Janet opened our meeting and welcomed our five visitors.
Reports
H*art Gallery Outreach Project
The small red zip bags that members took home to embellish
were returned and passed around. People added beads and decorations to dress
them up a bit. Denise sewed several onto a background and created a jewelry
holder. If you did not return your red bag, please bring it to our October 10
meeting.
Our next day to
volunteer at H*art will be October 14 (1pm-3pm) and the project will be
Christmas related. Denise suggested making ornaments with balls and pipe
cleaners and making small trees using Styrofoam cones. Our team has learned
that the participants from H*art have trouble with tedious things. Some of them
have problems with dexterity but are good at gluing so they might enjoy these
projects.
Denise showed us the completed hexie projects that the
gallery students had glued and our volunteers had secured with stitches.
Patriotic Art Auction to
Benefit Local Veteran and First Responder Support Groups
Thursday, September 24 at
5:30pm – 7:30pm
From H*art’s Facebook Page: After the attack on July 16th a representative of a group of
artists from around the country called H*Art Gallery. They wanted to send art
to the families of the marines and sailor who died. Out of this beautiful
gesture and after talking with the mayor’s office, an art show/auction was
born. These artists, as well as local artists, are sending work, some patriotic
in theme, to H*Art where they will be inventoried and priced. The pieces will
be on display and available for auction in the Soldier and Sailor Memorial
Auditorium lobby from Sept. 24 to Oct. 8. A reception will be held on Sept. 24
from 5:30-7:30p with entertainment and refreshments. Proceeds from this auction
will go to help local veteran and 1st responder support groups. If you are
unable to attend, and want to help, checks can be sent to the gallery. All
donations are tax deductible.
The charity quilt made by Sandi’s team will be sold at this auction.
Ellen from the Gallery asked for a suggested retail price (we said $500) and a
short description of the Modern Quilt Guild.
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Guild Announcements
Gerri has a book for
sale, Sherri Lynn Wood’s The Improv
Handbook for Modern Quilters. She’ll let it go for $15. Let her know if
you want it.
Denise said there’s an article
in this weekend’s Chattanooga Now
about the AQS show that starts Wednesday, September 16.
Dawn Harkness,
Volunteer Coordinator for AQS, needs a person to serve in this capacity for
next year’s Quilt Week. She has the Volunteer Spot computer program ready to go
so that the next person can use the same form and update the information. The
right person for the job will have computer skills and be able to create a
team. Or two people could do this: one could manage the computer part and the
other could create a team to supervise the show. Four volunteers need to be at
the show the whole time. Dawn requested that people who are also in other
guilds take this information there and see if any of them would be interested.
Dawn is moving away but she will be able to train her replacement before next
year’s work needs to be done.
AQS Needs more
volunteers for Quilt Week especially for taking down the show.
Karen invited us to visit the quilt exhibit at the Bessie
Smith Cultural Center. The Center is open Monday through Friday between 10am
and 5pm on Saturdays from noon to 4pm. The exhibit will be in place through the end of September. The Center does charge admission. See the Bessie Smith Cultural Center website for prices and location.
Melissa shared an announcement from Bill that several Bernina machines will be on sale
during the AQS show (including 770, 790, 880) and for a limited time you
can get great deals at zero interest with five years to pay.
Pam needs the dimensions of any quilt that we want to hang
during our December Meeting quilt show
no later than the November meeting. If your quilt is not yet finished, please
get busy!
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September Program: MQG Member Charity Challenge
Jean began the program by introducing us to Michelle
Wilkie’s Factotum of Arts blog. Jean shared a
page where Michelle shows how she abstracts quilt designs from photographs. Please look through these pages to see how
the designed quilt blocks are not copies of the subject matter. The subject
matter was the starting point.
Michelle’s designs are inspired by color, shape and content.
In our case the color palette has been determined by the MQG so we will use
that. But we do have a say in content!
The method of design
and construction that will be used for the MQG Member Charity Challenge is
Improv with Intent. To read about the project, visit:
You may need to log into the MQG account first with your own
member id to make the link work on your computer, but that’s the page with all the information.
Our committee (that’s Jean, Mary and Audrey) thought about
what we could use as the inspiration for our quilt and chose four of our local
bridges: Market Street, Walnut Street, CSX Railroad, and Wilkes T. Thrasher
(the dam).
The Kits. Our 16 volunteer participants were given kits containing gray background fabric and strips of
black, white, red, blue and gold to use in construction of two abstract blocks:
bridge and water. In addition to fabric each kit contained project directions,
a paper viewfinder to aid abstraction, and a bridge photo.
If you are making a block, look at the SHAPES in
the photo you were given and see what inspires you! Work from there. Don’t try
to copy any portion of the bridge, just make a block that reflects your own
inspiration.
Mary showed us an example of the abstraction method. She
took a photo of a building downtown then made a quilt block that was an
abstraction. She said the challenge was abstracting rather than trying to
reproduce what she saw.
Mary’s abstracted building
Abstracted Bridge
Sections
Jean used a photo of the Walnut Street Bridge and chose solid
colors of fabric close to the ones dictated for the challenge and created a
bridge-like structure.
Jean’s abstracted bridge
Mary showed the bridge photo she used and how she decided
what to abstract by outlining shapes with a Sharpie.
Mary’s abstracted bridge
Audrey did not use a photo or drawing but randomly pieced
together a bridge span.
Audrey’s abstracted bridge
Abstracted Water
Sections
We will also be making a section of water. To emphasize
fluidity of water, we will not use straight edges for these blocks. Cut
freehand with the tool of your choice. Use your leftover strips to piece your
own impression of water.
If you took home a kit, we expect to get two blocks back.
And we do have a list of names!
Jean demonstrated a method for cutting strips at any angle
and having them stay straight. Layer both strips right side up. Cut the chosen
angle through both strips at the same time. Then rotate them to fit and they
will be at the correct angle.
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Show and Tell
Show and Tell
1. Jackie Cory 2. Jackie Cory
3. Theresa Kitchell 4. Melissa Klingensmith
5. Julie Foreman 6. Julie Foreman 7. Shirley Prince
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