Corvallis Modern Quilt Guild: May 2019

Calendar of Events:

ABC House Quilts - Florence (Diana's Mom) will be bringing our quilts back in June! She has also graciously agreed to quilt another round of quilts for us - she'll be collecting them at the June meeting and they will be returned to us to bind them in October. Backing reminder: fabric must be 8" larger than your quilt (aka: 4" extra on all 4 sides), please use a 1/2" seam allowance for piecing your back, and please no selvedge in the seam.

We have a few fun events coming up this summer!

May 25th -- Sew Day at the Consumers Power (CPI) Meeting Room located at 6990 SW West Hills Road from 10am until 5pm!

If you haven't been to a sew day before - it's basically just a big open sew! The CPI space is wonderful, full of windows and natural light, lots of table space and plenty of outlets so no extension cords are needed. There will be at least one ironing board and iron - but feel free to bring your own if you have a lot of ironing to do. Amber will be bringing her Accuquilt Go if you'd like to try it out. Also, feel free to bring snacks to share (reminder: there is no fridge or microwave)! Sew day is a great opportunity to get things done without the interruptions we often get at home - plus it's always so inspiring being there with fellow quilters working away on our individual projects!

06-14-19 ETA: The meetup with Eugene was canceled.

June 22nd -- Meetup with Eugene Modern Quilt Guild!

~~Where: Sweet Earth Vineyards; 24843 Kyle Road, Monroe.~~

~~When: Saturday, June 22nd from 12pm to 2pm~~

~~What to bring:~~

~~Quilts to show! Sweet Earth has a wonderful area for hanging quilts and extra clothes line as well.~~
~~Snacks to share! This will be a very informal potluck. Any snacky food is encouraged.~~
~~Money for wine! Sweet Earth has tastings available, or wine by the glass.~~
Fabric baskets to swap! We'll be having a swap between the guilds and the theme is fabric baskets! If you need inspiration, we've got some great idea's pinned here. Please bring the basket in a paper bag for a blind swap!

The winery is pretty easy to find, driving south on 99W go to Monroe, turn right on Alpine Road (I'm pretty sure there is a sign saying Sweet Earth, but it's right after Dairy Mart), drive 3 miles or so to Kyle Drive and take a left. The winery is on Kyle Drive about 1.5-2 miles in. You can also get there taking Bellfountain to Alpine as well.

~~The winery has a decent amount of parking, but feel free to reach out if you're interested in carpooling. We'll chat more about this event at the June 13th Meeting.~~

Reminder -- No July Meeting. Our July meeting falls during the week of Quilters Affair and the Sisters Quilt Show.

July 27th -- BBQ Potluck at Pattie's! More details to come!

August 3rd -- Farmers Market! We'll be at the intersection of NW 1st Street & NW Jackson Avenue with a fun morning sharing our love of modern quilting with the community. Several of our members joined us after meeting us at the Market! As we get closer, there will be a call for modern quilts to display in our tent.

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Show + Tell:

This first photo are a few of the projects created with the one-yard challenge fabric from the April swap:

A cat quilt for April's son:

A couple of Lorna's projects:

Jane shared her meditation mat:

Diana shared a new quilt for her son, the dinosaur's glow in the dark!:

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Next Meeting: June 13th

~~No Swap, as we'll be swapping with our EMQG friends at Sweet Earth on June 22nd.~~

Calendar of Events:

As we talked about last month, our quilts for Quilt County will be displayed at Soft Star Shoes in Philomath! Pattie toured the space and reported back that it will be a great location with room for large quilts! We'll be forming a set-up/take-down task force and will be setting up at the end of August. We'll put out a call for quilts as we get closer. They will be hanging in the space for the entire month of September. Our QuiltCon quilt will be a part of a landscape themed display at Eats & Treats Restaurant, also in Philomath. We're thrilled to have our guild represented at multiple locations!

Lattice Charity Quilt - final call for blocks! They are due at the May 9th meeting. We have a piecer (thanks Anne!), a backing provider (thanks Amber!) and a binder (thanks Sarah!), but we're still in need of a quilter. Reach out to Sheila if you'd be willing to quilt this.

We're also exploring a raffle quilt for next year! The quilt would be pieced this year and raffled off January thru October of 2020. Stay tuned for more details!

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This month Caroline shared her zipper knowledge with us! Thank you Caroline!