Meeting January 22, 2026

Old Worthington Library

21 members attended. Wear your name tag each month and be entered in the drawing for a prize. Dues of $10 per member are currently being collected. Leigh asked the question, what is your goal for quilt tops finished this year? Crib size or bigger. Most said from 1 to 5.

Challenge coordinator is Heather. Heather presented our first challenge due in November 2026. Each participant will create a quilt using only three (3) yards of fabric for the quilt top. The goal of this challenge is to inspire creativity, efficient fabric use, and unique design within a shared constraint. Only the quilt top needs to be complete to finish this challenge. More information is shown on website.

Fabric swap coordinator is Olivia . We will have 3 fabric swaps this year. February is low volume neutral fabric, June is any holiday fabric and September is stripes or polka dots. For each swap the member should bring the specific fabric, cut in 4 fat quarters (21x18). The fat quarters do not have to be 4 of the same fabric, but need to follow the swap guidelines. They should be put in a bag with the member’s name on it.

Block raffle coordinator is Courtney. Courtney will announce at February meeting, a block raffle due in March.

Leslie is the retreat coordinator. Retreat scheduled for April 30 to May 3 2026 at Hotel Millersburg. Right now we have 1 retreat scheduled in 2026. There will be a limit of 16 people at the retreat. After 16 people sign up there will be a waitlist. Please see below for reservation instructions and do not reserve your room online.

Room and Retreat sign up: Please call the Hotel Millersburg retreat manager, Jamie at 330-674-1457, extension 3. Jamie works Wednesday through Sunday and the phone rings to her personal cell, so please call at reasonable times. Tell her you are with Leslie Wood's 2026 retreat and give her the dates of the retreat. You can preview the rooms at hotelmillersburg.com, click on "check availability and make reservations".

February meeting demo – Courtney will lead us in the demo called Kinusaiga. Kinusaiga is a Japanese no-sew fabric art technique where fabric scraps are pressed into slits cut into a backing material (like wood or foam) to create mosaic-like pictures, resembling "painting with fabric" or fabric collage, to form vibrant, textured designs without glue or thread. Detailed information on what you should bring is listed on the columbusmodernquilters.com website.

April swap - Any member interested in participating in this swap, should bring a pieced and quilted pillow cover for an 18 x 18 pillow (do not bring a pillow insert). Bring your completed pillow cover in a bag and we will swap with each other.

5 minute hustle – This is a new program for our group. Heather told us about her creation “Hobby Nest” which is a website where hobbyists can buy, sell and trade your hobby supplies. She and her husband have spent many hours and dollars creating a top-notch platform. You can find more information at www.hobbynest.com, FB @hobbynest, Pinterest @hobbynestmarket, Instagram @hobbynestmarket.

Any interested members who would like to participate in 5-minute hustle, please contact Leigh.

Show and Tell - 14 members participated in show and tell. Beautiful work everyone. Pictures on FB.

Bonnie talked about and wondered if there was interest in an indigo fabric dying class led by Linda Leviton. Her studio located in Lewis Center OH.

My Very Own Blanket – volunteer opportunity – Several members meet up once a month at My Very Own Blanket offices in Westerville. More information on this volunteer opportunity can be obtained at monthly meeting. From Michelle C

Next meeting: February 26, 2026 6:00 pm First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 93 W Weisheimer Rd., Columbus OH 43214 PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION



March 26, 2026 6:00 pm Old Worthington Library, 820 High Street, Worthington OH

February Meeting Activity: Kinusaiga

At our next meeting, Thursday Feb 26th, we’re going to try Kinusaiga. 

Kinusaiga is a Japanese no-sew fabric art technique where fabric scraps are pressed into slits cut into a backing material (like wood or foam) to create mosaic-like pictures, resembling "painting with fabric" or fabric collage, to form vibrant, textured designs without glue or thread.

What to bring:

• printout or drawing of your chosen design. Should be about 8”x10”. (7.75”x9.75” if you want to get technical) 
• Stash of scraps (in the colors/prints you may want to use). People can share! 
• Pencil
• X-acto knife 
• Seam ripper
• Fabric Scissors
• Cutting mat

I’ll provide the foam board (approximately 8”x10”, 1” thick. They’ll be cut slightly smaller than 8x10 so they fit inside a frame that’s size). It will have double-sided adhesive already applied. 

