Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild

Change of address!

2017-02-09T08:43:00.000-06:00

If you have arrived at this site from a google search or an old bookmark, we have moved our website to a new location. To keep up with what's new and fresh with the Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild, please bookmark: www.fortworthmodernquiltguild.com

Thank you for your continued interest and we look forward to seeing you!

FWMQG October 2016 Meeting Recap

2016-10-26T11:43:00.004-05:00

I love how people are getting to the meetings a little early and visiting, signing in, getting to know each other, and looking at the amazing bee blocks our Maker Bees Bee Group are making. This month's blocks were for Denee'. She picked a great pattern and is very happy with the results.

I think we have a nice groove going with the sign in table being at the door. I know I like being able to see everyone as they come in. If the meeting starts and you get there late, don't worry, the board members are making a note that you showed up not only for attendance records, when you get ready to run for a board position, but also door prizes at the end of the meeting.

We had five nap mats (three from a visitor, Nan) and two pillow cases turned in. We had 26 in attendance with 24 being members.

Jenn showed us new t-shirts of all colors with the color logo. There are unisex and women's shirts, crew and v-neck. If you did not order a short and want one, they will be $20 and Jenn Haxton is taking orders.

Jenn Haxton, who designed the QuiltCon 2017 Charity Quilt, came prepared with patterns and colors. She handed them out during the meeting. This quilt needs to come together fast, so please see Jenn next meeting and get a block to make for the quilt.

Lazara and Janet gave an update of the "Modern View of the Trinity" Charity quilt. They have been to several events and have many coming up. We really need your help to volunteer for a time or two to sell raffle tickets at these events.

Melissa Eubanks from My Fabric Relish came all the way over from McKinney to talk to us tonight about making a quilt our own. Melissa is an amazing long arm quilter and has a couple of patterns out, "Pickle Relish" and "Prickly Flower" which 15 lucky people get to take the workshop from Melissa on Saturday. I will let the pictures do the talking...

The medallion qal is coming to it's final month. You have November to add any final borders and December is the the big reveal.

Our final show for the night is always a favorite! Show and share. Where you get to see what everyone has been working on and hear the stories behind them. Some stories are too funny!

I will leave you with one final show and share. This sweet, cute member is Laura. She always has a smile on her face and knows how to work a room. She made the dress she is about to show off to you. Enjoy!

FWMQG August 2016 Meeting Recap

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If you missed August's guild meeting, you missed action, education and beauty. But don't worry, we took pictures of it all!!

After we got the business out of the way, we talked about #quiltsforpeace. So many people from all over the world made it happen. At the time of the meeting, many of our members had sewn together blocks, put together quilt tops, donated batting, basted quilts, quilted and bound over 20 quilts. To reward all the hard work, we asked Fat Quarter Shop for a donation of fat quarters so we could give them to members who made this possible. But just handing them to members would be so boring. We are not boring.

Ann asked people to stand up for blocks, Jeanne threw fat quarters at them. Ann asked people to stand up if they had put quilt tops together, Jeanne and Ann threw fat quarters at them. Ann asked for the ones who quilted and we threw fat quarters at them. No one was hurt during this giveaway, although it did look like Jeanne was pitching too hard. The last four fat quarters were given to Tammy who drove all over the DFW metroplex collecting Police Department patches and signatures. (Fun fact: Did you know it takes as long to drive across the DFW metroplex as it does to drive across Connecticut?!)

Thank you to Fat Quarter Shop for their generous donation and for all the members who donated their time, skills and supplies for a great cause.

Lazara, our chairperson for our QuiltCon charity quilt, told us the tickets were in for "Modern View of the Trinity" quilt. IF you want to sell tickets, please contact us and we can get them to you. If you have any ideas on where we can show off this beautiful quilt, we would love to hear from you.

We had a few bring in fat quarters for their Pillow Swap. If you did not bring your's, and you want to participate, please send the fat quarter to P.O. Box 121781, Fort Worth, Texas 76121. Secret partners will be assigned at the September meeting. The question of size was asked. We said 16" for the pillow size. Remember, you do not have to provide the pillow form unless you want to. No pressure!

We had several guild members participate in the Triangle challenge. Four of them added triangles to their Medallion quilts. Two made small quilts. Two made name tags. Then one of our crazy members made her quilt with 1,000 triangles! They were all beautiful work.

Members skills demonstrations: Jeanne talked about pillow covers, and learned more from the members than she discussed. Thank you. Carolyn showed off perfect mitered corners and Donna talked about inset circles. We all learn from each other.

As usual, show and share did not disappoint. Chris gave us a glimpse of her free motion felting project along with two paper pieced houses. Shelley has been busy entering her quilts in shows and came away with a first place mini quilt and best of show on her son's "Drago" dragon quilt. Linn brought her circle and Gravity quilts. Donna showed the finished quilt from the Jacquie Gerhing workshop. Cathie made a butterfly mini quilt. Tammy showed us two quilts, sock monkey and Abacus. Trish followed the Quartered Strips tutorial from Missouri Star Quilts to make her beautiful teal quilt. Lazara was Puttin' on the Ritz mini quilt and giving us Hugs and Kisses with pretty backing. Inspiring!

At the meeting, I had my hands full doing different things, so a big thank you and shout out to our newest Junior Modern Quilt Guild Member, Ellie. She took most of these pictures for me and did a great job!

