January 2018 Meeting Announcement

Please join us for the January Meeting of the Tulsa Modern Quilt Guild. 

DATE: January 4, 2018

Doors open at 6:30 for Fellowship; Meeting Starts at 7:00

NEW LOCATION!! 

East Side Christian Church Fellowship Hall (15th & Harvard area)

1438 S Indianapolis Ave.  Tulsa, OK 74112

Agenda Includes:

Annual Board Meeting

2018 Budget Presentation

Announce Plans for 2018, including our new charity recipient 

Misc other announcements and activities 

Show & Tell

If you're not a member of the Tulsa Modern Quilt Guild but are interesting in checking out the group, we would love to have you join us! Non-Members can attend two meetings for free, with subsequent meetings being $5 each unless you join the Guild. Guild membership is only $35/year and also includes membership into the national Modern Quilt Guild. 

Current Members - We are re-implementing NAME TAGS so please wear your handmade name tag to the January meeting. 

Looking forward to seeing you there!

The 2018 TMQG Board 

November Meeting Recap

President Kris Farnsworth kicked off the November meeting with introductions and some information about our trial location.  We are currently looking for a new home for our meetings and tonight we visited Tandy Family YMCA.

Throughout the year we have focused on several aspects of modern quilting, including:

• use of bold colors/prints;
• high contrast;
• improvisational piecing;
• minimalism;
• expansive negative space;
• alternate grid work;
• modern traditionalism; and
• pop-culture influence.

At this month's meeting, our President gave us a visual pop-quiz on these aspects via....

Date that Quilt!

We viewed a number of vintage and modern quilts and identified the aspects of modern quilting which were present in each and then tried to determine if they were vintage or modern.  Several quilters tricked us more than once!  It was a fun recap to the year and a great test of the knowledge we have gained!

Tulsa MQG is currently 82 members strong and continuing to grow!  We are welcoming new members every month.  Membership dues for 2018 are due by the December 7th meeting.  You are welcome to join or to continue your membership by clicking on the PayPal link in the right hand margin of the screen or you can pay by check at the December meeting.  Membership information will be updated with the Modern Quilt Guild in January so timely payment is important to ensure you get the most out of your local and national memberships.

Our 2018 Board Elections were held this month.  Congratulations and Thank You to our new Board members:

• President, Cindi Kneff
• Vice President, Deena Drevs
• Secretary, Kari Bloom
• Treasurer, Glenda Harkey
• Membership Chair, Kelli Heath

We are looking forward to expanding committee participation in 2018.  Please contact any Board member if you have a particular interest.  There will be more information to come!

The 2017 President's Challenge mini quilts were displayed.  The challenge was to create a 24”x24” square mini quilt using whatever technique or fabrics you want and your inspiration must be a cereal box.

A great time was had by all at the 4th Annual Tulsa MQG Fall Retreat last month!  As usual the retreat was held at Camp Egan in Tahlequah, OK.  We had so many fantastic sponsors!  Thank you Alison Glass, Amy Butler Design, Aurifil Thread, BlueFig Sewing, C&T Publishing, Cloud9 Fabrics, Coats & Clark, Daylight Company, Elizabeth Hartman, Havel's Sewing, Jaybird Quilts, June Tailor, Mettler USA, ToolTron, Sulky Threads, Noodlhead Patterns, Martelli, Shannon Fabrics for your amazing products and your continued support.  A special thank you also to our local quilt shops, Owl & Drum, B-Sew Inn, and Sew Much More Fabrics.  Without all of you our retreat would not be so amazing!!  This is currently the only fundraiser our guild has each year so we truly appreciate everyone's continued support.

4th Annual Tulsa MQG Fall Retreat Group Photo

We have a new LOGO BANNER!!  This was a group effort and we are thrilled with how it turned out.

New Logo Banner

Tulsa MQG is excited that one of our members is heading up the 2018 Southwood Quilt and Fiber Arts Show.  And she wants your quilts!!  Contact Deneisha Johnson for more information.






Now, it's time to wrap up your sewing projects for the holiday season!!  

October Meeting Recap

Autumn has officially arrived in Tulsa...and some days the weather is actually feeling like it.  I find the colors and textures of Autumn to be so invigorating and full of creative inspiration.  It is fitting that the theme of our October meeting is "Inspiration".

