Lillian with some of the bee blocks. 

 

Wanda demo with Accuquilt Studio Cutter

May Swap

Charlene bee block for May

Our presenters for the evening

Show n' Tell

Nelda

Ruby Stack & Whack

 

Sharon   Shadow Play

Missy

Thanks to Missy & Nelda for their photography skills!

May 8 Meeting Notes

May 8, 2013 EMQG Meeting Notes

Crystal and Jenny were the presenters at our May meeting.

Reminder:  Please donate $1 to OSR for attending the meeting.

Swap

The May swap was a Mothers day theme, or something pastel.

The June swap is a mug rug.

Announcements

Kelly is offering to teach us how to make a Scrappy Trip Around the World block on June 19 at the McNail Riley House from 6:30-8:30pm. Information is posted on the EMQG blog, or contact Kelly.

Nelda is the Lane County Fair Textile Coordinator. The fair runs from June 24-28.

She is looking for volunteers to assist with setup, etc. around July 17-20. She’d also like volunteers to provide demonstrations. Volunteers will receive a free pass to the fair. Entries are now open if you’d like to enter a project in the fair.

Sharon reminded us that the CoburgQuilt Show is July 27. She encouraged us to enter a quilt in the show.

Jessica posted some information on our blog regarding the Portland Modern Quilt Guild. They invited us to their meeting because they’re having a special guest speaker, Jacquie Gering.

Bee

Charlene handed out her fabric packets for the bee.

Demo

Wanda gave us a demonstration of the Accuquilt Studio cutter available at Our Sewing Room. They currently have two dies. One die cuts 2 1/2” strips, the other die makes five blocks of varying sizes. Wanda showed us a quilt that she made using the 5-block die.

It costs $5 to use the cutter for an hour. What a bargain and timesaver.

Wanda recommends pressing your fabric before running it through the cutter. She also trimmed her fabric (fat quarters I think) down to approximately 14”. You can use about nine layers of fabric at a time. If you use too many, it may not cut completely through all of the layers.

OSR plans to add more dies in the near future. They will also have an adapter so that you can bring in dies from other brands of die cutting machines to use on the Studio cutter.

Show and Tell

Nelda shared a table runner; Ruby showed us a quilt that was her first stack-and-whack; Sharon made a quilt for her granddaughter using the Shadow Play pattern; Missy showed us a quilt that she made for her niece.  

Note From Wanda

Wanda appreciated Deanna's help in the set up of furniture before the meeting. She was totally surprised and pleased that while her back was turned all the tables and chairs were back in their place. Many thanks to Deanna and the rest of you!

Upcoming Events

May 25  EMQG Sew Day at Our Sewing Room in Springfield. Cost $5. Punch cards are available (the cost is $20 for $25 worth of sewing time). When you fill up your punch card, put it in the drawing for a chance to win sew time.

July 13, 2013  Sister’s Quilt Show

July 24-28  Lane County Fair

July 27  Coburg Quilt Show

Thanks Karen for your great wrap up of the meeting!

Local upcoming events

Lane County Fair textile submissions start  May 1 and close June 28, 2013.

Our own Nelda is the textile coordinator at the fair this year.  

Nelda also is looking for volunteers & some people to do demonstrations during the fair.  

Interested?   Questions? 

Contact Nelda

Also...more fun to be had...

(image from Google Images)

Kelly is offering to teach us EMQGuilders how to make a 
Scrappy Trip Around the World block!

June 19 at the McNail-Riley House

601 E. 13th in Eugene

6:30-8:30 pm

See this tutorial at Quiltville blog. 

You will need:  Sewing machine, basic sewing supplies, seam ripper (A MUST), rotary cutter and ruler.   Of course your fabric...a minimum of 6 2-1/2 inch strips to make 1 block, more if you want to be ambitious and make more blocks.   

OSR has their new Studio Go! to cut the strips for you, so give that a Go!