#quiltsforpeace Update

2016-08-09T14:52:00.003-05:00

This is from Lee, the President of Dallas Modern Quilt Guild:

"When the Pulse nightclub shootings happened, the Orlando MQG helped our hearts to heal by asking us to make hearts in rainbow colors for them, DMQG answered that call by committing to 5 complete quilts, and I am proud to say we are looking at a minimum of 9 completed by our guild (we have an amazing group).

Then when tragedy struck in our own back yard on July 7th, it seemed the natural thing to make quilts for our city to help us heal. Ann (President of FWMQG) called me that morning and asked if Ft. Worth MQG could help Dallas by assisting in a block/quilt drive. Because we were all familiar with the http://cluckclucksew.com/2015/01/making-heart-blocks-in-multiple-sizes.html (thank you Allison for allowing us to use your pattern) it seemed an easy enough process to whip out blue with white background hearts. I went to work making our first two blocks and spreading the word to our guilds through Instagram. McKinney MQG then joined us and three guilds have been working together to rally our members to help us complete 20 quilts. These quilts are to go to the following: 5 quilts to each of the Fallen’s Head of Household, 7 to the injured officers, 2 to the injured civilians, then 1 each to Chief Brown, Dart Chief Spiller, Mayor Rawlings, City Manager Gonzalez, Mark McCullers (SMU officer that drowned that same week), and Matt Pearce (Ft. Worth Police Officer shot 7 times last March).

Well…. that’s how it started, and then there was Baton Rouge. Really?!?! Another ambush so fast? Our hearts started breaking again, and we decided to add 6 more quilts to our count. Baton Rouge MQG was relieved to hear #quiltsforpeace would be sending them blue heart quilts for their fallen and injured officers. They were already working on a plan to make quilts for Alton Sterling’s family. I told them we would also like to send a quilt to Alton’s family.

“When your heart hurts, you make a heart," is the message that Ann passed along to me from one of Fort Worth's board members, Jenn Haxton. #Quiltsforpeace is sincerely that, quilters that are coming together at a time when our hearts hurt. Our message is one of Peace, Love, and Healing. It has been amazing all the hearts, quilt tops, quilts, supplies, and donations that quilters from all over the world have sent to us to help us complete out mission we certainly could not have made it all happen with out the Instagram community.

If you are keeping track, we basically needed 27 quilts minimum. I am happy to say we have over 40. Today, we decided we would also give another quilt to every fallen officer’s parent. We want to wrap them all in everyone’s love to help their healing process. We are also looking into sending 2 quilts to the San Diego MQG for their fallen and injured officers. Our total just jumped to 34 quilts minimum."

Thank you Lee for the update!

July Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild Meeting Recap

2016-07-28T17:12:00.000-05:00

Look at all of those heart blocks and nap mats!

For those of you who were able to make July's guild meeting, first of all...we missed you and secondly, you missed a great meeting!

We had a great social before the meeting. There were so many people there, 38 of them were FWMQG members of which we have 53! Thank you to the visitors that came also. We even had the Dallas Modern Quilt Guild President, Lee, and a few of her members.

We are going even stronger on the pillowcases for ACH Child and Family Services. Our goal at the first of the year was to have 150 completed by end of year. With your help we have donated 165 pillowcases! Thank you quilters.

Next are nap mats for Center for Transforming Lives. The goal is 100 and to date we have made and donated 56. Many of you picked up fabric that was donated to us by Madtosh when they closed their store. We hope to see much of that fabric back cut into pieces, sew back together and quilted. Thank you for those who have taken time away from your work to generously make for others.

Speaking of taking time for others, the donations of heart quilt blocks for #quiltsforpulse and #quiltsforpeace have been wonderful. They are coming in from all over the world. See what happens when one person mentions to another and then it gets put on social media? Another good reason to be on social media, at least Instagram, so we can see your pretty work. Also, thank you to Donna, Glenna and Lazara for longarming the heart quilts and to Carolyn and Nancy for taking a bag of blocks to put together.

We voted as a guild to donate 50% of the proceeds collected from the auction of our "Modern View of the Trinity River" charity quilt to University of North Texas Health Science Center to help with Alzheimer research. We will be taking the quilt around and displaying it to help with donations. If you have any ideas, please see Lazara.

Next up was the very talented and entertaining Jacquie Gering. Just being in the same room was amazing. She visited with everyone until the meeting started and she got a little choked up when she held the pile of heart blocks for #quiltsforpeace. During her presentation she showed us several of her quilts that we have seen in magazines, on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter and Modern Quilt Guild shows. To be up close and personal with her quilts, you could feel the talent flow through you.

There were many gasps and oohs and ahhs and she answered every question thrown at her. These quilt are a part of her and there is a story behind each one. Thank you Jacquie for teaching us to just quilt.

Medallion qal is going strong. All the colors and all the different designs. Good job! Show and share did a good job of wowing us also.

Laurie with her heart quilt donation for #quiltsforpulse and her Marine Corp. quilt she made for here son.

Tammy had time before her vacation to put together the beautiful quilt and bag.

Laura traveled around Fort Worth and Dallas to pick up the Row by Row Panels and she put them together!

Lazara made three beautiful quilts for a customer. The customer's mother passed away and she wanted quilt made with some of her clothes. They are all so beautiful and special.

