Membership Meeting March 10, 2021 Welcome! 1. Recording is starting now. 2. Please mute yourself and stop your video for now. 3. Please say hello in the Chat window. 4. Have questions? Please type them in the Chat window. TONIGHT! • 7:00 pm: Short announcements (recording starts, please mute microphones, stop your video if you like) • 7:10 pm: Introduction of our guest speaker • 7:15 – 8:15 pm: Cheryl Arkison, “Make Time for Play” • 8:15 – 8:30 pm: Breakout Rooms for small group socializing (not recorded) • 8:30 – 9:00 pm: (recording resumes) Announcements, Salsa BOM, Sew and Tell Membership Update Thank you for renewing and/or joining us We currently have 175 members! New Members This Month! Tom Keller, Seattle Holli Sisson, Seattle Tien Johnson, North Bend Myra Kohn, Seattle Cindy Wilson, Anchorage Lorinda Davis, Arlington Local Seattle MQG Site SeattleModernQuiltGuild.com • Meeting announcements, recordings and notes • Block of the Month • Workshops & Events • Giving Quilts • Membership Info Get Notified re: Blog Posts National MQG Site TheModernQuiltGuild.com • National news & events • Webinar recordings • Fresh Quilting shows • Modern Monthly • Patterns & Inspiration • Seattle MQG Circle Membership Cards TheModernQuiltGuild.com ● Log into MQG site ● Navigate to “My Dashboard” ● Link to Membership Card is under the Welcome banner Poll #1: What did you think of the virtual Quiltcon Together? Tonight’s Speaker: Cheryl Arkison • Quilter, writer, teacher • Alberta, Calgary, Canada Make Time for Play • cherylarkison.com Adding a spirit of play back into our • @cheryl_arkison creative pursuits Thank you, Cheryl! Pinwheel By Cheryl Arkison Photo by Kate Inglis Pattern in A Month of Sundays Pause Recording Time for Breakout Rooms! Architecture Mini Katie Sprugel from a workshop with David Owen Hastings Welcome Back! Restart Recording Quilt: Debbie Shank Miller Announcements • Guild Library • List of library holdings on our website • Contact Kae Eagling to arrange a meet to pick up/return books [email protected] • Online class resource for individuals: Global Quilt Connection • http://www.globalquiltconnection.com/ • Events of interest outside the guild: • Documentary • Webinar • Quilt show • Podcasts Kantha in Bangladesh: From Hidden Corners to Public View • Documentary Screening • Sunday, Mar 14 • $10 • Eventbrite link for tickets The Siddis of Karnataka • Thurs, Mar 11, 2021, • 2:30pm PST • Interview/discussion between historian, artist, and scholar on Siddi history, traditions and quilts. • Donation • Eventbrite link for tickets Okan Arts Chats: Sheila Frampton Cooper • Mon, March 15, 2021, • 1 pm PST • Interview/discussion between Patricia Belyea and art quilter Sheila Frampton Cooper • Free • Registration Link Lair of the Amethyst Deva, Sheila Frampton Cooper QA Virtual Quilt Show Virtual Sew-Ins Are ongoing Sign up now for dates through March 31 (links in email sent Jan 14) Contact Elizabeth Burstad-Morgan with any questions: seattlemodernquiltguild @gmail.com Fiber Art Group Special Meet once every month for a new prompt and to show Interest your art from the previous prompt. Group Contact Debra Flanagan with any questions: [email protected] Art prompt was “Gift” I Give of Me to Thee D Flanagan Art prompt was “Creation” Chromosomes for a Down Syndrome boy D Flanagan Art prompt was “Self-Image” What Keely thinks she looks like! D Flanagan Poll #2: Are you interested in the Fiber Art Special Interest Group? Programs Preview Upcoming Speakers and workshops Learn how to explore amazing online resources, April Meeting: such as ● Metropolitan Museum ● International Quilt Study Meg Cox Center & Museum ● Library of Congress, the “400 Years of oral history project Quilts at the Click ● Quilt Index (more than 60,000 quilts) of a Mouse” Meg will provide the story behind some of the amazing quilts, and gives ideas for taking inspiration from quilts without breaking copyright laws. Workshop with Cheryl Arkison March 13th 