tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102771351454162832024-02-20T13:40:14.415-06:00St. Louis Modern Quilt GuildSTL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.comBlogger433125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-71329559418716834192023-01-14T13:16:00.001-06:002023-01-14T13:16:27.929-06:00<p> We have moved! Effective Jan. 1, 2023, the official website for the St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild is www.stlmqg.org. This blogspot website will be retained for archival purposes but will not be kept current.</p>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-990113977379178882022-11-15T11:28:00.001-06:002022-11-15T11:28:27.309-06:00Meeting Recap (November 12, 2022)<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">We got together Saturday for some crafty fun and social time. Check out November's meeting highlights.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3GuDGG_CmF54hxMkb767q9jCfHS5w23Wwd3J80x4uaK6emxZUV_U4U-K4mQev_gJp2uoks_TfEAy3AVGekLRGB_s7ZzRUc4JjV_LWwHUVEI3N7D-GeR1FRkxs6pg8SslB0y_kBFv-zYwSuDCorc4iNldLCesH6uYF2E_7XTMjm0zyyk1EvpwcpaH/s3024/PXL_20221112_173132509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2994" data-original-width="3024" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3GuDGG_CmF54hxMkb767q9jCfHS5w23Wwd3J80x4uaK6emxZUV_U4U-K4mQev_gJp2uoks_TfEAy3AVGekLRGB_s7ZzRUc4JjV_LWwHUVEI3N7D-GeR1FRkxs6pg8SslB0y_kBFv-zYwSuDCorc4iNldLCesH6uYF2E_7XTMjm0zyyk1EvpwcpaH/w320-h317/PXL_20221112_173132509.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Guild Business</u></span></b></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Details of local and online events:</span></li><ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">PerennialSTL: </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Intro to Mesh Embroidery</b>, </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday 11/19, 10am - 1pm </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Upcycled Quilt Coat</b>, </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wednesday 12/14 & 12/21, 6pm - 9pm</span></p></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>Jackman’s: <b>Christmas Stocking</b>, Thursday 11/17, 10:30am - 2:30pm </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Build Your Own Bargello Quilt</b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Saturday 11/19, 10:30am - 4:30pm</span></p></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you know of some quilty fun? Be sure to share it in our Facebook group or Instagram page.</span></span></p></li></ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Congratulations to the newly elected board officers!</span></li><ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">President: Octavia Pitts through 2023</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Vice President: Jennifer Deck 2023-2024</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Secretary: Gail Luther through 2023</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Treasurer: Susan Muszynski 2023-2024</span></li></ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Our current membership numbers are 210 guildies. WOW!!</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Announcements and Reminders:</span></span></li><ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Membership renewal for 2023 is <b><a href="https://www.stlmqg.org/" target="_blank">HERE.</a> </b>Dues will remain $40.</span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hand (Home) Sew Happy Hour is tonight from 6-9PM. This is the last one for the year. <b><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83475388639?pwd=bjlKMTdDUnhhTFY0T0k4V0JwSFBiUT09" target="_blank">ZOOM link</a></b>.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">December raffle meeting will take place on the 3rd Saturday of the month-<b>12/17/22 in the Sunset Room</b>. Not the second Saturday and not our normal meeting room. There will NOT be Zoom for this meeting. Please note the change.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tickets for the raffle can be purchased BEFORE the meeting begins.</span></span></li></ul></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN80T1LWL32FgiaxioLgpmxrt_rgiIIhpXpRrq2V1J0HR_aTXnl9g1GcM0OytbU4Het8O1YPvcS3adV-JGG5i9evUZTfWYDoISxei7w5i5FoEPuQJl4-a5btvHLvrFY6jFPAQ4krNVE5CkatxtSgioYNl2saGpvXH3_g4Uc0GlApZIdmYo--YcmeMU/s225/flower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN80T1LWL32FgiaxioLgpmxrt_rgiIIhpXpRrq2V1J0HR_aTXnl9g1GcM0OytbU4Het8O1YPvcS3adV-JGG5i9evUZTfWYDoISxei7w5i5FoEPuQJl4-a5btvHLvrFY6jFPAQ4krNVE5CkatxtSgioYNl2saGpvXH3_g4Uc0GlApZIdmYo--YcmeMU/s16000/flower.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u>Kanzashi Flower Folding</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">We had a chance to mingle with our fellow guild pals while learning how to fold fabric Kanzashi style. After you fold a few petals you can string them together to make a flower. Between chatting with friends and working with our hands, it seemed like everyone had a good time. Thank you to the Programming committee for coming up with a fun activity!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u>Committee Updates</u></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">SewMe STL</span></b></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Despite a couple of hiccups, our first SewMe retreat in three years was a success!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Save the date for next year's retreat: September 15-17, 2023.</span></li></ul></ul><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li><b style="font-family: georgia;">Charity Committee</b></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">The charity committee is still tallying the final count, but a conservative estimate is that our guild produced 200+ quilts to donate to The Women's Safe House. What a beautiful effort from our guild!</span></li></ul><li><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Swap and Challenge</span></b></li><ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Fabric Placement challenge has come to an end. Thank you to the committee for bringing this to life.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Prize winners for participating: Barb Phelps, Terry Darling, Gail McCarthy, and Megan Smith. Congratulations!</span></li></ul></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFsB2p4WMzte0s-9E3kVHqZMfa_z8uMZbivIrcJqsH_ib4pT9XovLZoE9wGhbndVnjgrQ3bhN6XkREa3NCSJN5N99fiXYA0750MpFGpuaizxR_3FUa8yggkrQuFJq807Yct4zBmEHPyIFOEHqGF8Ci8cmJg3O4dJ6jqDqSOGLf7n90STjTchv2dFw/s2286/PXL_20221112_165154779.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2286" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFsB2p4WMzte0s-9E3kVHqZMfa_z8uMZbivIrcJqsH_ib4pT9XovLZoE9wGhbndVnjgrQ3bhN6XkREa3NCSJN5N99fiXYA0750MpFGpuaizxR_3FUa8yggkrQuFJq807Yct4zBmEHPyIFOEHqGF8Ci8cmJg3O4dJ6jqDqSOGLf7n90STjTchv2dFw/w200-h135/PXL_20221112_165154779.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnryeLEXrfiAI7d_B-HUNAgau3E-95nmgF6NGWqCJizOFmuMcQ8V91pBEkKIeFeSSvkPCDAD4QkN4eTeKtqqncnqMklCc1nkvhJrv874ZkHzxy5v_8sJTIbitUTtp7e0PjWU16zP6OFv8OImhGqfWGJF2rpW7JgjdnqxqtYlgO3WBTizamZrPP_Qs/s2170/PXL_20221112_164921098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2170" data-original-width="1869" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKnryeLEXrfiAI7d_B-HUNAgau3E-95nmgF6NGWqCJizOFmuMcQ8V91pBEkKIeFeSSvkPCDAD4QkN4eTeKtqqncnqMklCc1nkvhJrv874ZkHzxy5v_8sJTIbitUTtp7e0PjWU16zP6OFv8OImhGqfWGJF2rpW7JgjdnqxqtYlgO3WBTizamZrPP_Qs/w173-h200/PXL_20221112_164921098.jpg" width="173" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrLB0Wk0wzaTtBli_m14ZKpyhc8DztzulMYhW2Uid4axSkFgPZ2La_XGhbeZLylHlIuS2JpxNTEnAukcjl0v_zgPLkEBizgNq4SnCQaLf96rziNVrJrWD4JAqgFBKc7cUt5NeHMSXSe5ZEIP9A2741dEDZtyLYBN-nIjgmUkgh7me7Gnumix1I3ay/s2101/PXL_20221112_165000640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2101" data-original-width="1708" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrLB0Wk0wzaTtBli_m14ZKpyhc8DztzulMYhW2Uid4axSkFgPZ2La_XGhbeZLylHlIuS2JpxNTEnAukcjl0v_zgPLkEBizgNq4SnCQaLf96rziNVrJrWD4JAqgFBKc7cUt5NeHMSXSe5ZEIP9A2741dEDZtyLYBN-nIjgmUkgh7me7Gnumix1I3ay/w163-h200/PXL_20221112_165000640.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u>Other Items Covered</u></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Fabric Raffle:</b><span> Thanks to </span><b><a href="https://www.cottoncuts.com/">Cotton Cuts</a> </b><span>we gave away two FQ bundles of Sketchbook by Alexia Marcelle Abegg to Hope Wyss and Robyn Passig.</span><span> Hooray!</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Block of the Month Wrap-up: </b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">All of the tutorials for the 2022 Block of the Month are posted on the blog and you still have a chance to win. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Any member who completes their block of the month quilt top by January's meeting will be entered to win a free longarming service from Dottie Vaughn!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>September and October Block of the Month winners are Kathy Leahy and </span>Carol Schmidt. High fives!</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Donation:</b> Our membership voted to make a donation to SewHopeSTL to aid in their flood recovery.</span></li></ul></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-46207035129745698212022-11-08T10:00:00.001-06:002022-11-08T10:00:00.165-06:00Meeting #124 (November 12, 2022)<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Anyone else wondering how it's November already? With the SewMe retreat wrapped up, it's time to focus on the culmination of our many projects and challenges. Here's what to expect at the November meeting.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><b>Date:</b> November 12, 2022</span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">Time:</b><span style="line-height: 18px;"> 10 am-12:30 pm</span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">Location:</b><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span><span>Shrewsbury Center - </span><span><span>5200 Shrewsbury Ave, St. Louis, MO 63119</span></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 18.48px;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">Agenda:</b><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>-Welcome & Guild Business</i></span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><ul><li><span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Zoom etiquette</span></span></span></li><li><span>Financial Information</span></li><li><span>Membership Information</span></li><li><span>Quilting News/Around Town</span></li><li><span>Reminders and Announcements</span></li><li>Board election details</li><li><span>BOM Wrap-up</span></li><li>Committee updates</li><ul><li>QuiltCon Charity Quilt: Collect remaining blocks.</li><li>Charity: Collect remaining quilts</li><li>SewMe: Weekend recap</li><li>Swap/Challenge: Show and Share</li></ul></ul><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><i>---Break---</i></span></b></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Check in</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Turn QuiltCon Charity Quilt packets</i></span></li><li><i style="font-family: georgia;">Turn in charity quilts</i></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Cast ballots</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Return library books</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Turn in donations for December raffle</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Buy raffle tickets</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Visit free table</i></span></li></ul></div><div><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">-November Activity - Kanzashi Flower Folding</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">The Programming committee is presenting a Japanese flower folding activity. We'll have supplies available, but if you would like to use your own please bring:</span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Scraps of coordinating fabric cut into squares of 1.5-3".</span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Coordinating buttons</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Needle</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Thread</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Pins</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Scissors</span></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">-Meeting Wrap-up</span></i></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">September and October Block of the Month winners</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fabric raffle winner - Thank you Cotton Cuts!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Attendance Prizes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Show & Tell (time permitting)</span></li></ul></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><div style="line-height: 18.48px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">-------------------------- Reminders ------------------------------</span></div><div style="line-height: 18.48px;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bring in donations for the December raffle</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Turn in completed blocks for the QuiltCon Charity quilt</span></li><li>Bring your Swap/Challenge blocks and projects for show and share</li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Post your October BOM entries by 11:59 PM this Friday. #stlmqgbom</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Buy raffle tickets online </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://go.eventgroovefundraising.com/c3f2ef" target="_blank">HERE.</a></b></li><li>Return any library books you have.</li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wear your name tags.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Free table items.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bring your Show and Share goodies!</span></li></ul></div></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-20265877581304052182022-10-07T00:00:00.001-05:002022-10-07T00:00:00.184-05:002022 Block of the Month Sampler - October <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAew4sW3cuDShmMU-9ZhfjLDmA_KNPWhmvH7Z0Kz4caQ_hrMCGYLuwioByJB7W_MkLjN7_xw6CdPRcwQoqclQGS_SfTKpwq3Vw-cHPFjp4caEWybumrkcbwwonKcYv9L-17uPY3sJpZaXxpvJFpBbkRSh_y8TJqaWzeleL2wutQv-Fjs5PUns3Q80h/s1800/6%20inch%20inset%20circle%20fill2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAew4sW3cuDShmMU-9ZhfjLDmA_KNPWhmvH7Z0Kz4caQ_hrMCGYLuwioByJB7W_MkLjN7_xw6CdPRcwQoqclQGS_SfTKpwq3Vw-cHPFjp4caEWybumrkcbwwonKcYv9L-17uPY3sJpZaXxpvJFpBbkRSh_y8TJqaWzeleL2wutQv-Fjs5PUns3Q80h/s320/6%20inch%20inset%20circle%20fill2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Welcome to Month Ten of the St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild 2022 Block of the Month Sampler! You did it! You made it to the final month of this Block of the Month. All that's left is to finish these blocks and put your quilt together! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;">Remember to post your block to Instagram with the hashtag #stlmqgbom before the November meeting to be entered to win this month's prize. If you don't use Instagram, you may email a photo to the guild email. There will one more monthly prize, but there will also be a drawing for the grand prize for anyone who has a finished Block of the Month quilt top by the January 2023 meeting. STLMQG member Dottie Vaughn has donated longarm quilting service for one finished quilt. Thank you Dottie!</p><p style="text-align: left;">This month, we will be making FOUR 6.5-inch (unfinished) inset circle blocks! I love how this creates a nice, crisp circle without the intersecting seam lines that you get with a Drunkard's path or similar curve technique. There are <i style="font-weight: bold;">many </i>tutorials online on how to accomplish this, but as far as I can tell, the technique is most often called the 6-minute circle credited to Dale Fleming. You can see a video of her demonstrating this method <a href="https://www.hgtv.com/videos/how-to-create-easy-circle-quilt-blocks-62279">here</a>. [note: this definitely takes longer than 6 minutes!] I first learned this technique at one of the very first Sew Me St. Louis retreats so it's fitting that you get to learn this technique the weekend of this year's Sew Me!</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyQABJYTBaLixf1pHMcB8dYaljTTBMJsqR8z98WQfypsy5FJ0b-VR4xQ4KOGltuddaBFjPuadDGB82p9zR21hcHQVU8HZeifnxfGJRhkYE5S-RGZpQfFXuQS_NHpsWn9Qg-kvPC4tq4TLMLjl4DG_mL0XLImqZwvRPy5k_a2AYd6jkVOUk5W7nJoc/s1154/20221004_223510.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1154" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyQABJYTBaLixf1pHMcB8dYaljTTBMJsqR8z98WQfypsy5FJ0b-VR4xQ4KOGltuddaBFjPuadDGB82p9zR21hcHQVU8HZeifnxfGJRhkYE5S-RGZpQfFXuQS_NHpsWn9Qg-kvPC4tq4TLMLjl4DG_mL0XLImqZwvRPy5k_a2AYd6jkVOUk5W7nJoc/s320/20221004_223510.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>SUPPLIES</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This block requires a few more items in the way of supplies. If you are at the retreat and brought your BOM fabric so you can finish this quilt, but you don't have these items, come and find me (Em Komiskey) as I will have these things at Sew Me St. Louis. If you plan to complete these inset circle blocks at a later time, come and pick up a piece of freezer paper if you don't already have some! No need to buy a whole box for one project. <br /><br />Here's what you'll need: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>(8) 7½ inch squares of fabric (4 background, 4 for the circles)</li><li>freezer paper about the size of your block</li><li>template for a circle that's around 5 inches (I used an IKEA kids' bowl, which is about 4¾ inches in diameter)</li><li>pen or pencil</li><li>paper scissors</li><li>fabric scissors</li><li>glue stick or glue pen</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>INSET CIRCLE TECHNIQUE</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxJKfWS3NVCUL47G6EwNiRBwsnhvQ3AKaoRWr1Gjlh6CAzE4PJh3DpN8jcKsrmZ5GcrCRq9bh4GrvALoF2C3_pF5jPvsJ3-oyFcy23yrvzzD-ylCT5Mkpw-e79i2xmIThBmSLU8ad48EteNOA1F5Ata_30wVrAXNzS5XOjnkWM49Lh3ajenDIbvJn/s1200/20221004_223649.