January has been very busy because her friends have been very busy...having babies! In between making baby quilts, she also finished a heart quilt top for #quiltsforpeace, a very large quilt and a story quilt about her retreat in Pennsylvania.

This is Lee and she is the President of the Dallas Modern Quilt Guild. Lee showed us her quilt she finished for #quiltsforpulse. Beautiful!

Jill is also very busy making baby bibs! The pins will be removed before putting on baby.

A few things to remember:

The Triangle Challenge is due at August's meeting.
Sign ups for the Pillow Swap will start in August. Bring a FQ you want incorporated into a pillow. Be sure to hide it. Secret partners will be assigned at September meeting. We will exchange during our December meeting party.

That's all for now. Hope to see you Saturday, July 30th at Sew Fabricated from 10:00am to 5:00pm for #quiltsforpeace Sew In.

Prescription for Slow Stitching

2016-07-15T09:25:00.000-05:00

#quiltsforpeace

2016-07-10T18:54:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are having a peaceful Sunday. If you have been following us on Facebook or Instagram, you may be aware of the following information. I wanted to send out this post to provide all the information in one cohesive place.

I believe we all felt the same way when we woke up Friday Morning to the news of the Dallas Police Ambush. The board immediately came up with the idea to give blue heart quilts to victims of that attack. I reached out to Dallas MQG president with this idea and she was immediately on board. So all day Friday, FWMQG and DMQG worked together to come up with the following plan:

We will be making at least 20 blue heart quilts. The blue hearts can be solid or prints, and the background should be solid white. We are using the same 10 inch (finished) heart pattern as Quilts for Pulse. The pattern is from Cluck Cluck Sew and can be found here http://cluckclucksew.com/2015/01/making-heart-blocks-in-multiple-sizes.html .

We have arranged the following four Sew Days, and encourage members of both guilds to attend one or more together:

1. July 13th, 9am-8pm at Trinity UMC, 1200 W. Green Oaks, Arlington 76013. It is located on the corner of Green Oaks and Pioneer Parkway. From 1-30, exit Eastchase Parkway, which turns into Green Oaks. From I-20, exit Green Oaks.

2. July 17th, 1-5pm at Dallas Downtown Library, 5th Floor in the Hamon Room. 1515 Young St, Dallas 75201

3. July 24th, 10am - ? at Urban Spools in Dallas. Casa Linda Plaza, 1152 N. Buckner Blvd #121, Dallas 75218

4. July 30th, 10am-5pm at Sew Fabricated in Pantego / Arlington. 2899 W. Pioneer Parkway, Pantego 76013

If you can't make these sew dates and want to make blocks at home you can bring them to our guild meeting, our Fire Station Sewcial on July 25th, or mail them to:

Ann Revard

C/O University Counseling Center

1533 Merrimac Circle, Suite 101

Fort Worth, 76107

You can also drop them off at the above address Monday - Thursday 830am-630pm.

I highly encourage you to make one of the sew days as we collaborate with DMQG to show our support to Dallas. Don't forget to hashtag your blue hearts on social media, #quiltsforpeace. Please keep in mind that we need backing, batting and binding material as well as people willing to quilt and bind these quilts. We are also still collecting rainbow hearts for #quiltsforpulse.

I look forward to seeing you all at our July 21st meeting with our guest Jacquie Gering.

Sincerely,

Ann

July 2016 Guild Meeting - It's going to be a good one!

2016-07-07T20:40:00.001-05:00

We are welcoming Jacquie Gering, from Tallgrass Prairie Studio, to Fort Worth. She will be giving a presentation and trunk show. Guests are invited to come for a $5.00 fee. We are very excited to have Jacquie share her knowledge and show off her beautiful quilts.

We will have social before the meeting at 6:30. Jeanne will be there even earlier with a table set up in front of the doors. We have fabric that was donated to us by Madtosh and we want to share it with you to help with charity nap mats. Also, we will have the sign in sheets at the table. We are having some emails bouncing back and want to make sure everyone is getting the communications from the guild.

We hope to see you there!

June 2016 Guild Meeting Recap

2016-06-17T22:40:00.000-05:00

We had a celebration tonight before the meeting. We celebrated reaching our pillowcase donations goal of 150. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done. But don't get too tired, we still have the nap mat donation goal of 100 to reach.

When we walked in to the meeting room, we saw this display from Phil Newton, Brand Manager of Mettler USA.

He gave an amazing presentation on the making of thread and how important it is to have the right brand for your quilting. There is an app you can download for your iPhone and iPad, sorry Android they are working on it, that will help you match the thread to your fabric. Then came the goodies. We each received a bag of thread and several members won door prizes. Phil was a very engaging speaker and we appreciate him taking time to come visit our guild.

The Medallion quilt along is going strong. Some members are just getting started and one is finished! Be sure and bring your medallions each month to be entered into a drawing at the end of the year.

Show and Share never disappoints.

Saturday is Slow Stitch Saturday, June 18th form 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm located at 1533 Merrimack Circle, Suite 101, Fort Worth.

June 2016 Guild Meeting

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We hope you will join us Thursday, June 16th at 6:30 pm for our monthly guild meeting. We have a representative from Mettler Threads coming to talk to us and lots of things to discuss. We are meeting at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, EAD Room 506.

