With Road to California's classes starting today, it made me wonder: If you could take any quilting class you wanted, what would it be and why?
Monday, January 21, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Question of the Week
Sunday, January 13, 2013
January Reminders
Next Saturday, January 26th is our monthly Sew In. We'll be meeting at Bolts To Bindings from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Bring a snack to share and a project and let's get started on accomplishing those goals!
January marks the second anniversary of the Bakersfield Modern Quilt guild. We've had a lot of fun and seen some amazing projects in those two years. Our new board met last week to work on plans for the coming year and boy do we have some exciting things in store for everyone. This year we'll be focusing more on the "Modern" in our guild name and learning more about what Modern Quilting is. There will be plenty of new swaps, challenges, programs and other activities coming your way.
Looking forward to a great year!
Christy, Laura, Lynn, Pam and Nicci
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
What's Going On In Our Local Quilt Shops?
It's time to start this new year off with some fun! Check out what's going on in our local quilt shops!
Bolts to Binding is having a pajama party and potluck this Saturday. It starts at 4:00 p.m. and ends at 4:00 a.m. You can check out the details on the B to B calendar, or call the shop @ 873-4691 for details.
Pam will be teaching her wonderful series of applique classes at Strawberry Patches. The first class is this Saturday, from 1:00-4:00. Details can be found on the Strawberry Patches calendar, or you can call the shop @ 835-1738.
Bolts to Binding is having a pajama party and potluck this Saturday. It starts at 4:00 p.m. and ends at 4:00 a.m. You can check out the details on the B to B calendar, or call the shop @ 873-4691 for details.
Pam will be teaching her wonderful series of applique classes at Strawberry Patches. The first class is this Saturday, from 1:00-4:00. Details can be found on the Strawberry Patches calendar, or you can call the shop @ 835-1738.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Madrona Road Challenge Update
We hope you are all working on creating something fun with your bundle of Madrona Road fabrics! The challenge is to use the fat 1/8th bundles, combined with solid fabrics of your choosing, to create anything you'd like. You may also use any colorway or combination of the Madrona Road line. The Modern Quilt Guild has requested that you post pictures of your progress and your finished projects to the flickr group set up for the challenge. Michael Miller will be checking the flickr group pictures, and they may select some of the projects for display in their booth at Quiltcon.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Pictures From Our December Meeting
Here are some great pictures of our group at the awesome December meeting! We had a potluck, lots of show 'n tell, and a brown bag charm pack swap. If you missed it, you missed a whole lot of fun!
Jane, Holley, and Sandy. Everyone loved their charm packs!
2012 Board, Lynn (President), Christy (Vice-President) and Laura (Secretary)
Nicci shows off the charm pack she received in the swap
Lynn's Crown Jewels quilt. It's going to Quiltcon!
Pam's beautiful Swoon quilt. Quilted by Lynn Douglass
Jane's lovely A Tisket A Tasket quilt. Quilted by Lynn Douglass
Jane's gorgeous Christmas bargello table runner
Pam busted out several coffee cozies!
Christy made this one as a gift
Christy's happy scrappy rainbow quilt
Lana, Nicci, Christy, Laura and Gwen
One of Lana's beautiful strip club quilts
If you want to get in on the fun we have, join us at our next meeting on Saturday, January 19th, at Strawberry Patches, from 2:00 - 4:00. Our sew-in will be held at Bolts to Binding on Saturday, January 26th, from 10:00 - 4:00.
This is a great time to make a New Year's resolution to start something new! Let us help you with that!
Until next we meet,
Lynn
Secretary & Media Coordinator
Monday, December 31, 2012
Good Bye 2012, Hello 2013!
2012 has been a wildly fun year, and I'm so happy to have served as your President! It made me overcome my fear of speaking in front of people, helped me be more organized, and it helped me grow in my creative pursuits. Thank you for all of your support, encouragement and involvement in our modern quilt guild family! I look forward to serving under Christy as our guild's secretary/media officer, and watching our modern family grow even more!
There's a lot going on, so a few reminders are in order. At the January meeting on Saturday, the 19th, we will be sharing our inspiration/goal boards for 2013. If you aren't sure how to make one, here is the one I made for 2012.
