Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild

Monday, May 29, 2023

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

Sunday, April 23, 2023

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 - this one completely hand-pieced using English Paper Piecing

Brooke

Lora

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

Next meeting - Saturday May 20th.

Thursday, March 23, 2023

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

Elizabeth

Paulina

Jenny

Caryn

Next meeting: Saturday April 15th

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

February Meeting Recap

The guild met on Saturday February 18.

Members dropped off quilts that are going to hang in our KMQG Quilt Show in March. The Quilt Show will run from March 6th - 30th at The Emporium, 100 S Gay St., Knoxville, TN 37902.

Some other quilt shows in the area:

QuiltCon Atlanta: Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart, Atlanta, Feb 23-26
A Mountain Quiltfest: Pigeon Forge, June 5-8
Smokey Mountain Quilters Quilt Show: Knoxville Expo Center, June 23-24 (Deadline for entries April 22)

Our first Restoration House Project charity quilt gives members scope to choose their block - just so long as it includes one of the polka dot fabrics supplied, and as long as it is a star block. The star blocks are due in at the April meeting - watch this space for pictures when those blocks come together.

An introduction was given to our 2023 QuiltAlong which members can do as a mystery if they wish. We have two months to choose fabrics before getting started.

Thanks to everyone who filled in our survey about Retreats and Sew-ins. These responses will be used to put together a program of events for the year.

As usual, we had a great selection of projects in the Show & Tell, including several 'Mystery Purple' mini quilts which will be on display at the Quilt Show.