QuiltCon!

Each year, the Modern Quilt Guild hosts QuiltCon, the largest modern quilting show of its kind. An exciting part of QuiltCon is the Charity Quilt Challenge! The Modern Quilt Guild choses a theme and color palette and then guilds + individual members from around the world work to create quilts that are displayed at the show. The quilts are then sent back to the makers to be gifted to a local charity. 

This year the theme was "small piecing", which the MQG defined as incorporating fabric pieces that are smaller than 1" in either width or length. 

For our quilt, we were inspired by Marys Peak - the highest point in Oregon's Coast Range, and prominent feature of our Corvallis skyline. Members contributed tiny pieced 4-inch blocks which were sewn to form her silhouette.

One of our members, Amber, attended QuiltCon and sent us these photos from the show! So fun to see it hanging up with all the other amazing quilts. Thanks for tracking it down, Amber

We're looking forward to showing this quilt off at various events throughout the year, before we gift it to a local organization. We haven't chosen our recipient yet so if you have any suggestions on a local charity or organization that would benefit from this gift - please reach out!

Nice work CMQG Members! 

February Meeting Recap!

Calendar of Events:

Our ABC House quilt drive is in full swing! REMINDER: Diana's mom, Florence, has once again graciously offered to quilt ABC House quilts for us! Diana will be taking quilts to her in March - please have your tops + backs to her by the March 13th Meeting. Quilts will return to us in June and be distributed back to each maker to bind. 

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This month our member, Nancy, gave an excellent presentation on batting! She gave us a great hand-out along with a baggie of batting samples. Any members that missed the talk and would like a copy of the hand-out, please reach out to Sarah at the next meeting (she has extra copies!). I think we all learned a lot about all the different types and when + when not to use each kind. Thank you Nancy!!

Show + Tell:

Our meeting fell on Valentine's Day so our swap was heart themed mini (10-inch) quilts using either the decorative stitches on our sewing machines, or hand stitching! They were all so great!

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Next Meeting: March 14th
Our swap for March will be bookmarks! Make any size or shape you'd like.

January Meeting Recap!

Happy New Year Quilters!

Calendar of Events:
The 2nd annual Willamette Valley Quilt Festival will be held on February 1st & 2nd at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center in Albany, Oregon. The hours are from 10am to 5pm, both days. CMQG will have a table and we're looking for members to sign up to help each day. Please contact Pattie, if you'd like to help out!

(edit: this blog post is being posted after the Quilt Festival - big thanks 

to everyone who volunteered at our table this weekend!)

 
We're excited to announce that we'll be hosting a free motion quilt class with Christina Cameli in October - more details (date, cost, location) to come!

The members present at the January meeting also voted YES! to continue with our ABC House quilt drive! This will be our 3rd year donating quilts to ABC House - we'll be collecting them all year to gift to ABC House in December. We love supporting this amazing organization! NOTE: Diana's mom, Florence, has once again graciously offered to quilt ABC House quilts for us! Diana will be taking quilts to her in March - please have your tops + backs to her by the March 13th Meeting.


New Years Goals:
Our January meeting usually centers around our individual goals, plans, quilting/sewing skills we'd like to learn and patterns we hope to accomplish in the coming year. As we went around the table, there were a couple of common themes - finishing projects (UFO's!) and learning/further developing our free motion quilting skills. 

Some other goals were: learning how to quilt on a long arm, cleaning + organizing our craft/sewing spaces, learning needle turn applique, piecing triangle quilts and improv quilting.

Show & Tell:

Caroline shared two table runners and a couple of quilts:

 

Diana shared four pillow covers she's made recently: 
 

Karla has been working on her free-motion skills and shared this great sampler:
 

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Next Meeting: February 14th
Our swap for February will be 10" mini quilts featuring decorative stitches - with a heart theme, of course! It's a chance to try out a few of the many decorative stitches that come with our sewing machines (or get creative with hand stitches, if you prefer). This will be a blind swap - so bring your finished mini in a brown paper bag. As always, feel free to add other little goodies to the bag, if you'd like!

