September 2023 Meeting

September 2023

News

Member Spotlight

Cordell shared part of her quilting journey in a format we may just adopt for future spotlights. She focused on four topics:

1 Theme, what she creates: creating functional quilts with an artistic eye. 

2 Materials, what she creates with: using up stash, donated fabrics

3 Method, how she creates: walking foot quilting, improvisational piecing

4 Reason, why she creates: to improve herself and learn

Modern Sampler made  with dupioni silk fabrics. 

Pattern by Jill Stemple.

Sew and Share

Debby M.

Debby M.

Melanie M.

Elise

Chelsea

Quilter’s Questions

We learn by asking questions and getting answers from others who have faced similar challenges and experiences.

Tonight’s questions:

Debby M.- what do you consider when deciding on a quilting design?

consider the purpose of the quilt

What elements do you want to emphasize

How much time do you want to spend

Look for similar quilt patterns to see how someone else quilted it

Wait for the quilt to “speak to you”

Karen D.- what are your favorite methods of marking?

Air erasable, water erasable, chalk, painter’s tape

Be sure to test whatever you plan to use to make sure it can be removed

Elise- how do you display your quilts?

Draped over the rungs of a ladder.

Stacked in a cabinet.

Hang on the wall. Use straight pins or sewing machine needles if you don’t want to put a sleeve on the quilt.

Use command hooks to support a rod, use rings with alligator clips to hold the quilt

On a bed

Sharon F.- how do you pick the color of thread to quilt with

Consider the purpose, what is the focus, the piecing or the quilting

Use a busy backing fabric to hide your thread

Keep the bobbin thread in low contrast to the top thread 

Lay samples of thread on the top to see how it looks. A single strand of thread will look different than the whole spool.

Sharon F.- making a costume, how to keep edges from fraying when you need to make slashes in the fabric.

If the fabric is prone to fraying when cur there were several suggestions:

use fraycheck

Use a fusible stabilizer behind the area to be cut, the glue will hold the cut edge

Don’t cut at all. Apply paint or fabric appliqués to give the illusion it was cut.

Chelsea- what colors do you use and why?

The colors that people preferred varied but they also changed over time. What you don’t like today you might love next year. Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone is a good exercise to work with colors you don’t usually use. It can expand your understanding of how colors work together.

Upcoming Meetings

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 7pm-9pm

Sunday, November 19, 2023 2pm-4pm (a sew day)

Tuesday, December 19, 2023 6pm - 9pm holiday gathering 

We meet on the second floor of the Camp Hill Giant Food store located in the Camp Hill Shopping Center at 3301 E Trindle Rd, Camp Hill, PA 17011. The meetings start at 7pm with social time starting at 6:30pm. 

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