May 12 Monthly Meeting

We had some great publicity in May! This appeared in The Villages Daily Sun on May 8.

Twelve quilters attended our meeting. One is a first-time visitor.

Denise led our meeting in the absence of our chapter leader Karen, and also shared her personal sewing and quilting journey in our monthly "Quilter's Story."

Beth shared information about how to document a quilt - keeping in a binder of information - and how to properly label a quilt.

Carol

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A granddaughter's wedding anniversary quilt, by Carol

Linda T.'s quilt top made with Tula Pink fabrics

Quilt top made for a granddaughter's dorm room, by Gloria

We laid out the string-pieced blocks we've been making for our donation/thank-you quilt for North Lake Presbyterian Church. We're short a dozen blocks to make a 64" X 80"quilt. Regular attendees are asked to each make one more block by the Saturday, July 19 Sew-In where we will piece the quilt top. Refer to our tutorial here.

For quilters interested in the American Made Brand blog hop, beginning Monday, May 19, go here for more information.

Reminders
A Quilting Florida Meet-Up, with Carolyn Friedlander, is planned for Saturday, May 24, 11:00 a.m. at Bok Tower Gardens, 1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales, Florida. Carolyn's quilts are on display at Bok Tower. $10 a person. More information is available here.

Quilters who have Michael Miller Challenge fabrics are encouraged to work on their projects. Use fabrics in the "Petal Pinwheel" collection, any Michael Miller fabrics, and/or any solids. Quilts/projects will be revealed at the August 11 meeting.

Our next meeting is Monday, June 9 at North Lake Presbyterian Church. The program will be given by Beth who will share a trunk show of her journey from traditional to modern quiltmaking.

Our April 14 Outing

Simply Sew Boutique quilt shop, at 13685 S Highway 441 in Summerfield, Florida, hosted the April 14 meeting of the Central Florida MQG. We had a great turnout with 31 people in attendance! Whether they came to learn about using an Accuquilt, or a Piping Hot Binding tool... or maybe for the nice 15 percent discount,  it was nice to see so many quilters interested in modern quilting.

Our leader, Karen, welcomed nine first time visitors followed by Show and Tell.

Standing, or sitting-on-the-floor room only!

First-time visitor Debbie shared two quilts made while she has been a member of the Chicago MQG.

Cindy's quilt

Linda T.'s quilt

Linda T.'s fractured quilt top

Diane's pillow top made with Anna Maria Horner prints

And, another of Diane's creations

The short meeting concluded with demonstrations of an Accuquilt, and Piping Hot Binding tool by shop owner Kathy Creach. Thank you for hosting us, Kathy and Kelsey! Simply Sew Boutique

The May 12 meeting finds us back at North Lake Presbyterian Church at 6:30 pm. In Karen's absence, Denise will lead our meeting. Beth S. will provide information about the importance of, and documenting quilts; and we'll look at interesting quilt backs and quilt labels. Bring yours to share - or pictures of them - along with your modern quilt(s) for show and tell.

April Sew-In

Central Florida MQGer's met for six hours on Saturday, April 5, to enjoy quality sewing and visiting time! It's fun to catch up with quilty-friends!

Front (L-R): Linda T.; Karen P.; Jill; Karen E.; Bette
Back (L-R): Linda H.; Denise; Kathy; Beth; Doris; Brenda

Save these dates for future Sew-Ins: 

Saturday, July 19

Saturday, October 25

April Meeting Location Change and other Fun News!

 LOCATION CHANGE for our meeting on

April 14th at 6:30 p.m.!

 (Note: This change is for April ONLY.  We will be meeting in our regular location again in May).

The owners of Simply Sew Boutique would love to host us in April!  Their information is as follows:
                                                         

 SIMPLY SEW BOUTIQUE

13685 S US Hwy 441

Unit 8

Summerfield, FL 34491

352-307-9355

www.SimplySewBoutique.com

Simply Sew has ordered the Petal Pinwheel fabrics for our challenge!  They've ordered the pieces that MQG (as well as CFMQG) has designated for the challenge, as well as 8 coordinating pieces in this beautiful Michael Miller fabric line.  Here is the best part:  Simply Sew is offering us a 15% discount on anything in the store the evening of our meeting, as well as 10% on Petal Pinwheels at any time if you mention you are with Central Florida MQG.  Let's support this wonderful new modern fabrics quilt store in our area.