Use a half sheet of poster board, larger if you want. Make it a size that will make it easy to put up in your sewing room/area that so you can be inspired by it. You can paste on pictures of quilts or projects you want to make, list your sewing and quilting goals, include inspirational quotes, swatches of fabrics, etc. Make it personal. If you made a goal board for 2012, you can use the back of it, or you can simply update it. Share it with the group at the January meeting so that we can encourage each other to achieve some of these goals in the new year!
How's everyone coming with the Madrona Road challenge? The rules are simple. You may only use fabrics from the Madrona Road collection (any colorway), and you may add any brand of solids you choose. Make any project you desire. Please upload pictures of your projects, in progress or completed, to the challenge Flickr page. Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/groups/2105749@N24/
We will be revealing our projects at our February meeting.
We all love Show 'n Tell time at our meetings! If you bring something to show, it should be a project you are working on, have made, or an item you've received while participating in a modern bee or swap. The Board will be working on a program schedule for the coming year, and we will consider scheduling a specific program for sharing those vintage quilts you've "inherited" from others.
If you haven't yet made something modern, we encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and give it a try! Start with a mug rug, table runner, or a baby quilt. It's all about challenging yourself. Go for it!
I want to thank our local quilt shops, Bolts to Binding and Strawberry Patches, for being so supportive to our group. The owners and staff are so accommodating, allowing us to hold our meetings and sew-ins at their shops! If there's a particular fabric line we are interested in, solid color that we need, or notions that we'd like to have, they are great about trying to order them. To Suzanne Zingg and Jerri Cooper-Meyer, and everyone who works at their shops, we are sincerely thankful!
If you don't already know, we have a new Board for 2013. They are:
Christy Hall - President
Laura Haywood - Vice President
Lynn Douglass - Secretary/Media Coordinator
Pam Gavin - Program Chair
Nicci Pannell - Philanthropic Chair
Holley Arbeit - Assistant to Nicci
It is said that the way you spend the first day of the year, is how you will spend the rest of the year. I plan to sew! What are your plans?
Happy New Year!
Lynn
President for a few more hours. ;-)
There's a lot going on, so a few reminders are in order. At the January meeting on Saturday, the 19th, we will be sharing our inspiration/goal boards for 2013. If you aren't sure how to make one, here is the one I made for 2012.
Use a half sheet of poster board, larger if you want. Make it a size that will make it easy to put up in your sewing room/area that so you can be inspired by it. You can paste on pictures of quilts or projects you want to make, list your sewing and quilting goals, include inspirational quotes, swatches of fabrics, etc. Make it personal. If you made a goal board for 2012, you can use the back of it, or you can simply update it. Share it with the group at the January meeting so that we can encourage each other to achieve some of these goals in the new year!
How's everyone coming with the Madrona Road challenge? The rules are simple. You may only use fabrics from the Madrona Road collection (any colorway), and you may add any brand of solids you choose. Make any project you desire. Please upload pictures of your projects, in progress or completed, to the challenge Flickr page. Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/groups/2105749@N24/
We will be revealing our projects at our February meeting.
We all love Show 'n Tell time at our meetings! If you bring something to show, it should be a project you are working on, have made, or an item you've received while participating in a modern bee or swap. The Board will be working on a program schedule for the coming year, and we will consider scheduling a specific program for sharing those vintage quilts you've "inherited" from others.
If you haven't yet made something modern, we encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and give it a try! Start with a mug rug, table runner, or a baby quilt. It's all about challenging yourself. Go for it!
I want to thank our local quilt shops, Bolts to Binding and Strawberry Patches, for being so supportive to our group. The owners and staff are so accommodating, allowing us to hold our meetings and sew-ins at their shops! If there's a particular fabric line we are interested in, solid color that we need, or notions that we'd like to have, they are great about trying to order them. To Suzanne Zingg and Jerri Cooper-Meyer, and everyone who works at their shops, we are sincerely thankful!
If you don't already know, we have a new Board for 2013. They are:
Christy Hall - President
Laura Haywood - Vice President
Lynn Douglass - Secretary/Media Coordinator
Pam Gavin - Program Chair
Nicci Pannell - Philanthropic Chair
Holley Arbeit - Assistant to Nicci
It is said that the way you spend the first day of the year, is how you will spend the rest of the year. I plan to sew! What are your plans?
Happy New Year!
Lynn
President for a few more hours. ;-)
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