following:
Important Date: July 28, 2016 – Karen A. will be collecting all materials to send in one package to Orlando MQG. If you wish to make something, but cannot make these meetings, please email Karen at aalders.karen@gmail.com.
For the blocks/tops/quilts, here is what the Orlando MQG blog says:
Can I use a block other than the one you showed?By all means, do your thing. I chose the block so everyone could take part. I know there are plenty of heart blocks out there and feel free to use anything you’d like. I only ask that your quilt includes a heart or hearts of some sort, and that its mostly brights and/or rainbow. I chose brights and rainbow to represent not only the LGBT flag, but also ALL of the different people affected by the event. I also want them to be cheerful, and want the recipients to know that these are created with love, given with love, and in using them, they will be covered with love. I want them to be comforted knowing that even strangers care and that they did not go through this without the support of others
The MQG posted additional patterns/options for hearts. Some of the options are shown below.
There’s a block pattern by Cluck Cluck sew that is very easy to make and finishes at 10″
If you make many of these blocks, you’ll end up with many HST – which Jay Bird Quilts has created a large heart block to use those scraps. Six blocks can make one quilt that is just about a twin quilt. #BigHeartBlock
Another fun block to try is by Threaded Quilting Studio. This is a paper pieced block. #ModernHeart
Love Free Wins block by Amanda Hines of What the Bobbin? This is also paper pieced and finishes at 10″
The OCMQG holds a challenge once a quarter for its members to show off their creativity and have some fun. See the Challenges Page for our current challenge and challenge details.
For the first quarter 2016, the challenge is about taking a traditional state star block or log cabin block and making it modern.
Take 30 seconds and think about / write down what “making it modern” means to you.
Below are images from Google Image searches on “California Star Quilt Blocks” and “Log Cabin Quilt Blocks” – which are showing mostly traditional ways of creating the blocks.
How can the modern aesthetic be brought to these blocks to create a modern quilt? Well, first – what the heck defines a quilt as “modern?” This question is hotly debated and is as controversial as “should you prewash your fabrics?”
Basically, modern quilting has no rules. The individual quilter decides what rules to follow or not follow. For example, in traditional quilting, there’s usually a standard sized block that is repeated in rows and columns, has one or more borders, and uses traditional fabrics.
What rules do you “break” or “bend” when translating traditional into modern?
One way to make the block modern is to use a solid “background” fabric to create negative space and to use modern patterned fabrics (right) or to use only solid fabrics (left).
Another way is to super size the block and show off one block or a part of the block. The quilt to the right is a traditional block called Ohio Star. The OCMQG member who made this blew up the block to the size of the quilt and used saturated solid fabrics.
These three example all use precise measuring and piecing, but move away from the traditional in the fabric choice and block size.
Other ways to make it modern:
Join the conversation – Tell us your favorite ways of making traditional patterns into your version of “modern.”
Follow our hash tags for this challenge on Instagram #ocmodernstar and #ocmodernlc
Orange County Modern Quilt Guild 
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