Kelly will supply: Cutting mats, iron and ironing board. 

Interested?  Questions?

Contact Kelly

Meeting TOMORROW, May 8!

Hi all,
Apparently I have been out in the sun a bit too much this week... I forgot that THIS Wednesday is the our monthly meeting for May (I thought it was next week ZOINKS!)

This month Wanda is doing a demo of the AWESOME Studio GO! cutter.  Alice and I tried it out last week and it made short work of a stack of fabric-- I am now awash in 2.5" strips! Scrappy trip along anyone? And it was easy enough for a 3 AND A HALF year old to crank 10 layers of fabric through.

Our swap is Mother's Day, pastels.

Again, I apologize for not reading the calendar right, the second Wednesday (chat at 6:30 and meeting starts at 7:00) totally snuck up on me.

--Jessica

Events up NORTH!

Shameless quilt spam of a quilt I rescued last week for $30!!

I received the most wonderful invite from the PMQG's president Michelle.  She wrote:

"We have a few things going on that I wanted to tell you about:

PMQG stuff:

Our next meeting is Thursday, May 16th and you probably know that Quilt Market is in town that weekend. We have Jacquie Gering speaking (!!!) and Alissa Haight Carlton is also speaking about MQG membership. If you or any of your guild members would be interested in joining us please let me know. We have limited space, but I wanted to extend an invite, since it is a great opportunity to ask Alissa questions about membership. 

We are also co-hosting a meet and greet Friday, May 17th at Modern Domestic. This is open to anyone and should be alot of fun. Then on Saturday, May 18th there is a MQG party at the Convention Center, which I believe is also open to anyone. Lots of stuff happening that weekend!

And (there is more!) we are co-hosting three classes at Modern Domestic. There is still space left in the class with Carolyn Friedlander on Monday May 20th. Here is the link

http://moderndomestic.enstore.com/item/olive-wall-hanging-carolyn-friedlander-monday-may-20th-2-pm-5-pm

June Classes

We teamed up with PNCA to bring two weekend workshops to Portland June 29-30. They have extended a class discount ($100 off either of these classes) to ANY member of a MQG (this has nothing to do with MQG membership, just if you are part of a guild somewhere). We have a class with Cherri House and another with Eliza Fernand. Here are the links for members only. The regular website will have the more expensive classes.

The links for PMQG members to sign up for the workshops are live!

https://cereg.pnca.edu/p/adult/s/370
https://cereg.pnca.edu/p/adult/s/371

Save the date!

PNW Meet up Friday August 16th - 18th (Our guild meeting in on Thursday Aug 15th if anyone wants to come to that too)

We are hosing a fun weekend in Portland. Last year Seattle hosted this event with us and the Vancouver MQG. We are extending the invitations this year to you, Corvallis, Frasier Valley and Seattle and Vancouver again.

Thats it for now. Looking forward to connecting!

Michelle"

Workshops at PNCA are really fun... if you are at all interested this is a great price and a worthwhile experience.  I am going to connect with the PMQG and investigate the PNW meetup-- it is going to be really fun.  Email me (Jessica) if you are at all interested (and your level of interest) so I can begin to figure out logistics and things.

Have a Beautiful weekend!

--Jessica

Boston, Bean town... quilters, friends...

What do we do?  How do we mend our hearts?  How do we connect to each other in a time of disconnection?

Quilters make.
Quilters give.

Here are two projects going on over the next month to help send the community of Boston love... and the notion that we are part of them, a community, hurting and rising above.

Quilts for Boston
To Boston with Love

I (Jessica) am going to make a few peace flags for the "To Boston with Love" project started by the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild.  If any of you want to join me, I am willing to be in charge of sending the flags to Boston, if someone can pick up the flags from the May meeting.  They all need to be in Boston by May 31.  The VMQG site has very specific (easy) instructions for making the flags, they have no batting and it wouldn't take long to make a one or a few. They are planning on displaying them publicly this summer and while it can't take away the horror of the bombs... Beauty and Community can do a lot to help the healing process.

