Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild: April 2022 Meeting Recap

The Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild gathered for our monthly meeting on Saturday, April 23.

Upcoming Quilting Events

Quilt Alliance Textile Talk: Experimental Quilting with Alex Hernandez: Wednesday, April 27, 2pm EST (Presented by: San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, New Museum of Los Gatos (NUMU), and Palo Alto Art Center). Register online at https://quiltalliance.org/events/textile-talks/
A Mountain Quiltfest 2022: June 6-9 (M-Th) at Leconte Center in Pigeon Forge: Quilt entries must be postmarked by May 4, 2022. No fee to enter! Further info can be found on the website: www.mypigeonforge.com/event/quiltfest
2022 MQG Make-A-Difference Challenge: Design and sew any size quilt embracing the theme of OCEANS that uses all Moda Bella Solids. Entries will be submitted online via photo submission, limit of one entry per MQG Member. Each entry fee of $12 will be donated in its entirety to Oceana, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the world's oceans on a global scale. Submissions will open for entries on July 11 and close on August 8. MQG members will have the ability to vote for the winners from August 10-16. Further info can be found here: https://www.themodernquiltguild.com/challenges
Smoky Mountain Quilters 2022 Quilt Show: August 5-6 at the Knoxville Expo Center. Quilt entrees due by June 7. Entry fee is $15 per quilt. Further info can be found on the website: https://www.smokymtnquilters.com/quilt-show.html#/

MQG Webinar Spotlight

Awaken Your Inner Color Genius with Carrie Bloomston: Join artist, writer, textile, and sewing pattern designer, Carrie Bloomston of SUCH Designs, as she helps you tap into your own innate sense of color. She'll discuss basic color theory and help you find your own resonant palette. Color is highly personal, and there are a few tricks that can make it really fun and easy even for a beginning quilter or sewist.

Available anytime to members of the MQG. https://community.themodernquiltguild.com/resources/awaken-your-inner-color-genius

KMQG Block of the Month Quilt-along: Block 3, ModSquared

This block pattern is free to members of the MQG. The link and tips can be found here: https://www.knoxvillemqg.com/2022/04/kmqg-block-of-month-2022-block-3.html

Charity Blocks

We're continuing to collect Coming Together blocks (due at the May meeting). Block instructions are available here: https://modalissa.com/2020/09/block-35-coming-together.html/

Fabrics should be 2 contrasting solids plus white in this color palette:

Looking Ahead

The next KMQG Quilt Show will take place March 3-31, 2023, at the Emporium in downtown Knoxville. Members are encouraged begin thinking about what modern quilts they would like to submit for consideration. All sizes of quilts are welcome.

Next meeting: May 21 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Knoxville. Social start at 10:15 am