June Meeting Recap

We met on Saturday, June 17 2023 and were back in our usual venue, Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Prizes

4 quilts connected to KMQG that won prizes at A Mountain Quiltfest.

Kelly Schlang took 3rd and 4th places in the Modern Category - congratulations, Kelly.

Kelly's prize-winning quilts

Elizabeth won 5th place in the Small Pieced category.

Elizabeth's winner

Our Radiata guild entry from this year's MQG Quiltcon won 5th place in the Modern Category

Radiata

Restoration House Charity Quilts

Another finished quilt ready to go to the Restoration House Project - this one assembled from blocks we made last year.

The first blocks for our next quilt were gathered in.  A reminder - we're making picket fence blocks.  You can find the block instructions here: https://www.elizabethquiltsplus.com/2023/05/picket-fence-block-tutorial.html.  Refer to May or June meeting recap emails for details of the color palette.  Remaining blocks are due at our July meeting.

2023 Quilt-along: Magnolia Mystery

For those working on this year's quilt-along, the next step is making flower units.  

Instructions can be found here:  https://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/2017/11/magnolia-mystery-quilt-flower-units.html

Angle-Play workshop

A number of people stayed after the meeting to attend Jo's Angle-Play workshop.

Angle-Play workshop

Show & Tell

Kelly

Kelly

Kelly

Elizabeth

Elizabeth 

Elizabeth's take on last year's two-color BOM QAL

Diana

Cathy

Jo

Jo

Jenny moved from quilt's to tops for a child

Next month's meeting

Saturday July 15, 2023

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Northshore Dr., Knoxville.

Meeting starts at 10:30am

May Meeting Recap

We met on Saturday, May 20 -- thank you to all members who joined us at a new, temporary location when our usual meeting place was unavailable.

Upcoming Quilting Events

A Mountain Quiltfest, Pigeon Forge, June 5 – 8
See https://www.mypigeonforge.com/event/quiltfest for details
 
Smoky Mountain Quilters Show, Knoxville Expo Center, June 23 – 24
See https://www.smokymtnquilters.com/quilt-show.html#/ for details

2023 Quilt-along: Magnolia Mystery

The next assignment in our quilt-along is creating half geese units. You can find instructions here: https://meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/2017/10/magnolia-mystery-quilt-half-geese-units.html

Restoration House Charity Quilt Block

We're making the Picket Fence block for our next charity quilt. You can find instructions here: https://www.elizabethquiltsplus.com/2023/05/picket-fence-block-tutorial.html. Members should consult the recap email for color palettes.

Community Outreach Challenge for QuiltCon 2024 (Raleigh)

The MQG released the challenge info for the next Community Outreach quilt that will be displayed at QuiltCon in Raleigh. Challenge details and the color palette are available here: https://quiltcon.com/community-outreach-challenge/

A Quilty Solid app

This free app is a great resource for identifying solid fabrics, threads, and more from various manufacturers. You can find out more at

https://www.themodernquiltguild.com/resources

https://www.stephskardalquilts.com/aquiltysolid

MQG Make-A-Difference Challenge

The MQG has issued this year's Make-A-Difference challenge with the theme BIODIVERSITY and proceeds benefiting Wild Earth Allies. This is an individual challenge, and submissions are due July 17-30. You can find details at https://www.themodernquiltguild.com/2023/05/01/2023-mqg-make-a-difference-challenge/

Show and Tell

Sherry

Sandy

Nancy

Kelly

Kelly

Brooke

Brooke

Brooke

April Meeting Recap

We met on Saturday April 15th.

Quilt Events

A reminder of some upcoming quilting events:

A Mountain Quiltfest : Pigeon Forge, June 5 - 8

Smokey Mountain Quilters Quilt Show : Knoxville Expo Center, June 23 - 24, entries due April 22

Charity Quilts

We will be sending one of last year's charity quilts to Poland for Ukrainian refugees as part of the Wrap Ukraine with Quilts project (see https://hellocottons.com/). 

Another of last year's quilts was bound by Christy

Polka dot star blocks were collected in for the first of this year's charity quilts.  Watch this space for how those look when assembled into a quilt.

Show and Tell

We saw a great variety of quilts in our Show&Tell - variety in styles and construction methods.

Sherry

Sherry again - showing just how much quilt styles can change

Kelly

Annie

Elaine's beautiful inherited quilt - hand pieced by her great grandmother

Jenny with one of her 'Quilt As You Go' table runners

Christy

Paulina

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Elizabeth - this one completely hand-pieced using English Paper Piecing

Brooke

Jo

Lora

Jane - last year's Block of the Month Quilt-along

Next meeting - Saturday May 20th.

March Meeting Recap

We met on Saturday March 18th.  We welcomed several new members this month.

KMQG Quilt Show - this opened on March 3 and looks great!  It runs to March 31 so there is still time to check it out at The Emporium, 100 S Gay St., Knoxville

Some other upcoming local quilting events:

• A Mountain Quiltfest : Pigeon Forge, June 5 - 8
• Smokey Mountain Quilters Quilt Show : Knoxville Expo Center, June 23 - 24, entries due April 22

We checked out pictures of some of the quilts that caught the eyes of members who attended QuiltCon in Atlanta last month.  

We agreed that last year's QuiltCon Community Outreach 'Skittering' quilt would be donated to The Appalachian Mountain Bike Club for inclusion in their silent auction.

The first batch of polka dot star blocks were collected for this year's first charity quilt, the remaining blocks for this one are due at the April meeting.

As well as the fabric requirements, the cutting instructions have been shared for this year's Quilt-along.

Based on responses from members to the programming survey, our events coordinator, Betsy, has organized a series of 'Sew-ins' to be held directly after some of our regular meetings.  Members can bring any project they want to work on, bring a sewing machine or bring some hand sewing.  These sew-ins will be after the meetings on:

• June 17th
• August 19th
• October 21st

Here are the projects that were presented at our Show & Tell

Erin

Diana

Emma - with pieced front and back

Ariana

Sandy

Jo

Elizabeth

Paulina

Jenny

Caryn

Next meeting: Saturday April 15th