Notes from Jupiter
Modern Quilt Guild Meeting, May 17, 2014:
It was a small group
meeting this month, with many of our northern friends heading back home for the
summer, but quite a lovely group and meeting nevertheless.
We were
reminded that QuiltCon, to be held February 19 -22 in Austin , is going to be
an exciting time, with an inspiring list of presenters and teachers. We
have two members planning to attend, so those who can’t swing the trip to Texas
can at least hear all about it from our fortunate representatives.
We were asked
to share our ugly quilts. Unfortunately there were none. None of
the so-called ugly quilts shared at the meeting were ugly, although the black
olive pillowcase was a tad suspect. We discovered that one quilter’s ugly is
another quilter’s lovely. Most of the examples seemed to stem from
stepping outside the maker’s normal color comfort zone – sometimes a good
exercise to undertake. And sometimes, not.
The Block Party
featured slab piecing in black and white, with a touch of red. The
results were outstanding. For next month, we’ll make more, to ensure that
Angela has enough blocks for a good sized quilt. Since the Block Party is
nearing completion, we are going to come up with a new idea and settle on the
specifics of that at our next meeting.
The Block Swap
featured Shoo Fly blocks in red, yellow and blue. It was fun to see a
classic block interpreted in a modern way. Next month, the challenge is
to use a basket block in violet, blue and red. It’s going to be interesting
to see all the different interpretations of that!
The highlight of the
meeting was Kathy Tucker’s demonstration of adding circles to a quilt.
Kathy has an excellent demonstration of the technique, and an awesome quilt
example to share.
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Sharing...
Our next meeting is
scheduled for June 21.
