Meeting Reminder: Thursday, September 15, 2011

The next CMQG meeting is THURSDAY, SEP 15 from 7-9pm at Quilt Trends. Beth and Cristin are doing a demo on the Accuquilt GO! Baby fabric cutter.  They will be letting the rest of us try it out!  Bring some fabric scraps with you if you'd like to play a bit.

What to bring:

1. Habitat Challenge Finishes
2.  Scraps for the GO! Baby demo
3.  Show and Tell item
4.  $10 cash to purchase a seat at the Maria Elkins talk in Dec.

We will also discuss plans for our big CMQG 1st Anniversary Bash (Oct. meeting) and setting up committees/volunteers for the guild's second year.

Hope to see you there!

Japan Relief Charity Quilts Finished!

These quilts look spectacular(!) and I am so proud of them because they were put together in the first-ever charity effort by the Columbus Modern Quilt Guild.

We had a couple extra charm packs leftover from the Robert Kaufman Kona Challenge, so we decided to make lap quilts using Wonky Star blocks for the relief effort in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami hit the country hard in the spring.

The charms were divided up into ziploc baggies and passed around at a meeting.  Everyone snatched them up and returned these awesome funky stars.  Look they so vibrant assembled together!

I am packing up both quilts and sending them to a friend who returned to Japan this summer.  

A huge THANK YOU to all in CMQG who helped with these quilts.  

And a special thanks to: 

Kristen H. who helped organize and sew much (pieced, quilted and bound one quilt top)

Beth N and Marilyn G. who donated Kona White

Amanda S. who donated backing fabric

Stacy V for binding one quilt

Pamela B. for piecing one quilt top

Cristin W. for quilting one quilt top

(let me know if I forgot someone...)

quilt back #1

quilt back #2

Meeting Reminder: Thursday, August 18, 2011

The next CMQG meeting is THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 from 7-9pm at Quilt Trends. We will be watching the documentary "Stitched". We will have a brief meeting before the movie begins.

What to bring:

1. Habitat Challenge progress


Hope to see you there!

July's Meeting

Our next meeting is this Thursday! How did it sneak up so quickly?



If you couldn't come to our July meeting, you missed:



A presentation on hand dyeing fabrics by Dana that included some of her own beautifully dyed fabrics...











Some really inspiring show-and-tell projects, including this small selection...



















And a great discussion about the future of our guild, including ideas for officers. If you are interested in this discussion it will be ongoing for the next meeting or two!



And because I was remiss in posting after our April and May meetings (so sorry, work and travel got the better of me!), here are our group photos from the Kona solids challenge!









See you Thursday!

Beth

Reap What's Sewn Shop Hours

Hi all- Just wanted to pass along some information from Pam. She drove up to Reap What's Sewn (the shop that sent us the fliers and coupons at the July Meeting) and found out that the hours are changed.

The hours are changed to 10-5 Monday to Saturday. (NO late evenings during the week.)

FYI in case anyone decides to drive up to Delaware....

Thanks Pam for sharing!

Meeting Reminder: Thursday, July 28, 2011

The next CMQG meeting is THURSDAY, JULY 28 from 7-9pm at Quilt Trends. Dana is doing a demo on fabric dyeing.

What to bring:

1. Wonky Star Blocks for Japan Relief Quilts
2. Show and Tell item

Marilyn has all the fabric for the Habitat Challenge ready to pass out too!

Hope to see you there!

Quilts for Japan Update

The first CMQG charity project is well underway!

(Japan Charity Quilt #1)

Twenty nine of the wonky star blocks were returned at the last meeting, enough to complete one quilt top. Many thanks to Pamela for piecing the top and to Cristin for volunteering to quilt it.

I hope to collect the remaining blocks at the next meeting - Thursday, June 28th. I would love to have both quilts pieced, quilted and bound for our August meeting so they can make their way to Japan. If you still have a wonky star block PLEASE bring it to the next meeting! If you cannot be at the meeting drop me an email (k_hofferberth[at]yahoo[dot]com) to arrange for delivery of your block.

As we bring this project to a close I will be looking for our next charity project - if you have any ideas please share them!

Also, if you would be willing to help me coordinate future charity endeavors please let me know. You know the saying, "Many hands make light work".

See you on Thursday!