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxJKfWS3NVCUL47G6EwNiRBwsnhvQ3AKaoRWr1Gjlh6CAzE4PJh3DpN8jcKsrmZ5GcrCRq9bh4GrvALoF2C3_pF5jPvsJ3-oyFcy23yrvzzD-ylCT5Mkpw-e79i2xmIThBmSLU8ad48EteNOA1F5Ata_30wVrAXNzS5XOjnkWM49Lh3ajenDIbvJn/s320/20221004_223649.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Pair your fabric squares, deciding which will be background, and which will be the circles. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjq6wizBghU0XU7FaH0pfeDoJN8t51VybbbuKkx3b3ccU-x1QNA-Iz1OBMS_R4Rf7itRzajsJDPzfYZmif0vZTJbL6aB76AgO7HP1EMMyPdzY8TzScUyPGL0LyGnCapjPap8e3xIjGKyAdIzV3TIsbh9DxP4fFP8JBBnjuqMjPTEDmOR5ozyWC3_t/s1200/20221004_223745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjq6wizBghU0XU7FaH0pfeDoJN8t51VybbbuKkx3b3ccU-x1QNA-Iz1OBMS_R4Rf7itRzajsJDPzfYZmif0vZTJbL6aB76AgO7HP1EMMyPdzY8TzScUyPGL0LyGnCapjPap8e3xIjGKyAdIzV3TIsbh9DxP4fFP8JBBnjuqMjPTEDmOR5ozyWC3_t/s320/20221004_223745.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Using your circle template (or a compass) trace a circle in the approximate middle of your freezer paper. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7h8qaaOVuXYYDIeAotjSzoVBoRy2oCl2PQrZpX8iK5sgUzaUtqK1zjwYJgwbUSPri4vfj_T_RPsZdfGvLaml1NfRYVmOUlXofU1kaifYnuTQVta1RnSfOUfXiz6UsWX-zTOn00b1wdDWE0rzFT3LGGKcaLuwL3g2OUhLVUbdq3m_j1hfoxFys-LKf/s1200/20221004_224049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7h8qaaOVuXYYDIeAotjSzoVBoRy2oCl2PQrZpX8iK5sgUzaUtqK1zjwYJgwbUSPri4vfj_T_RPsZdfGvLaml1NfRYVmOUlXofU1kaifYnuTQVta1RnSfOUfXiz6UsWX-zTOn00b1wdDWE0rzFT3LGGKcaLuwL3g2OUhLVUbdq3m_j1hfoxFys-LKf/s320/20221004_224049.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Cut out the circle you traced on the freezer paper, then fold the paper in half lengthwise, then in half widthwise to create a crease every 90° around the circle. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdIHIDmM-v0jrzlzLxLw0jXNVumYVuZ6c_12FQ8QNudZSamN0e1x-v5ijlpRHFvtYEm5kRPkVud8_BgxIW32Jr2KYZh5dt-Hn0ASSmWnY-fDVjmlud08caz0BiMnuRoFzdXvWtlOO0hovGfev1Fb-8KPc3v8aa_7XP6VTr_db5AoNYVFCyAyQhXLe/s1201/20221004_224240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdIHIDmM-v0jrzlzLxLw0jXNVumYVuZ6c_12FQ8QNudZSamN0e1x-v5ijlpRHFvtYEm5kRPkVud8_BgxIW32Jr2KYZh5dt-Hn0ASSmWnY-fDVjmlud08caz0BiMnuRoFzdXvWtlOO0hovGfev1Fb-8KPc3v8aa_7XP6VTr_db5AoNYVFCyAyQhXLe/s320/20221004_224240.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Fold your background fabric in half lengthwise, then in half widthwise and press with a hot iron to create creases. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJHY6AmaJnxcsk2siDuuw9ZD3WdtKamCVoT5vHCbXoMBFwN7lRJ0zkaDI98b41eqrNmOHGDOnUK22U-neLEjddOATbJFM0CRU-UGBz2aU8dsp3YOxZ1T7jkwvOLWSd5q9228MYHt0pBmQTPHas9kIG5Nk_zRcS7L3hWcAO-S3bzqYY-oSyw2k1JMB/s1200/20221004_224309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJHY6AmaJnxcsk2siDuuw9ZD3WdtKamCVoT5vHCbXoMBFwN7lRJ0zkaDI98b41eqrNmOHGDOnUK22U-neLEjddOATbJFM0CRU-UGBz2aU8dsp3YOxZ1T7jkwvOLWSd5q9228MYHt0pBmQTPHas9kIG5Nk_zRcS7L3hWcAO-S3bzqYY-oSyw2k1JMB/s320/20221004_224309.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Line up the creases in the paper with the creases of your background fabric. The <i style="font-weight: bold;">shiny side </i>of the freezer paper will be face down, and the back/wrong side of your background fabric will be face up. Iron over the freezer paper so it sticks to the fabric. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFB0KV9NpirA8LPDTvkfMDBQrGPzHAEJJtkYy0CcUjAsXSRR1i9Uv2rRyQeNEMsVaMXQA7fES4sBpBrerGls-qda7CFjnxo7ri6pMUlXrCX5WUA5RV-QYvxxuceEXWJ-MBmGZ3Fje23h2K7j-xPUdZg1Ou5_ogjXywOGAWIDewqE8JsdI2_LFUKsG/s1200/20221004_224646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFB0KV9NpirA8LPDTvkfMDBQrGPzHAEJJtkYy0CcUjAsXSRR1i9Uv2rRyQeNEMsVaMXQA7fES4sBpBrerGls-qda7CFjnxo7ri6pMUlXrCX5WUA5RV-QYvxxuceEXWJ-MBmGZ3Fje23h2K7j-xPUdZg1Ou5_ogjXywOGAWIDewqE8JsdI2_LFUKsG/s320/20221004_224646.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Cut out a circle from your background fabric that is approximately ¼ - ½ inch smaller than the circle you cut from the freezer paper. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvO_p3d3HHuJc829hZO0NWCxfYXWaH5RAN_0tRM0GExCz-STUmzWhasfwisxaIxRKHiEoPkPx6eiIlsRZOdQamzlqcoCGDMN5gFKlxnRPbsG612_os5BGC8T-Rf8pYhED2t3NieTQCG7zqqnHy3YEJhejB0DAZXE9YF8fjN2k56r46SOa4uchefTF/s1200/20221004_224858.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvO_p3d3HHuJc829hZO0NWCxfYXWaH5RAN_0tRM0GExCz-STUmzWhasfwisxaIxRKHiEoPkPx6eiIlsRZOdQamzlqcoCGDMN5gFKlxnRPbsG612_os5BGC8T-Rf8pYhED2t3NieTQCG7zqqnHy3YEJhejB0DAZXE9YF8fjN2k56r46SOa4uchefTF/s320/20221004_224858.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Make notches in the background fabric from the inside of the circle up to nearly the edge of the freezer paper all the way around the circle about every ½ inch.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEist9UjznZXXU_2uILVk6KKSCBd8Zq4n36ru7xKKU5NKvvQy-TPpO72L9fRq6RP9TVBtHRnO4YoBRrH_6MjiD6vTwOMz1grFLFM4PUkQfSb4X5ocTCjVQdz-YB9sx531Wa8yHIgJHBnl3jJJUBosWH1sacAOQgRLwbYP89ca50u5r9hcKWTk1DyS3kp/s1200/20221004_225206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEist9UjznZXXU_2uILVk6KKSCBd8Zq4n36ru7xKKU5NKvvQy-TPpO72L9fRq6RP9TVBtHRnO4YoBRrH_6MjiD6vTwOMz1grFLFM4PUkQfSb4X5ocTCjVQdz-YB9sx531Wa8yHIgJHBnl3jJJUBosWH1sacAOQgRLwbYP89ca50u5r9hcKWTk1DyS3kp/s320/20221004_225206.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Press the notches of background fabric back over the freezer paper to open up the circle. Some tutorials suggest using a tiny bit of glue on the paper to hold the notches open. I just sprayed a little bit of water and made sure they were creased will. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKV4cve7tkZLF_uH5fOu-avHfChTzvOoiwcESgJw1F7LVug8kjp528D0Xe5qRw0IsvDqrYQrhGbXIJzR289AWOaHfg5M_0Kwf3PD3MlXJ6fdbrOPw-gfasF5-LJ2MCtDwx0Gqmv_YwGAZib4G_h5c_wefZvknIs6KIyWGjLxhDDddK3uHBNYdWhTuc/s1200/20221004_225417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKV4cve7tkZLF_uH5fOu-avHfChTzvOoiwcESgJw1F7LVug8kjp528D0Xe5qRw0IsvDqrYQrhGbXIJzR289AWOaHfg5M_0Kwf3PD3MlXJ6fdbrOPw-gfasF5-LJ2MCtDwx0Gqmv_YwGAZib4G_h5c_wefZvknIs6KIyWGjLxhDDddK3uHBNYdWhTuc/s320/20221004_225417.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Apply glue to the up facing notches of the background fabric. Smooth the circle fabric onto the glue, making sure that all of your background notches stay folded back over the freezer paper. I like to give the block another quick press with the iron to adhere the glue. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyVPKx1zXmFXytJaodK1Io45mq9ZaIQ7qMjRGmIk33PILWXddGJtdkP2AXCZjoxjZ6iW1ZDkQf1hrdHZ4v-W2XE8_I7qW_6pyHVS4lPB6p03x7Pr3ROekK_2BUr48dOa7-ScKtVgELRXliys5eTJlbuYd9KVUs26_BHB6-BNvOlzuEEMQFYYfPubJ/s1200/20221004_225534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyVPKx1zXmFXytJaodK1Io45mq9ZaIQ7qMjRGmIk33PILWXddGJtdkP2AXCZjoxjZ6iW1ZDkQf1hrdHZ4v-W2XE8_I7qW_6pyHVS4lPB6p03x7Pr3ROekK_2BUr48dOa7-ScKtVgELRXliys5eTJlbuYd9KVUs26_BHB6-BNvOlzuEEMQFYYfPubJ/w200-h200/20221004_225534.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dkKyMXAp9gwEqeyev-1A2dIF3OSoTEOwLL3Ok4C04SFqnWc3aPAnY4jJJpUuM47Mrjmc1KcMZesDS68rSlbMMMuoNbCgQmQERSAJIjOldpqnn62Pqy088izk84eckYgIcU65WDY2IGts83KhGhniABz2auOt8xpUz4zVomVqXPy0heFjhR406xiS/s1200/20221004_225627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dkKyMXAp9gwEqeyev-1A2dIF3OSoTEOwLL3Ok4C04SFqnWc3aPAnY4jJJpUuM47Mrjmc1KcMZesDS68rSlbMMMuoNbCgQmQERSAJIjOldpqnn62Pqy088izk84eckYgIcU65WDY2IGts83KhGhniABz2auOt8xpUz4zVomVqXPy0heFjhR406xiS/w200-h200/20221004_225627.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Note: at this point, I flipped my block over and realized a couple notches of background fabric didn't get folded all the way back to the edge of the freezer paper circle. I just peeled them apart, pulled the notched back, and then added a little more glue. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVUTH7oFFI3RHQq_cbgAYMzPaas47F7xWx0HXljVyowOaWpxsWWssBI2PvW8DCLY-jo8pv6LJi-obdPnNcZYimUCfUlTcJgPIhbYk69bRH5KQ4TPKPqnxcQXr7xapo6LRCmxXq-YuyENM_MvDlvzfXtC6wuHpGXiJOoPIi5ATukGI4b_Jy8rrvTIo/s1200/20221004_225830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVUTH7oFFI3RHQq_cbgAYMzPaas47F7xWx0HXljVyowOaWpxsWWssBI2PvW8DCLY-jo8pv6LJi-obdPnNcZYimUCfUlTcJgPIhbYk69bRH5KQ4TPKPqnxcQXr7xapo6LRCmxXq-YuyENM_MvDlvzfXtC6wuHpGXiJOoPIi5ATukGI4b_Jy8rrvTIo/w200-h200/20221004_225830.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEpWwKDVczrkzEYUMaFmqlh_tHCwv8yg3cQJcjkgvCQTAcjZA_aNCs8WPreovWTrVvhugRUSXrDGfbIBYXlMQAR66QFo2azWkA4ahoW7Qn4Cv7XxF1WZlUcLBzHY3KIlzwJpcm1SShG8KK-2N1nANefoqnM8v-5Zt115zWJOOtk48E_JI6YvqOojd/s1200/20221004_225950.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEpWwKDVczrkzEYUMaFmqlh_tHCwv8yg3cQJcjkgvCQTAcjZA_aNCs8WPreovWTrVvhugRUSXrDGfbIBYXlMQAR66QFo2azWkA4ahoW7Qn4Cv7XxF1WZlUcLBzHY3KIlzwJpcm1SShG8KK-2N1nANefoqnM8v-5Zt115zWJOOtk48E_JI6YvqOojd/w200-h200/20221004_225950.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Trim the excess circle fabric at about the edge of the notched background fabric. Then remove the freezer paper. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqd9nazZ83y0WXESa3bhcWPNYTusSBUy8El90um6cmUHKssJNCB6jkLaIjIkQOvMpJLL2mQlcrnaLuy4OH21r5LnCMDYtEmTVEo2C4viGrInMGs80peJD6I-aV045CQSKNtvf5UvX8qa6Xntk84fXDmNLhN2ECLfibYt5Q7AKYJT7NHD8bOV1KIwkO/s1200/20221004_230148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqd9nazZ83y0WXESa3bhcWPNYTusSBUy8El90um6cmUHKssJNCB6jkLaIjIkQOvMpJLL2mQlcrnaLuy4OH21r5LnCMDYtEmTVEo2C4viGrInMGs80peJD6I-aV045CQSKNtvf5UvX8qa6Xntk84fXDmNLhN2ECLfibYt5Q7AKYJT7NHD8bOV1KIwkO/s320/20221004_230148.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Pull the background fabric back and sew along the crease created by the folded back notches. Go slow, set your needle to stop in the down position if you can, and keep just to the inside edge of your crease. I like to use an open toe appliqué foot so I can see what I'm doing. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBHPewvW2blcgMu8atZp1f8vK12uoY_gsoiWje4X94iKQpAEHQL-L-5icX0ZVhv3UzOIczg9ZqklCCqwmJsQkhB62qH5FVScHBfFYvOxPBha-KjZtUATaOYeD3pXG9iEq0ZgxpB1_cGYzniwx3hlRZEzJs6-9aP_NUpQRFea_fr_Qux9hCOHHGRlp/s1171/20221004_231025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1171" data-original-width="1171" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBHPewvW2blcgMu8atZp1f8vK12uoY_gsoiWje4X94iKQpAEHQL-L-5icX0ZVhv3UzOIczg9ZqklCCqwmJsQkhB62qH5FVScHBfFYvOxPBha-KjZtUATaOYeD3pXG9iEq0ZgxpB1_cGYzniwx3hlRZEzJs6-9aP_NUpQRFea_fr_Qux9hCOHHGRlp/s320/20221004_231025.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Press your block and trim to 6½ inches. Repeat 3 more times!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p><p></p></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-43337807796380363222022-09-13T10:23:00.004-05:002022-09-13T10:24:40.912-05:00Meeting Recap (September 10, 2022)<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you attended the meeting Saturday then you know our membership has grown to over 200 modern quilters! It's exciting to see so many people interested in quilt making and we're looking forward to getting to know all of you. Check out September's meeting highlights.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplyxpTijxDO6QYWvNMBKveqR-Ua4F3yL2wROpmvFR0-0htAccgq98qJ57e5i-MCujDJBE37WjiAVqXcyc7GHtHDEie_sacu2uwdO6qoibLCfv5jIojp9T1vSHEyI84_Hexyr-hzDhdCyU6GGrMrzELOxmrR6TEung4Mke9f8EXW2dcqew1bLcX_qB/s4032/PXL_20220910_171448693.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplyxpTijxDO6QYWvNMBKveqR-Ua4F3yL2wROpmvFR0-0htAccgq98qJ57e5i-MCujDJBE37WjiAVqXcyc7GHtHDEie_sacu2uwdO6qoibLCfv5jIojp9T1vSHEyI84_Hexyr-hzDhdCyU6GGrMrzELOxmrR6TEung4Mke9f8EXW2dcqew1bLcX_qB/w240-h320/PXL_20220910_171448693.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u>Guild Business</u></span></b></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Details of local and online events:</span></li><ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9d4b7609-7fff-b27e-b22d-885281da677e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">City Sewing Room: <b>T-shirt Quilt Class</b>, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thurs. Oct. 13-Nov. 3 5:30-8:00pm</span></span></p></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">PerennialSTL: <b>T-shirt Totes + More</b>, </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thurs. Sept. 22, 6pm - 8pm</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b>Intro to Embroidery</b>, </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sat. Sept. 24, 10am - 1pm</span></blockquote></blockquote></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>Jackman’s: Many upcoming quilting a</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">nd quilting adjacent classes.</span></span></p></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alison Glass/Giucy </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Giuce M<b>ini Series SAL</b> begins </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">September 1.</span></span></p></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Quiltober 2022</b> with Nicholas Ball (@quiltsfromtheattic) begins October 3. Details on his Instagram page.</span></span></p></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you know of some quilty fun? Be sure to share it in our Facebook group or Instagram page.</span></span></p></li></ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We went over the current guild balance. More details can be found in the member drive or speak to the treasurer.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Our current membership numbers are 205 guildies. WOW!! </span>If you're not a member yet, learn how to join <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/p/how-to-join_11.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </b>We love hearing from members any ideas or suggestions for the guild. Please pass your thoughts along to the board.</span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Announcements and Reminders: </span></span></li><ul><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cathy Jones has decided to step down as president at the end of December. We're grateful for her service to the guild.</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Octavia Pitts will step down as Secretary to run for the remainder of Cathy's term.</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">All positions are therefore open and any member who has been in the guild at least one year is eligible to run for office.</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Board elections will be held at the November meeting. Candidates will be announced in October. Please contact Lilo if you are interested in running.</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pam Weske and Annamaria Lu have formed an independent group to create a charity quilt for QuiltCon in the warm colorway. Let them know if you're interested in joining the fun.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The folks at the Midwest Fiber Festival have invited our members to be a part of their event next spring. Look <a href="https://www.midwestfiberfest.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a> for more details.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>NO GUILD MEETING IN OCTOBER!!</b></span></span></li></ul></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitM4kzOMcBiBHm9gn-qK0FIOY-Q4__etw1Ry26YlfBcmL63LRkeINPbwac1yo8nOtN960B_6S6wtIoNlYB4xl0Zji3SKMg4avJH4K9g8wnc5YXh2_enQvq_JNAfdqO8VFUgEbNM1macrAFvQn3Phju_xhQ2pyv-klmDk5CxHlp9tX7UlY3P7GCztYt/s1653/PXL_20220910_162327783.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="1653" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitM4kzOMcBiBHm9gn-qK0FIOY-Q4__etw1Ry26YlfBcmL63LRkeINPbwac1yo8nOtN960B_6S6wtIoNlYB4xl0Zji3SKMg4avJH4K9g8wnc5YXh2_enQvq_JNAfdqO8VFUgEbNM1macrAFvQn3Phju_xhQ2pyv-klmDk5CxHlp9tX7UlY3P7GCztYt/w400-h324/PXL_20220910_162327783.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Activity:</span><span> A Quilter's Guide to Graphic Design</span></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rebecca from <b><a href="https://bryanhousequilts.com/" target="_blank">Bryan House Quilts</a></b> joined us on Saturday and walked us through the nine elements of graphic design and how we can use these concepts in our quilt designs. Using her own vibrant quilts as examples of each idea, members were given tangible visuals for the abstract aspects of graphic design. Bonus, she rejoined our guild so you can expect to see more of her in the future. Thank you Rebecca!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u>Committee Updates</u></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">SewMe STL</span></b></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">All current details can be found <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/08/sewme-stl-2022-full-details.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">HERE.</a> We will continue to update as information becomes available.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">We need volunteers to greet attendees. Sign up <a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e48a8a62ba0f8c61-volunteers" target="_blank">HERE.</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Raffle donations are appreciated and can be given to Jennifer Deck, Susan Muszynski, and Jessica Elliston.</span></li></ul></ul><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">QuiltCon Charity Quilt</span></b></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Packets with fabric included were distributed during the meeting.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Foundation Paper Piecing tutorials can be found <a href="https://www.leilagardunia.com/blog/how-to-foundation-paper-piece" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/kV4LRtqIQNA" target="_blank"><b>HERE.