Our guest speaker was Matt Moffett, Executive Director of the Tulsa Girls' Art School, and fine artist. He shared his take on "inspiration."  It was a great presentation with many examples of his paintings and two quilts he made.

    

2018 Membership is coming due soon!  You can pay your dues by clicking the PayPal button to the right or by cash or check at the November or December meeting.  

Nominations are in for the 2018 Tulsa MQG Board of Directors.  The election will be via ballot at the November meeting.  


Our QuiltCon Charity Challenge is quick underway and under wraps!!  We are very proud of our prior submissions and are very excited about what we have in the works for this year!

D'Neisha announced the upcoming Southwood Quilt & Fiber Arts Show on January 5-6, 2018 at Southwood Nursery @ 9032 S. Lewis, Tulsa.  Is is a FREE and NON-JUDGED quilt show!!!!!


Why should you enter a quilt, you ask?  D'Neisha says: 
SHOW your quilt for free without fret of judgement!
SEE other wonderful quilts on display and vote for your favorite!
VISIT with unique vendors!
CHECK OUT the two featured artists with displays of modern AND traditional techniques!
STAND in awe of the vintage highlight section with quilts passed down over the generations!

The October Block of the Month (BOM) focuses on the aspect 
of modern quilting "Inspiration"  The block is called “Oh My Stars” and directions can be found on the guild Facebook page.
The blocks are for donation quilts and will be due at November  meeting.

Our next meeting is November 2nd!  The location is TBA.  See you then!

August Meeting Recap

April Smith kicked off the meeting with a group discussion about the oldest quilts in our possession and the name of the patterns.  It was fun hearing about members' quilt collections.


Our membership continues to grow every month.  We are 82 strong right now!  We enjoy meeting new members and seeing their work.  We have so much to learn from and teach to one another.  This year has really highlighted that fact with the plethera of speakers and teachers we have had who are members.  My favorite thing about quilting is the wonderful community of makers it has introduced me to.  I have heard several of my fellow quilters say the same thing.

Our members are working on 12" finished low volume blocks for our new Tulsa MQG banner.  We have about half of them finished and turned in and we need about 10 more.  Kelli Heath and Deena Drevs are leading this project so please contact either of them with questions or to volunteer to help.



Final payments for Tulsa MQG Fall Retreat are due in September.  Registration is now open to guests.  Retreat t-shirts are available for purchase for $25.  The design is really great thanks to Rebecca Gore and Cindi Kneff AND you do not have to be coming to the retreat to order a t-shirt.  Contact Cindi Kneff for more information.

Tulsa MQG member Daneisha Johnson did a fun and informative presentation on Modern Traditionalism.  




According to the Modern Quilt Guild, modern traditional quilts apply other modern quilt design elements to traditional blocks in a restrained, impactful way. 

Be a BECKY and embrace negative space!

Daneisha shared many example photos from various sources as well as some of her own work.

Thank you, Deneisha!

The Block of the Month for our donation quilts is "A New Leaf" and it embraces the curves that so many of our members are excited about learning and perfecting.  The instructions can be found on the guild Facebook group for members.

Dani Comstock from Prarie Quilts visited out meeting this month to announce an upcoming bus tour and gave away a free ticket to the tour to a lucky guild member!  This bus tour will depart in Tulsa for a short, one day trip to Prairie Quilt in Hennessey, OK. We will depart at 8 AM and arrive back in Tulsa by 5 PM. 

The theme of our next meeting is Minimalism and it is on September 7th!

July Meeting Recap

This Oklahoma weather in July is HOT!  But so are the creative ideas flowing through the guild for the QuiltCon Charity Quilt design.  We like to keep our design on the downlow until the big reveal at QuiltCon, but rest assured, we are fast at work!

Our retreat committee reports there are still slots available for our Fall Retreat which is scheduled for October 20th - 22nd.  Registration will be open to non-members/visitors in August.


The theme of this month meeting was "High Contrast". Debbie Ross' presentation was informative and eye catching, with many examples to demonstrate what high contrast in quilting means.  







Keeping with this theme, our block of the month for our donation quilts is "Upward Trajectory".  This is also an opportunity to practice your FPP skills.  These blocks can be turned in at the August meeting and will be assembled into a donation quilt for Youth Services of Tulsa.