I’ll also have scotch tape to put your template/designs on the boards.

When finished- you can frame it in an 8x10 shadow box style frame. Something similar to this. (also available at Hobby Lobby or Michael’s). 

Simple designs work best- you can search kinusaiga on Pinterest, or use coloring pages or stained glass patterns are good inspiration too. You can do large sections or backgrounds with smaller pieces.  

I’ll give full instructions, and it’s super easy/quick to catch on, but you can also watch YouTube tutorials if you’re interested before we get together. (That’s how I got my “teaching credentials”! 😆)

Challenge #1 Three Yard Quilt

Deadline - November

Presentation in January:  Bring in a few fabric samples/patterns (since I don't have a quilt made)

Challenge overview:

Each participant will create a quilt using only three (3) yards of fabric for the quilt top. The goal of this challenge is to inspire creativity, efficient fabric use, and unique design within a shared constraint.

Challenge Guidelines

Fabric Requirements: 

• Use exactly 3 yards of fabric total for the quilt top
• Fabric can be 3 1 yard cuts or any combination that totals 3 yards.  
• Any fabric style is allowed (prints, solids, novelty, etc)
• Background fabric counts towards the 3 yards.
• Backing and binding fabric does not count towards the 3 yards.  

Quilt Top Rules

• The quilt top must be made entirely from 3 yards of fabric.
• Any patter, layout or design is allowed.
• Blocks may be pieced, appliquest, improv, etc
• Borders are allowed as long as they use fabric from the same 3 yards.
• Panels are allowed, but must be included within the 3 yard total.

Additional Details

• Can be any size
• Quilt does not have to be fully finished

November Meeting

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Meeting November 20, 2025  6:00 PM   Old Worthington Library

HOLIDAY MEETING

20 members attended.  Wear your name tag each month and be entered in the drawing for a prize.   

Each member brought a dish to share and we opened the meeting with food.   The traffic was heavy  this evening and we felt that would give everybody time to show up before the meeting started.  Thanks to all who brought a dish to share!

Games – we then proceeded to a couple of games.   1.  Bows and cups.   Pick 2 matching bows and win a prize.   2.  Bingo card – Carol Graham was the winner.   

Gift Exchange – members brought a wrapped gift, purchased or home made and we drew numbers to exchange.   2 steals per gift were allowed.   Fun was had by all!!

My Very Own Blanket – volunteer opportunity – Several members meet up once a month  at My Very Own Blanket offices in Westerville.   More information on this volunteer opportunity can be obtained at monthly meeting. From Michelle C

Next meetings:

December15, 2025   at 5:30 gathering at House of Wine and then 7pm Worthington Dewey’s Pizza See FB to RSVP and get details

January 22, 2025 – regular guild meeting  Old Worthington

October Meeting

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Meeting October 23, 2025  6:00 PM   Old Worthington Library

 

17 members attended.  Wear your name tag each month and be entered in the drawing for a prize.  

Each member brought a dish to share and we opened the meeting with food.   The traffic was heavy  this evening and we felt that would give everybody time to show up before the meeting started.  Thanks to all who brought a dish to share!

Games – we then proceeded to a couple of games.   1.  Remember what is on the tray (all sewing related)  Leslie was the winner of this game.   2.  Leigh showed the group 5 pieces of fabric and we were supposed to guess the designer.  Katy was the winner of this game.  

Applique Challenge – Nine people participated in this challenge.  The favorite of several members this year what to reverse applique a t shirt or sweatshirt.   Contrasting fabric was placed inside the clothing and then letters were cut out to show the fabric.   All members had very nice projects.   Thanks to Bonnie who has coordinated these challenges over the last couple years.    Bonnie is stepping down for next year.   Any member interested in taking the challenge coordinator position, please let us know!

