New Fabrics to Watch For!

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This month we’re seeing many new fabric lines come available.  It’s exciting to see new designers show their style and originality.  Making her debut into textile design is Ellen Luckett Baker (her fabulous and comprehensive blog is The Long Thread) with her line from Moda called “Quilt Blocks”.

The graphic prints and colors are  so fresh.  I predict great things will happen with these fabrics!  Also, don’t you think you could whip up a great baby quilt in a hurry with these prints?!

Do you love Tula Pink?  Finally, she has designed a Halloween line of fabrics called Nightshade.  Long anticipated, the collection is finally hitting the shops and is available now.  If you love offbeat and quirky (and with Tula, there’s always something unexpected) these are great prints for you.  The colors are incredible…

 

Modern quilters make lots of chevron quilts.  With that in mind, the folks over at Riley Blake have made a range of chevron prints for us to collect, stash and cut and quilt with.  Bright and clear colors make these very striking.  Check it out!

And everyone knows how modern quilters love solids.  So it’s very exciting to hear that Robert Kaufman has come out with 28 new Kona Cotton colors!  Look at this incredible stack of Roy G. Biv; not to mention the lovely creams, taupes and greys!!

Other new solids are a springtime pastel range of shot cottons from the unstoppable Kaffe Fassett.  Yum!

That’s all for this month’s fabric round-up.  In just a week is Spring Quilt Market and many new lines will be announced.  We’ll have what catches our eye in next month’s post!

 

April Showers Brings May… Quilts!

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On Tuesday May 1st we held our May meeting at SueDee’s and what a meeting it was! A new guild challenge was announced, there was some fabulous Sew and Tell, and Rebecca gave an amazing tutorial on how to do paper piecing.

First up, the new guild challenge: QuiltCon Blocks! The challenge is to follow the guidelines for the QuiltCon Block Challenge, that is to create a unique and modern 12.5″ x 12.5″ block using the colors of the QuiltCon logo.

Photo from the QuiltCon site

Twenty blocks will be selected to be made into a quilt that will be raffled off to a lucky QuiltCon attendee, and the rest will be made into quilts that will be donated to Austin’s Children’s Shelter. The challenge is to make one block, but your blocks will go to a great cause, so feel free to make more! The complete guidelines for the QuiltCon block can be found here: QuiltCon Block Challenge Guidelines

Next up Sew and Tell! Thank you to everyone who came and brought something to share, we love being inspired by everyone’s hard work! This month we tried something new with Sew and Tell: lining up with our projects PVQA style. The result was a more streamlined Sew and Tell portion that could be more easily seen by guild members.Here are some highlights! (All photos were taken by Karen. Thank you Karen!)

Gillian and Rebecca both brought in wonderful double-sided quilts this month!

There were so many other great projects that were shown off this month too! You can see them all at the South Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild Flickr Group. If you’re not already a member of Flickr or the SBAMGQ group, we encourage you to join! It’s a great resource for fresh and modern inspiration. Thanks again to Karen and every one who strutted their stuff!

Finally, Rebecca gave a wonderful 10 minute tutorial on paper piecing using this star template from Fresh Lemons.

Rebecca’s tutorial was packed with helpful hints and tricks. It totally broke down the process in easy to understand steps, and I know a lot of us are really excited to try this technique now. Thank you Rebecca!

And just as a reminder, we are still looking for volunteers to give 10 Minute Tutorials for the upcoming months. If there’s a trick, tip or technique that you know of, even if it’s simple, we’d love for you to share!

Thank you everyone who attended the May 2012 meeting! It was so much fun. See you Tuesday June 5th at SueDee’s at 6:30!

New Fabrics, bright ideas and lots of fun.

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The modern quilt guild is about finding a new and fresh perspective on quilting and design.  We meet so that we may share with others who have a passion for modern quilting.  Need more information on the modern quilt guild?  Click on the following:

  • http://themodernquiltguild.com/
  • http://moderndayquilts.tumblr.com/
  • http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/
  • http://www.handmadebyalissa.com/
  • http://www.ohfransson.com/
  • http://sewkatiedid.wordpress.com/
  • http://www.redpepperquilts.com/
  • http://www.thequiltengineer.com/

These are just a sampling of blogs that will provide you with an idea of what modern quilting is all about.  Modern quilting does have its own aesthetic, but everyone has their own voice.  Join us at the South Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild to show us what kind of modern quilter you are!