Come join us for our meeting tonight, April 19th, at the Stitchin' Post

Tonight, Tuesday April 19th, we'll be meeting from 5pm to 8pm at the Stitchin' Post in Sisters.

Come around to the backdoor to the classroom if the shop is closed when you get here.

We'll have plenty of time and space for sewing projects, so bring your machine if you'd like. We'll do our agenda and show and tell starting at 6.

Bring along your sewing project, your nametag, your show and tell items, and yourself!

See you tonight.

COMQG Sew Night Tonight!

Wednesday, April 13th, from 4pm to 8pm we'll be meeting at Sew Many Quilts for some sewing! 

See you there!

Meeting reminder and the month ahead

Tonight, April 5th, from 5pm to 8pm we'll be meeting at Quiltworks in Bend. While you're there, be sure to visit the gallery and check out the quilts and other art inspired by the Novel Idea.

We'll do our agenda starting at 6pm, which will include a discussion of the upcoming challenge. Come with your questions about the challenge!

Please bring a hand work project to work on, anything you'd like to show & tell, your COMQG name tag, and your smiling self :)

For the month ahead we have our sew night at Sew Many Quilts next week on Wednesday April 13th from 4pm to 8pm.

Then our third Tuesday meeting at Stitchin' Post from 5pm to 8pm on Tuesday April 19th. 

Meeting Reminder

Come join us TONIGHT, Tuesday, March 15th, from 5pm to 8pm at the Stitchin' Post in Sisters. If the shop is closed when you arrive, come around back to the classroom door.

We'll be:

• sewing (there's plenty of space for sewing machines in the Stitchin' Post Classroom!)
• giving away another QuiltCon goodie bag, wear your nametag to be entered in the drawing
• doing show and tell
• covering any business or agenda items such as our upcoming challenge

Please come join us! We love guests!

Marilyn's Ohio Star quilt

Meeting Recap

Kayla led a great discussion about low volume fabrics and quilts. Check your email for her handout she made, and enjoy these links.

Marilyn shared this quilt, and pattern with us a couple years back. Notice her use of low volume fabric in the background. 

Remember, our challenge this year will focus on the use of expansive negative space and the use of low-volume fabrics. The discussion next month will focus on negative space.

A craftsy discussion of low volume:
http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2014/09/what-is-low-volume-fabric/

a Flickr Low volume group:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1988322@N23/

A color theory post:
http://theelvengarden.blogspot.com/2013/07/colour-theory-101-value-and-low-volume.html

Rossie's discussion on this quilt goes right along with her information in the Mighty Lucky Quilting Club March lesson, and her post from a number of years ago:
http://www.rossiecrafts.com/2010/02/quiet-quilt.html

And Malka Dubrawsky
http://stitchindye.blogspot.com/2009/04/quiet-nod.html

Sew Night Wednesday

On Wednesday, March 6th, from 4pm to about 8 or 9pm, we'll be having a guild sew night at Sew Many Quilts.

Come enjoy their sewing space and enjoy a nice sewing time with friends. Bring along your sewing machine and project, or whatever you want to work on!  

See you there!

First Tuesday

Tuesday, March 1st is our next meeting! 5pm to 8pm at Quiltworks in Bend.

We'll start our agenda at 6.

On the list of items for discussion:
--a bit more about negative space and low volume fabrics.
--our next number for the WIP challenge that Sara's hosting.
--a QuiltCon recap
--Show and tell. Bring your finished object from last month's WIP challenge. Or bring any other show and tell, particularly if you have any quilts that make good use of negative space.

Bring along:
--yourself! We love to have guests.
--a hand sewing project (binding, embroidery, knitting, etc) We have lots of sewing time at our meetings!

See you there!

A bunch of COMQGers at QuiltCon.