Chattanooga Modern Quilt Guild: November 2015

Our meeting began in a frenzy as we collected:

Dues for 2016, $30 per member
Quilts and forms for our December guild quilt show
Water blocks and scraps for our improv charity quilt

Report on AQS Volunteers from Dawn Harkness

Our payment for volunteering during the September show is $302.
Kathleen McMullen will be volunteer coordinator for 2016 QuiltWeek Chattanooga
Aprons were awarded to our top five volunteers for this year’s show
Next year will likely be the last year AQS comes to Chattanooga

Our plans for the December 12^th meeting

It’s a party! Bring finger food
We’ll have our quilt show from Design Series work. Prizes will be awarded.
We’ll open the cards we wrote in January about our modern quilting goals
If you bring a handmade gift for the swap, you will take another home

Quilt Week Opportunity Quilt—Do we want to make the one for 2016?

What is it? A quilt that is displayed just inside the main entrance to AQS
Patrons have the opportunity to buy a ticket with a $1 donation to a designated charity; winning ticket gets the quilt
This year Chattanooga Quilters raised $1300 with their Opportunity Quilt; last year they raised $900.
The ticket tumbler and hanger would be provided
We would make the quilt from supplies purchased with guild funds.

It was suggested that we:

Form a committee of five people to plan the project
Committee presents idea to guild at our December meeting
Members can make and contribute blocks or sections of the quilt
We have to make the decision of whether or not we will do this by December
We could do pre-sale of tickets
We supply everything but the tumbler (tickets, advertising, signs, quilt, people)

Hart Gallery Update (Gerry Haywood)

The project with Christmas trees and plain ornaments worked well with the clients
This was our last time to volunteer there
The gallery people were most appreciative and made a cake to thank our volunteers
The team Sandy quilt was sold at auction for $250
The team Denise quilt is still for sale

Team Jean Quilt Presented to Habitat for Humanity

Jean explained how our guild made four charity quilts in 2014 starting with bags of unwanted scraps
New Habitat homeowner Cornelia was surprised and delighted to receive the quilt
Team Janet will try to get their quilt finished so that it can be presented at the next Habitat home opening in January

Election of Officers for 2016

Pam presented a slate of officers and three people were duly elected:

President—Audrey Workman

Secretary—Sharon Griffith

Treasurer—Jean Larson

Modern Quilt Guild Charity Project

Audrey explained what our guild is making and collected the water blocks.

Brainstorming Session

Veronica directed us as we formulated ideas for next year’s programs and directions. She began by asking us to close our eyes and classify our ability levels with these results:

Rate Yourself	Newbie	Confident Beginner	Intermediate	Advanced
Quilting in General	1	7	23	7
Specifically Modern Quilting	13	14	12	0

Ideas from the brainstorming session follow.

BRAINSTORMING SESSION

Suggested Workshop Instructors

Chawne Kimber

Maria Shell

Gwen Marston

Libs Elliott

Elizabeth Hartman

Jacquie Gering

Victoria Findlay Wolfe

Nancy Purvis

Heather Jones

Michelle Wilkie

Katie Pasquini Masapust

Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr

Anna Maria Horner

(Karen Downer volunteered to teach basics.)

Basics

Piecing curves 1 vote

Blocking the quilt

Y-seams

Pressing seams

Piecing inserts 1 vote

Terminology

Squaring up blocks and quilts 1 vote

Borders/bindings

Appliqué

Grainline and cutting

Consistency with cutting (no wonky strips)

Blocking

Improv piecing 3 votes

Modern quilting techniques 2 votes

Design/Composition

Sources for inspiration

Where to start

Principles of design 1 vote

Process for starting

Color theory 1 vote

Patterns for modern quilts

Exercises for designing quilts 11 votes

Round robins

Scale 5 votes

Pattern design/writing patterns 3 votes

Choosing fabrics 4 votes

Quilts from other countries

Principles of Modern Quilts—How to create a modern composition

All 1 vote

Negative space

Minimalism

Basic guidelines

Pixelation 1 vote

Modern vs art/contemporary quilts 1 vote

What is modern stitching/quilting and how to do it 2 votes

Modern traditionalism

Graffiti quilting

Techniques/Trends/Technology

Abstraction—steps explaining how to do it 5 votes

Software—quilting, design 3 votes

QAYG

Slide presentation and discussion of modern quilts

English Paper Piecing (EPP)

Quilting apps 2 votes

Incorporating “other” fabrics in modern quilts

Machine features and tools

Navigating the MQG website

Mentor/hands on working

Logistics for Meetings

Sit and sew

Workshops

Exercises—mini groups/bees

Chairs vs tables

Extra ideas

Bring design walls and parts and design a quilt

Show and Tell

I accidentally cut off a few heads and don't have i.d.s for all the quilts. If you have one to claim or can help me out, please comment below and I'll try to fix that!