 
 The evening of our April 14th meeting, they will be giving us an Accuquilt demonstration, a demonstration on a new tool to create piping in our bindings, as well as demos of other tools and notions.  Due to this great and unexpected opportunity, we will delay our program on modern quilt designs to a future meeting. 

We will still be doing our regular activities as well, such as: Show n' Tell, Aha Moments and Tips, My Quilting Story, What's New, etc.  We've just added a shopping opportunity! 

  SEW-IN  April 5th  9:00-3:30 at Oxford Community Center
                    

String Pieced Blocks

Hummingbird Hues

8-1/2" X 8-1/2" unfinished block, string-pieced on a telephone book page

We will be making these gorgeous blocks from our own stash to make a donation raffle quilt for North Lake Presbyterian Church.  We appreciate their generosity in allowing us to meet each month in their beautiful building! Here's the link to instructions for making a string pieced block. Please make at least four, and bring them with you to the next meeting. You may use turquoise colors for the blue, as well as some variety in the greens. Please use a minimal amount of the brown tones, as we want this donation quilt to reflect colors most used in modern quilts.

March 10 Meeting

The Central Florida Modern Quilt Guild met Monday, March 10 at North Lake Presbyterian Church in Lady Lake, Florida. 

Quilt Story

In a new segment to each meeting, Carly shared her personal quilt story, telling how she began quilting three years ago. She share her first quilt, made for her grandmother using fabrics of special significance to family members.

Our chapter leader, Karen, introduced our new activity of selling $1 chances to win a pass-along basket of modern quilting goodies that will be refreshed each month by the recipient. Monies raised will be used to purchase supplies to make a thank-you quilt for North Lake Presbyterian Church.

The evening's focus was on WIPs or UFOs, as individuals chose to share their ongoing/unfinished modern projects. 

Karen's Mod Century lap quilt top, orange peel pattern

Karen's Patchwork Chevron quilt top

Karen's Visa Versa BOM blocks

Diane's original design, foundation paper-pieced sewing machine cover

Carly's wonky star quilt top

Lynda's circle's, sewn after seeing last month's program

Linda T. "All Squared Up" quilt top made with 20 new Kona colors

Linda H.'s Blogger's BOM quilt top, and border blocks to be added

One of several mini quilts Carly made for her cats

Lynda's "What Does Max Say?" child's quilt

Linda H.'s Radiant Orchid Pantone challenge wall hanging

Quilt made by Denise

Plan to attend our Sew-In on Saturday, April 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Oxford Community Center. Cost is $5, payable to Karen. Coffee will be provided. Bring your lunch or plan to go out and pick up something. Come to sew on whatever you wish!

A New Challenge Is Looming.....

The Modern Quilt Guild has announced a new challenge, and we would like all of CFMQG to join in on the fun that would like to!

The fabric we will be using is a brand new collection called Petal Pinwheels.  Please see the entire collection here:   http://www.michaelmillerfabrics.com/shop/collections/petal-pinwheels.html

At this time, the only online shop I’ve found that  is advertising that they supply this collection is Hawthorne Threads.  They expect this fabric line to be available in Mid-March.  Please see their photos and information on the fabric here: http://www.hawthornethreads.com/fabric/designer/michael_miller_house_designer/petal_pinwheels

The specific fabrics we will be using will be those that the national MQG is also using, as shown below.  The one exception is that we will not use the gray flowered in the upper left corner.  We will use the remaining five colors.

 
HERE ARE THE SPECIFICS OF OUR CHALLENGE:

1)  Each participant will receive a fat-eighth of each of the five fabrics described above.
2)  ANY additional Michael Miller fabric can be added to your fabric.
3)  ANY solid(s) can be added to your project.
4)  The project can be of any size.
5)  You must quilt your own project
6)  The challenge begins as soon as we have the fabric, which is projected to be at least by our meeting April 14th.  (I will order as soon as it is available, which they state should be mid-March.  I will have available times it may be picked up at my home as soon as I have it, for those who wish to do so.  The challenge is due on our August meeting date, and our "challenge show" will be on that date.

THAT'S IT!  Start thinking of what YOU would like to create from this beautiful fabric.  Thank you, Michael Miller, for bringing us another challenge!