</b></a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Blocks can be returned as soon as you finish, at SewMe, or by November's meeting at the latest.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Example of finished quilt:</span></li></ul></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQ45YfyPhaYVEJagfQjI3aN6DzAfcJ0vnPsgijOtKEIMY9At1NmnYLodBQHNc3OPOpilZ4ASPPc850L_WDpUANuABnP0o9SgJHLqeTifiHNEF5LAcb_3JZdmEpsB_So4kuezSqUMvVbLF58LtDxv7YwpVUoLNfPUJzk1-OAgUfOuZAko-10yjDVmA/s930/image_123986672.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="670" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQ45YfyPhaYVEJagfQjI3aN6DzAfcJ0vnPsgijOtKEIMY9At1NmnYLodBQHNc3OPOpilZ4ASPPc850L_WDpUANuABnP0o9SgJHLqeTifiHNEF5LAcb_3JZdmEpsB_So4kuezSqUMvVbLF58LtDxv7YwpVUoLNfPUJzk1-OAgUfOuZAko-10yjDVmA/s320/image_123986672.jpg" width="231" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Swap and Challenge</span></b></li><ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fabric Placement blocks are due at the November meeting. </span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There may be some prizes, although this is not a contest.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Official rules can be found <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/06/swap-fabric-placement-challenge.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a></b></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Members can follow this path in the Google Drive to find instructions for the blocks: </span><span><i>STLMQG Members > Swap/Challenge > 2022</i></span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Charity Committee</b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">The committee has begun to collect charity quilts and will continue to do so through our November meeting and the SewMe retreat.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Please attach "STL MQG Cares" label to each quilt.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The committee has created a comprehensive document in the member drive full of pattern suggestions for those wanting to go a different route then the kit patterns. Quilt parameters are <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/03/womens-safe-house-project-charity-quilts.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">There is still time to complete a quilt for The Women's Safe House and invite you to help us reach our goal.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Interesting volunteer opportunities have presented themselves at The Women's Safe House. Please see Tess or Candy for more details.</span></li></ul></ul><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u>Other Items Covered</u></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Home Sew Happy Hour: </b>Jump on Zoom September 20 from 6-9pm and get to know other guild members better. </span></span></li><ul><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is a casual event where you can come and go as you please.</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Some members have expressed interest in doing this event in person again and are welcome to do so. Let the board know your plans and we'll publicize on social media.</span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Block of the Month Winners:</b><span> </span><span>Have you joined in the Block of the Month sampler quilt party yet? It's been so fun seeing everyone's take on Instagram. For all the info look </span><b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/01/introducing-2022-block-of-month-sampler.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a> </b><span>It's not too late to jump in.</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Christine Taour is our winner for August.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: center;">September BOM</span><b style="text-align: center;">: </b><span style="text-align: center;">Speaking of the block of the month, the next tutorial is live on the blog and we're taking on improv curves. Em takes you through all the steps <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/09/2022-block-of-month-sampler-september.html" target="_blank">HERE. </a></b></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">Post to Instagram using <b>#stlmqgbom</b> or email a photo before our next meeting to be entered for a prize. </span></li></ul></ul></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21xWyy8HzBpxgqNllJTK4VgZOZcjXVRClzDnlR1Nr9z4GbdRVLX324puPhu9oxUqe9ue5jv6CsuDGovciM9YZddcqPoP0Pi6Q8Y1TzM0bkDldIM7vqjQIv171APBYOXfcTPOsuc-5rLZTRB20KI9kwjYTqrnuSN7__ndivarSpq44LULAXRT6AFZw/s3600/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="3600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21xWyy8HzBpxgqNllJTK4VgZOZcjXVRClzDnlR1Nr9z4GbdRVLX324puPhu9oxUqe9ue5jv6CsuDGovciM9YZddcqPoP0Pi6Q8Y1TzM0bkDldIM7vqjQIv171APBYOXfcTPOsuc-5rLZTRB20KI9kwjYTqrnuSN7__ndivarSpq44LULAXRT6AFZw/w200-h200/unnamed.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Fabric Raffle:</b><span> Thanks to </span><b><a href="https://www.cottoncuts.com/">Cotton Cuts</a> </b><span>we gave away two FQ bundles of Sublime Summer from Free Spirit fabrics to Ann Philiph and Kristina Olson</span><b>.</b><span> Hooray!</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>Hotel Room Raffle:</b> Angie Terry and Carol Taylor each won a one night stay at the Marriott during our Sew Me retreat. Congratulations!</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot="" style="font-family: georgia;"><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><b>Show and Share:</b> Our meeting and presentation ran long and we were sorry to miss show and share this month. We will post photos of Rebecca Bryan's quilts this month and hope you will bring your beautiful pieces to the next meeting. P</span></span></span><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot="">ics are being posted to our <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stlmqg/" style="color: #3c88ca; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</a> and Facebook pages. Join us there to see pictures of quilts that were shared, and to stay up to date on what's to come this year!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-81100893878990520402022-09-10T00:00:00.001-05:002022-09-10T00:00:00.173-05:002022 Block of the Month Sampler - September<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZGJ86pnHGdVqRmgjSArGR68boErgiKmpoqOK6A_XEjrSoxofs9w5ZADuSHNn3gTJVeILcN2jB8QDUjZOFRDKjGtp1_m5Vicci6-g1xcGpBLLmHEmpkku9toLCZdGkklyzs2-TbmjdCjBul6iFWQl8VaFzgv7g-OZ5jaukjquWU4MYk0E7Hr2ABof/s3600/12%20inch%20disappearing%20x%20fill.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="3600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZGJ86pnHGdVqRmgjSArGR68boErgiKmpoqOK6A_XEjrSoxofs9w5ZADuSHNn3gTJVeILcN2jB8QDUjZOFRDKjGtp1_m5Vicci6-g1xcGpBLLmHEmpkku9toLCZdGkklyzs2-TbmjdCjBul6iFWQl8VaFzgv7g-OZ5jaukjquWU4MYk0E7Hr2ABof/s320/12%20inch%20disappearing%20x%20fill.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Welcome to Month Nine of the St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild 2022 Block of the Month Sampler! Only 2 months to go (including this one) until we have all the blocks to finish our quilts! I plan to have the last tutorial posted early, by the time we're at SewMe STL in October. I'll also be at the retreat in person if you need to as me (Em Komiskey) any questions. </p><p>Remember to post your block to Instagram with the hashtag #stlmqgbom before the usual October meeting date (no meeting in October) to be entered to win this month's prize. If you don't use Instagram, you may email a photo to the guild email.</p><p>This month, we will be making TWO 12.5-inch (unfinished) string blocks! If you've been looking ahead, I originally planned a different block with a similar look, but I didn't like how it was coming out, so I pivoted at the last minute. As a result, the graphic looks slightly different than the block. I'm writing this tutorial with specific widths for the strings, but if you're familiar with this block, you can totally improv it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmA0gXHi28EmFKirAsVsyV1Ly-Dox5D8MdLOv7vMy7Y79AkAwr6yfPLOiA1XVzkVsunNKNi_CSEU8jp1Rzv9xYPV_Th5pCBh0wBKPW4zif1iOqbfTaRkGerG2z7QKMYgi-BJQyY847kvTtRcG_Wg09IS24c11Ul0HPRv2jM1N_rZJX_GqQzwZKIUF/s3000/20220909_151043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmA0gXHi28EmFKirAsVsyV1Ly-Dox5D8MdLOv7vMy7Y79AkAwr6yfPLOiA1XVzkVsunNKNi_CSEU8jp1Rzv9xYPV_Th5pCBh0wBKPW4zif1iOqbfTaRkGerG2z7QKMYgi-BJQyY847kvTtRcG_Wg09IS24c11Ul0HPRv2jM1N_rZJX_GqQzwZKIUF/s320/20220909_151043.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><b>CUTTING DIRECTIONS: </b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQK2D_E5s4wJif_HgVRq9a5k8ZuRcIm_jRigl4ktcQSX4h0prRM4jVCHKoWxlSY88JwqPm_LsNzCg9dXw6S4gAPt9jtUhtilA1fhdhJK_EyXQWLjOLJgimppHEaQmXeRDkN9uDN1m59NYmDgm4wt-2EviGIxpS3GyNzWBBy8d043tIYo4RI4t3DBR/s3000/20220909_135123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQK2D_E5s4wJif_HgVRq9a5k8ZuRcIm_jRigl4ktcQSX4h0prRM4jVCHKoWxlSY88JwqPm_LsNzCg9dXw6S4gAPt9jtUhtilA1fhdhJK_EyXQWLjOLJgimppHEaQmXeRDkN9uDN1m59NYmDgm4wt-2EviGIxpS3GyNzWBBy8d043tIYo4RI4t3DBR/s320/20220909_135123.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>These directions are for ONE 12-inch string x-block. We will need 2 for the final layout of the quilt, so you will need to double the number of cut pieces here, though you may want to make each block a different color. As I mentioned in the intro, you can totally improv this block. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you choose to improv, I suggest choosing a constant background color of the same width and then building your strips out from there. Be sure that each section extends beyond a 6.5 inch square. Each of the 2 blocks will be comprised of four (4) 6.5 inch sub-units. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you are choosing to make the matched/measured version, here are the measurements I used (reminder: double this for 2 blocks needed): </div><div><br /></div><div>Background: (4) 2½ x 9½</div><div>Color 1: (8) 1½ x 7½</div><div>Color 2: (8) 1¼ x 5¾</div><div>Color 3: (8) 2½ x 4¼</div><div><br /></div><div><b>SEWING DIRECTIONS: </b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_LXdu7krWvrhpbU_vPUNplgmpe63eTj-UDCsdho7qG4nJC6Y0Z3rRktGAim2RwDtPlqKVDXCoXlRvbaj1TEtHlSPPE9qR9QiQXy_tQeq0bRAzx_ge1TKEBXpmib-Xb_FW2g-WIAuHwq1zLAP2tjz3ze9JgS-ySD3AMDlRkgaPXhNU_xS-D3e0rn1/s2891/20220909_135550.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2891" data-original-width="2891" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_LXdu7krWvrhpbU_vPUNplgmpe63eTj-UDCsdho7qG4nJC6Y0Z3rRktGAim2RwDtPlqKVDXCoXlRvbaj1TEtHlSPPE9qR9QiQXy_tQeq0bRAzx_ge1TKEBXpmib-Xb_FW2g-WIAuHwq1zLAP2tjz3ze9JgS-ySD3AMDlRkgaPXhNU_xS-D3e0rn1/s320/20220909_135550.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>1. You will be making 4 identical 6.5 inch sections for each block. Each of the 4 sections will use one background pieces in the center and 2 of each of the 3 different fabrics, decreasing from longest to shortest out from the background. <div><br /></div><div>Fold each strip in half and either press or finger crease so that you can see the midline. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNcsOjwsJFlWsfRd21pnI3aaxOSVUTl4sBv40SIGg5IgweXylEQ2X1SVfOjzHUS1OuSCteR_veTWQPGdAKgNEQnBabG1ZQZT2jwP-EEYQSA2T0co5DzifHG_LPPXqyAhUTYVAq2_yAG3lPbyK_VNsmXg60ZinwyXUFT9lNS-F0VK9KL8fzVJegvkQ/s2507/20220909_144929.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2507" data-original-width="2507" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNcsOjwsJFlWsfRd21pnI3aaxOSVUTl4sBv40SIGg5IgweXylEQ2X1SVfOjzHUS1OuSCteR_veTWQPGdAKgNEQnBabG1ZQZT2jwP-EEYQSA2T0co5DzifHG_LPPXqyAhUTYVAq2_yAG3lPbyK_VNsmXg60ZinwyXUFT9lNS-F0VK9KL8fzVJegvkQ/s320/20220909_144929.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>2. Lining up the pressed or creased midline of each strip, sew the block together using a scant ¼ inch seam allowance. You will sew the longest strip closest to the center of the sub-unit, and the shortest strip to the outside. </div><div><br /></div><div>3. Trim the sub-unit to 6.5 inches. Line up the center of your block with the center of your ruler and use your pressed/creased lines as guidelines to keep your sub-unit square. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHSTLNIOblAfPjmQlWt6C-Uxx9m27jyx9rS-2PfXcDrS1OvVHNujj1C3XE52i0kXKUNuiIyxprIhinbSsBR5UYtRXp0zy_bumvLxsgMmMV4ELK415V5qiR5OjY0YEtc5WADuLzoKo0emibKPrHHH-gm49tL4FLyNVNyAniuvAMyGY7Zm2Z6S4obWm/s2900/20220909_145442.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2900" data-original-width="2900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHSTLNIOblAfPjmQlWt6C-Uxx9m27jyx9rS-2PfXcDrS1OvVHNujj1C3XE52i0kXKUNuiIyxprIhinbSsBR5UYtRXp0zy_bumvLxsgMmMV4ELK415V5qiR5OjY0YEtc5WADuLzoKo0emibKPrHHH-gm49tL4FLyNVNyAniuvAMyGY7Zm2Z6S4obWm/s320/20220909_145442.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>4. Repeat for a total of 4 sub-units. Decided on either an x layout or a diamond layout. Sew the 4 quadrants together. </div><div><br /></div><div>5. Repeat all steps to create a second block. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvqheriup48GEoJXZ-eNRIHTfM-2zTGO6iJyyrswiGuzjA7eMApFJPInd2PoSyTSu7sLynjoyScDpx0LTz5KAVmJKeBEEkbbjWo_MM0jjfihBKbPZg1nyfM5MQS5I76eCN1pJ8tjzzQUB8pWzGygTLmqVlf2oLmN0IBoaKoKNvV_l8I-EJNFGM0-n/s3000/20220909_151056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvqheriup48GEoJXZ-eNRIHTfM-2zTGO6iJyyrswiGuzjA7eMApFJPInd2PoSyTSu7sLynjoyScDpx0LTz5KAVmJKeBEEkbbjWo_MM0jjfihBKbPZg1nyfM5MQS5I76eCN1pJ8tjzzQUB8pWzGygTLmqVlf2oLmN0IBoaKoKNvV_l8I-EJNFGM0-n/s320/20220909_151056.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You're done! Just one month to go!!</div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-76985287279684742412022-09-06T10:01:00.060-05:002022-09-06T10:01:00.179-05:00Meeting #123 (September 10, 2022)<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Summer is winding down. Pumpkin spice is gearing up for it's annual takeover, and National Jelly Roll day is on the horizon. It's the season of the quilter. Here's what to expect at our September meeting.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><b>Date:</b> September 10, 2022</span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">Time:</b><span style="line-height: 18px;"> 10 am-12:30 pm</span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">Location:</b><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span><span>Shrewsbury Center - </span><span><span>5200 Shrewsbury Ave, St. Louis, MO 63119</span></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 18.48px;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">Agenda:</b><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>-Welcome & Guild Business</i></span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><ul><li><span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Zoom etiquette</span></span></span></li><li><span>Financial Information</span></li><li><span>Membership Information</span></li><li><span>Quilting News/Around Town</span></li><li><span>Reminders</span></li><li><span>BOM updates</span></li><li>Committee updates</li><ul><li>Sew Me: Retreat updates</li><li>QuiltCon Charity Quilt: Instructions for participation</li><li>Charity: Reminders</li><li>Swap/Challenge: reminders</li></ul><li>Election announcement: Election is held in November. Submit your name before October meeting. This is a great opportunity to help keep the guild running smoothly.</li></ul><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><i>---Break---</i></span></b></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Pick up QuiltCon Charity Quilt packets</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Ask questions about board positions</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Drop off your charity quilts</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Buy raffle tickets</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Check out library books</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Sign in</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Visit free table</i></span></li></ul></div><div><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">-September Activity - Rebecca Bryan Trunk Show and Presentation</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This trunk show will introduce you to the field of graphic design and how you can use ideas from graphic design in your own quilts. During the trunk show you’ll see the quilts from Rebecca's book <i>Modern Triangle Quilts</i> and how they relate to the field of graphic design. We’ll answer questions like: What is Graphic Design? And discuss common graphic design vocab. You’ll leave the trunk show with fresh ideas to apply to your own work.</span></span></div><div><b style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">-Meeting Wrap-up</span></i></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hotel raffle winner announcement</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fabric raffle winner announcement - Thank you Cotton Cuts!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">August Block of the Month winner announcement</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Attendance Prizes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Show & Tell (time permitting)</span></li></ul></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><div style="line-height: 18.48px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">-------------------------- Reminders ------------------------------</span></div><div style="line-height: 18.48px;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Drop off your completed charity quilts.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Post your BOM entries by 11:59 PM this Friday. #stlmqgbom</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Swap/Challenge blocks can be posted with #stlmqgswap22.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Buy raffle tickets online </span><b><a href="http://go.eventgroovefundraising.com/a716d1">HERE.</a></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wear your name tags.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Free table items.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bring your Show and Share goodies!</span></li></ul></div></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-83545085024832351212022-08-16T10:00:00.348-05:002022-08-16T10:00:00.183-05:00Meeting Recap (August 13, 2022)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Inhale...exhale...inhale...exhale...Feel better? Equal parts relaxing and invigorating, chair yoga for quilters was a hit! See what else we got up to at this week's meeting.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWb2K4eOXndKImqccGpQwIKOPk1cpEZ1-CdeUx1oEV0mROy_gsNIhGS-QBcC005RYnsMfrY1EV-8r9fsA0AU0vensHAAgV73UYUp8r-EeCHNwa3qOa3MQEJ4ThjIotBgisjSlsltkqVHZ5InfpPNL8fPXOH4kt0nlZp9hCm59e83fBlEo0p1iTwDmm/s4032/PXL_20220813_161441214.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWb2K4eOXndKImqccGpQwIKOPk1cpEZ1-CdeUx1oEV0mROy_gsNIhGS-QBcC005RYnsMfrY1EV-8r9fsA0AU0vensHAAgV73UYUp8r-EeCHNwa3qOa3MQEJ4ThjIotBgisjSlsltkqVHZ5InfpPNL8fPXOH4kt0nlZp9hCm59e83fBlEo0p1iTwDmm/w400-h300/PXL_20220813_161441214.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Guild Business</u></span></b></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Em</b> (Vice President) ran the meeting today and gave us the details of local events:</span></li><ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9d4b7609-7fff-b27e-b22d-885281da677e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">City Sewing Room: <b>T-shirt Quilt Class</b>, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thurs. Oct. 13-Nov. 3 5:30-8:00pm</span></span></p></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">PerennialSTL: <b>Intro to Needle Punch</b>, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Thurs. Aug. 18 6:00-8:30pm/</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>T-shirt Totes + More</b>, </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sat. Aug. 20 10:00am-12:00pm</span></p></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jackman’s: Many upcoming quilting a</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">nd quilting adjacent classes.</span></p></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alison Glass/Giucy </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Giuce mini series SAL begins </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">September 1.</span></p></li></ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>Gail</b> (Treasurer) went over the guild's finances and our current membership numbers. We have a roster of 193 members! WOW!! </span>If you're not a member yet, learn how to join <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/p/how-to-join_11.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</b></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Announcements and Reminders: </span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Board elections will be held at the November meeting. We have openings for <b>Vice President</b> and <b>Treasurer</b>. Please contact Lilo if you are interested in running.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A group of members has been formed to head up the guild's QuiltCon charity quilt entry. Watch your email for more details coming soon.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are not familiar with City Sewing Room and their sister site SewHope STL, these are great places to learn new skills and acquire fabric, notions, tools, etc. for bargain bin prices. Check them out <b><a href="https://www.citysewingroom.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> and <b><a href="https://www.sewhopestl.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>DON'T FORGET!!</b> Registration for QuiltCon starts today!</span></span></li></ul></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9AODJbbTp7eSfZJTAd2wt4QecYAr3LyhQ2nlmFqc1U8Nr0pMcjFHRtUMW41TQXyK4pPym0IU_1ZOKeF37cEpo6ADKRrOmzZkpm6tZj6qh4dVDUwZvngWwu5--m-JuurYYvQ8p2UxqWvgiCLF9UIKGCRfa1UmzeJoUsbkecobBZ7TeGrTWPcKyooH/s4032/PXL_20220813_161432240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9AODJbbTp7eSfZJTAd2wt4QecYAr3LyhQ2nlmFqc1U8Nr0pMcjFHRtUMW41TQXyK4pPym0IU_1ZOKeF37cEpo6ADKRrOmzZkpm6tZj6qh4dVDUwZvngWwu5--m-JuurYYvQ8p2UxqWvgiCLF9UIKGCRfa1UmzeJoUsbkecobBZ7TeGrTWPcKyooH/w240-h320/PXL_20220813_161432240.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Activity:</span><span> Chair Yoga for Quilters</span></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Lisa from <b><a href="https://www.urbanbreathyoga.com/" target="_blank">Urban Breath Yoga</a></b> led a room full of our members through some gentle and refreshing exercises, right in our chairs. Her cheerful guidance helped us release built up tension in our necks, shoulders, backs, knees, wrists, and legs; all places quilters need to stretch throughout an intense sewing session. She couldn't believe we'd stay up until midnight to quilt at the SewMe retreat. Good thing she joined us today! You can look up "chair yoga for quilters" on YouTube or Google for instructional videos. Thank you Lisa!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>Committee Updates</u></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Quilt Show</b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">The Quilt Show committee gave a follow up of our first quilt show event in several years.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">770 people attended the show.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Food Bank donation from the raffle quilt = $947.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Net cost to the guild = $900.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you to all the show volunteers and members who publicized our show.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you to the quilt show committee and Marie Hill for your print services.</span></li></ul></ul><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SewMe STL</b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">All current details can be found <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/08/sewme-stl-2022-full-details.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">HERE.</a> We will continue to update as information becomes available.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Registration opens to members Thursday, August 18 at 8PM via email.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">We are limited to 100 attendees and do expect this event to sell out, however we will have a waiting list.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Cost is $35/day and you can attend the entire weekend, or just choose one or two days of participation.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Commemorative t-shirts will be available for $10 and are optional.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">We need volunteers to greet attendees. Sign up will be sent after registration.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Raffle donations are appreciated and can be given to Jennifer Deck, Susan Muszynski, and Jessica Elliston.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Watch your email for the registration link!!</span></li></ul></ul><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Charity</b></span></li><ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Guild members have been invited to attend the Empowering Women Gala put on by our charity partners, The Women's Safe House. More info can be found <a href="https://e.givesmart.com/events/rEu/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">HERE.</a> Donations are also welcome.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The committee has begun to collect charity quilts and will continue to do so through our November meeting and the SewMe retreat.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Please attach "STL MQG Cares" label to each quilt.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The committee has created a comprehensive document in the member drive full of pattern suggestions for those wanting to go a different route then the kit patterns. Quilt parameters are <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/03/womens-safe-house-project-charity-quilts.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There is still time to complete a quilt for The Women's Safe House and invite you to help us reach our goal.</span></li></ul></ul><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Swap and Challenge</span></b></li><ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fabric Placement blocks are due at the November meeting. </span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There may be some prizes, although this is not a contest.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Official rules can be found <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/06/swap-fabric-placement-challenge.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a></b></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Members can follow this path in the Google Drive to find instructions for the blocks: </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>STLMQG Members > Swap/Challenge > 2022</i></span></li></ul></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>Other Items Covered</u></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Home Sew Happy Hour: </b>Jump on Zoom August 16 from 6-9pm and get to know other guild members better. </span></span></li><ul><li><span><span style="font-family: arial;">This is a casual event where you can come and go as you please.</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: arial;">Some members have expressed interest in doing this event in person again and are welcome to do so. Let the board know your plans and we'll publicize on social media.</span></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Block of the Month Winners:</b><span> </span><span>Have you joined in the Block of the Month sampler quilt party yet? It's been so fun seeing everyone's take on Instagram. For all the info look </span><b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/01/introducing-2022-block-of-month-sampler.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a> </b><span>It's not too late to jump in.</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Linda Kocher is our winner for June's entry.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Joan Miller is the winner for July's block.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">August BOM</span><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">: </b><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Speaking of the block of the month, the next tutorial is live on the blog and we're taking on improv curves. Em takes you through all the steps <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/08/2022-block-of-month-sampler-august.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a> </b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Post to Instagram using <b>#stlmqgbom</b> or email a photo before our next meeting to be entered for a prize. </span></li></ul></ul></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdy5HDusseiIsBLMQH3LzFPqgp2oGqgvIvg2dmSECeio1mEmg0erpO4yLjRlXRBTxXGZVZEZoOEpcsE_GP9sUZOCXQ2Ezamhogj7VqqXlyUOTCqtWwqlywwTGlrfv9-a_Vifng3nwOwSSoU1-4oqtAcg1gu7pBG-KmvhrYjWFl1aOEbwLlILmG7DM/s3600/12%20inch%20improv%20curves%20fill.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="3600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdy5HDusseiIsBLMQH3LzFPqgp2oGqgvIvg2dmSECeio1mEmg0erpO4yLjRlXRBTxXGZVZEZoOEpcsE_GP9sUZOCXQ2Ezamhogj7VqqXlyUOTCqtWwqlywwTGlrfv9-a_Vifng3nwOwSSoU1-4oqtAcg1gu7pBG-KmvhrYjWFl1aOEbwLlILmG7DM/w200-h200/12%20inch%20improv%20curves%20fill.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /></div><div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Fabric Raffle:</b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> Thanks to </span><b style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.cottoncuts.com/">Cotton Cuts</a> </b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">we gave away two FQ bundles of Sublime Summer from Free Spirit fabrics to Robyn Passig and Carol Schmidt</span><b style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">.</b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> Hooray!</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot="" style="font-family: arial;"><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><b>Show and Share:</b> We wrapped up the meeting with another great Show and Tell. P</span></span></span><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot="">ics are being posted to our <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stlmqg/" style="color: #3c88ca; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</a> and Facebook pages. Join us there to see pictures of quilts that were shared, and to stay up to date on what's to come this year!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-14348193156349521582022-08-13T07:50:00.002-05:002022-08-13T07:50:40.816-05:002022 Block of the Month Sampler - August<p> Welcome to Month Eight of the St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild 2022 Block of the Month Sampler! Only 3 months to go (including this one) until we have all the blocks to finish our quilts!</p><p>Remember to post your block to Instagram with the hashtag #stlmqgbom before the September meeting to be entered to win this month's prize. If you don't use Instagram, you may email a photo to the guild email.</p><p>This month, we will be making TWO 12.5-inch (unfinished) improv CURVE blocks!</p><p><b>CUTTING DIRECTIONS: </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvb4adwHTS9ECLxa_kYF6o6ZiEr10_tvv4diHvGv_JYGkbPp7pm-Q_9BuaPFEzy14uUIHz9p18qQG2NBMO0T-CrQMJLgvJOIYnarIkP-dlFeHUOE3_4IYo4X3pgCWcLAA_rQ9TNjRZwIiRIHm5iOAgahTrNC-zLUX1DBZSXTmueYir70O-o4BSVYK/s3000/20220812_211743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvb4adwHTS9ECLxa_kYF6o6ZiEr10_tvv4diHvGv_JYGkbPp7pm-Q_9BuaPFEzy14uUIHz9p18qQG2NBMO0T-CrQMJLgvJOIYnarIkP-dlFeHUOE3_4IYo4X3pgCWcLAA_rQ9TNjRZwIiRIHm5iOAgahTrNC-zLUX1DBZSXTmueYir70O-o4BSVYK/s320/20220812_211743.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Cut 2 squares of fabric, about 15 inches each. Why so much bigger than our unfinished block size of 12.5 inches? The thing to remember when you're sewing in an improvisational or unstructured way is that <i style="font-weight: bold;">seam allowances are not included! </i>Thus, we need to add in extra room in our blocks to accommodate the fabric that will be in the seam allowance. <div><br /></div><div>Note: I originally cut my blocks at 14 inches. Reach on to find out why this <u>didn't</u> work out and how I solved the problem! </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNnO9iLYm3Bg2ldu4uGMgqJ8VMeUMfPIUdd8XJZ6qSCv9svOnPaZZRcIEvxDKeadyj2_qmiFiiETBb60l6O9J88zJUjgIoGcYBvSEJoZzmlKBDoFvEhy2gTwFpJ_zUYFLDQZs8SPFk2k99gEYaPZTOz_Wv5ODQdnQGJtwKv5yKXxSHDAai7Dr-rI9/s2973/20220812_212005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2973" data-original-width="2973" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNnO9iLYm3Bg2ldu4uGMgqJ8VMeUMfPIUdd8XJZ6qSCv9svOnPaZZRcIEvxDKeadyj2_qmiFiiETBb60l6O9J88zJUjgIoGcYBvSEJoZzmlKBDoFvEhy2gTwFpJ_zUYFLDQZs8SPFk2k99gEYaPZTOz_Wv5ODQdnQGJtwKv5yKXxSHDAai7Dr-rI9/s320/20220812_212005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Stack your squares on top of one another and use a rotary cutter to make one more gentle curves through both layers of fabric. </div><div><br /></div><div>Gentle curves will be easier to sew than sharper/steeper curves. </div><div><br /></div><div>Single direction curves will be easier to sew than multi-directional curves. What do I mean by that? Take a look at my middle cut in the image above. From the bottom, the cut begins curving to the right, but then I cut so it turns slightly back to the left. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>SEWING DIRECTIONS</b></div><div><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmcghuHmfsvRqdgWp7tTv_1CGYQPnh17FD7B1X0wdoctt6REgg4CapEmZmIrIJoIpayHgF0Pu_AZdAOK4Gi2gDM5IMsc1sKHWO0PGTioJ40lLZhGK1mWmJCCvVKM5hyj6p29WN4R5vZMX95n58qcZJsFaPwtzdnPYs76Tn23Acxen8T-Ir-yHBcJ3/s3000/20220812_212150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmcghuHmfsvRqdgWp7tTv_1CGYQPnh17FD7B1X0wdoctt6REgg4CapEmZmIrIJoIpayHgF0Pu_AZdAOK4Gi2gDM5IMsc1sKHWO0PGTioJ40lLZhGK1mWmJCCvVKM5hyj6p29WN4R5vZMX95n58qcZJsFaPwtzdnPYs76Tn23Acxen8T-Ir-yHBcJ3/s320/20220812_212150.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Begin by marking the approximate mid-point of each of your curves on both sides of your cut. Mark both pieces of fabric in the <b>SAME PLACE! </b>(See how I've flipped back the top fabric to mark the fabric underneath in the same place?) If your cut is more or less straight before it begins to curve, you will mark the mid point of the <i style="font-weight: bold;">curved </i>part of the cut only. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUe34JkbP-Zren1za_f3aa6sUxVAiKiH8W2Y-WbRizlg7jMUtsO1-BJjGTz7oQWTPNkyr_FK4mu1H8NSpzhIGSS5zip1IDu67vAcjqDpAT0ule0dNMo6AHO0CO6GcqwIxS5FAzXFb7b1h4X_iJbZkW3iNDr1BVuMpdFqmIY_3ZevBXxsieLPzt3Au/s2928/20220812_212318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="2928" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUe34JkbP-Zren1za_f3aa6sUxVAiKiH8W2Y-WbRizlg7jMUtsO1-BJjGTz7oQWTPNkyr_FK4mu1H8NSpzhIGSS5zip1IDu67vAcjqDpAT0ule0dNMo6AHO0CO6GcqwIxS5FAzXFb7b1h4X_iJbZkW3iNDr1BVuMpdFqmIY_3ZevBXxsieLPzt3Au/s320/20220812_212318.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Rearrange your fabric pieces so that your two colors/prints are mixed up. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9AOgHJ8WxCOW31ZbnTQ9b-wT5jRpbiIa80h4NpzcGXhnbhVZ21UB2p8xXpH26OpXHsmZHbmX14FbN2xqvUO6Nu4XbRjfqqVLYNSSmSUEHhflej7GIE4nboQ3t4LoS9dJDKtEWzufriOkaa1cj4ixgxjIyZOUC_h_1CLATFtf1K7hJLJTCqWbwqwI/s3000/20220812_212413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9AOgHJ8WxCOW31ZbnTQ9b-wT5jRpbiIa80h4NpzcGXhnbhVZ21UB2p8xXpH26OpXHsmZHbmX14FbN2xqvUO6Nu4XbRjfqqVLYNSSmSUEHhflej7GIE4nboQ3t4LoS9dJDKtEWzufriOkaa1cj4ixgxjIyZOUC_h_1CLATFtf1K7hJLJTCqWbwqwI/s320/20220812_212413.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Flip one piece of fabric so that it is right sides together with the adjacent piece of the same curve. Pin at the place you marked. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>I only use one pin to sew these curves. If you like, you can ease the seam together and use 57 pins to keep it together. It's your quilt; do what works for you!</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div>If you're just using one pin, use your hands to ease the two edges even around the curve on one side of the pin until you get to the point where you will start sewing. You match your edges so that you can determine where you will start sewing because the fabric will not be even after it is sewn. There is fabric along the curve that will disappear into the seam allowance. </div><div><br /></div><div>Carefully sew along the curve, matching your edges as you go. </div><div><br /></div><div>I will post a video of this on https://www.instagram.com/stlmqg/</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xDK5j_p53s7wqiqoZr9UROcba9iGdNNCHz5DGalNivclsb99LwUYkv1U6QHfjahdnHLvZRJL6ndnZMkKY1m1R3FFq417IMqeueCSGXAtV0QnM_M7tHZwtVb1OZfUN3RxO_1zbHQIIQwZa__1ZD16-8wpJBlCmLwZDtwzuHtQpB957fLCZc1r-k3H/s3000/20220812_213328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xDK5j_p53s7wqiqoZr9UROcba9iGdNNCHz5DGalNivclsb99LwUYkv1U6QHfjahdnHLvZRJL6ndnZMkKY1m1R3FFq417IMqeueCSGXAtV0QnM_M7tHZwtVb1OZfUN3RxO_1zbHQIIQwZa__1ZD16-8wpJBlCmLwZDtwzuHtQpB957fLCZc1r-k3H/s320/20220812_213328.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Press to one side. I like to press on the back, then flip and press on the front. I like to place the thumb and first finger of my free hand on each side of the seam as a press to make sure the seam along the curve is open all the way as I press. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmB2NMoqIe3jEGQ2H6uTE1otzW1obnN4MyleLSRCGMuAWUcDgDKsNjPjuoShXjYiCRBouDs6EiaxMzGuA-e2_0yP4qHlkCWI3dEzPnarMgjw5IvqYw1FWFJgxA4mBF3CU745P5QLrqzy8ThOY0n-J6PrL6bS0Uu14zznynpQ4d3e8mRQ9ii4_2Jz0n/s2685/20220812_223637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2685" data-original-width="2685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmB2NMoqIe3jEGQ2H6uTE1otzW1obnN4MyleLSRCGMuAWUcDgDKsNjPjuoShXjYiCRBouDs6EiaxMzGuA-e2_0yP4qHlkCWI3dEzPnarMgjw5IvqYw1FWFJgxA4mBF3CU745P5QLrqzy8ThOY0n-J6PrL6bS0Uu14zznynpQ4d3e8mRQ9ii4_2Jz0n/s320/20220812_223637.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Repeat with your remaining curves. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZglfFnzxSCcZk6nVaiK_bLdVUHpBkwUBHfqlL8gX9sfNgW9ZVS0nj7ONvOKNk5IjCiKPJH-mlKyW82lYtbbVBpBH6qzya4-QypUzJsKrCciEXsTJLUOuATYvFWzga2x0N3ogA-0rolLto1NZLXvJlQ-90MLF82e27LyJbDp-Fh4dr_H2MlQO87BSu/s2982/20220812_223658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2982" data-original-width="2982" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZglfFnzxSCcZk6nVaiK_bLdVUHpBkwUBHfqlL8gX9sfNgW9ZVS0nj7ONvOKNk5IjCiKPJH-mlKyW82lYtbbVBpBH6qzya4-QypUzJsKrCciEXsTJLUOuATYvFWzga2x0N3ogA-0rolLto1NZLXvJlQ-90MLF82e27LyJbDp-Fh4dr_H2MlQO87BSu/s320/20220812_223658.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Trim to 12.5 inches. If you started with a large enough piece of fabric, you're done! Yay! Way to go!</div><div><br /></div><div>My finished block was not large enough to trim to 12.5 inches. Oh no! I thought that starting with fabric 1.5 inches larger would leave plenty of room for seam allowance. This would have worked if I would have had fewer curves, or if my curves were less curvy. It's okay, though, because this is improv. So let's fix it. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wpHF0nFk3Cn1ehSRpNpvn_U6-A2CbaNYeUlPIdnJuhbGvTanhG3aTi7tw_sxM59AImDm3uiogv7JBf2ZEIsG3lH6JYxFMfTz6VY0tOCTcs0ENWJcbiPcy2oTHe74U2pu6mGy04sRsUiubGmUkXyo8JAJEDWqg3wgdbth17VLl9saCV9lKICI-ho-/s3000/20220812_223925.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wpHF0nFk3Cn1ehSRpNpvn_U6-A2CbaNYeUlPIdnJuhbGvTanhG3aTi7tw_sxM59AImDm3uiogv7JBf2ZEIsG3lH6JYxFMfTz6VY0tOCTcs0ENWJcbiPcy2oTHe74U2pu6mGy04sRsUiubGmUkXyo8JAJEDWqg3wgdbth17VLl9saCV9lKICI-ho-/s320/20220812_223925.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I'm going to add on one more curve, with this green to bring my block up to size. </div><div><br /></div><div>Layer the fabric for the next curve under your other piece, leaving enough room to account for the seam allowance. The ruler marks the edge of the fabric underneath because the full curve must be cut through both pieces of fabric. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSh8_JEIKMzJnMDi4qbZcBWE8oNAVpWKuFiyfUOTdhaXwb_Iytot9Jc7OY7pkvW31bn58L9VgWJsdto-mqu1_ZV8gV7AOWweN-hTef87Z1TvZ5HnFsQd-YaJ6V7L0qPijMCSv5l2GYnaqNa-_DmTB3AMBDWD_MfAwCSChYDMLIGi4fsIRDiNHgNp1/s3000/20220812_224022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSh8_JEIKMzJnMDi4qbZcBWE8oNAVpWKuFiyfUOTdhaXwb_Iytot9Jc7OY7pkvW31bn58L9VgWJsdto-mqu1_ZV8gV7AOWweN-hTef87Z1TvZ5HnFsQd-YaJ6V7L0qPijMCSv5l2GYnaqNa-_DmTB3AMBDWD_MfAwCSChYDMLIGi4fsIRDiNHgNp1/s320/20220812_224022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Using a rotary cutter, cut a gentle curve through both pieces of fabric. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiroo6Ytxg1ntNrQd4aP1CivSEwCvpU12oELpG8jvQiVjxTnKJCsZCTtnVmXFE6k6GhitoMnT0XL9kHvhFcl_rmee3H42qHnnosDLiYXTCCmU9CtO96jTnI_DvFF5cbWDPjdbeAii5JC6Z4vvxGQfvx-4r3HCv_UMD63Jh7-Rnk4jTj6K_d90ZFtUh4/s3000/20220812_224107.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiroo6Ytxg1ntNrQd4aP1CivSEwCvpU12oELpG8jvQiVjxTnKJCsZCTtnVmXFE6k6GhitoMnT0XL9kHvhFcl_rmee3H42qHnnosDLiYXTCCmU9CtO96jTnI_DvFF5cbWDPjdbeAii5JC6Z4vvxGQfvx-4r3HCv_UMD63Jh7-Rnk4jTj6K_d90ZFtUh4/s320/20220812_224107.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>As before, mark the approximate mid-point of the curve on both sides of the cut. Flip the two pieces right sides together, pinning at the mark. Ease around the edge to find the point where you will begin sewing, then carefully sew around the curve. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLA0QGXYb72WqfKmNNf_unH5QzLIB-o6uOZFcHckbzq19EFOsaWoATxPe8lObC1a4Dy87c-qCpkn-co_GjVeMmA8ICEpZ9Y6C6P-o-BuYwYe3oXtI-4QJTQWRub_pFY2SDrvZ3bwPqri7sA-JtVvfOsDAXfh78X7Kl2C_h-0jtTL8YFMbvdL0cmmz/s3000/20220812_225314.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLA0QGXYb72WqfKmNNf_unH5QzLIB-o6uOZFcHckbzq19EFOsaWoATxPe8lObC1a4Dy87c-qCpkn-co_GjVeMmA8ICEpZ9Y6C6P-o-BuYwYe3oXtI-4QJTQWRub_pFY2SDrvZ3bwPqri7sA-JtVvfOsDAXfh78X7Kl2C_h-0jtTL8YFMbvdL0cmmz/s320/20220812_225314.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Hooray! My block is now large enough to trim to 12.5 inches! </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXNj8LwlNEbbmCKp9--r7PnensbrlZjgKksRHju9E04p-4seK3U3FQOI3supsL9_gDXIBDK8Tie3Y-7OFmuz-GjggtzteCnPi-XMDMS-5EHzqK8Ivu4TXWXa2votX1FPH7Sq2YtTG79qz_QtpBWTeBGde59EOAL08wGqvfEYRkHzQXrMCE7FGtTFw/s3000/20220812_225613.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXNj8LwlNEbbmCKp9--r7PnensbrlZjgKksRHju9E04p-4seK3U3FQOI3supsL9_gDXIBDK8Tie3Y-7OFmuz-GjggtzteCnPi-XMDMS-5EHzqK8Ivu4TXWXa2votX1FPH7Sq2YtTG79qz_QtpBWTeBGde59EOAL08wGqvfEYRkHzQXrMCE7FGtTFw/s320/20220812_225613.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My second block was also just a little too small. I used the piece I cut off the first block when I added the green to make my second block a little bit larger. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFnQ5dOw9m5rV7z_mNF9cvBaXIrtgSWKpv34h7h4FVpHtBxH6F_rEO-_pZ5kOrM97T3GCLLm8Q0mHgadkC-m4MEe9C0F-jvJ_mVcy_3SVAxDXXv7mRtqS7UyBAGQnZt1D3PRJZdrB74cphIjSBX9BbRvjHPC-KYbbASsUCh913fHkyf8TgEI5l676/s2782/20220812_225703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2782" data-original-width="2782" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFnQ5dOw9m5rV7z_mNF9cvBaXIrtgSWKpv34h7h4FVpHtBxH6F_rEO-_pZ5kOrM97T3GCLLm8Q0mHgadkC-m4MEe9C0F-jvJ_mVcy_3SVAxDXXv7mRtqS7UyBAGQnZt1D3PRJZdrB74cphIjSBX9BbRvjHPC-KYbbASsUCh913fHkyf8TgEI5l676/s320/20220812_225703.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Two finished improv curve blocks!!</p></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-38183871886284742192022-08-09T12:01:00.003-05:002022-08-13T22:56:18.096-05:00SewMe STL 2022 - Full Details<h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ348QkXPXnPcjI38UmZFPlroVQ2JIqRDo815CM3VjcQILZYTNuarUCASafhT5bjHS0LIRUHbBugtWMwqZJ-avIYE0PPiOJ2cpu3ENqh7f4DyEkjb9hZA9xBoXWlLVSqcNdX2Z7frsTH0pTN53gFRUjo4iGt22gqdvXGmYkPCDBGaSha0J6BwZl5Wk/s1200/SewMeSTL%20-BlkWht.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="1200" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ348QkXPXnPcjI38UmZFPlroVQ2JIqRDo815CM3VjcQILZYTNuarUCASafhT5bjHS0LIRUHbBugtWMwqZJ-avIYE0PPiOJ2cpu3ENqh7f4DyEkjb9hZA9xBoXWlLVSqcNdX2Z7frsTH0pTN53gFRUjo4iGt22gqdvXGmYkPCDBGaSha0J6BwZl5Wk/w400-h236/SewMeSTL%20-BlkWht.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></h1><div style="text-align: left;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sew Me St Louis
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quality time with your sewing machine, you can participate in various
demonstrations, participate in networking and fun activities with other
members, and have an opportunity to win some great raffle prizes.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial;">Registration</span></u></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="171px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fijFR9LBD1nRS9vJAKq0ecx3JBH-m8nl7D4iBxyF8xU6P2CvmfM5hC8VyD2uSyLJ_Y1Sclyoguf6i7LsEOM9DNHFemY-OHe0rpHh2DlpYrSOTYxISBHxIhmRBhwQAW-9stUQbhBpKDt0NNo0yEDNplMHBQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="170px;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Optional</b><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">: Retreat t-shirt $10</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a571ba65-7fff-8a32-6ad0-1c166c084c7b" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Price</b><span style="font-family: arial;">: $35/day</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Dates</b><span style="font-family: arial;">: October 7-9, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Times</b><span style="font-family: arial;">: Friday, 8AM - Midnight</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Saturday, 8AM - Midnight</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Sunday, 8AM - 5PM</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Where</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">: Marriott St. Louis West</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>660 Maryville Centre Drive</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>St. Louis, MO 63141</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You may register for one, two, or all three days. Admission helps to cover
the rental cost of the ballrooms, swag, and other incidentals.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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provided with the confirmation details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Look for the email on August 18<sup>th</sup> at 8pm for the
registration link!</b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><u>Activities</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b>Friday, October 7<sup>th</sup></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Web Chain
Piecing with Tess McMahon</li><li>Paper Piecing
with Marie Hill</li><li>Labeling your
quilts with Linda Kocher</li></ul><b>Saturday, October 8<sup>th</sup></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Improv Curves with
Heather Dye</li><li>Faux Piped
Binding/Facing with Cynthia Cook</li><li>Big Stitch Binding with Jessica
Schunke</li></ul><b>Sunday, October 9<sup>th</sup></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Scrap Rope
Tutorial with Cynthia Cook - <i>Note: This is Different than a Rope Bowl
Tutorial. You make Scrap Twine/Rope
which you can then use to make things with.</i></li><li>Bias Binding
with Nancy Dlugosz</li></ul><p></p>
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addition to the demonstrations that come with your admission, we will have
networking and games on both Friday and Saturday evening. Dottie Vaughn is bringing her batting display
and will have time set aside for Q&A. Will McDonald from <b><a href="https://www.justsewstl.com/" target="_blank">Just Sew</a></b> will
be there on Saturday to sharpen scissors for $10.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>Hotel Reservations</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">$131/night</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">50% off breakfast vouchers for up to four people per room</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Book your room by Wednesday, September 7th</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Reservation link will be in the meeting recap email.</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Two rooms will be raffled at September meeting</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">1 night/room or 2 nights for the same room if one person wins.</span></li></ul></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial;">Donations</span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Raffle item donations can be directed to:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jessica Ellison</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Susan Muszynski</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jennifer Deck</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-63571701550142378752022-08-09T10:00:00.001-05:002022-08-09T12:03:42.129-05:00Meeting #122 (August 13, 2022)<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">We hope you got a chance to see the quilt show in July and left feeling inspired by the modern aesthetic. Here's what's happening at our August meeting.</span></p><div><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><b>Date:</b> August 13, 2022</span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">Time:</b><span style="line-height: 18px;"> 10 am-12:30 pm</span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">Location:</b><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span><span>Shrewsbury Center - </span><span><span>5200 Shrewsbury Ave, St. Louis, MO 63119</span></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">Agenda:</b><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>-Welcome & Guild Business</i></span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Zoom etiquette</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Financial Information</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Membership Information</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Quilting News/Around Town</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reminders</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">BOM updates</span></li><li>Committee updates</li><ul><li>Sew Me: Updates on the retreat.</li><li>Charity: Special invitation and reminders</li><li>Swap/Challenge: reminders</li></ul><li>Quilt Con Charity Quilt: we need a member of the guild to lead this if we want to submit in time.</li><li>Election announcement: Positions for Treasurer and Vice President will be open for 2023. Election is held in November. This is a great opportunity to help keep the guild running smoothly.</li></ul><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><i>---Break---</i></span></b></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Let us know if you'll lead the charity quilt</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Ask questions about board positions</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Drop off your charity quilts</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Pickup a kit for a charity quilt</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Sign in</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Visit free table</i></span></li></ul></div><div><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">-August Activity - Stretch Your Body, Stretch Your Sewing Time</i></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Good posture and regular stretching breaks are essential for quilters of any health. Our guest this month will guide through stretches to keep you sewing more comfortably for longer. This demonstration will give you some good tips just in time for the Sew Me retreat in October. Don't miss it!</span></div><div><b style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">-Meeting Wrap-up</span></i></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fabric raffle winner announcement - Thank you Cotton Cuts!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">June and July Block of the Month winner announcement</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Attendance Prizes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Show & Tell (time permitting)</span></li></ul></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><div style="line-height: 18.48px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">-------------------------- Reminders ------------------------------</span></div><div style="line-height: 18.48px;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Drop off your completed charity quilts.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Post your BOM entries by 11:59 PM this Friday. #stlmqgbom</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Swap/Challenge blocks can be posted with #stlmqgswap22.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Buy raffle tickets online </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://go.eventgroovefundraising.com/augustraffle">HERE.</a></b></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wear your name tags.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Free table items.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bring your Show and Share goodies!</span></li></ul></div></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-78641794098574326482022-07-09T12:06:00.004-05:002022-07-09T12:06:49.225-05:002022 Block of the Month Sampler - July<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYx_PjvcAdfaBJd0o2hIF0UNpI6bIkCEyzxqRkC4dRepgfaDRPtJgESU3humO_HN78vEh3AfsgfTKyUsoNPgkWcdF3cmMLIb5f_o4ODMA9Wxzjb7HTznGZ0_fgMpdamRutz1D2Ylv98nbjrdtJtJrWA7nOfAmcGZC7IbamtalmVMPAEpNnkEsEGO1V/s5400/18%20inch%20improv%20insert%20fill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5400" data-original-width="5400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYx_PjvcAdfaBJd0o2hIF0UNpI6bIkCEyzxqRkC4dRepgfaDRPtJgESU3humO_HN78vEh3AfsgfTKyUsoNPgkWcdF3cmMLIb5f_o4ODMA9Wxzjb7HTznGZ0_fgMpdamRutz1D2Ylv98nbjrdtJtJrWA7nOfAmcGZC7IbamtalmVMPAEpNnkEsEGO1V/s320/18%20inch%20improv%20insert%20fill.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Welcome to Month Seven of the St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild 2022 Block of the Month Sampler!</p><p>Remember to post your block to Instagram with the hashtag #stlmqgbom before the August meeting to be entered to win this month's prize. If you don't use Instagram, you may email a photo to the guild email.</p><p>This month, we will be making an 18-inch "cut and insert" improvisational block. After the particular technique and seam matching that was required for last month's lone star block, this is a completely different vibe. </p><p>This is improv! Do *not* overthink the construction of this block. Relax ... just cut and sew!</p><p><b>CUTTING DIRECTIONS:</b> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQDuxi6dOPfCeRoKLAh2jtmWbCcWWly5FJ-SkrY68y1ynVjusWGMyx7_Sk1qGf_QXpH0BPN32Z3fhjWnAfVvIN7qgckecDY8Yu9GG1aChJyIlaJhKTxrXqAk9nns86T2Lyi9hsGj1_oiIVElQETDKXBixfiaHEj5_qonp34W_3VvFTlGtmy5PWkWy/s2815/20220709_093805.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2815" data-original-width="2815" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQDuxi6dOPfCeRoKLAh2jtmWbCcWWly5FJ-SkrY68y1ynVjusWGMyx7_Sk1qGf_QXpH0BPN32Z3fhjWnAfVvIN7qgckecDY8Yu9GG1aChJyIlaJhKTxrXqAk9nns86T2Lyi9hsGj1_oiIVElQETDKXBixfiaHEj5_qonp34W_3VvFTlGtmy5PWkWy/s320/20220709_093805.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Background: 20-inch square**</div><div>Several strips of different fabrics, different widths between about 1 inch and 2½ inches, and long enough to stretch across all or part of your background square. The number of strips doesn't really matter and is up to your personal preference. Maybe you only want to use 2, maybe you want 10. </div><div><br /></div><div>**note: if you are using a scrappy background and don't have a large enough cut to get a 20-inch square (for example: you're using fat quarters), you can construct this block by joining four (4) 9½ inch, unfinished improv squares. You'll use the same sewing directions as below, but repeat for 4 smaller blocks. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>SEWING DIRECTIONS:</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvLLzgMDNRSH9zi03PUoa4FV44ulWk9qUOMaHV1y8vj6jmlju9lB6BO3Vj-cSIPhd44TZoDjlrI9Jsklj9L_FI42qlIWCPXgQcjrkDdqRd8ssYexKkTlYM2n0zoYJ0xRmVaa3Hmu-MqHlFBp3s2UE0pFd_4b7r9qhX9uEbg9i6j06jF0BOLF6xKhq/s2795/20220709_094004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2795" data-original-width="2795" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvLLzgMDNRSH9zi03PUoa4FV44ulWk9qUOMaHV1y8vj6jmlju9lB6BO3Vj-cSIPhd44TZoDjlrI9Jsklj9L_FI42qlIWCPXgQcjrkDdqRd8ssYexKkTlYM2n0zoYJ0xRmVaa3Hmu-MqHlFBp3s2UE0pFd_4b7r9qhX9uEbg9i6j06jF0BOLF6xKhq/s320/20220709_094004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Place your first strip across your background square. Using a ruler lined up with the strip, cut a straight line through the background. Flip the strip right sides together with the background and sew. Sew the rest of the background to the other side of the strip. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8rSSa_bP81tSpq2-5H4fNeZ9D74hmpL1Pj3W0clGJNMZXeV-RBsOMXQ7uS4g-m9gaHnQtrmSvo4z9u9GDCe2-4V9nBjWrso682beMe6NvX6M6DQI3hlAxCOPyy9GB5NfOyLBsx1LLvWsWUYeKkpw53VFr6fWi6Who7rb6tD7LFq-S3lzUE07Xl35/s3000/20220709_095238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8rSSa_bP81tSpq2-5H4fNeZ9D74hmpL1Pj3W0clGJNMZXeV-RBsOMXQ7uS4g-m9gaHnQtrmSvo4z9u9GDCe2-4V9nBjWrso682beMe6NvX6M6DQI3hlAxCOPyy9GB5NfOyLBsx1LLvWsWUYeKkpw53VFr6fWi6Who7rb6tD7LFq-S3lzUE07Xl35/s320/20220709_095238.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Place your second strip across your background square. Maybe it crosses your first strip; maybe it goes across your background in a spot that doesn't touch your first strip. Don't overthink it! Just cut and sew! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gQyf7QZSKMtbnx2Z2DBO8P5ogrROkdSdzV_VBDxP0qG5UtTkysucSZi664zTVCqonS8ppMWvxDIkKBWwvOkgw8rQ2DP-6SQR26FaTtmPywj4xmf4D12cYhhiD8yYOTuPVtEjGGmzDHvnMdMPabxydzCW4aIMleHejNUZJtlBGE9oWS4gABLgoWmI/s3000/20220709_101426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gQyf7QZSKMtbnx2Z2DBO8P5ogrROkdSdzV_VBDxP0qG5UtTkysucSZi664zTVCqonS8ppMWvxDIkKBWwvOkgw8rQ2DP-6SQR26FaTtmPywj4xmf4D12cYhhiD8yYOTuPVtEjGGmzDHvnMdMPabxydzCW4aIMleHejNUZJtlBGE9oWS4gABLgoWmI/w200-h200/20220709_101426.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUePx-2YoGr7Rpki4gn-qVhkTdfHZSMLZzzCsGaL9I47NBnrr_ghlzQev6je-5oyLyzjuGr1J0c-NzCSoy07VkLSA59i9-smcbuf9fnGagqm-8nsoULoptjXffJc2E4mgbPzcb8fVxsEfpUk1QVHyzOeQVVy2bol_G6Stmw_2_tJClYX0ZOb7wk_DL/s3000/20220709_102717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUePx-2YoGr7Rpki4gn-qVhkTdfHZSMLZzzCsGaL9I47NBnrr_ghlzQev6je-5oyLyzjuGr1J0c-NzCSoy07VkLSA59i9-smcbuf9fnGagqm-8nsoULoptjXffJc2E4mgbPzcb8fVxsEfpUk1QVHyzOeQVVy2bol_G6Stmw_2_tJClYX0ZOb7wk_DL/w200-h200/20220709_102717.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Continue placing your strips across your background fabric, then cutting and sewing them into your block in a way that pleases you. Maybe you're finishes after 3 or 4 strips. Maybe you're not ... </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcuyxIOpMGPmfh0fvS9UfuxQbKI1i9r2n1yUI1Evl6HLupZ1Pd-W-eQ3SE3vq6-_UH8w4IypMnAlXQpC9On5_ZNm17allBwxx3VeCCV6sXMLEY17m8tG2ZtKV1eOZz5VRyHV4rZJmNN6w5Vfc_-7uUFHX0ZBD6Ghd9fJ5z2DXT3RSHkP25oJLJx9h/s2643/20220709_103244.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="2643" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcuyxIOpMGPmfh0fvS9UfuxQbKI1i9r2n1yUI1Evl6HLupZ1Pd-W-eQ3SE3vq6-_UH8w4IypMnAlXQpC9On5_ZNm17allBwxx3VeCCV6sXMLEY17m8tG2ZtKV1eOZz5VRyHV4rZJmNN6w5Vfc_-7uUFHX0ZBD6Ghd9fJ5z2DXT3RSHkP25oJLJx9h/w200-h200/20220709_103244.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBG5CtfMohf4_Cx7FnUFr37mjELAglzOT9ozE3KFMAmAUytNjD5QzeU317vS1o4VduprW2Rg8G7ZQQ8Jd-bRZ9SjyrQ7nZ7VpUeyhFxw31wUfgg5bUZLpo74qIRTAbcn839sYyBhBDke9586kT7t4xm27BL8qwLcFSpVJ3tzCm2rWaAXzyhoZj1lr/s3000/20220709_103409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBG5CtfMohf4_Cx7FnUFr37mjELAglzOT9ozE3KFMAmAUytNjD5QzeU317vS1o4VduprW2Rg8G7ZQQ8Jd-bRZ9SjyrQ7nZ7VpUeyhFxw31wUfgg5bUZLpo74qIRTAbcn839sYyBhBDke9586kT7t4xm27BL8qwLcFSpVJ3tzCm2rWaAXzyhoZj1lr/w200-h200/20220709_103409.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><i style="font-weight: bold;">**<u>Completely optional</u> note about lining up your strips if you want them to have a more continuous look across the background: </i>Okay, so this is really improv-adjacent because you're going to do a little more planning rather than just cut and sew. You can just go ahead and skip this and continue with cut and sew and embrace how the strips end up when you're finished. </div><div><br /></div><div>No? You're still reading? Really, you can skip this part and just continue to cut and sew. </div><div><br /></div><div>Fine. You want your strips to line up across the background. If the width of your cut strip is wider than 1-inch, <i>and </i>you cut so that it crosses more than one previous strip, it's impossible for the strips you bisected to line up unless you trim where you cut across the block for your insert. You will trim an amount that is equal to the width of the strip you are inserting minus 1-inch. </div><div><br /></div><div>For example: If the strip you're inserting is 2¼ inches, you will trim off 1¼ inches from where you cut across the block to insert the strip. Sew the strip onto one side. To line up the other side, flip the remaining background (with your bisected strips) so it's right sides together with your current strip. Line up the raw edges, then fold the background back to where the ¼" seam allowance will be and slide the background along the strip you're inserting until the bisected strips line up. </div><div><br /></div><div>I hope you skipped this part. It's confusing and it makes this easy block more complicated! 😅</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOWgub3aXlc8XYDaBt1lQYSnx5vLxUjOuEQqRIkg3_ApOM5NaM-6miNAjGvfMIoGRPbeBry7rk57MDmQMFxdDJ6dS8zYxbDM4a1AEHZ6HFP1eAro5NpkzcW5jQ4Mf_nxunJ8UH17J4gNFJi_7-nypvXBx1m0myctIGWMy03CJi2-dikwbby-Oojzw/s2938/20220709_105128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2938" data-original-width="2938" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOWgub3aXlc8XYDaBt1lQYSnx5vLxUjOuEQqRIkg3_ApOM5NaM-6miNAjGvfMIoGRPbeBry7rk57MDmQMFxdDJ6dS8zYxbDM4a1AEHZ6HFP1eAro5NpkzcW5jQ4Mf_nxunJ8UH17J4gNFJi_7-nypvXBx1m0myctIGWMy03CJi2-dikwbby-Oojzw/s320/20220709_105128.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Look! I did all that so I could show you how and my bisected strips <i>still </i>didn't line up exactly. I probably rushed it. Guess what? That's okay! This is improv!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Trim your block to 18½ inches! You're done!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5FSfYeUBtDObu1Mdx0UtIXCKesi2aQGRGd_uIhyXnxmQQ-ZzU9whWDgH8zzd4Qf2Vi-TmHd92wfvSvBhI3h38mRxbAGTF0nAxV1xaTD1n-jSlmZTLIxFbNVzwkqF4j9thoeJLj7h248CpmszRHmyqQi0INgc6Fx3JHoJTAocYWjGAdp6t6ukfwhC/s2779/20220709_105440.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2779" data-original-width="2779" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5FSfYeUBtDObu1Mdx0UtIXCKesi2aQGRGd_uIhyXnxmQQ-ZzU9whWDgH8zzd4Qf2Vi-TmHd92wfvSvBhI3h38mRxbAGTF0nAxV1xaTD1n-jSlmZTLIxFbNVzwkqF4j9thoeJLj7h248CpmszRHmyqQi0INgc6Fx3JHoJTAocYWjGAdp6t6ukfwhC/s320/20220709_105440.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-89878004196318162382022-06-14T16:34:00.001-05:002022-06-15T10:15:53.012-05:00Meeting Recap (June 11, 2022)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">We had a busy meeting on Saturday, chock full of information. The committees facilitated handing out quilt kits, quilt show postcards, and fabric swapping. Keep reading to stay up to date on everything we covered.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMrsLrGyo-tm009Nd7FZFWGuuZsK-MqicnOFuuKUdwF8Y3NerMcN1TpzvngWZbbYhnar-vdPIrCUZkjgSggV8sYsoLW6U7omLPk5-kOlh9SmrIeHr63a2sH9YM5EEs3swm2oiOuLS17L-q3O7a42zx8-aLZrcPWHIM9zJsTe15TxJX2-SOlJIfJtl/s640/IMG_4510.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="612" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMrsLrGyo-tm009Nd7FZFWGuuZsK-MqicnOFuuKUdwF8Y3NerMcN1TpzvngWZbbYhnar-vdPIrCUZkjgSggV8sYsoLW6U7omLPk5-kOlh9SmrIeHr63a2sH9YM5EEs3swm2oiOuLS17L-q3O7a42zx8-aLZrcPWHIM9zJsTe15TxJX2-SOlJIfJtl/s320/IMG_4510.jpg" width="306" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Guild Business</u></span></b></p><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Cathy</b> (President) covered the upcoming <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/06/2022-block-of-month-sampler-june.html" target="_blank"><b>BOM</b></a>, in Em's absence, and general meeting reminders.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>Gail</b> (Treasurer) went over the guild's finances and our current membership numbers. </span>If you're not a member yet, learn how to join <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/p/how-to-join_11.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</b></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Octavia</b> (Secretary) went over some Instagram basics for sharing your work with the guild online. We love sharing what you are up to. Some things to keep in mind:</span></li><ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e220e602-7fff-5220-e04c-14551449fe2f" style="font-family: arial;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Privacy</b>: Set profile to public if you want to share on guild IG. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Membership can still see your work through the hashtags.</span></p></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Hashtags</b>:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#stlmqg - guild account || </span>#stlmqgbom - BOM blocks || #stlmqgcares - charity projects || #stlmqgswap22 - swap/challenge projects in 2022</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>IG Handles</b>: I don't know every member's screen name and won't share your work unless I know you're a member. Just send me a quick note telling me who you are.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tagging Others</b>: Use @ symbol to directly notify a user</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Content</b>: Keep it modern. Also, consider this bonus material. Stories may not happen everyday or highlight everything you share.</span></p></li></ul><li><span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Member announcements: </span></span></li><ul><li><span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Guild member Heather Dye is looking for pattern testers for her new pattern. Contact info in the member drive if you are interested.</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sewing volunteer opportunities available at the new community sewing room <a href="https://www.sewhopestl.com/location" target="_blank"><b>SewHope STL.</b></a></span></span></li></ul></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWMQvIhkUh51faBwrUo8E9AC6K8DQVV3IAC7AyJBnTsvZuEdfRBkgX14v5CZsQ-l_zKOYliG-QDjS_SSLHAIVEiwdC-4VSQZyuEjsbV6kav6LTM5fSArrR7FjTY4gVcXTYwWu2mTW8ilrOOrozR31HiywpybFKLHrgGGEpVFzt6Ie8h3Bam5AoIa5/s768/QuiltCon10th_withtag_RGB-768x274.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="768" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWMQvIhkUh51faBwrUo8E9AC6K8DQVV3IAC7AyJBnTsvZuEdfRBkgX14v5CZsQ-l_zKOYliG-QDjS_SSLHAIVEiwdC-4VSQZyuEjsbV6kav6LTM5fSArrR7FjTY4gVcXTYwWu2mTW8ilrOOrozR31HiywpybFKLHrgGGEpVFzt6Ie8h3Bam5AoIa5/w400-h143/QuiltCon10th_withtag_RGB-768x274.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Activity:</span><span> So You Want to Go to QuiltCon?</span></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span> </span></span></span><span>Did you know you that being a member of the St. Louis Modern Quild Guild means you are also a member of the national Modern Quilt Guild? Have you heard about this thing called a "Quilt Con" and wondered what kind of person tricks people into quilting? (Didn't have to trick you into it, am I right?) </span><span>Since QuiltCon 2023 is being hosted in Atlanta, GA, a reasonable distance to drive, we knew we needed to help our newer members get a grasp on exactly what QuiltCon is.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span>Our panel of guild members who have attended previous QuiltCons gave us all the scoop on the nitty gritty details of making the most of the event. Gina covered taking classes, Pam discussed attending lectures, Leila went over the show floor and vendors, Emily covered registration, and Dottie covered volunteering. One big takeaway was that if you are interested in attending it is wise to get clear on the how-to's of registering BEFORE registration opens. We opened the floor to questions and directed post meeting questions to the <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/166213650062237/permalink/5866822003334678/" target="_blank">event</a></b> we created on Facebook. <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/166213650062237/permalink/5866822003334678/" target="_blank">Check it out!</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Modern Quilt Guild posts all the information and updates <b><a href="https://quiltcon.com/quiltcon-2023/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> prior to the event.</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>Committee Updates</u></b></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sew Me</b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Jenn from the Sew Me committee went over what the event is for new members and gave updates on the details of this three day sewing retreat. </span>SewMe updates will be posted <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/p/please-join-your-fellow-st.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">If you have demonstration ideas, wish to offer a demonstration, or have donations for the raffle please get in touch with the SewMe committee through the guild email.</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Quilt Show</b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">The Quilt Show committee began accepting quilts for the show. If you still need to drop yours off the details are <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/06/quilt-show-updates-june-2022.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>. Bags to keep your quilts clean can be purchased for $2/bag. Cash only.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">All members are requested to complete two 2.5 hour volunteer shifts during the show. Sign ups are <b><a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050b4faca822aa8-sltmqg" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">We also need your help publicizing the show. Right click the images below to download and save them. Then send them to everyone you know. You can also share the Quilt Show events created on the Facebook group. Use these links to find the event <b><a href="https://fb.me/e/1WKOxjEA0" target="_blank">July 16</a></b> & <b><a href="https://fb.me/e/1xaSil9uS" target="_blank">July 17</a></b>.