Block raffle due at the October 23 meeting.  One half is black and the other half is an improv design.  Six members participated and many made several blocks.   Katy was the winner of the blocks.  Pictures on FB. Thanks to Courtney for coordinating this block raffle.

Courtney also told us about the Bingo card challenge.   A fun easy game to reward yourself for the Quilty things you do.  More information on columbusmodernquilters.com and on Face Book.

Show and Tell - 7 members participated in show and tell.  Beautiful work everyone.  Pictures on FB.

Holiday Meeting 11/20/25 at Old Worthington Library.   Please bring a wrapped gift, purchased or handmade worth about $20.  Bring a dish to share and bingo sheets.

 

My Very Own Blanket – volunteer opportunity – Several members meet up once a month  at My Very Own Blanket offices in Westerville.   More information on this volunteer opportunity can be obtained at monthly meeting. From Michelle C

 

Next meetings:

November 20, 2025 at 6:00 pm at Old Worthington Library.  This will be our Holiday gathering.   A December gathering at Dewey’s Pizza may be in the works!

August Meeting

Meeting August 28, 2025 6:00 PM Old Worthington Library

20 members attended. Wear your name tag each month and be entered in the drawing for a prize.

Since we had a full schedule tonight, we opened the meeting with a video presentation of Heather’s sewing studio. Heather is a very active bag maker and quilter. She has an Etsy shop, FloraJeans, and sells her bags at local festivals. Her room has 3 sewing machines and a 12’ long arm, where she quilts her designs. She also has various storage items to store all her supplies and products. Thanks Heather!

Ruth, Sharon and Carol did a demo presentation on Inktense pencils. These watercolor pencils can be purchased at Blink Art Supply or online. All three have used these pencils in various ways to enhance their quilt designs. In most cases, they first used the pencil on their quilt in an area they wanted color. Then a paintbrush could be used, after it was dipped in water or a liquid medium to alter the color. Afterwards, ironing will set the color. Ruth and Carol had made a color chart with the pencils to help find the correct color they needed when using the pencils. Ruth had set up each person with a design to paint so we could see how these pencils could be used. Thanks to you all!



Fabric swap at September 25 meeting is Kaffe Fassett. Each swap should include 4 fat quarters (18 x 21) and each FQ does not have to be the same fabric, but does have to be the same designer or type.

Project swap due at September 25 meeting - make a table runner/table topper project. Please in a bag

And we will exchange at September meeting.

Courtney told us about a block raffle due at the October 23 meeting. It is an improv half square triangle

One half is black and the other half is an improv design. More information will be posted on the website.

Courtney also told us about the Bingo card challenge. A fun easy game to reward yourself for the Quilty things you do. More information on columbusmodernquilters.com and on Face Book.

Show and Tell 7 members participated in show and tell. Beautiful work everyone. Pictures on FB.

My Very Own Blanket – volunteer opportunity – Several members meet up once a month at My Very Own Blanket offices in Westerville. More information on this volunteer opportunity can be obtained at monthly meeting. From Michelle C




Next meetings:

September 25, 2025 6:00 pm meeting at Dublin Library, 75 N High St, Dublin OH - parking in garage

October 23, 2025 at 6:00 pm at Old Worthington Library.



November 20, 2025 at 6:00 pm at Old Worthington Library

October Block Raffle

BLOCK RAFFLE ANNOUNCEMENT! Let's get a jump on things, shall we? We'll go over this in the August meeting (it wont' be DUE until later!), but it doesn't hurt to have it early. This time around we'll be doing two things that seem to scare most of us: half-square triangles, and improv! What fun!

Here is the tutorial to follow.

It is a two-at-a-time method for making HST blocks. Each block turned in for the raffle should be 6" square (then when they’re sewn together eventually they’ll be 5.5”). For your improv, you can piece this however you like. The tutorial shows some stripes, and courthouse steps, and a full improv version. 

The only rule: use BLACK fabric as your background. Your scrappy side can be whatever colors/patterns you like. So in the end, you'll have a black triangle on one side, and a scrappy bit of fun on the other!

Here are some examples of quilts using this method. Just for some inspiration.

And here are some that our members made early on their last retreat! 

Enjoy!