July 2023 Meeting Notes and Photos

What a treat is was for us to have Linda Stager come and share tips on how composition in quilting is similar to that in photography. She showed us many ways to make our designs pleasing to the human eye. We had a lot of fun with the manipulatives she gave us for working with figure/ground, rule of thirds, golden ratio, and more. The video she showed at the beginning of her talk was very helpful. You can view it here: Composition in Photography with Ted Forbes We watched only the first 5 minutes or so.

Of course, we had a lot of fun with Show and Tell as well. 

Linda Stager began her discussion by showing us the only quilt she has ever worked on.

Linda is a dynamic speaker and kept us engaged.

Linda took some photos at the meeting, pictured is Nikki opening the meeting with the assembled members.

Joyce's latest charity quilt made from scraps. It is lovely.

A wonderful example of machine embroidered applique.

Marge's completed Round Robin quilt. The hand-quilting is beautiful.

Nikki brought in a quilt that was hand-embroidered and hand-quilted by her grandmother, Beatrice Sutliff Ridall from Canton, PA

Members wanted a closer look at the stitching.

 

Don't forget, next month's meeting will be held on the 2nd Monday of the month, August 14th at 6pm at the Lakeside Pavilion at Ives Run Recreation area. We always have a great time. Please bring your significant other or a prospective member, a dish to share, and your own table service.

Outreach focus for July 2022 ...

... Pillowcases for Goodies for our Troops!

 

Dawn Pletcher, Goodies for our Troops founder, will be attending our July meeting so let's present her with as many pillow cases as we can! Pillowcases are great stash busters, only take a few minutes to stitch, and our deployed service members really appreciate having a clean pillowcase to lay their head on! Please use patriotic, military, or any combination of red, white, and blue fabrics (nothing with metallic sparkles).

 

Find lots of free pillowcase patterns here

https://www.allpeoplequilt.com/.../million-pillowcase...

 

Watch a pillowcase tutorial by Jenny Doan here

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MrYWCma9wgM

 

 

MLQG February 2020 Program -- Church Mouse Quilting Shoppe

The program during this month's meeting was by the owners of the newest quilt shop in MLQG's area, the Church Mouse Quilting Shoppe in Little Marsh, PA. You can check out their website by clicking here.

Here are some photos from the evening. Make sure to go visit the shop in person to see what lovely quilting goodies, classes, and services they provide.

Thank you, Church Mouse Quilting Shoppe, for being our guests at the monthly guild meeting.

Photos from MLQG October 2019 Meeting

MLQG's guest speaker this month was Connie Sickler of Settlement House Art in Sylvania, PA. Click here for Connie's website or here for her Facebook page.

You can order Connie's fabric on spoonflower.com. Just type "Connie Sickler" in the search bar to browse through her original designs and order some lovely fabric!

You can also print you own fabric on spoonflower.com. After Connie's presentation, we were all inspired!

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designs can be enlarged

great example of a mirrored design

pillows from original artwork

minkee fabric is an option on Spoonflower

cover a lampshade with printed fabric

sew a scarf with printed fabric

Connie even sewed a few pieces of clothing with her printed fabric

framing printed fabric is another idea

lovely

This one block is repeated and mirrored and creates...

...this!

What an inspirational evening. Thank you, Connie, for spending some time with MLQG.

MLQG September 2019 Program Photos

Erin and Todd Sheetz, the owners of Sheetz Sew Creative in Antrim, PA, were the guest speakers at MLQG's meeting this month. Take a look at what they had to show, and be sure to visit their shop!

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MLQG July 2019 Program -- Lynne Hagmeier

Well, that was quite an evening. Our first experience with a guild meeting and program speaker with no power at the Gmeiner!

We made it work, though. 

Our guest speaker, Lynne Hagmeier, of Kansas Troubles Quilts, was very gracious and understanding as we all packed into the back room studio of the Gmeiner, where there was a little bit of daylight for the first part of the meeting. MLQG members in the front row helped illuminate Lynne and her trunk show of amazing quilts using their flashlights on their phones. Unfortunately, although the lighting helped the guests in the audience see the quilts, the photos are not the best. But they are still wonderful to look at.

Take a look...and click on the photos for a larger view.