Upcoming Events in 2015!

Good morning friends and fellow quilters, its almost 2015!  I hope everyone celebrated the holidays and are ready for one more -- Happy New Year!  We have been working on our 2015 calendar and want to make sure everyone is up to date on what we have going on this year.  Below I have listed our schedule for 2015.  We will be collecting dues at our January 17 meeting and hope many of you will join us this year.  If you are unable to attend but would like to join, you can mail us a check or we can send you a PayPal invoice plus $1.50 for service fees.  KMQG has a set schedule for the third Saturday of every month and social time begins at 10:15 AM.  Our meetings all take place at Westminster Presbyterian Church located at 6500 Northshore Dr., Knovxille, TN 37919.

Sign-Up for Pile O Fabric's BOM, Technicolor Galaxy, OPEN NOW! 

Email us if you would like to join in and receive the (significant) group discount!

Sign-Up for 'Posy Patrol' Workshop with Dana Bolyard of www.oldredbarnco.com, OPEN NOW!

Email us (modknoxville@gmail.com) if you would like to sign up or for more information.  April 4, 1:00 - 5:00 PM

Patchwork Threads  Will have a Discount Code for MQG Members through January 31.

January 17, 2015: 10:15 Social Time 10:30 Meeting Begins

2015 Dues Collected $40

Annual YARD SALE!  Bring anything you would like to destash and cash to shop for new quilting goodies.

Quilting Resolutions for the New Year

Free Motion Quilting Workshop-Basic All Over Designs (Bring a small, basted quilt sandwich and your machine - prepped with a free motion quilting foot)

Sew-In until 5:00 PM

February 19-22: QUILTCON in Austin, TX

Biannual Conference by The Modern Quilt Guild

We will not have a monthly meeting this month!

February 26:  Week Night Open House

Bring your modern quilts, patterns, fabrics to share with visitors.

March 21, 2015: 10:15 Social Time 10:30 Meeting Begins

T-Shirt Quilt Lecture from Julie Callis of Fishtail Designs

Left Right Center Game (3 FQs needed to participate - theme not yet decided)

April 7, 2015: Deadline for Quilt Entries in Smoky Mountain Quilter's 2015 Quilt Show : Enter those MODERN QUILTS!

April 18, 2015:

Monthly Meeting at regular scheduled time, review and briefing of QuiltCon for those who can't attend.

Fabric Swap

SEW-IN

Also this year"

Quarterly Sew-Ins

Games

Swaps

Challenges (with prizes)

Fall Retreat

Charity Block Drives

5 Year Anniversary Party

I hope many of you will join us for another fun year of modern fabrics and quilting fun.  The Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild is for residents in and around Knoxville who have an interest in modern design and quilting. We hope to provide members with a community where modern quilters can meet, share ideas and and create in an environment that encourages creativity and acceptance. Our guild is a member of the International Modern Quilt Guild. 

KMQG BOM 2012

We just had a MQG contact us (Hi, Central Jersey MQG!) about using our BOM from 2012.  And since we've migrated from Ning (our original website) and our content there is no longer available, we realized it's time to upload all this info to our blog so that it's available for everyone!
 
In 2012, there were very few Modern BOM programs.  But the members of the KMQG wanted to try out some different, modern blocks. Seeing a need, members Robin S. and Emily D. set to work compiling a Block of the Month for our little guild.  These patterns are always free to use. We simply ask that you not charge for the patterns and of course we always appreciate a reference to our guild!  Please don't hesitate to e-mail us if you ever find a broken link or need more information about a block.

One of these patterns IS NOT original:  The "Circle of Geese" block is by piecebynumber.com and we just included it because we loved it so much!  So please refer to her terms of use regarding those templates.
http://piecebynumber.com/circleofgeese.htm (her terms of use are on the actual template, I think)

Fabric Requirements for this quilt 

Dimensions of completed quilt: ~44" x 58"

2 yards - Background fabric

10-12 FQs or assorted prints to equal 2.5-3 yards - for the blocks

1 yard - Sashing

.75 yard - binding

2.5 yard - backing

  

Patterns :

ALL 12 BLOCKS

1.) January - Woven - tutorial on partial seams

2.) February - Chevrons - (Printable Templates)

3.) March -Filmstrip - Tutorial for wonky star

4.) April - Bordered Star -PAGE 1 - PAGE 2

5.) May - Zig-Zag - (Printable HST Templates) 

6.) June - Circle of Geese - Template (by Piecebynumber.com) - Tutorial (by TheSometimesCrafter)

7.) July - Pixels - Inspiration for this block!

8.) August - Raw Edges 

9.) September - Curves

10.) October - Starburst - (Printable Templates- make sure to set page scaling to "None")

11.) November - Diamonds

12.) December - Flying Geese

Make sure to post your completed blocks in our flickr group!!