As you probably have heard by now, Orlando, Florida was struck by tragedy this weekend. The Orlando Modern Quilt Guild has reached out asking for donations of heart blocks or quilts. The Modern Quilt Guild posted on their blog asking for help. We will be talking about how we can help at the meeting.

See you Thursday night!

June Meeting

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By now everyone who is a paid member should have received their newsletter by email. Please let Jeanne know if you did not, and she will correct the issue.

Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild June Meeting

June 16, 2016

Social starts at 6:30 pm

Meeting starts at 7:00 pm

Meeting location:

University of North Texas Health Science Center

3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. (Corner of Camp Bowie and Clifton)

EAD Room

Please use social time to pay your dues, pay for workshops and visit with your fellow quilters so we can give full attention to our speaker.

This month's program: Phil Newton, Brand Manager for Mettler USA, will be here to talk about "Learn how thread is made, why are there so many types and weights. Get charts and information that will help you make better thread decisions. See demos of various specialty threads to help understand thread characteristics and which thread to use for various projects. Free thread samples and even some door prizes"

Here are some things you might need to bring:

-Your medallion QAL to show your progression and pick up a ticket for the final drawing.
-Any pillowcases or nap mats you have completed for charity donations.
-Workshop payments for the Jacquie Gering workshop and we will be taking payments for the October workshop Melissa Eubanks is putting on at Sew Fabricated. Please see Rhonda before or after the meeting.
-Show and share quilts!
-Any dues that have not been paid. Please see Gayla before or after the meeting.

See you Thursday night!

May's Meeting Recap

2016-05-28T10:42:00.001-05:00

Our meeting this month was led by Jenn Haxton, our guild Treasurer. She did a great job filling in for Ann, who was in a car accident. Ann is doing good. She has rehab ahead of her with her knee and whiplash. If you get a chance, send her a text or give her a call. She is not driving and is bored!

Jenn got us started with calling the meeting to order. Gayla introduced the guests. Welcome guests! The new VP of Communications, Jeanne Lobsinger, was introduced and then came the game of "Pick the Workshop!" We had four projects of Jacquie Gering's to choose from, and after much debate and talk about how just being in one of her workshops will blow your mind, we chose the Log Cabin - Modern Makeover.

Proof of voting by Jenn.

If you have not signed up for the workshop, and you want to take it or just be in the same room with quilty knowledge, be sure to sign up and pay your $40.00 deposit by June 1, 2016 to Jenn Haxton.

We were fortunate to have two members who went to QuiltCon West 2016 in April. Lazara Abernathy and Debi Bright shared their experience with us. Lazara gave us pointers on when to sign up and how to navigate the show. Debi brought many fabrics she screen printed in a workshop. Thank you for sharing. QuiltCon East 2017 is in Savannah, Georgia, February 23-26, 2017. The schedule will be announced June 1, 2016.

A new guild challenge was introduced. TRIANGLES!! Make a name tag, a mini quilt, or a triangle border for your medallion. No HST's. This will be due at the August's meeting.

We had several members show the progress on their medallion quilts.

And a few more with Show and Share.

It was great looking around and seeing so many members bringing handwork to meeting. Busy hands...

For convenience, included is the General Information that was printed on the back of the Agendas. It has been updated to reflect current information.

General Information

Pillow cases to ACH Goal: 150 To Date: 148

Nap Mats to Transforming Women’s Lives Goal: 100 To Date: 33 24”x36” - ish, 36”x48” - ish, or 24”x48” - ish

June Meeting: Presentation by Mettler Threads
July Meeting: Jacquie Gering of Tallgrass Prairie Studio will give a trunk show and lecture Thursday. Log Cabin - Modern Makeover Workshop on Friday July 22nd will cost $100 and take place at Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ, 6102 W. Pleasant Ridge Rd, Arlington 76016. Payments to Jenn Haxton. Supply list to be emailed.
August Meeting: Skills demonstration and Triangle Challenge is Due
October Meeting: Melissa Eubanks of My Fabric Relish will give a lecture on October 20th. Prickly Flower Quilt Workshop will be on Saturday October 22nd at Sew Fabricated. Sign ups start in May.
November Meeting: ”Color Theory” presented by Martha Sheriff
Retreats:

1. June 20-23rd 3 nights - Our House in Milford, 1077 Cosby Road, Milford 76670. Arrive 1pm, leave after brunch. Total: $254.40 $50 deposit to FWMQG, remainder paid to Milford House on arrival, includes meals Dinner Monday to Brunch Thursday

2. September 8-10th Day Retreat at Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ, 6102 W. Pleasant Ridge Rd, Arlington 76016. 9am-6pm any or all days. We can leave our sewing machines set up, sleep at home, have potluck meals or go out. Cost: $40 for 3 days.

Block Printing: Friday, June 3rd, 10am-2pm at Sew Fabricated
Slow - Stitch Saturday: CANCELLED FOR MAY
Sewcials: 4th Monday - May 23rd, 5 - 8pm 2nd Saturday - June 11th, 9am - 1pm

The Fire Station Community Center, 1601 Lipscomb St, Fort Worth 76104

Quilt Exhibit at Ontario Museum of Art and History in California: Theme: Modern Quilts: Redesigning Traditions, December 1-January 22, 2017 Entry deadline: June 15, 2016 Contact ghawley@ontario.ca.gov for applications and information.

Please join us at our next guild meeting on June 16th. Come at 6:30 to get to know your fellow members and greet new members and guests. Meeting starts at 7:00.