2019 Meetings & Sew Days!

The Corvallis Modern Quilt Guild meets monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month in the Community Room of the First Alternative Co-op South Store (1007 SE 3rd Street). We meet from 7pm to ±8:30pm. 

We also will host four Saturday Sew Days this year (February, April, August & October) from 10am to 5pm. Currently our Sew Day location is to-be-determined. We will announce the location of sew days as soon as it’s been secured. 

You can find these meetings, sew days, and other CMQG & quilting related events on our calendar. Feel free to leave us a comment or send us and email us with any questions! -- corvallismodernquiltguild@gmail.com

 
JANUARY 
Meeting – January 10th

FEBRUARY
Meeting – February 14th
Sew Day – February 23rd // Location: CPI (Consumers Power, Inc.) 6990 West Hills Road

MARCH
Meeting – March 14th

APRIL
Meeting – April 11th
Sew Day – April 27th

MAY
Meeting – May 9th
Sew Day - May 25th

JUNE
Meeting – June 13th

JULY
Meeting – No meeting this month.

AUGUST
Meeting – August 8th
Sew Day – August 24th

SEPTEMBER
Meeting – September 12th

OCTOBER
Meeting – October 10th
Sew Day – October 26th

NOVEMBER
Meeting – November 14th

DECEMBER
Holiday Party – December 12th

February 2018 Meeting Recap

Meeting Discussion

This month's meeting was very loosely organized! We had a round (square) table discussion about future meetings this year. Susan passed around a list of ideas for talks/demos/interests, and there were some strong contenders on the list that will show up at future meetings.

To that end, Deanna Carpenter will be demonstrating how to use Bloc Loc rulers and Quilter's Select rulers and accessories at our March meeting on the 8th.

Our QuiltCon donation quilt has made it to Pasadena, and it will be displayed during the convention.

 

Show and Tell Highlights

Tanya showed off her adorable cat quilt:

Lorna showed off her two submissions from the Willamette Valley Quilt Festival, collage quilts with an aquatic theme:

Sarah brought in her jelly roll race quilt, in her usual, excellent color choices:

Caroline brought in two rugs she made from a jelly roll and a jelly roll plus. These rugs were made using a pattern from RomaQuilts on Etsy:

 

Caroline also showed off her Atomic Sunburst quilt made with a pattern by Violet Craft:

Lastly, Sheila showed off her finished wonky tree table runner, all ready for the holiday!

January 2018 Meeting Recap

Business Review

Yearly dues are due as soon as possible; pay through PayPal or at the next meeting.

Our sew day format has changed. Sew days will be held during the even months this year, except for December, on the third Saturdays. Check the meetings and sew days page for the actual dates. The location will be changing just about every time, so check your email or Instagram for the location.

The QuiltCon quilt is being quilted by Upstairs Birdie, and will need to arrive in Pasadena by February ninth. We should be able to display our quilt at the Willamette Valley Quilt Festival table and still have time to send it off.

We will have a table for recruitment and informational purposes at the Willamette Valley Quilt Festival on February 2-3 from 10-5. Quilts can be submitted until the 27th for display or to be judged in the show. Check the website for details.

Meeting Discussion

Goals for sewing in the new year were discussed. There was a common refrain of sewing more for ourselves, as well as experimenting with new techniques. Accountability for UFO completion was another topic that interested more than a few people. Stay tuned for more ideas on that!

Show and Tell Highlights

Michele of Sew Hound Fabrics showed off this amazing Mariner's Compass quilt she finished. 

 

Erin brought in this gorgeous rainbow number.

Pattie brought in her wonky tree quilt.

 

Tanya brought in a fun superhero quilt she made with her son.

 

And also this neat looking ombré cityscape.

 

Our member at large, Camille, came in to show off her paper pieced block.

 

And our president brought in this op-art piece to show off.

 

 

 

42 Quilts for ABC House!

After several months of our quilt drive, on December 14th, three board members trekked to Albany with several stacks of quilts!

 

 Our members and the community gave 42 quilts to this wonderful organization! The staff were so grateful, and these gifts will mean a lot to the recipients. 

  

Some favorites: