WIP Wednesday

Every Wednesday, we share pictures of works in progress by guild members. Enjoy!

In December, Erin, Lindsey, and Shannon took a class from Stacy at BJ's Quiltbasket. We learned how to use the Hex N More ruler and made the Tasty table runner by Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts.

Erin's runner in progress

Cute! half-hexes for the runner. 

Shannon (on the left) has already finished quilting hers and was finishing the binding, Lindsey (on the right) is hand quilting hers. 

COMQG Sew Day!

COMQG 1/25/2014, a set on Flickr.

We had a wonderful time sewing today!

Meeting Recap

We had a great meeting Tuesday night! We even had a couple of new people join us for this meeting. We love having guests!

We discussed some additional ideas for tutorials/discussions/sharing at upcoming meetings. Katy is compiling these ideas and coming up with a plan for when we'll have demos and discussions at upcoming meetings. 

--splitting up into small groups and rotating stations during tutorials/demos. We could even use different parts of the shop to make it easier to hear and have more space.

--everyone wants to have a machine binding tutorial from Christy!

--discussion about labeling and documenting the quilts you make

--discussion about fabric storage and your sewing space at home. I was inspired by this idea and I'm going to start a new series on the blog about our members and their sewing spaces. 

--discussion about how to sandwich/baste your quilts. 

--discussion about what exactly is Modern Quilting. 

Things we're looking forward to:

--COMQG Sew day this saturday! RSVP to Erin if you'd like to attend

--Seeing everyone's completed Riley Blake Challenge at our first meeting in February, Tuesday the 4th at 5pm at Quiltworks in Bend.

--Kayla is contacting all people who were nominated for Secretary and will be emailing the survey to guild members for voting. 

--Kayla is looking into scheduling a Friday sew day at Bend Park and Recreation in March. 

--Kayla is finalizing her plans for the blocks we'll all make for the COMQG banner. She'll be distributing fabric to use in February.

--Lindsey is receiving blocks for the Strawberry Churn Dash quilt for Camp Erin. If you got a kit, please return to her by the end of February. 

--Susan is looking into planning a sew day for us in February. If you have any ideas, please contact her to help out. 

If there's some activity you think would be fun for the guild to do: a sew day, a charity, a project, a challenge, then we'd love for you to take the lead on it! Please work with the board as you plan your activity.

COMQG 1/21/2014

COMQG 1/21/2014, a set on Flickr.

We had a great meeting at the Stitchin' Post on Tuesday!

Work in Progress Wednesday

Every Wednesday, we share pictures of works in progress by guild members. Enjoy!

Shannon has done some really cool pixelated quilts. She starts with a simple image of an object: a pear, a heart, and uses the geometric app on her iPad for creating the pixelated image. She then creates the final quilt with squares, half square triangles, or quarter square circles or drunkards path blocks.

Here's Shannon's Pear from the 2 + 1 color challenge hanging at Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show last July

Here's Shannon's pixelated Heart. She made this for a February pink color challenge for the Mt Bachelor Quilters' Guild.

Sew Day at BJ's

COMQG 1/20/2014, a set on Flickr.

We had a great sew night at BJ's! We all got so much done and had a great time chatting and sewing.

Meeting and Sew days Reminder

We have a really busy week ahead with guild gatherings! One meeting and two sew days. We have two sew days (well, technically one of them is a night), where we just get to sew, sew, sew!

We have our regularly-scheduled meeting on the third Tuesday.

Monday Sew Night
We have a sew day scheduled at BJ's Quilt Basket on Monday the 20th from 5pm to 8pm.

Third Tuesday Meeting
We'll have our guild meeting at Stitchin Post on Tuesday the 21st from 5pm to 8pm. Come in the back door, which is also the door to the classroom. As usual at our meetings, we'll have business at 6pm, but bring your sewing for the rest of the time.

Hope to see you there!

Agenda:
--show and tell!
--ideas for tutorials. Volunteer or bring a suggestion.
--MQG Riley Blake Challenge due at our meeting Feb 4th. I'll bring my computer so we can post pictures to the MQG site forum that night if you want to be entered in the competition.
--get your strawberry churn dash blocks back to Lindsey by the end of February.  (I handed out kits at our first meeting this month)  This will be our first charity quilt for 2014, and it's going to Camp Erin, a children's grief camp.
--Ohio Star Made Modern Challenge due March 1st. Bring to the first meeting in March for photos.
--Upcoming in April and May: Ronald McDonald auction quilt, and a COMQG banner.

Saturday Sew Day
We have a sew day at Erin's on Saturday the 25th from 10:30am to 5pm. If you have RSVPed, we'll see you there! If you want to attend and haven't responded, please send Erin or the comqg an email to see if there is space left.