November 2024

KMQG member quilts on display

From November 1 to December 8 KMQG had quilts on display (along with quilts from Smoky Mountain Quilters) at the Clayton Arts Center at Maryville College.

Here are some pictures from the opening evening showing just some of the quilts on show.

Throughout December KMQG members have mini quilts on display at The Printshop Beer Co.  Members were given a limited color palette and challenged to design a mini quilt and our creative members came up with an amazing variety of designs.

Some of the challenge quilts being collected at the November meeting

KMQG member challenge quilts on display at The Printshop Beer Co. in Knoxville

Show & Tell

As usual at our November meeting on November 16th we had a wide selection of work being presented at our Show & Tell.

Melissa

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Christy

Michelle

Jane M.

Kirsty

Eileen

Annie

Jo's selection of modern minis

Cassandra - Unicorns on the front and Hello Kitty on the back

Erin

New member Deb showing quilts using fabrics she has dyed with natural dyes

November 2022 Meeting Recap

Recently finished charity quilt for The Restoration House

The Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild met on November 19 for our monthly meeting. Here's the news and what happened!

Upcoming quilting events

• Currently: QuiltCon 2023 member registration discounts (for lectures, workshops and the free 4-day show pass) end Nov 30. QuiltCon is February 23-26, 2023. https://quiltcon.com/

• Currently: Sign up for QuiltCon 2023 volunteer positions. https://quiltcon.com/

• Wed, November 23, 2 pm: Textile Talks -- Interview with Bonnie K. Hunter. Register at https://quiltalliance.org/events/textile-talks/

• Wed, November 30, 2 pm: Textile Talks -- Sacred Threads, Expressing Life’s Journeys. Register at https://quiltalliance.org/events/textile-talks/

Election News

Nominations are open for our December election. Positions are: Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Education Coordinator, Programming & Special Events Coordinator. Interested members should contact modknoxville@gmail.com.

KMQG Block of the Month 2022

We revealed the final block in our 2022 series, the Mosaic block. Information has been sent to members and is also available here.

KMQG Show 2023

A reminder and call for quilts for our Quilt Show which will showcase modern quilts by Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild members and will run March 3-31, 2023 at the Emporium in downtown Knoxville.

KMQG Charity Quilt

We will be collecting the latest charity block, Almost an Echo, again at the December meeting. Tutorial here. Please use the following color palette.

Quiltcon 2023 Community Outreach Quilt Challenge

The guild's entry for the next Quiltcon Community Outreach Challenge is complete! Watch the blog for an exclusive post, but we agreed on a name for the quilt at this meeting: Radiata. The inspiration for the quilt design was a Radiated Tortoise (species name Astrochelys radiata) at the Knoxville Zoo.

Mug Rug Swap

We'll swap mug rugs at the next meeting/holiday party. Members should bring a completed mug rug to participate.

Mystery Purple Mini Quilt Challenge

Members are asked to make a 20-x-20-inch mini quilt using the purple solid provided by the guild and featuring at least one MQG-specified characteristic modern quilting. Minis are due February 18 and will hang in the quilt show.

Show & Tell

A bunch of members brought their blocks from the Block of the Month series:

Christy

Erin

Erin

Jane

Nancy

Annie and Jo shared their mini quilts for our Mystery Purple Mini Challenge -- all quilts will hang in our quilt show in March 2023:

Annie

Jo

Betsy and Pat shared their quilt coat progress:

Betsy

Pat

There were also a lot of finished and in-progress projects to admire:

Pat & Annie

Christy

Elizabeth

Erin

Jo

Sandy

Sherry

Next meeting: Saturday, December 10 @ Westminster Presbyterian Church (10:30 am)

November 2021 Meeting Recap

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:

Nancy

Celia

Elizabeth

We are currently accepting dues for 2022, $45 includes membership at the Knoxville Modern Quilt Guild and benefits for The Modern Quilt Guild as well.

Until next time!