</span></li></ul></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf62yvHixx2SImI2zZRYblHZx_GKnnvkB2ojZbVZ8j8gJJtOXUUe76vD60FIgPcBMj1uy_p3c-__j0PZOJT68jcma0K9toeYqo-0xt_sSFy62iodWAwPj6vu-7-LxgQr5s6rn5L9aCLTl7GFjFu4ivzaoD-Ll887s5fk4XwVJavjfIvVeTMxBIQcCU/s2048/QuiltShow22SavetheDateImageJPG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf62yvHixx2SImI2zZRYblHZx_GKnnvkB2ojZbVZ8j8gJJtOXUUe76vD60FIgPcBMj1uy_p3c-__j0PZOJT68jcma0K9toeYqo-0xt_sSFy62iodWAwPj6vu-7-LxgQr5s6rn5L9aCLTl7GFjFu4ivzaoD-Ll887s5fk4XwVJavjfIvVeTMxBIQcCU/s320/QuiltShow22SavetheDateImageJPG.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJLuA3jqFwox-6PI6ijjUPO55EfSf8DfUAGY_VG7ZixJwlOqDAyHPTI2HL5FxyDPxWRcK1HTtCJOlMmY9pIepB0s1VhJdEsn8a6mEVXrMuE4aU953c46HKqjyXDPHxNUhP7ZkViLF_XUlrVxICbpON8Zh9vho7m1RH1YrlcPkPVMuryB0QM5GjJQZo/s1961/STLMQGQuiltShow2022PostcardInfo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1961" data-original-width="1523" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJLuA3jqFwox-6PI6ijjUPO55EfSf8DfUAGY_VG7ZixJwlOqDAyHPTI2HL5FxyDPxWRcK1HTtCJOlMmY9pIepB0s1VhJdEsn8a6mEVXrMuE4aU953c46HKqjyXDPHxNUhP7ZkViLF_XUlrVxICbpON8Zh9vho7m1RH1YrlcPkPVMuryB0QM5GjJQZo/w311-h400/STLMQGQuiltShow2022PostcardInfo.jpg" width="311" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Charity</b></span></li><ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Between member donations and a committee workday, the Charity committee created over 100 quilt kits to distribute at the meeting. There are still a few left, so if you were not able to attend or would like an additional one, please contact Tess through the guild email.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">New quilt labels and batting pieces were distributed, and instructions given on when and how to properly return the charity quilts. Info can be found <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/06/ready-come-and-kit-it-sew.html" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b>.</a></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The committee has created a comprehensive document in the member drive full of pattern suggestions for those wanting to go a different route then the kit patterns. Quilt parameters are <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/03/womens-safe-house-project-charity-quilts.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.</span></li></ul></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNFSfd2BtbCDvXLNHFt02Vf0Eu8N16ZbXid2o4SXVsIv3md3I5iZES_koeg4yvjKwoeruZSJPqlqqU1aKlYTsyK_OkWlypNEzYWb2I-A7kJRo69WBwrH36ktfLbqlqGZ22SPfDatoSYtGX6491MQQJLY9PASP9i_JjbKlJWIG7RKJyxMOJKXtY2mn/s640/IMG_4511.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNFSfd2BtbCDvXLNHFt02Vf0Eu8N16ZbXid2o4SXVsIv3md3I5iZES_koeg4yvjKwoeruZSJPqlqqU1aKlYTsyK_OkWlypNEzYWb2I-A7kJRo69WBwrH36ktfLbqlqGZ22SPfDatoSYtGX6491MQQJLY9PASP9i_JjbKlJWIG7RKJyxMOJKXtY2mn/w240-h320/IMG_4511.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Swap and Challenge</span></b></li><ul><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Guild members who participated in the Inspirational Fabric Swap used part of the break to trade fat quarters.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The committee went over the Swap Fabric Placement Challenge they have devised using those swap fabrics or something from your stash.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Challenge blocks are due in November and there may even be some prizes, although this is not a contest.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Official rules can be found <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/06/swap-fabric-placement-challenge.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a></b></span></li></ul></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>Other Items Covered</u></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Home Sew Happy Hour: </b>Jump on Zoom June 21 from 6-9pm with your favorite beverage and some tedious sewing that's better with friends. This is a casual event where you can come and go as you please.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Block of the Month Winners:</b><span> </span><i>Macy Sprunger</i><span> won the prize for April and </span><i>Gail Luther</i><span> was our May winner. Have you joined in the Block of the Month sampler quilt party yet? It's been so fun seeing everyone's take on Instagram. For all the info look </span><b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/01/introducing-2022-block-of-month-sampler.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a> </b><span>It's not too late to jump in.</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;">June BOM: </b><span style="text-align: center;">Speaking of the block of the month, the next tutorial is live on the blog. We're tackling 45 degree angles in a gorgeous Lone Star block. Don't sweat it though. Em takes you through all the steps <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/06/2022-block-of-month-sampler-june.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a> </b>Post to Instagram using <b>#stlmqgbom</b> or email a photo before our next meeting to be entered for a prize. </span></span></li></ul></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtw4RU_h9vi99PeoX8RG5VjFBUcbbgTrVu4l8NzJN4uhLiTCqPQkuRdeUbgp8FU94IMxnGNJ30JJUM-mwKskXXvuNJ4g4YqFFySMusXEMrpjvQdbWqKfmE80UB8CkgAH1WSXZVDyKvOZZ1Sj8fuQ5CLJq8oFjmdql5Lv0HNuyS7dFdxyaX8zHyMRLO/s5400/18%20inch%20lone%20star%20fill.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5400" data-original-width="5400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtw4RU_h9vi99PeoX8RG5VjFBUcbbgTrVu4l8NzJN4uhLiTCqPQkuRdeUbgp8FU94IMxnGNJ30JJUM-mwKskXXvuNJ4g4YqFFySMusXEMrpjvQdbWqKfmE80UB8CkgAH1WSXZVDyKvOZZ1Sj8fuQ5CLJq8oFjmdql5Lv0HNuyS7dFdxyaX8zHyMRLO/w200-h200/18%20inch%20lone%20star%20fill.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Fabric Raffle:</b> Who won the Tula treasure you might ask? Thanks to <b><a href="https://www.cottoncuts.com/">Cotton Cuts</a> </b>we gave away two FQ bundles of Tula Pink's Tiny Beasts to Robyn Passig and Susan Muszynski<b>.</b> Hooray!</span></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot="" style="font-family: arial;"><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><b>Show and Share:</b> We wrapped up the meeting with another great Show and Tell. P</span></span></span><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot="">ics are being posted to our <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stlmqg/" style="color: #3c88ca; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</a> and Facebook pages. Join us there to see pictures of quilts that were shared, and to stay up to date on what's to come this year!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-15350836949890896032022-06-14T10:11:00.002-05:002022-06-15T13:21:16.672-05:00Swap Fabric Placement Challenge<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b> Swap </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>Fabric Placement Challenge</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">June 2022-November 2022</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80xpM_K9snjWFWN-hL4Ruse9sAc_9VsAWNbjsf6oME8WgdAUYHu2jn1quk2bmiIulmYoVd3-vSOvY1RgiF3rbqv5DZNBRnqQ_xLRafIsoqKJdgnobvtNGvwkGzSBKy_x2dRGqTvznd4fUSW6ySmyOUiWdpY0DSZqJF560WE2tluLwOjgc97ddJv9U/s6600/5-28-22%20STL%20Challenge%20Mockups.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6600" data-original-width="5100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80xpM_K9snjWFWN-hL4Ruse9sAc_9VsAWNbjsf6oME8WgdAUYHu2jn1quk2bmiIulmYoVd3-vSOvY1RgiF3rbqv5DZNBRnqQ_xLRafIsoqKJdgnobvtNGvwkGzSBKy_x2dRGqTvznd4fUSW6ySmyOUiWdpY0DSZqJF560WE2tluLwOjgc97ddJv9U/w309-h400/5-28-22%20STL%20Challenge%20Mockups.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><p></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">We hope all members will take advantage of this challenge to learn more about how Value, Contrast, Volume, and Scale of their fabrics affect the appearance and, perhaps, success of a quilt.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Guidelines:</b></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Participants will select ONE of the three quilt blocks presented by the Challenge Committee- Easy, Moderate or Advanced. <i>These can be found in the member drive in the Swap/Challenge folder or you can right click on your selected block below. Then save to your device.</i></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfj6bwgMlg4RsxSYGPYvxjYdUcP85d_lu6KYqTGbCZFR_cBUlXjL-2nZnB5PhdeVG7_a3_Np7mWcCsHLhFw2y7s3SbnGQCkcWB94P9iZfVmgFCvXJBRTiBO2Vw2Aluant86CELlYtIPS7c9NUJuw0LcHdnuszeDljfm-0JEib18K1n3oljCu_VU7Mn/s6600/05-28-22%20STL%20Challenge%20Beginner%20Block.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6600" data-original-width="5100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfj6bwgMlg4RsxSYGPYvxjYdUcP85d_lu6KYqTGbCZFR_cBUlXjL-2nZnB5PhdeVG7_a3_Np7mWcCsHLhFw2y7s3SbnGQCkcWB94P9iZfVmgFCvXJBRTiBO2Vw2Aluant86CELlYtIPS7c9NUJuw0LcHdnuszeDljfm-0JEib18K1n3oljCu_VU7Mn/w309-h400/05-28-22%20STL%20Challenge%20Beginner%20Block.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOs80mjOLlkbUgbQTAIzQfzWFOIkKTPUZilZbUQc0roBWbS3wICwvTTEb0e0NeeLzsmfZp1D6ZXMIEfTg0VsZ60-vQV8_VJz8uhiaVwKo9Gq24nLOH7zbYp0kO4SgqXpD2NJvEoPcIc5lqX9TbuFEpz35xhnT7jhO6qfJdSKrVdZnoJW1qKuUkQ1l/s6600/05-28-22%20STLMQG%20Challenge%20Intermediate%20Block.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6600" data-original-width="5100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOs80mjOLlkbUgbQTAIzQfzWFOIkKTPUZilZbUQc0roBWbS3wICwvTTEb0e0NeeLzsmfZp1D6ZXMIEfTg0VsZ60-vQV8_VJz8uhiaVwKo9Gq24nLOH7zbYp0kO4SgqXpD2NJvEoPcIc5lqX9TbuFEpz35xhnT7jhO6qfJdSKrVdZnoJW1qKuUkQ1l/w309-h400/05-28-22%20STLMQG%20Challenge%20Intermediate%20Block.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvugElb9z15wMsYRDRicniy5_Q6BrzxgdK11TTvTqGC28l-5qb619CsSh723tS6R3LuzZZMD7ZRBEXOUnnphUrg4mM_kexAaeysoA3ITWsczOvg4pjkJhF9MkxDtNaV_5jpEXJvRxYpPREKAyUUHFF9kvl3GlH4dg0HJreobgogpT5UBkjP5cAbUQ/s6600/05-31-22%20STLMQG%20Challenge%20Advanced%20Block.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6600" data-original-width="5100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvugElb9z15wMsYRDRicniy5_Q6BrzxgdK11TTvTqGC28l-5qb619CsSh723tS6R3LuzZZMD7ZRBEXOUnnphUrg4mM_kexAaeysoA3ITWsczOvg4pjkJhF9MkxDtNaV_5jpEXJvRxYpPREKAyUUHFF9kvl3GlH4dg0HJreobgogpT5UBkjP5cAbUQ/w309-h400/05-31-22%20STLMQG%20Challenge%20Advanced%20Block.jpg" width="309" /></a></div></i></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Then, taking the four fat quarters from our Inspiration Swap OR four fat quarters of their choice, make THREE (or four, if desired) of the block pattern selected from those four fabrics but SWAP the placement of the fabrics in each block. <i>These can be found in the member drive in the Swap/Challenge folder or download from above.</i></li><li>These blocks will be due at the November meeting where we will showcase the results for all to appreciate.</li><li>Blocks may be presented unfinished OR finished as desired, e.g. table runner, mini quilts, charity quilt.</li><li>This is not a competition, but there may still be prizes!</li><li>Below are instructions on piecing quarter square triangles. <i>These are also located in the member drive or you can save to your device by right clicking the image and choosing the save option.</i></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSYqMNmtfAGDSZzIYQ7_snclGIVUOpAwEULHZV4ZpE7kBE9lfNdFsLs26aAnDt8TNNZZGSNQ7U7T1pX0kbM5j4pcuov1DldiQR1Q5RN9GzIKPALf9Fnb1K_ucMM120ANSSlYs7loHhoYXaNY-lV59qFIs6u75_3Uj_ro_ZdxgWL6u_h5EtCXo3NjJ/s6600/5-28-22%20STL%20MQG%20Challenge%20Partial%20QSTs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6600" data-original-width="5100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSYqMNmtfAGDSZzIYQ7_snclGIVUOpAwEULHZV4ZpE7kBE9lfNdFsLs26aAnDt8TNNZZGSNQ7U7T1pX0kbM5j4pcuov1DldiQR1Q5RN9GzIKPALf9Fnb1K_ucMM120ANSSlYs7loHhoYXaNY-lV59qFIs6u75_3Uj_ro_ZdxgWL6u_h5EtCXo3NjJ/w309-h400/5-28-22%20STL%20MQG%20Challenge%20Partial%20QSTs.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></div></div></span></span>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-37185172054942596572022-06-14T09:56:00.002-05:002022-06-14T10:17:29.732-05:00Quilt Show Updates - June 2022<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> <b style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span>STLMQG 2022 Quilt Show</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfYeT0v5mXYKeGRwasS0pXRM8JTKkSZagkjGdZhV_GEl7KSd7SCSribRMTFFYjXhglo46P4rWLTkx-tSjXFxtKNtsxkGCFgFDDvfX7RKrz248D9EOzmW9PcpaUjg3v8TkS-KvBCH7tnyDRYS8Px6HY5U0ktwe7_WT3OwFCQIS9uiWMWBqiVb-YWy6/s1800/2022PostcardFront_largepng.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1261" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfYeT0v5mXYKeGRwasS0pXRM8JTKkSZagkjGdZhV_GEl7KSd7SCSribRMTFFYjXhglo46P4rWLTkx-tSjXFxtKNtsxkGCFgFDDvfX7RKrz248D9EOzmW9PcpaUjg3v8TkS-KvBCH7tnyDRYS8Px6HY5U0ktwe7_WT3OwFCQIS9uiWMWBqiVb-YWy6/s320/2022PostcardFront_largepng.png" width="224" /></span></a></b></div><b style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">(Setup Friday, July 15, 7pm-10pm)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span>Saturday, July 16, 10 am-5 pm</span></b><u></u><u></u></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span>Sunday, July 17, 11 am-4 pm</span></b><u></u><u></u></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span>Kirkwood Community Center</span></b><u></u><u></u></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">111 S. Geyer Road, Kirkwood, MO 63122<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Suggested Donation $7 (cash or credit via QR code)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Children ages 5 and under and current STLMQG members free<u></u><u></u></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Thanks </b>to those who dropped off their quilts at the meeting and to those who took postcards to drop off at local quilt shops, libraries, etc. Thanks also to all the committee members who have been meeting since October to plan our Quilt Show.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Volunteer sign ups! </b>All members are asked to sign up for at least two (2.5 hour) shifts. A variety of jobs will be available. <i><b>We cannot run this show without you!</b></i> Times include set up on Friday evening, staffing the show Saturday and Sunday, and taking quilts down on Sunday<u>.</u></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;">Sign up here: </b><u style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4FACA822AA8-sltmqg&source=gmail&ust=1655291262128000&usg=AOvVaw2Ljk5yGBsfnoQvpbzFKKQw" href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4FACA822AA8-sltmqg" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.signupgenius.com/<wbr></wbr>go/8050B4FACA822AA8-sltmqg</a></u></span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b style="color: #222222;">Next quilt drop-offs: </b><u style="color: #222222;">July 9 (10am-1pm)</u><span style="color: #222222;"> and </span><u style="color: #222222;">July 10 (noon-3pm)</u><span style="color: #222222;"> in the Shrewsbury Center lobby.</span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Quilts wider than 40" need a sleeve</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Place your quilt in a large plastic bag, labeled with your name, the name of the quilt, and the category</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Help publicize the show!</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> Post quilt show info on your social media and share with everyone you know. Right click on these images to save to your device, then share through email or social media.</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4wkAEum4B4ESuHjDpfxUxaXTEkdIL2B4VgSKPmIX8ssnd-XzX5K1ahg9Nl6Fha1oPLEADb0NW0p92DAGC0ioEBqHKXyfYAc9fIPlW1IMUmUxg0cqHDpp-Z8MrEstw0JOd5I1iep8WbcHhKtfLBEcJazuy8qv68WH-cGOvWgjAoNsgl4FPEwWHki1/s2048/QuiltShow22SavetheDateImageJPG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4wkAEum4B4ESuHjDpfxUxaXTEkdIL2B4VgSKPmIX8ssnd-XzX5K1ahg9Nl6Fha1oPLEADb0NW0p92DAGC0ioEBqHKXyfYAc9fIPlW1IMUmUxg0cqHDpp-Z8MrEstw0JOd5I1iep8WbcHhKtfLBEcJazuy8qv68WH-cGOvWgjAoNsgl4FPEwWHki1/s320/QuiltShow22SavetheDateImageJPG.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqDctcdgfKjWqmsAMjkKWiCKxIlZQH2NuH1cdoeGGlALEHnyd0snoI3fMkk_m6PSX3N4tEEm4FZ7cum8XXTAXkseq1wv1PKqL6OvqJsRI3lq9mVMw2_TbJfOo4-1gMW6Kf9HzhcdVOUOEzd1PhdHA5l1_Od_XByvZVl2NUtqXJMYXmgGJiYaYSaZ1/s1961/STLMQGQuiltShow2022PostcardInfo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1961" data-original-width="1523" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqDctcdgfKjWqmsAMjkKWiCKxIlZQH2NuH1cdoeGGlALEHnyd0snoI3fMkk_m6PSX3N4tEEm4FZ7cum8XXTAXkseq1wv1PKqL6OvqJsRI3lq9mVMw2_TbJfOo4-1gMW6Kf9HzhcdVOUOEzd1PhdHA5l1_Od_XByvZVl2NUtqXJMYXmgGJiYaYSaZ1/s320/STLMQGQuiltShow2022PostcardInfo.jpg" width="249" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>At the show</b> we will raffle off our Charity Quilt, "<i><b>The Divide"</b></i>, with proceeds to benefit the <a href="https://stlfoodbank.org/" target="_blank"><b>St. Louis Area Foodbank.</b></a> We will also have a pattern for sale, created for the show by Kristy Daum ($10), have vendors (including scissor sharpening but only on Saturday), along with our members' wonderful quilts! Voting for one winner per category and Viewer's Choice will also take place on Saturday. See you there!</span></li></ul><p></p>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-32288425258156461622022-06-14T09:39:00.004-05:002022-06-14T10:00:16.551-05:00Ready, "Come and Kit It," Sew!!!!