Block of the Month Clarification

There has been some questions regarding the Block of the Month for April, I am sorry for any confusion. Here is some clarification...

Block of the Month Challenge (due at the April meeting):

The link to the block instructions can be found here:

http://themodernquiltguild.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/100-days-week-of-color-tutorial/

We are making the half log cabin variation (shown as the last picture in the tutorial) with the "logs" on two sides of the block.

The finished size of the block should be between 12" square and 18" square

Please use blues and greens in the block

Thanks so much and I will see you in April :) 

March Meeting Recap

Date: March 7, 2015

Location: Burdette Library-Taylors

President Cheryl Brickey called the meeting to order at 1:00 pm. Seventeen people were in attendance.

Cheryl reminded us to sign up on the web site: www.greenvillemodernquiltguild.blogspot.com to receive information on our monthly meeting date and location as it may change depending on availability of the library.

Cheryl and Marilyn will continue to work on the by-laws which will be presented for input and discussion at the April meeting.  Everyone who attends this meeting will get a door prize. 

Member news:

            Christa's twins, Luke and Liam, have arrived

            Paige's entry won 2^nd place in the Michael Miller challenge at Quilt Con

            Cheryl also had quilts accepted into Quilt Con

            Brenda has a quilt accepted into Paducah

            Faye will have a quilt at Art Fields

            Cheryl has designed the free March pattern of the month for MQG. 

Philanthropy: 

            Darleen has contacted the Meyer Center regarding our donation of a quilt for their auction.  She does not have any definite information at this time.

Block of the Month Challenge:

Lucy handed out instructions for a log cabin block from the MQG.  It was suggested that each of us makes this block in blues and greens for the philanthropy quilt.  Darleen will put the quilt blocks together.  The link to the block instructions can be found here:

http://themodernquiltguild.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/100-days-week-of-color-tutorial/

Swap:

The oven mitt swap will be in May – if you bring one, you get to take one home.

 Show & Share:

            Lucy – MQG block of the month quilt

            Brenda – quilt influenced by Nancy Crow workshop

            Faye – quilt for Home of Hope;  improv piecing on adding machine paper; art quilt using various techniques such as rusting, stencils, silk screen

            Cheryl – quilt using her March pattern of the month for MQG

 Program:

            The March program was a recap of Quit Con attended by Cheryl, Brenda and Paige.  Cheryl and Brenda talked about the workshops and lectures they attended. Cheryl showed the blocks she made in the Gee's Bend workshop.  We also viewed pictures taken by Paige (some some by Brenda and Cheryl) of many of the quilts hanging at Quilt Con.

Door Prizes:

            Brenda won a paper pieced Christmas Star block donated by Darleen and Darleen won 3 fat quarters donated by Cheryl.

Upcoming meetings:

• April 11^th @ Taylors Library:  Discussion and voting on by-laws
• May 9^th @ Taylors Library:  Big stitch hand quilting by Debby West. Information and supply list will be in a later post.

March Meeting this Saturday, March 7th 1-3pm

Just a reminder for our March meeting... (note meeting date change)

When: Saturday, March 7th from 1-3pm

Where: Taylors (Burdette) Branch of the Greenville Library System

316 W Main Street

Taylors, SC 29687

864-268-5955

The March program will be on a recap of QuiltCon 2015.  A number of our members attended QuiltCon over in Austin and will be presenting some of their learnings and experiences.

Please also remember to bring your show and shares!

I hope to see you all this Saturday.  (If you have any questions, you can e-mail me at cheryljbrickey (at ) gmail (dot) com or leave a comment on this post).