Saskatoon Modern Quilt Guild

I can hardly remember November 24th! But thanks to a busy holiday season and a computer problem I wasn’t able to post this meeting recap until now.

The November 24th meeting was our last meeting of 2013. The meeting was mostly focused on bylaws, we needed to have bylaws in place before joining the Modern Quilt Guild. I am pleased to say that the bylaws presented to the membership were voted in and we have officially joined the Modern Quilt Guild for 2014. Everyone who joins the Saskatoon MQG for 2014 will also be a member of the Modern Quilt Guild with full access to their resources. Sign up for our newsletter for more details, or e-mail us and we will get back to you with any information you require.

Back to the meeting recap…

After we went through all the bylaws Carly lead us through a wonderful discussion on texture. She made an AMAZING texture piece that we all drooled over (and tried to steal).

Then we looked at the challenge results – using an unexpected fabric – which tied perfectly into the texture discussion (of course!):

After the challenge pieces we did some regular show and tell:

We always love to see what you are working on!

Thanks to everyone who made 2013 such a great year. We can’t wait to see what 2014 has in store for the guild!

Sometimes, about a week after an event, we like a reminder of what we did. And that way, folks who couldn’t make it or who were too dadgum tired to move after the hectic quilt show weekend still get to have a taste of the fun.

We were missing a few regular faces (understandable, what with the dadgum-ness and all!) but we also had 3 (count ’em- 3!) new ones!

During our business segment, we discussed out upcoming changes – we’re adding bylaws, joining the giant international Modern Quilt Guild, and probably needing a few more officers! We also gained a new sponsor:

Personal Hearing Services in Saskatoon! Personal Hearing Services joins Periwinkle Quilting as one of our fabulous supporters. Look for a sponsors page coming soon!

Next, our lovely Kelly taught us how to make fabric baskets using clothesline and strips of fabric.

Kelly’s showing her skills and Edith’s taking note!

We had all admired the basket she made for our Ugly Fat Quarter challenge and she was cool enough to teach it to us !

She showed us what to look for in a cording, the angle to wrap the fabric, how to join the wrapped cords together… everything we needed to make beautiful baskets of our own.

We took notes and hovered closely!

Kerrie pays close attention.

Thank you, Kelly!

Then we moved onto the results of our Colour Scheme challenge and Show&Tell:

Lisa’s Monochrome Pillow

Patti’s Complimentary Potholder

Julie’s ROYGBIV Oops!Bank with real fabric!! So cute.

Dyanne made monochrome pouches, that are complimentary to each other. A two-fer!

Sheila thought if she waved her bee block quickly, I couldn’t catch it in pixels. Ha!

A complimentary cushion. Blue and orange? Who could that be…

Jaclyn’s Analogous bee block.

Great job on the challenge, gals!

Julie’s Halloween runner.

With spiderweb quilting!

A Christmas runner – which I will be copying after a request from my mum. 🙂

Patti’s bee quilt all finished!

The back.

Now that’s all the photos I had on my camera – apologies if I missed anyone or got the wrong name attached to anything!

Next Wednesday, Nov. 13th, 7pm, we’ve got our regular informal meeting at Greystone Co-op – bring some handwork or show&tell. And don’t forget that we’ll be voting on some important guild business at our next Sunday meeting – Nov. 24th at 2pm, Periwinkle Quilting. Your “Unexpected Fabrics” challenge pieces are due that day, too!

It is also not too late to get in our Sewcial on Dec 1st! We’ve booked a space, and while you do need to be a Saskatoon MQG member to attend, right now it’s only $5 for membership until the end of 2013. That’s a sweet deal – and then you can hang out with us and sew until your machine starts smoking! We would like to have numbers within the next two weeks or so in order to plan for lunch and snacks so if you haven’t decided yet, what are you waiting for??? There will be door prizes…. And mirth.

Have a wonderful week – we’ll see you soon!