10:00 to 4:00 There a few spots left. Sign up link is on the website. Take a traditional block and change it up! Play with technique, scale, color, value, and more Jenny Haynes Lecture: Note the Date! Saturday, June 12 10:00 to 12:00 “Evolution of a Curve” Free to all members. Workshop: Skinny Inset Strips Saturday, June 19 9:00 to 1:00 $55 Currently full, but put your name on the waiting list if you are interested. Giving Quilts (Rachel Singh, Jana Royal) • First quilt of 2021- Scrappy Houses! • Make a house block from your scraps. • Any style, any size • Blocks to be mailed or dropped off by March 15 Block by Katie Sprugel SMQG Giving Quilt “Alphabet Soup” Assembled by Erica Johnson Quilted and bound by Chelsey Weber Poll #3: How long has it been since you cleaned and oiled your sewing machine? More Inspiration! •Improv Star Storm •Designed and pieced by Victoria Findlay Wolfe, 2018 •Quilted by Karlee Porter •Part of Victoria Findlay Wolfe special exhibit at Quiltcon 2020 How will this work? JAN FEB MAR APR • Ideas! • Make some parts • Make parts based on • Make focal block • Planning! based on prompts prompts • Fabric Selection! MAY JUNE JULY AUG • Add word or applique • Assemble so far • Make parts based on • Make parts based on prompts prompts SEPT OCT NOV DEC • Assemble top • Quilt it • Bind it • Keep it or gift it! Month 3 Prompt- TRIANGLES ● Use TRIANGLES to create designs in each block, or aim for the effect of triangles around your center block ● Ideas for blocks utilizing TRIANGLES are offered, but you can always go independent and make whatever block suits your fancy this month ● How many to make? How big should they be? ○ It depends…. ○ See the blog post for more info ● Hint: Do not stitch your blocks into borders yet. You’ll appreciate the flexibility for play when your central block is done and you can put everything on a design wall. Block Ideas- Mild HSTs and Variations Flying Geese Border Ideas- Medium Equilateral Triangles Rally (MQG site) Spiky Triangles and Variations Border Ideas- Spicy Pinwheels Friendship Stars Vector block (MQG site) MARCH: TRIANGLES Look at the blog post for all the details! Mild Medium Spicy • Pick a block style that • Play with improv • Play with a new-to-you doesn’t intimidate or • Make blocks that method or do a border stress you require more piecing that requires more • Make a few blocks • Make more blocks piecing • Make enough blocks to make a full border Sew & Tell! Linda Kucera Charity Quilt Linda Kucera Finished in February, head start for next Christmas! Linda Kucera Pattern by Stacey Day Fun use of Heather Ross fabrics Grace Kim First quilt ever! Pieced and quilted by Grace Faced binding Holly Anselm Baby quilt for a lucky neighbor Alexandra Immel Terry Peart “Improv Daisy” from workshop with Sherri Lynn Wood Julia Wachs “Bracken” Foundation paper pieced Quilting by Sarah of Stitch Mode Quilts Second published pattern! Marja van Zeijl Round Robin style quilt started with Quilters of the Hudson Highlands in 2017 Machine quilting progress! Trish Norberg “I Heart You” Pattern by Then Came June There’s a story behind that raindrop background…. Chandra Wu “Molly’s Moon” Improv quilt made in April and May of 2020 Goal: use all the solid scraps without making new ones Hand quilted with perle cotton, using a tapestry needle before realizing that a sashiko needle would have been way easier (because it is sharp!) Marianne Anderegg Marianne Anderegg Katie Sprugel “Whoosh” 34” x 34” Hole Punch Hoops pattern by Jenny Haynes, made in Twice Cut Drunkard’s Path workshop, 2020 FMQ inspired by Christina Cameli, HollyAnne Knight and Mel Beach Time to wrap it up! Quilt by Amy Steed “See” you in April! • April 14th Membership Meeting via Zoom • Send sew-and-tell photos and stories any time to: [email protected] • Tag your work using #SeattleMQGApril2021 on Instagram • Before you go… Poll #4: What did you think of tonight's meeting? Next Meeting: 04.14.2021 Via Zoom Register early! .