Tulsa MQG President Kris Farnsworth issued the 2017 President's Challenge last month!  The rules are simple, but it allows for endless creativity and ingeneous.  The challenge is to create a 24”x24” square mini quilt using whatever technique or fabrics you want and your inspiration must be a cereal box.  Challenge quilts are due at the November 2nd guild meeting.  How is everyone coming on their challenge quilt??

The Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild extended an invitation to non-members for a Workshop with Melissa Averinos on August 4th & 5th.  We appreciate the invitation and hope some of our members are able to attend.

That's a wrap for July!  In August our theme is "Modern Traditionalism".  Hope to see you there!

June Meeting Recap

June proved to be an exciting an informative meeting.

Tulsa Modern Quilt Guild has completed more than 22 donation quilts so far this year for Youth Services of Tulsa Transitional Living Program.  Click on the Donation Quilts tab at the top of the page for more information about our 2017 charity.

We discussed our plan for the QuiltCon Charity Quilt 2018 Challenge.  We are very excited about our ideas, but like to keep those under wraps until the big reveal at QuiltCon.  This is the only hint we will give (for now)...

Tulsa MQG member, Todd Johnston, presented this month on The Influence of Pop Culture on Modern Quilts.  Todd defined high culture, folk culture, and pop culture and discussed examples of pop culture from the 1940's, 50's, 60's, and 70's.  He also provided several sample quilt reference photos including The Tardis from Doctor Who, Donkey Kong, the Starship Enterprise, and of course, Woody Guthrie.

Todd's Cowboy Bebop Quilt certainly has a pop culture influence →









We were so fortunate to welcome Leo Ransom as our guest presenter.  Leo Ransom is a Quilting Portraiture Artist, as well a traditional quilter. He makes extremely unique portraits, which are immediately recognizable and intricately crafted.  He shared many of his quilts with us.  So much talent and creativity.  It was a pleasure.

Our President Kris Farnsworth issued his 'Inspiration' themed President's Challenge to the guild.  As an example that inspiration for a quilt can come from a wide range of sources, Kris shared a stunning mini recently created by Tulsa MQG member Kari Bloom.

The inspiration.....


The quilt....


The Challenge:

• Create a 24”x24” square mini quilt
• Due at the November meeting
• Use whatever technique you want (applique, piecing, trapunto, etc.)
• Use whatever fabrics you like (cotton prints, batiks, recycled garments, etc.)
• You can do improvisational piecing or use whatever quilt blocks you choose
• The only catch is that your inspiration must be A CEREAL BOX!!

See you next month!

May Meeting Recap

Our May general membership meeting was all about BOLD COLOR & PRINT.  Keeping with the theme, we had a color coded ice breaker activity to kick off the meeting.  We lined up (well, made a circle really) by putting ourselves in color coded order based on the color of our shirts, with multicolor shirts being the transition from one color to another.  Fun!

Membership Chair April Smith announced we had 5 new members join since our last meeting bringing our total membership to 79.  It is so exciting to meet so many quilters and watch our guild grow.  Welcome to all of our new members!

Vice President Cindi Kneff collected the "circle of friends" blocks of the month and reported in March and April our guild completed 31 donation quilts.  We are on track to meet our goal for 2017!

Past President Julie Tuller is going to chair a new committee to design and create a quilted banner with our new logo.  We have been inspired by so many modern guilds out there who have made gorgeous banners.  Check some out for yourself on Instagram and Google.  This will be a fun project.  If you are interested in joining the fun please contact Julie Tuller or Secretary Kelli Heath.

We spent some time over the past couple of months talking about who we are as a guild and defining our mission.  The new mission statement of the Tulsa Modern Quilt Guild was unveiled tonight:

Our mission as the Tulsa Modern Quilt Guild is to create a community that promotes the art of modern quilting through education and community outreach, inspires creativity, and supports individual growth.

Kelly, Beth, & Jane

Every month we have door prize giveaways.  These are handmade items made by our guild members.  Tonight's lucky winners were Kelly, Beth, and Jane!

The highlight of our May meeting was most definitely the informative and hilariously entertaining presentation on Use of Bold Colors and Prints by our very own Patti Coppock. 