Have a wonderful day.

--Jessica

Sew Day and tying up loose ends with the Pioneer Modern talk...

Greetings!  Here is the lovely photo I  promised many of you during the Pioneer Quilt Show talk.  This incarnation of a double wedding ring was pieced by Victoria Findlay Wolfe and quilted by Lisa Sipes.  If you could just see the quilting... and to see it in person, it would blow your mind.  There is nothing new... except what we bring today to what has been done before.   The other link I promised was to dear Jacquie's blog.  Her book (along with co-author Katie Pederson) is Quilting Modern, it is a lovely book of technique, a good one for people wanting to explore what all this "Modern Quilting" is all about.

"BUSINESS"--

1) Just a happy reminder that tomorrow you can bring a quilt down to hang at Our Sewing Room, details here.

2) This Saturday (April 27) is our SEW DAY!!!  Whoop!  10-5 @ Our Sewing Room!

I am so excited about getting to go to the SEW DAY this month, that I want to issue a challenge to any of you and all of you to make a St. Louis 16 patch with me (Jessica).  I have been moving my sewing space and realized that I have been COLLECTING and COLLECTING FQs and I hardly ever use them... at the very same moment Katy Jones, of Imagingermonkey fame, was making the most simple, beautiful quilt from her online friend, Steffani K's tutorial--- long story short... I need to start something (it is always more fun with friends), this quilt is simple with a great graphic effect, and we all have more FQ than we need!

What it can do for you:
--give you a taste of the flavor of an online quilt-along via flickr.
--Make me finish something---I mean, make YOU finish something.
--Use up those cute cute cute FQs you have been hoarding.

Details:

Tutorial is here, courtesy of Steffani of skburton designs.

Flickr group is here, courtesy of Katy, imagingermonkey.
(I am bringing my computer to the SEW DAY... I will show you what all this is about, should you desire)

Finish your top (you choose your own dimensions) by the June 12th meeting (my goal is to finish the whole shebang)

Who's in?

See you Saturday!

--Jessica

April's Show and Tell--- color out of the rain!

First we have a close-up of Pat's Dresden... Lovely!

Denise made a beautiful quilt for a friend's wedding. (From Quilting Modern)

Nancy and her beautiful graphic quilt!

Nancy is working her way through the Bag Maker's Bible.

First time visitor, beloved quilt store worker, Tracy, did a wonderful study with upcycled shirts.

A large photo to show the size of Pat's gorgeous Dresden plate quilt... sigh.

Pat and her friend's do a number of challenges for their week in Sisters... lovely piece in batiks and silk

The Sister's shoe-- pincushion challenge

Diane and her rabbit friend.  Lela quilted some adorable pants on him.

Diane and her scrappy + top.

Lovely string top by Diane.

Wanda has been teaching new quilters.  She and Lela put together two quilts with the same blocks, showing you can go "Modern" and "Traditional" with the same pattern, depending on your fabric choices. Susan Miner did the quilting on Wanda's quilt and Lela quilted hers.

Come hear my thoughts on the "Modern Quilt Movement" at the Pioneer Quilt show.  I, Jessica, am speaking Wednesday @ 1pm @ the Lane Co. Historical Museum (at the Fairgrounds).  I have spoken to a few of you, but the more the merrier, if you have a quilt that you would loan me to show for the trunk show send me an email and I can pick it up and drop it off.  Additionally, if you are available to help hold up the quilts at the trunk show... I'd love a cute assistant AND I'd be your best friend for-eva! Send me an email.

Thanks for the Beautiful eye candy this month!!  I NEED to get back to sewing!!  You are all an inspiration!

-Jessica

P.S. Also send me an email if there are some quilt or quilting credits that need to be updated. :)

April meeting notes

Sorry for the late posting...it was scheduled to appear, but never did...darn that Blogger, gotta love technology!