Have a happy and safe Memorial Day Weekend!

April's Meeting Recap

2016-05-04T20:21:00.003-05:00

Hey Everyone, I am truly sorry for this late blog post about our April Meeting. It was a great meeting, and I am sorry if you missed it.

First off, we took care of some business that included discussion and nominations for Abby's position of Vice President of Communications. We had two nominations, Jeanne Lobsinger and Maureen Kelly. Unfortunately, at the board meeting, we realized that Maureen is ineligible at this time to run for a board position. We are keeping nominations open until May 10th. If you are interested, please email the board by then. An email will be sent out prior to the May meeting where we will make a decision.

Our guest speaker this month was the always entertaining Randy Cole of ABCSewing (ABCsewing.com).

This time he brought a sewing machine to demonstrate the fact that "the walking foot does NOTHING."

We had a lot of fun trying to wrap our head around that concept and putting up counterpoints to his argument. He simply just kept demonstrating that it "does nothing." He suggests for everyone go buy a rolling foot to lesson the drag. I think this photo is from his disbelief that some of us did not believe him.

Members' medallion quilts are coming along there were some great ones being shown.

And as always... Show and Share was inspirational!

Let me end by saying the Fort Worth MQG members rock!!!

To date you have made 111 pillowcases to be donated to ACH Family and Child Services and 30 Nap Mats to be donated to Center for Transforming Lives . Click on the links to be directed to their 'About Us' pages. We will continued to collect these items through out the year. Remember our pillowcase goal is 150 and the nap mat goal is 100. See General Information about sizes.

For convenience, I am including the General Information that was printed on the back of the Agendas. I have updated them to reflect current information.

General Information

Pillow cases to ACH Goal: 150 To Date: 111

Nap Mats to Transforming Women’s Lives Goal: 100 To Date: 30 24”x36” - ish, 36”x48” - ish, or 24”x48” - ish

June Meeting: Presentation from Mettler Threads
July Meeting: Jacquie Gering of Tallgrass Prairie Studio will give a trunk show and lecture Thursday. Precision Lines Workshop on Friday July 22nd will cost $100 and take place at Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ, 6102 W. Pleasant Ridge Rd, Arlington 76016. Payments to Jenn Haxton. Supply list to be emailed.
October Meeting: Melissa Eubanks of My Fabric Relish will give a lecture on October 20th. Prickly Flower Quilt Workshop will be on Saturday October 22nd at Sew Fabricated. Sign ups start in May.
Retreats:

Block Printing: Friday, June 3rd, 10am-2pm at Sew Fabricated
Slow - Stitch Saturday: 3rd Saturday - May 21st, 1-4pm at 1533 Merrimac Circle, Suite 101 Fort Worth
Sewcials: 4th Monday - April 25th, 5 - 8pm 2nd Saturday - May 14th, 9am - 1pm

The Fire Station Community Center, 1601 Lipscomb St, Fort Worth 76104

Quilt Exhibit at Ontario Museum of Art and History in California: Theme: Modern Quilts: Redesigning Traditions, December 1-January 22, 2017 Entry deadline: June 15, 2016 Contact ghawley@ontario.ca.gov for applications and information.

Hope to see you all at our May 19th meeting. We plan to talk about QuiltCon 2016 and the upcoming QuiltCon 2017.

Ann

February's Meeting Recap

2016-02-20T16:24:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone! Ann, here filling in for Abby. February's meeting was lots of fun and if you were unable to come, here's what you missed.

First up, we showed off our Medallions! They are beautiful!!

There are a couple of people following the Medallion instructions that were created by the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild, so I went over the instructions for the next round of borders. Instructions can be found here.

http://seattlemodernquiltguild.com/bom-2/2015-bom/

Remember, every time you show a new addition to your Medallion QAL you will receive an entry into our December Grand Prize Drawing. Don't forget to #fwmqg2016qal on Instagram.

Next, Gayla shared about the Charity Outreach we are involved in. We will continue to support ACH Child and Family Services with pillowcases and Transitioning Women's Lives (formerly known as YWCA) with nap mats or small quilts for their daycare center. The guild members set target goals for this year and they are:

150 standard pillowcases

and

100 Nap mats (sizes 24”x36”, 36”x48, or 24”x48”)

For our programming, Chris Atwell, Jenn Haxton, and Lizzie Scagel demonstrated how to make pillowcases using the sausage burrito roll method. Here is a link to 1 of many video examples and a link to lots of free patterns.

Sausage / Burrito pillow case video instructions

Free pillow case patterns

If you go to the following link, you can see that ACH is in need of supplies. If you could place a couple of these items in each pillow case you turn in they would appreciate it!

www.achservices.org/view-wish-list

So start stitching everyone! We will accept these items at all guild meetings, sewcials and slow-stitches.

For the grand finale, our amazing, talented quilters shared with us what they have been working on. Take a look!

A new practice that will be done each month, is the following General Information will be published on the back of the meeting agenda. ***Take note of our March speaker, and the start of our Sewcials on the 2nd Saturday mornings and 4th Monday evenings in March.

General Information

Pillow cases to ACH Goal: 150 To Date: 0

Nap Mats to Transforming Women’s Lives Goal: 100 To Date: 13 24”x36”, 36”x48, or 24”x48”
March Meeting: Winnie Flemming will be our speaker at this meeting. She is an expert in borders and will give us insight that will be helpful with the borders on our Medallion quilts.

July Meeting: Jacquie Gering of Tallgrass Prairie Studio will be with us for our meeting. Jacquie is the President of the Modern Quilt Guild and will give a trunk show of her beautiful quilts. We will also be having a workshop with her, the details to come.
October Meeting: Melissa Eubanks of My Fabric Relish will be our speaker. She will also teach a workshop on her Prickly Flower Quilt at Sew Fabricated on Saturday, October 22, more info to follow.
Retreats: We will be joining another group at Our House in Milford on June 20-24, 2016. This weekday retreat will cost $240 plus taxes (around $253) per person. It’s a great venue with lots of space and light, nice accommodations and all meals are provided. More information to follow about this and another retreat.
Block Printing: April 5th, 10am-2pm at Sew Fabricated
Slow - Stitch Saturday: 3rd Saturday - February 20th, 1-4pm at 1533 Merrimac Circle, Suite 101, Fort Worth
Sewcials: 2nd Saturdays 9am - 1pm and 4th Mondays 5 - 8pm at The Fire Station Community Center, 1601 Lipscomb St, Fort Worth 76104 Starting in March.
Dallas Quilt Show: March 11-13 at Dallas Market Hall
Arlington Quilt Show: April 22-23, entries due March 21st, quilts due April 20, website: http://qgoa.org/quilt-show/

Before I go, I want to thank Jeanne Lobsinger for taking all the photos and posting them to Instagram for us this month! Its a huge job, and you were fantastic!!!! Have a great month everyone and I hope to see you in March for a speaker - Winning Flemming!

Ann

Member Spotlight: Jenn Nevitt

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Our first member spotlight is on Jenn Nevitt. Jenn blogs at Mommy Sew, and had her quilt, "512", accepted to 2016 Quilt Con.

Your Name:
Jenn Nevitt

Your Quilt’s Name
512

Tell us about your quilting history
I started quilting after the birth of my oldest child seven years ago, and really started doing more when I started staying home with my kids about 4 1/2 years ago.

What inspired you to make this quilt?
An image of all the possible ways to color a 9 patch using two colors.
It is a huge honor, and quite exciting!

What does it mean to have your quilt picked for Quilt Con?

Any advice for new quilters?Keep sewing. Bad, good, just keep sewing. And it's OK if you don't like the way something turned out. You can make it over again.

January Meeting Recap

2016-01-31T10:38:00.002-06:00

Well our first meeting of 2016 went off without a hitch! We had an amazing turn out and we hope to see you all back in HSC room 506 on Thursday, February 18th!

Things to Know

The Quilters Guild of Arlington is having a quilt show in April 22-23rd. Entries are due March 21st. Get your quilts in. If you have a quilt chosen, let us know and you could be a featured member on the blog. Click here for more information.
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has the Quilts of Color exhibit until February 7th. Check it out before it returns to Boston. Click here for more information.

2016 Medallion Quilt Along:

This year, for our 2016 Quilt Along, we will be making a medallion quilt. You have a lot of freedom to do what you want with this quilt. We know some of you were all for following the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild Medallion QAL from 2015, and some of you were chomping at the bit to create your own quilt. We can not wait to see what all of your creative brains come up with!

Things to know:

Each month you complete a border on the challenge, you will have your name entered in for the grand prize at the end.
Each month we will have one member spotlight featuring a QAL medallion. Names will be drawn at random. If you would like to enter your name for chance to be featured, please email your name and a picture of your up to date quilt to: fortworthmqg@gmail.com

You may only be chosen once

The center block is due at the February meeting. If you are following the Seattle MQG QAL, you will be making a 12.5 inch block.
If you share pictures of your progress on Instagram, tag your post with #FWMQG2016QAL so we can see your work.

Top Left: Jenn Haxton
Bottom Left: Ann Revard
Right: Abby King

Show and Share:

Ann and Jenn showed off our Trinity River Quilt Con Charity Quilt. We will have a blog post up soon to show off the true amazingness of this quilt, but for now, thank you to Fort Worth Fabric Studio for donating the fabric we used to make our quilt.

We love when our members and guests show off their amazing work. We are so lucky to be surrounded by talented people who want to share the love of their craft with others.

Our next meeting is February 18th at the UNT Health Science Center room 506. Remember we have social time from 6:30-7. Business will begin at 7.

Remember:

Medallion Quilt Centers are due next month
If you would like to become a member, pay your $40 dues to Jenn at the meeting, and fill out the information sheet on our website. The button is on the right.

January Meeting Information

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Join us for our first meeting of 2016!

January 21st @ UNT Health Science Center Room 506

Social Time: 6:30-7

Meeting starts at 7

This month we will be discussing:

- Introducing our new board memebers

- Plans for our guild

- The 2016 Quilt Along

If you have any Medallion quilts that you would like to share, please bring them for show and share this month.

Remember to pay your $40 dues to Gayla or Jenn.

A Note from our President

Welcome to the 2016 edition of the Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild! I hope everyone had a wonderful, fun filled December! I am excited about 2016 and personally have dubbed it “The Year of Challenges”. Some challenges I have set for myself include Daily Doodles and walking 1000 miles. At the time of this writing, I have logged 37 miles and you can check out my daily doodles over on Instagram, @thequiltingcats, if you’d like.

