Monday, July 18, 2022

July 2022 Meeting Recap

Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild met for our July meeting on Saturday July 16th.

Upcoming Quilting Events

Quilt Alliance: Textile Talks

·      Wednesday, July 20, 2pm EST: Social, Cultural, and Political in Excellence in Fibers
·      Wednesday, July 27, 2pm EST: A Stitch in Time:  The Making of the Legacy Quilt
Register online at https://quiltalliance.org
 

Smokey Mountain Quilters Quilt Show
August 5 – 6 at the Knoxville Expo Center
Merikay Waldvogel will be doing quilt turning on 5th
Further info on the website: https://www.smokymtnquilters.com/quilt-show.html#/



Restoration House Charity Quilts

We have two quilts in work at the moment for Restoration House

2022 Quilt 3: OKC block 



Instructions are available here:
Please use the palettes shown above, and please use Kona white for the white block which a shown in the examples.
Blocks due at our August meeting. 


2022 Quilt 4: Bars Block
Instructions for the block can be found in this tutorial:
Please use two solid colors (not white) from this palette:

Blocks for this one are due in September.

Look out for pictures of the finished quilts over the next few months.


2022 Block of the Month Quilt-along

Our sixth block in this Quilt-along is a Saw Tooth Star Block - see the previous post for instructions.


QuiltCon Outreach Quilt Challenge

We have our design, and the design committee have a piecing plan.  Watch out for details coming soon of a sew-in day to work on piecing the top of our quilt.

Quilted Coat mini 'Retreat'

Those who are interested in taking part, now is the time to get your pattern and choose your textile.  We are planning a Friday evening plus Saturday 'retreat' - more details in your inbox soon.


Show & Tell

Blair




Betty


Aimee


Leighanne



Elaine




Kelly (Showing the front and pieced back of her quilt)




Michelle's series of blocks that tell the story of a vacation




Kelsey

Erin