April 10, 2013 EMQG Meeting Notes

Phyllis and Diane were the presenters at our meeting. They need a volunteer to run the May 8 meeting. [Crystal and Jenny volunteered]

Phyllis talked about a new beginning for our guild. With new leadership and more people holding positions, it gives us a chance to think about what direction we’d like to go. People of all skill levels are welcome, we want to be an inclusive group.

She introduced people that have volunteered for the new positions.

Presenters (run the meetings):  Phyllis & Diane

Webmaster: Denise

Bee coordinator:  Kim

Meeting notetaker:  Karen & Jen

Meeting Photographers: Nelda & Missy

Facebook & Swap Mosaic:  Jessica

Swap:  Nelda

Kira:  Master email list coordinator

We’re adding a 6:00pm business meeting each month before the regular meeting. Feel free to attend and bring dinner if you want. Everyone is welcome to attend.

We’re still looking for a permanent meeting place, preferably free. Once we have some possibilities, everyone will get a chance to vote on location, date, etc. For the short-term we’ll remain at Our Sewing Room. Wanda and Lela set up the chairs a little different at this meeting, and it worked out really well. We can seat more people, and see better. Volunteers are welcome to come early and help set up chairs.

If you arrive early and want to work on a project, please put some money in the money basket. The normal rate is $1/hour or $5 for all day.  

Quilt Show

2nd Friday Art Walk Springfield:  Quilts requested to hang at Our Sewing Room April 27 More Info here.   .

Swap

Phyllis also gave a quick explanation of how the swaps work. The swap item of the month is listed on the EMQG calendar on our blog. If you want to participate bring your swap item in a plain brown paper bag.

The April swap item was something recycled.

The May swap is a Mothers day theme, or something pastel.  Keep an eye out for the mosaic for ideas!

Bee

Crystal handed out her fabric packets for April.

Demo

Kelly, our Glorious Organizer, has demonstrations planned for upcoming meetings. She also brings flyers for upcoming events in our area.

In May, Wanda will demo the Studio Pro cutter available at Our Sewing Room. 

Kelly has planned an extended Show & Tell for our June meeting. She’d like everyone to bring one of their first quilts and a more recent modern quilt. If you don’t have a finished quilt, it’s okay to bring a quilt top.

Wanda works at Our Sewing Room, and recently had several gentlemen come in that needed their pants hemmed. She gave us a “demo” of trying to explain to them where to hold the measuring tape, so that she could get the proper measurement of their inseam.  

Show and Tell

We saw quilts from: Wanda (a quilt she designed for a class she is teaching), Lela, Diane shared “Harvey,” Diane, Nancy L., Nancy J., Pat, Tracy and Denise. Watch for them to be posted on in a follow up post here on the blog.

Upcoming Events

Sew Day:  April 27 at Our Sewing Room in Springfield. Cost $5  10 am - 5 pm

Pioneer Quilters and Lane County Historical Society and Museum present: “Our Quilting Family,” April 23-28, 2013. Jessica Beaudet is speaking on WED, April 24 at 12 noon about “The Modern Quilt Movement & Trunk Show.”

Quilters Safari:  April 26-May 4, 2013

Sew Day:  May 25 at Our Sewing Room in Springfield. Cost $5 10 am - 5 pm

July 13, 2013  Sister’s Outdoor Quilt Show

Quilt Show

Our Sewing Room will swap out quilts later this month (April).  

If you want OSR to hang one of your quilts, please drop it off on Saturday, April 27 (10 am to 4 pm).   

Please include a paper label with pertinent information as OSR will be on Springfield's May's Art Walk.

Also if you would like to attempt to sell your quilt, please include the price on your paper information label. 

If you have questions, contact Wanda at OSR 541-225-4857. 

Remember when we did this?  Almost 2 years ago!  Lets see if we can have as great of a turn out with our EMQG quilts.