Patti Coppock
Use of Bold Color and Prints

Patti shared with us her process for finding inspiration, how she thinks about color, and selecting colors based on what inspires you.  The quote she shared from Austin Kleon's 'Steal Like an Artist' TedTalk really resonated with many and is worthy of restatement here.  

“Nothing is original, so embrace influence, collect ideas, and remix and re-imagine to discover your own path… What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original.”  - Austin Kleon

As you can see from the before and after photos, Patti's process is critical! 

Patti finds her inspiration everywhere!  If you follow her on Facebook you know that she posts daily nature photos.  This is one of the ways she is inspired in addition to items around the house, around town, in art, and in everyday life.  

Inspiration is everywhere!

She also shared with us ways of isolating the colors, pulling fabrics, and editing your fabric pull.  A copy of her PowerPoint can be viewed on the member's only guild Facebook page.

Patti and her awesome awesome grandchildren.

And of course, no presentation would be complete without taking the opportunity to show off your grandchildren!  Am I right??

Here are some gorgeous examples of Patti's use of bold colors & prints in her quilts:

Close up shot of a king size quilt.

Tonight was the big reveal for our Vice President's 2017 Pantone Color of the Year Greenery Mini Quilt Challenge. Several members participated and had fun showing off their minis.

Deena, Cathy, VP Cindi, Kelli, Debbie, Debbie, & Kari

We have several announcements and upcoming events.  Check out the Events tab for all the details.

April Meeting Recap

Our April meeting kicked off with a fun "4 of a Kind-ness" activity.  Each member received one playing card which they are to post on Instagram with the hashtag #tulmqg4ofakindness.  Then they search the hashtag to find the other three cards matching theirs, follow those individuals on IG, and show kindness to them for a month.  If you couldn't attend the meeting, don't let that put a damper on your fun.  Check out the hashtag and follow away!  What a fun way to get to know each other a little better!

We had a fun Easter egg "hunt"...well, by "hunt" we mean pick an egg out of the basket on your way in to the meeting.  So basically you got to hunt in the basket for your favorite colored egg.  There were 3 winning eggs....filled with candy AND local quilt shop gift certificates!!  Some lucky quilters are going on shopping sprees at Owl & Drum and Sew Much More Fabrics.

We had 11 visitors at our March meeting and two new members joined our guild in March bringing our membership total to 74.  Look at us grow!

New logo options were presented to the membership for a vote in March and our new logo was presented tonight.  Tulsa MQG member Becky Gore did a great job designing the winning logo.  Check it out at the top of the page.

Tulsa MQG member Shawna Gehres gave a presentation on Alternate Grid Work.  Shawna attended a class at QuiltCon with Heather Grant and shared some of the knowledge she gained.  Members of Tulsa MQG can access the PowerPoint from Shawna's presentation on the guild Facebook group page.

Shawna in action.

Some suggestions for alternate grid work inspiration.

Thank you, Shawna!

An example of alternate grid work is depicted here -
Marcelle Medallion Quilt by Alexia Abegg.

We are learning more each month about different aspects of modern quilting.  Our Block of the Month for April is "Circle of Friends" and follows the alternate grid work theme.  These blocks are due at our May meeting.  The BOM's are then used to create beautiful donation quilts for our 2017 charity, Youth Services of Tulsa.  Members can access the pattern/tutorial on the  guild Facebook group page.

Join us in May when our theme will be Bold Color in Prints!

March Meeting Recap

We had a great meeting in March! There were quite a few new visitors and we all got to know each other better through the "what is our mission?" activity planned for us by April.  Tulsa MQG member, Becky gave a superb presentation about Negative Space in modern quilting. Her presentation was interesting and she shared several quilt photos from QuiltCon. It was great to see so many examples of creative ways to use negative space. 

Our Block of the Month “Good with the Bad” focuses on negative space. These blocks are due at the April meeting and will be used in future donation quilts.  For more information on our local charity click on the "donation quilts" tab at the top of the page.

PAST PRESIDENT, JULIE'S QUILTY SURPRISE

We celebrated (and surprised) our Past President, Julie, with a scrappy quilt made by guild members and put together by Patti.  Looks like she loves the quilt and she was surprised!

THANK YOU, JULIE!!