KMQG met on Saturday 19 August 2023 at Westminster Presbyterian Church.
We discussed one of the elements and characteristics of Modern Quilting - bold use of color. Check out the Show & Tell pictures below for some examples of this. Emma carried away a prize from the meeting for her examples of bold use of color.
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| Elizabeth |
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| Emma - winning a prize in the meeting for demonstrating bold use of color |
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The November meeting was held at the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Business was discussed, fun was had.
Board elections are coming up in December. You must be a currently paid member and present at the meeting to vote. More details are available in the meeting recap email.
We are seeking volunteers for future Member Spotlight and Featured Freebie presenters.
Our Elements of Modern Quilting continued with Melissa Everett's excellent presentation on Improv quilting.
We have two quilts for our guild's charity, The Restoration House. One is complete the other is off to the longarmer.
We played Left-Right-Center and Sarah Elliott (@stitchologiesarah) was our winner!
And now for Show and Tell:
Our July and August meetings were both in-person meetings held at the Westminster Presbyterian Church. It still seems like a bit of a novelty to see our members in person.
Our member spotlights were Liz Upchurch in July and Heather Wilson in August. We appreciate Liz and Heather taking the time to answer questions and participate in this program. The member spotlight is a great way for us to get to know our fellow KMQG members better.
The Smoky Mountain Quilters 40th Anniversary Ruby Jubilee Quilt Show was held July 30th and 31st. The KMQG sponsored the Modern Quilt category. Several of our members entered quilts in the show. It's always exciting to see friends' quilts in the wild!
The 2021 Modern Mini Quilt Challenge has been introduced! Architecture themed quilts (based on a photograph) are due at our October meeting.
The theme for the Community Outreach Quilt Challenge for QuiltCon 2022 is Angles. A committee has been working on a design and we will be having a sew day in September to assemble the quilt top.
At our August meeting, Elizabeth Rea presented the next in our Elements of Modern Quilting Series, Use of Negative Space. Our next presentation in the series will be in October.
July Show and Tell
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our October meeting!
This month we began wrapping up the Modern Mini Challenge. Members were invited to take an inspiration picture of an architectural, building, or structural design element and create a mini quilt using at least two design elements of modern quilting. We will be wrapping up the Modern Mini Challenge in November.
Here are some of the minis we got to see this month and the images that inspired them:
