October Meeting and Sew and Share

You can find the meeting minutes here.

Here's our Sew and Share for the month...

Gay made this Amy Butler Birdie Purse using fabric from her stash.

 She used Kaffe Fassett fabric to make this stack and whack table runner.  She also made a small table topper using fabric from her stash. She snowballed one corner of the outside blocks and snowballed the inside square on all four corners.

Sharon made this hummingbird quilt for her cousin.

Leslie shared a quilt that she made with a few friends for a local community hospice house in York.

Nancy took a workshop recently and created these bags from snack bags. What a great way to recycle!

Cindy always wanted to make a color weave quilt pattern. She found this pattern at Christa Watson's website. She used Fandangle Fabric Strips and a spotted gray light and dark fabric from Zen Chic.

She also made this Type It Jelly Roll Quilt from a free pattern found on Moda United Notions.com. She used an Alison Glass Jelly Roll and Backing. 

She had these two bird panels which she quilted differently to see the results. The panel borders are made with complementary fabrics from Tracy Lizotte for Elizabeth Studio Fabric.

               

Which do you like?

Gina finished her Jacob's Ladder Challenge and did some Lucy Boston EPP blocks.

Lois made this Trip Around the World quilt using fabric from her stash. She also had fun creating these autumn leaves.

Joan had fun making these colorful Halloween themed quilts. She made BOO! with a friend using The Jelly Roll Boo pattern from Judy Wolf of Honey Bee Quilt Store in Austin TX. Here's the front and back.

            


Halloween in the Neighborhood, using the Dresden Neighborhood pattern by Persimon Dreams.

And one more....

She also showed us the jacket she made.

Maike made this beautiful pocket she finished at our meeting.

 

Debby shared a quilt she made using The Talk of the Town quilt pattern by Amy Ellis. She used Moda fabric and fabric from her stash. She also shared the Haori jacket she made using a Wiksten pattern.

           

     

Donna Lohman gave us a great program on tips and strategies for squaring quilts. 

 Capital Area Modern Quilt Guild New members are always welcome, contact us at CapitalAreaMQG@gmail.com

Jacob's Ladder Challenge

One of our challenges this year was to take the Jacob's Ladder quilt block and modernize it.
Here are the results.....

Capital Area Modern Quilt Guild New members are always welcome, contact us at CapitalAreaMQG@gmail.com

September Meeting and Sew and Share

You can find the September meeting minutes here.


Here's our Sew and Share for the month....

Lois made this Jacob's Ladder quilt from a Bonnie Hunter Book which took her a few years to complete. She used her scraps and she calls this quilt, Blue Mountain.

She also made these storage bags/ pods. She found the pattern on Craftsy.

Cindy made this clam bag. She found the pattern on Annie.com

 Debbie finished this UFO that she started in 2008 on the Western PA Shop Hop. It is hand appliqued, machine quilted using Bottom Line thread in the top and bottom. She used William Morris fabric.

Karen made this top using a ponte knit and cotton woven fabric from Smilespinners. The pattern is Simplicity 1316.

 Karen also took a workshop from Joyce Hughes on fabric painting. This is called Iris.

Cindy finished a UFO. She made this Tango quilt using a kit from the Saginaw Street Quilt Company.

 She also made this Block of the Month Sampler Quilt called Christmas Figs by Joanna Figueroa. The fabric is Fig Tree

Joan made this Desert Sky quilt by Judy Niemeyer.

 She also made this Pumpkin Season quilt using The Pattern Basket from the Fat Quarter Shop.

 Capital Area Modern Quilt Guild New members are always welcome, contact us at CapitalAreaMQG@gmail.com

September member Spotlight

Our member spotlight this month was Debbie Lohman, who has created over 1,000 projects in her quilting and crafting journey. She says she creates about 100-125 projects a year.  In 2012 she and her mother, Donna, had a joint quilt show at a museum in Mechanicsburg.
Debbie's mother taught quilting classes in local sewing shops when Debbie was growing up. She would help her mother with the classes but never took one. She says she was a "closest quilter" in those days, but that has changed. She has entered quilts in national shows and has won many ribbons. Here is a taste of the quilts she shared with us.

These were Debbie's firsts 2 quilts from the late 80's.

 And here is a tiny sampling of  her quilts since then.....

We were all amazed with Debbie's quilting and designs. She says she is always learning. However, she does admit that she likes fabric and tools more than she does quilting.  Debbie is helping to coordinate our charity quilt for QuiltCon this year.





























Capital Area Modern Quilt Guild New members are always welcome, contact us at CapitalAreaMQG@gmail.com

August Monthly Meeting

The August meeting minutes can be found here.

 Our member spotlight this month was Kathy.She told us a fascinating story of how she grew up with her grandma using treadle machine, but then didn’t keep sewing in her early adulthood.  

About 9 years ago feel and broke her knee and couldn’t walk for 4 months.  She put together this quilt top to exercise her knee using the treadle sewing machine, and then started sewing more for her grandkids. 

Later she found the American Sewing Guild and started making handbags. She loves upcycling and using scraps. She made bags and wallets from military uniforms and American Girl doll clothes with upcycled children’s clothing to sell at craft shows. She also "scavenged" bag hardware from Goodwill.  She also got into making t-shirt quilts for her family members. This summer she’s practicing piecing because until this point she hasn’t done much beyond squares. 

Join us! New members are always welcome - contact us at CapitalAreaMQG@gmail.com.