Tampa Modern Quilt Guild
October 11, 2014
We had a packed house today, with many visitors, of which we
gained new members. Welcome!
Visitors today: Patti
French, Jan Gerhart, Carol Tricka, Melissa Mathis, Deana Sola, Patty Hanson,
Becky Mathis, Dianne Tanello, Flo McGee, Lisa Aubrey. (I apologize for any misspelling of names)
Members present:
Adele, Anita, Terri, Kim, Sandy, & Ellen A.
Today, we received blocks that everyone made for the
QuiltCON charity challenge. We designed
a quilt utilizing them. Ellen and Sandy
took it home to finish the piecing.
Katie agreed to quilt it. Adele
is making the binding and we will all sew part of the binding at the November
meeting to finish the quilt. It is due
to MQG before February 2015 and will hang at the QuiltCON. Can’t believe it is almost queen size with
the minimum size requirement from MQG.
Today also was our “stuff” exchange. Lots of fun stuff came and went. We even had shoppers come and look over our
“stuff” and take some, too. It was a fun
event.
Terri shared information about a Flickr group called
Add-a-Border Block Swap. Dustin Cecil
runs it. It is a form of round
robin. You send in a block, receive
another one, add a border and then send it back in. Eventually, your block is returned to you
with borders added.
Current challenge is our Dali challenge, due at the November
meeting. A small project based on what
was your inspiration at the Dali Museum.
We saw Anita’s pillow, with triangles and a mustache, how fun.
Our Project Linus quilts are due at the November meeting,
also. Ellen has the labels for you to
use on your quilt.
Block of the Month for October is for Terri. She is using one from Tula Pink’s 100 Blocks
Quilt Book. Directions and color request
are up on our Facebook page.
News from Crafty Threads:
Quilt Auction, December 13
Retreat, Hampton Inn, Oldsmar, November 13-16