The new board members and I met the 1^st week of January and I was so impressed by their ideas and creativity that I went home and cleaned up my sewing room! I’m not sure why it is that every fall I slack off on quilting and sewing. Hmm… maybe I need a “quilty therapist” to help me sort this out. Anyway, I’m off topic. Let me just say that the Board is definitely going to keep you on your toes this year as they challenge your creativity and hopefully increase your skills. It should be lots of fun!

As the outgoing VP of 2015, I asked everyone to complete a questionnaire about what they liked, didn’t like or wanted to change about the guild and WOW, you rose to that challenge! Outside of someone’s request that one of us take her kids to their music lessons on guild nights so she can attend the meetings, I believe the board will be able to continue to do what was liked and will work on changing what wasn’t liked. So let’s start one of the changes right now. A majority of individuals requested a change in our meeting start time, and requested more interaction/social time. SO TAKE NOTE!!

Socialization will begin at 6:30pm

General Meeting will begin at 7:00pm

And we encourage everyone to go to Central Market after the meeting for continued quilty interactions that include food and drinks.

I am looking forward to seeing you all on the 21^st and every month after in 2016. You are all such wonderfully creative and inspiring individuals!

Ann

Lizzy House is coming!

2015-11-04T08:34:00.000-06:00

Please join us for our Lizzy House weekend!

Meeting/Lecture: Friday November 13, 6:30 pm. (Please note this will replace our scheduled meeting onNovember 19) Free for FWMQG members, and non-members attending one of the workshops, $5 for non-members. Please invite your non-FWMQG friends to attend!
Our Meadow Block workshop is full, but we do have spaces available in block printing - please help us spread the word! Tell your friends who aren't guild members or are members of another guild! Help us fill the spaces so we can continue to have awesome workshops like this!
Meadow Block Workshop: Saturday November 14, 9-5
Block Printing Workshop: Sunday November 15 9-5.
Both workshops will be held at Sew Fabricated in Pantego, TX (Arlington). Lunch is on your own both days. Exact times will be announced this week.

Please note that registration is very limited for both of these workshops. Registration is now open to non-FWMQG members. We will be offering a payment plan, since these workshops are more costly than previous workshops. Each workshop will cost $100 for members, and $115 for non-members. (Please note that payment plans must be paid in cash or check only. If paying in one lump sum, you may pay using PayPal.)

September Meeting

2015-09-18T09:49:00.001-05:00

Last night's meeting was a whirlwind of activity. Let's recap:

We voted unanimously to increase our yearly dues and to formally adopt the VP of Communications and VP of Events as a part of our governing board as written in the bylaws . The board continues to work on revising the bylaws. Once that task is completed, the proposed changes will be voted on by general membership and the bylaws will be permalinked here on the blog in their entirety for reference.

Heather Pregger gave us a lesson on quilt photography. Heather is an accomplished quilter, having had quilts accepted in many shows, magazines and exhibitions. Her steps for good quilt photography:

1. Hang the quilt on a non distracting background (solid white, grey, or black)
2. No visible body parts
3. Make sure the quilt is hung square
4. Use a tripod and a timer on your camera for the clearest picture
5. Level your camera with the middle of the quilt to maintain proper perspective
6. Lighting is key. Use two sources of color true lighting pointed at the quilt from opposite directions.
7. Ensure that all edges of the quilt are seen in the photograph
8. Take lots of pictures in the largest size (max pixels) your camera offers.
9. Save originals and modify copies to the event's speicifications

We had the big reveal of the #FWMQGrainbowminiswap. Members work most of the summer on a rainbow mini quilt for a secret partner. So many amazing quilts were made for this swap. A huge thank you to Ann and Jenn for coordinating the swap for the guild.

Cheryl Brickey of Meadow Mist Designs designed the March 2015 MQG quilt of the month. She graciously provided a B&W coloring page of her quilt 'Use Your Illusion'. We spent some time socializing and coloring in our own designs. It was super fun to see how we individually interpreted the quilt design. Thank you so much for the inspiration Cheryl!

Time for Show And Share

Kristi finished her baby size Math Class quilt from the Natalia Bonner workshop we had over the summer.

Maureen shared this gorgeous quilt she is working on for her sister. I adore the pieced garden back (complete with chicken coop!!)

Jenn shared several of her recent quilts. The first two are free patterns she designed for the Moda Bake Shop. The third is called Trellis Crossroads from Lindsay Conner's Modern Bee Book and the last is an original design featured in Fons&Porter Easy Quilts.

More pictures will be uploaded to the guild's Instagram account @fortworthmqg later today!

Tonight's Votes

2015-09-17T08:13:00.001-05:00

Good morning all! I wanted to check in with you all, and go over the things you may have missed if you weren't at our August meeting.

This evening we will be holding two votes. We will be voting on a proposal to raise dues to $40 beginning next year. This will allow us to plan more programming for the guild.

We are also proposing to redefine the current VP position to VP of Membership and Outreach, rename the social media chair as VP of Communications, and add a VP of Events. I've included the job duties the board has delineated for position below.

There will be time for discussion prior to the vote, so please bring any questions you may have.

Also, we'd love it if you could bring colored pencils tonight for a special activity! We hope to see you then!

Vice President of Events:

In charge in the President’s absence.

