We had 38 people in attendance, including 2 visitors and 3 new members. Thank you everyone for coming out!
Board President, Cindi Kneff presented the budget for 2018 based upon 2016 & 2017 actual income & expenses. Through frugal management of guild funds the past several years, there is now an available balance in the account to begin bringing in presenters and workshops. This will begin this year with the Guild bringing in Malka Dubrawsky to speak at a monthly meeting and possibly a workshop that same weekend. Details are still being worked out. We are also planning a "barn quilt" workshop that is going to be so much fun! Details will be announced when finalized. The Board is also looking to partner with another area guild for 2019 to bring in a nationally or internationally recognized speaker. The budget was accepted and approved by majority vote of those members in attendance at 7:18p.m., Thursday February 1st.
Deneisha Johnson gave us a recap of the Southwards Quilt Show that took place in January. There were approximately 1500 people who came to the weekend show with about 108 quilts being shown! Feedback from vendors and those in attendance was really good. Deneisha will be writing up a blog post about the show and we will post it on the website when available. A committee will be formed to start getting ready for the 2019 Show so if you are interested in helping, stay tuned for that.
We had an excellent 10-Minute Tip presented by Shawna Gehres on how to make bias binding. From Shawna, here are some of the benefits of using bias binding and tutorial links:
• Bias binding is stronger and more durable that straight-grain binding because straight-grain binding exposes a single thread on the fold whereas bias binding exposes a series of cross threads at the fold.
• Bias binding must be used on curved edges, but it can also be used wherever you use straight-grain binding, including straight-edged quilts.
• Because bias binding has some stretch in it, you can also manipulate it more easily to get sharp, mitered corners.
• Continuous bias binding is EASY to make, once you know just a couple of tricks
• One fat quarter will yield at least 4 yards of bias binding (2½-inch wide). If you make narrower binding, you’ll get even more!
• Most important trick: remember to number your lines beginning from 1 on one side and beginning from 0 on the other side and then match up the numbers. If not, you’ll end up with a bunch of useless circles.
• Bias binding must be used on curved edges, but it can also be used wherever you use straight-grain binding, including straight-edged quilts.
• Because bias binding has some stretch in it, you can also manipulate it more easily to get sharp, mitered corners.
• Continuous bias binding is EASY to make, once you know just a couple of tricks
• One fat quarter will yield at least 4 yards of bias binding (2½-inch wide). If you make narrower binding, you’ll get even more!
• Most important trick: remember to number your lines beginning from 1 on one side and beginning from 0 on the other side and then match up the numbers. If not, you’ll end up with a bunch of useless circles.
Karen Scharf is also a member of the Green Country Quilt Guild and is part of the upcoming Quilt Show committee. She gave us a brief overview of submitting a quilt for the show. A plethora of information can be found on the Green Country website regarding submitting your quilt(s) and things the judges will look for. The submission deadline is April 15th. If you are a member of GCQG, there is no entry fee. If you are not a member, your first quilt is $20, with additional being $5. (Keep in mind that dues for GCQG are only $25....) The Quilt Show is taking place on June 1-2 at the fairgrounds with May 29th being the day you need to drop off your quilt. We encourage our Tulsa Modern Quilt Guild members to submit a quilt to the show! It will be a great learning experience for each of us with valuable feedback given by the judges.
We are excited to announce a block exchange between Guild members for whomever wants to participate! Members can get all of the details and will need to sign up via Kelli Heath's post on our private Facebook. The first five blocks will be due in March, with the last five due in November. In December participants will receive back 45 blocks made by other members that you can then make into a quilt! The economy block that Kelli picked for the exchange is a GREAT skill builder - making sure we stick to those quarter in seams and cut precisely. There is still time to sign up; we hope you all jump in!
The Tulsa MQG is moving to an online membership platform to better assist us in tracking membership. We ran into a bit of a problem with our first online platform, Group Spaces and have since switched to Member Planet. Members can see more information about Member Planet on our private Facebook page. You can also download the app onto your phone and sign into your account to see all upcoming Guild activities.
Our first sew day of 2018 is a NICU quilt sew day coming up on Saturday, February 17 from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. at Hogan Taylor (our old meeting space off of 21st and Utica)!! This is a free sew day dedicated to continuing to build our stash of NICU donation quilts. The Board has set a goal of 400 quilts and we are already at about 27 completed and turned in! Great job everyone! Please sign up for the sew day through Member Planet so we will know how many to expect.
Lots and lots of Show & Tell this month! I'm so in awe of the talent and variety in our Guild. You are all so inspiring!
Julie designed & made this portrait quilt of their adopted dog.
Ann, a long-armer and teacher is usually found working on customer quilts but was able to sneak in some time after the Christmas rush to finish her own quilt that she pieced at our 2017 retreat.
Kelli showed us two projects: Percolate and Swoon. Percolate is a project that has been a couple years in the making and it's just such a stunner! Swoon is a quilt that Kelli is gifting. They're beautiful Kelli!
Rebecca has recently started her own long-arm quilting business and just finished up two of her own quilts - a ModCharm and a vintage, almost 100 year old quilt!
Lora showed off a "pizza box challenge quilt" she worked on for several months with friends from Sew Much More Fabrics in Broken Arrow, OK.
Julie showed us a donation quilt she quilted that was made by several guild members pitching in on the blocks.
Ida is working on building up a stash of quilts to gift to future family members! What a great idea Ida.
Last, but certainly not least was Holly's blue transparency quilt!
SIXTEEN Donation Quilts turned in this month!
Deneisha worked really hard last year on the 100 Days, 100 Blocks Instagram quilt challenge and was able to show it off to us this month!
Ann, a long-armer and teacher is usually found working on customer quilts but was able to sneak in some time after the Christmas rush to finish her own quilt that she pieced at our 2017 retreat.
Kelli showed us two projects: Percolate and Swoon. Percolate is a project that has been a couple years in the making and it's just such a stunner! Swoon is a quilt that Kelli is gifting. They're beautiful Kelli!
Rebecca has recently started her own long-arm quilting business and just finished up two of her own quilts - a ModCharm and a vintage, almost 100 year old quilt!
Lora showed off a "pizza box challenge quilt" she worked on for several months with friends from Sew Much More Fabrics in Broken Arrow, OK.
Julie showed us a donation quilt she quilted that was made by several guild members pitching in on the blocks.
Ida is working on building up a stash of quilts to gift to future family members! What a great idea Ida.
Last year Brianna was commissioned by the Philbrook Museum to make several hundred custom, quilted pins. They were fantastic! And tiny, one-of-kind pieces. She worked on them non-stop for three months and then felt the need to work on not-tiny projects! She showed us three quilts that she's completed since then - a commissioned baby quilt and two other wonderful creations.
Last, but certainly not least was Holly's blue transparency quilt!