Coordinates with treasurer to collect money and maintain sign up sheets for guild events.

Plans special events, including workshops, lectures, trunkshows, and retreats.

Coordinates with other MQGs for special events.

Works closely with other VPs as needed.

Vice President of Membership/Outreach

Communicates with guests and potential members

Maintains membership records and directory

Oversees charitable projects

Works closely with VP of Communications on Guild Promotion

Vice President of Communications:

Is the public face of the guild.

Maintains all social media accounts.

Maintains guild information on community site.

Administrates guild blog.

Produces monthly newsletter

Works closely with other VPs as needed.

Rainbow Mini Quilt Swap

2015-09-01T14:02:00.000-05:00

Don't forget that your #FWMQGrainbowminiswap project is due at the September meeting!

Check this mini out on Lily's Quilts here.

Are you still looking for inspiration? Check out our inspiration Pinterest board here. Instagram pics of your progress with #FWMQGrainbowminiswap so that we can follow along. Look for regrams of member work on @fortworthmqg on Instagram and on our Facebook page.

We look forward to seeing what you create at our meeting on Thursday September 17th at 6:30pm.

June Meeting and Workshop with Carolyn Friedlander

2015-06-23T14:32:00.001-05:00

We had a wonderful meeting in June with Carolyn Friedlander as our special guest. She brought many of her quilts and talked about her planning process, color, and her passion for slow stitching.

Carolyn talked us through her new Block of the Month quilt. Slow stitching greatness

The Aerial Grove quilt is on my personal bucket list

Focal is a study in color and bringing the focus to the border

Alturas used a large scale panel across multiple appliqued pieces

We saw some awesome quilts during Show and Share:

Partner information for the FWMQG Rainbow Mini Quilt Swap has been passed out. Quilts are due at the September meeting. If you have any questions, get with Jenn or Ann.

June BOM blocks are: 6, 10, 25, 35, and 48

Don't forget that the deadline to enter the Trinity Valley Quilt Guild Quilt Show is July 17. Click here for more information.

On Friday we met at Trinity United Methodist Church in Arlington for the Facing East workshop with Carolyn. We worked from her first book: Savor Each Stitch

Carolyn reviewed color theory and gave lessons in foundation paper piecing and hand applique techniques. She talked about the inspiration behind her designs and gave us insight into her process. We had some technical difficulties in the beginning. Too many irons = blown circuits :) We relocated the ironing stations down the hall and started creating. We had friends join us from Dallas and San Antonio. It was a day full of fun, laughter, and lots of sewing!!


A trail of threads leads to the ironing station

Facing East blocks completed

FWMQG and Carolyn Friedlander

Natalia Bonner Workshop Recap

2015-06-08T09:02:00.001-05:00

A little over a week ago we gathered at West Freeway Church of Christ in Fort Worth to workshop with Natalia Bonner of Piece N Quilt. Her new book Cabin Fever: 20 Modern Log Cabin Blocks was released in May. All of the quilts in the book are modern intrepretations of the log cabin block and have instructions for making quilts in three different sizes. There'a a bonus section with matching throw pillows and shams in the back!

Available on Amazon

We spent our morning session working on our choice of three quilts, all built from the same block: Math Class, Stacked Up, and Incline.

This table was having too much fun

Raeann's Texas Tech themed Math Class quilt

Ann's Alison Glass Incline quilt

Kristi's Rainbow baby Math Class quilt

After a lunch break we all started work on the Typhoon quilt.

Working hard or hardly working?

Just a few more seams to go

Rhonda's pretty purple Tyhoon baby quilt

Christmas themed baby size Typhoon quilt

Kristi's baby Tyhpoon

Natalia is incrediby personable and a great teacher. We had a workshop participant who is very new to quilting and Natalia spent a good deal of one-on-one time with her helping her understand how to read her pattern and cut her fabric. If she found herself without something to do, Natalia frequently offered to press seams and help lay out blocks for us. She came prepared with goody bags that included a whistle, which we were to blow to celebrate successes and mistakes. Each blow of the whistle was rewerded with a FQ prize.

We enjoyed our time with Natalia and benefited greatly from her expertise. Follow her on Instagram @nataliabonner and on Twitter @PieceNQuilt.

FWMQG and Natalia Bonner

March Meeting Agenda

2015-03-19T18:18:00.002-05:00

March Meeting Agenda

Welcome

Guests

Reports

Icebreaker

Upcoming Fabric Releases

Iron Demo

Alphabitties

BOM (layout)

BREAK

Quilt Con Class/Lecture Sharing

Discussion/Vote

Announcements:

QC Challenge due May

Trinity Valley Quilt Show

Slow Stitch Saturday This week

Sewing Sunday April 12

Austin MQG Retreat April 10-12

Sassy Southern Sewing Retreat July 29-Aug 1

Show and Share

Door Prizes

Drinks/Dessert/Dinner at Central Market afterwards!

January 2015 BOM

2015-03-09T08:00:00.000-05:00

We are very excited to begin our new BOM for 2015! We are using the Moda Building Blocks pattern, and working on a few blocks each month. For January we completed blocks 1, 13, 23, and 33.

Great blocks ladies! If you haven't picked up a copy of the pattern yet, Fat Quarter Shop has them in stock, as do numerous other online shops.

February blocks are 2, 11, 27, 42.

March blocks are 3. 16, 24, 44.