<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Thank You to members who picked up a “Come & Kit It” quilt for The Women’s Safe House. </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><u></u> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZ41uazToPQ9TJKVZXNK5375g6JbeyPwdP11NinMmubHtn7N9UioTcewDF0V5b6swQToAaNb14nZFbwnSPj4_Nk6d172s-cwyRUeMdGqUER5tRn0-9-5UtO3jRtzVCfNlesWwqXEVfarKm5RrjKhlJqZwH6-SiL3zQKiQnxY-pUmar0_D2tyDeyGM/s640/IMG_4514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="640" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZ41uazToPQ9TJKVZXNK5375g6JbeyPwdP11NinMmubHtn7N9UioTcewDF0V5b6swQToAaNb14nZFbwnSPj4_Nk6d172s-cwyRUeMdGqUER5tRn0-9-5UtO3jRtzVCfNlesWwqXEVfarKm5RrjKhlJqZwH6-SiL3zQKiQnxY-pUmar0_D2tyDeyGM/s320/IMG_4514.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><u></u></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We have a few kits still remaining, so if you were not able to attend the meeting, please<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">reach out to Tess McMahon through the guild email.<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Turn In Dates:</b><u></u><u></u></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="m_-444401117672064101MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sew Me St. Louis, October 7, 8 & 9<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-444401117672064101MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">STLMQG Meeting, November 12<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Reminders:</b><u></u><u></u></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="m_-444401117672064101MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Please attach the “STLMQG CARES” label included in the kits<u></u><u></u></span></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="m_-444401117672064101MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Members can pick up labels at August and September meetings<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><li class="m_-444401117672064101MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Return quilts in the plastic bags provided<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="m_-444401117672064101MsoListParagraph" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>And</b> don’t forget, you can create your own quilt:<u></u><u></u></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="m_-444401117672064101MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 3pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Resources are on the STLMQG Member Drive<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-444401117672064101MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 3pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Orphan Blocks and/or Bee Blocks</span></li></ul>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-3267188478525274762022-06-11T00:00:00.002-05:002022-06-11T00:00:00.191-05:002022 Block of the Month Sampler - June<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHT-_CM88U31pQh6uAd2uH4FF7Z6qsZJwnx-7WfhnwLfB7bP32zyYpIK90BD_hoHEiF1P71u1xTEpaudt-7nsNmVV9xZrpnh2h3QEIwUeH7dhEuckbZpMKdgAgosn9KE-gMgPbWUv09MW6ChUCToCb_znpY7S_Ub6sLAzwiCZbt3gV6TvMOQDSj9f/s5400/18%20inch%20lone%20star%20fill.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5400" data-original-width="5400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHT-_CM88U31pQh6uAd2uH4FF7Z6qsZJwnx-7WfhnwLfB7bP32zyYpIK90BD_hoHEiF1P71u1xTEpaudt-7nsNmVV9xZrpnh2h3QEIwUeH7dhEuckbZpMKdgAgosn9KE-gMgPbWUv09MW6ChUCToCb_znpY7S_Ub6sLAzwiCZbt3gV6TvMOQDSj9f/s320/18%20inch%20lone%20star%20fill.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Welcome to Month Six of the St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild 2022 Block of the Month Sampler!</p><p>Remember to post your block to Instagram with the hashtag #stlmqgbom before the 2nd Saturday of July to be entered to win this month's prize. (There is no July meeting because of our quilt show, This Is Modern. See you there!) If you don't use Instagram, you may email a photo to the guild email.</p><p>This month, we will be making an 18-inch lone star block. A lone star block uses strip piecing and 45° angle cuts to create multiple rows of diamonds that form the star points. A lone star can have MANY rows of these diamonds, but for this lone star, we will just be using three. </p><p><b><i>***This block took me 2 hours and 6 minutes to cut and sew, as well as take photos for this tutorial. You may need to add extra time for reading the tutorial, especially if you have never tried a lone star before.***</i></b></p><p><b>CUTTING DIRECTIONS:</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXggJpGgoly8As201UlKHtDH78pLpDrTXnA4FY7b_wfPrwiNAfD2RrAznrexu6HyvzoTU9ce-SsX0MR8SXt5o6ytJOdKemV4E-i0dEdF5NVUKyh2tsFL-1WW9DxE4g1RjeCuwMda9Bm6NneWqKSprAP4jhMPk7EfoIpSdHsDZbwvDxi1xClIWqU4Ss/s1080/textgram_1654866706.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXggJpGgoly8As201UlKHtDH78pLpDrTXnA4FY7b_wfPrwiNAfD2RrAznrexu6HyvzoTU9ce-SsX0MR8SXt5o6ytJOdKemV4E-i0dEdF5NVUKyh2tsFL-1WW9DxE4g1RjeCuwMda9Bm6NneWqKSprAP4jhMPk7EfoIpSdHsDZbwvDxi1xClIWqU4Ss/s320/textgram_1654866706.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fabric1 (inner diamonds of star): (1) 2¼" x 28" strip</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fabric2 (middle diamonds of star): (1) 2¼" x 28" strip</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fabric3 (outer diamonds/points of star): (1) 2¼" x 28" strip</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*if you are using fat quarters or don't have fabric length for a 28" strip, you may use more shorter strips. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Background: (4) 5" squares, cut on the diagonal to make 8 triangles </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> (4) 6½" squares, cut on the diagonal to make 8 triangles</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>SEWING DIRECTIONS: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbJrHHcsWCifUmPkKOyGLsTMhwPRCuZyiEbl0KoISV7ZkMF6YEBh5jKkhfw62BDY6J_JJ8u7uJloXoO10YBknJHQtutgjifAsloWyupPtbKrYMPS21667JzYv2F0_PW6SSYdxqEWj4PRTAhNcu76R_tl3L7is11r_3B1rBhEqcQ--Hy5ZtWhHvha2/s1564/IMG_20220610_081640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbJrHHcsWCifUmPkKOyGLsTMhwPRCuZyiEbl0KoISV7ZkMF6YEBh5jKkhfw62BDY6J_JJ8u7uJloXoO10YBknJHQtutgjifAsloWyupPtbKrYMPS21667JzYv2F0_PW6SSYdxqEWj4PRTAhNcu76R_tl3L7is11r_3B1rBhEqcQ--Hy5ZtWhHvha2/s320/IMG_20220610_081640.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Line up one strip of Fabric2 (middle) above the strip of Fabric1 (inner). Off-set to the right by 2". Place right sides together and sew the length of the strip using a ¼" seam allowance. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Line up the strip of Fabric3 (outer) above the other strip of Fabric2 (middle). Off-set to the right by 2". Place right sides together and sew the length of the strip using a ¼" seam allowance. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Iron open towards Fabric2. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqRMGLscuApSfUeLfum52LTq54fnSuWPq-S6KhZefUpgEkLYNwL6MYLUQ4ZQ1DkmjBn4sxo7oZdB-Sn4W8z_mmuiZ-BhFYp8aoDdjLBgXLm_6ii6WpdpUXhx_LTFqEKJ3sjxwOrB_EDZcj6M2m5lw7SaTtqtIFgwbW6h6qP8I6PesW5qlyP0K0ma9/s1564/IMG_20220610_082145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqRMGLscuApSfUeLfum52LTq54fnSuWPq-S6KhZefUpgEkLYNwL6MYLUQ4ZQ1DkmjBn4sxo7oZdB-Sn4W8z_mmuiZ-BhFYp8aoDdjLBgXLm_6ii6WpdpUXhx_LTFqEKJ3sjxwOrB_EDZcj6M2m5lw7SaTtqtIFgwbW6h6qP8I6PesW5qlyP0K0ma9/s320/IMG_20220610_082145.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. <u>This step requires a ruler with a 45° angle marking</u>. Line up the 45° angle line along the edge of your strip set. Trim of the excess. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Keeping the 45° angle consistent, cut EIGHT sections at 2¼". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Repeat for your second strip set. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ5eZ1EUGRv4V0A8XI4ZL2wEtheGPvC4nM6VdjKEfgreeAcYGgWYbbwdZeTC6mUWYH6gistaCwpDxey4e7yiragrekscluToBTy0MF3YpPGMRvemIvtFnFnXmW7W_Uam5K-p-wBrHZhCRjkpVMvjBOO79j_7KaiJjKYw7o8UoAlSUQaEdzIfPsyi1/s2917/20220607_073646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2917" data-original-width="2917" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ5eZ1EUGRv4V0A8XI4ZL2wEtheGPvC4nM6VdjKEfgreeAcYGgWYbbwdZeTC6mUWYH6gistaCwpDxey4e7yiragrekscluToBTy0MF3YpPGMRvemIvtFnFnXmW7W_Uam5K-p-wBrHZhCRjkpVMvjBOO79j_7KaiJjKYw7o8UoAlSUQaEdzIfPsyi1/w320-h320/20220607_073646.jpg" title="Match each Fabric1-2 set with a corresponding Fabric2-3 set" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Match each Fabric1-2 set with a corresponding Fabric2-3 set. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qBrT1DFzzXjLoHuNWnRxIEHoXI68S3D2iIOVwhRXioAxxrLi-rFRZJxXqXmwkuBX7QkfkhYMr881MNycpnAIQ9mQ6UMtRQyAZviDfbhm4I1Jxq-ke9QCwEfKBe4eMC4sABTQ66Gh9Xhaggm7Z6bA0q-4GGCQ4V1iDtqPSi5ZEfU53J3la8OsmcmI/s1564/IMG_20220610_082305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qBrT1DFzzXjLoHuNWnRxIEHoXI68S3D2iIOVwhRXioAxxrLi-rFRZJxXqXmwkuBX7QkfkhYMr881MNycpnAIQ9mQ6UMtRQyAZviDfbhm4I1Jxq-ke9QCwEfKBe4eMC4sABTQ66Gh9Xhaggm7Z6bA0q-4GGCQ4V1iDtqPSi5ZEfU53J3la8OsmcmI/s320/IMG_20220610_082305.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">**Note: I am not a big pinner. I tend to avoid them as much as possible. However, in this case, I highly recommend pinning your two strip sets together prior to sewing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> a. Place your Fabric1-2 set and your Fabric2-3 set right sides together. Put a pin <i style="font-weight: bold;">on the seam line between the two fabrics, </i>¼" from the edge. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> b. Slide the pin through to the bottom set, and again, put the pin through the fabric on the seam line, ¼" from the edge. </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span> c. With the pin through both fabrics as a pivot point, line up the edges of the 2 strip sets, then angle the pin to come up through the fabric and secure the pieces together. </span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qqqRFWW7b33Yv-oz_K4L0HjhyffKikfNSgyG5kOvrJ55aWZaBYhCkSVk38HPARtaNaTs7eVhvh9kqKGJgTq7JAAu-VtMkFyEdwlOdnqL9zeE492BrkUV9MpvqDcq5Y-YEkf8OHeMFmo1gelcJFuvPA8H1R1D5-0miJ4qu8-d0KpSE42quUrCweHh/s2916/20220607_074005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2916" data-original-width="2916" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qqqRFWW7b33Yv-oz_K4L0HjhyffKikfNSgyG5kOvrJ55aWZaBYhCkSVk38HPARtaNaTs7eVhvh9kqKGJgTq7JAAu-VtMkFyEdwlOdnqL9zeE492BrkUV9MpvqDcq5Y-YEkf8OHeMFmo1gelcJFuvPA8H1R1D5-0miJ4qu8-d0KpSE42quUrCweHh/s320/20220607_074005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tFUV3p2JGK2n0Wuk822DfxUZKQAMrpo-7qx_n3b99v6lwMYC_GIYk2o8uEZxr2UcEvAaeYNhQJxxsk_C7RDcJnoJgQ5xPAqMzqFTcntcKNUsRXT9CtKObFaaCCf0xA24vaQ0acdNlrjqy4pGt0bap0PuvB9_Rg0ho2SwJr2H2QPwX0M_YSAtgkeJ/s3024/20220607_113315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tFUV3p2JGK2n0Wuk822DfxUZKQAMrpo-7qx_n3b99v6lwMYC_GIYk2o8uEZxr2UcEvAaeYNhQJxxsk_C7RDcJnoJgQ5xPAqMzqFTcntcKNUsRXT9CtKObFaaCCf0xA24vaQ0acdNlrjqy4pGt0bap0PuvB9_Rg0ho2SwJr2H2QPwX0M_YSAtgkeJ/s320/20220607_113315.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>3. Sew the sections of strip sets together. I can't recommend sewing through pins because that sucker could break your needle or the pin could splinter and fly into your eye. That being said, I sewed (VERY slowly) over my pins because you want that line of stitches to cross right over where your pin is inserted. You could also just take the pin out right before you sew that bit. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcn03rc_AtvFg73Pg_oSWdssQHXPjAXFpLECZe8XCGEtcaSqouPDNGuIGDVvucL0QjH-A0QnKd7Uo4eP7YVA80Y3y06BrlVaOHUm3Stb-0DVlEwqZ-PrlTLI-3tiUorAGIeNrAgJf3uncFmoP3Rx8Le6qrW0_SrhN6u31QKn4ADgzpKUKCszq0lSkh/s3024/20220607_113731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcn03rc_AtvFg73Pg_oSWdssQHXPjAXFpLECZe8XCGEtcaSqouPDNGuIGDVvucL0QjH-A0QnKd7Uo4eP7YVA80Y3y06BrlVaOHUm3Stb-0DVlEwqZ-PrlTLI-3tiUorAGIeNrAgJf3uncFmoP3Rx8Le6qrW0_SrhN6u31QKn4ADgzpKUKCszq0lSkh/s320/20220607_113731.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">You will now have eight 4-piece diamonds. These will be the arms
of your lone star. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are making four identical quadrants that will be sewn
together into the finished star. <o:p></o:p></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhN9TB0G2B3AaRpr4Hs0lk-ab1WisM9O7ppQUzu7FqTQBtAdWWCpNzjYx0JtSr820tjpV9znnKBM3rAmnNgLkjNo0Zjs1Id08iv2RR5p06VeEUkQ9eBfqooNDhBiykXZFhRMA7j1l_1aVZGSWdJmtoqLZzsF6ODjpENywltrUXtbpQoU-Z8L0J3Bef/s2677/20220607_113919.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2677" data-original-width="2677" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhN9TB0G2B3AaRpr4Hs0lk-ab1WisM9O7ppQUzu7FqTQBtAdWWCpNzjYx0JtSr820tjpV9znnKBM3rAmnNgLkjNo0Zjs1Id08iv2RR5p06VeEUkQ9eBfqooNDhBiykXZFhRMA7j1l_1aVZGSWdJmtoqLZzsF6ODjpENywltrUXtbpQoU-Z8L0J3Bef/s320/20220607_113919.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>4. Using two of your star arms, lay them out with the background
triangles as shown.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJwqgzBbUk5WpVuv0pYpiIXeBEIrxYi6oo0_OMTVOj2D6ArICng4TqgudGN0zJlxQatvKFqkmbHIqr_UAQMPiM41Aw6lNvImfzMc98qSER6N8H134UbG2pKLyfj5p50OQinX0k9lNQrIgNHFDL5nX9GV_sNGonHfkBGN8hRUthGasOmoSiGUMJK_x/s2937/20220607_114002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2937" data-original-width="2937" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJwqgzBbUk5WpVuv0pYpiIXeBEIrxYi6oo0_OMTVOj2D6ArICng4TqgudGN0zJlxQatvKFqkmbHIqr_UAQMPiM41Aw6lNvImfzMc98qSER6N8H134UbG2pKLyfj5p50OQinX0k9lNQrIgNHFDL5nX9GV_sNGonHfkBGN8hRUthGasOmoSiGUMJK_x/s320/20220607_114002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>5. Take one of the smaller triangles and place it right sides together along its long side with one of the outside angles of the star arm. The point of the background triangle will extend beyond the outside of the star arm at the ¼“ mark. Sew together with ¼“ seam allowance. Iron open. Repeat with the other star arm of that quadrant. </div><o:p></o:p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9IBZoeRNiI-1T3m3Zkv0uAmsWugFWFr7xN_u3KE6OA-0trTGxFUuRdbQAzZl3bvCUolPFdD9ZlzEBA68hVbRvW_sVQI7oxqy2o7nQaw5jJU8MWIJ8dnxisjGMYGLzW_uW5f_TK7uzFLdQhHeHUF7hseMpFseDz3DvA-2HSl4EUCKbqMTkEzQVKxh/s3022/20220607_114637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3022" data-original-width="3022" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9IBZoeRNiI-1T3m3Zkv0uAmsWugFWFr7xN_u3KE6OA-0trTGxFUuRdbQAzZl3bvCUolPFdD9ZlzEBA68hVbRvW_sVQI7oxqy2o7nQaw5jJU8MWIJ8dnxisjGMYGLzW_uW5f_TK7uzFLdQhHeHUF7hseMpFseDz3DvA-2HSl4EUCKbqMTkEzQVKxh/s320/20220607_114637.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>6. Now, use one of your larger triangles, and place right sides
together with a star arm along one of its short sides, as shown. Again, the point
of the background triangle will extend beyond the star arm at the ¼“ mark. Sew
together with ¼“ seam allowance. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgQJz-bGOndTu2Gc4UA02SPKEJNw1vLGkLOm20WpZ3TKxGe1yVguvlX2ospu7RQ8hZyJv8HLXUaJiwBSiKb8R13PH4SrQO-st0aC0PoA_qozqY2X7K42sGHsX95UULufj5fey5fLyzKEFIo_-Nr5BGJuvygHtVtEi0pEiedT6CsYHhZ9HHBehmlCM/s3024/20220607_115049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgQJz-bGOndTu2Gc4UA02SPKEJNw1vLGkLOm20WpZ3TKxGe1yVguvlX2ospu7RQ8hZyJv8HLXUaJiwBSiKb8R13PH4SrQO-st0aC0PoA_qozqY2X7K42sGHsX95UULufj5fey5fLyzKEFIo_-Nr5BGJuvygHtVtEi0pEiedT6CsYHhZ9HHBehmlCM/s320/20220607_115049.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Trim off those little “dog ears” extending beyond the seam allowance. Iron open. Repeat with the other star arm of that quadrant.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboztlNbbPXLM64f0j-BBwVdBY-58mG4y8L2HEdSbTyQLmWWUJuyDeheFVvZ1MeM9x95kRLZSxSmkXAGXAPTgkQLC41zND_3K9skyw6lRP59kbURTFxSP6fJIXeM4GrRTSwoN0Am6tu0UpeLFTNHNTTQQ0wLd83kzj7M06CmnYw8CUZ_kPOEMCKMtn/s2941/20220607_115220.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2941" data-original-width="2941" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboztlNbbPXLM64f0j-BBwVdBY-58mG4y8L2HEdSbTyQLmWWUJuyDeheFVvZ1MeM9x95kRLZSxSmkXAGXAPTgkQLC41zND_3K9skyw6lRP59kbURTFxSP6fJIXeM4GrRTSwoN0Am6tu0UpeLFTNHNTTQQ0wLd83kzj7M06CmnYw8CUZ_kPOEMCKMtn/s320/20220607_115220.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>7. <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Sew
together the two halves of the quadrant along the diagonal line, matching the
seam lines as you go. It will be easiest to line up your star if you start
sewing from the inner corner of the star. Iron open.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vjwTzRFaYl4JmhFvbmLgtzRP23T6jUJlbSYmWiledzaNFk0HNColJULEan14XsHCM4be-ORFOo9Cxt-KeBx3Yo_MfFs3tX36Kd0GyOp8bNsr16vT2Z5Yd5mirNC9j57QLFqazcUGnXpeutabNAWOSeGMCksrok7j1ONeR1qWh7nqC9Y5fmbzzpMt/s3024/20220607_115804.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vjwTzRFaYl4JmhFvbmLgtzRP23T6jUJlbSYmWiledzaNFk0HNColJULEan14XsHCM4be-ORFOo9Cxt-KeBx3Yo_MfFs3tX36Kd0GyOp8bNsr16vT2Z5Yd5mirNC9j57QLFqazcUGnXpeutabNAWOSeGMCksrok7j1ONeR1qWh7nqC9Y5fmbzzpMt/s320/20220607_115804.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">8. Trim to 9½“. To ensure that the star remains the correct
size, it’s best to first line up the inside of the star and trim as little as
possible, just enough to square up your star quadrant. Then turn the quadrant
and complete your trim to 9½“.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9g6IrD2kWm-dWZw7-FHQCPe3V-4AfeJR3x9I--QXaSeS7DJxsk1YoIVza1cuLWCVYBpOzS8TnyrSL7GumrfA3-3eJYq7sYP-Z8EuOVRUn-OioTVgZJkKo_5itFMW3kuvSmocdtnK4DHR7q6YsXoTF6JHa6yZ5QfeVriJrehi_U68alnAG9TGHRPk2/s2572/20220607_115934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2572" data-original-width="2572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9g6IrD2kWm-dWZw7-FHQCPe3V-4AfeJR3x9I--QXaSeS7DJxsk1YoIVza1cuLWCVYBpOzS8TnyrSL7GumrfA3-3eJYq7sYP-Z8EuOVRUn-OioTVgZJkKo_5itFMW3kuvSmocdtnK4DHR7q6YsXoTF6JHa6yZ5QfeVriJrehi_U68alnAG9TGHRPk2/s320/20220607_115934.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq51ltw9Xs491uVfpRdaOQOZmdkhP-3O5Mi88qO3EfS4CTAyCywMQPL7mXO2LQVIrkQ1U1b2vlkPQj4g--0Q3-ybKrLEyW0ATg7691ERudVsBBVmhbkzUuT6pkiTn-WNLyxGnv3h2AR7STm3uO_nMGcaQQMD3IJG5GyAyx2bFjNF_a0cm-rFrAMXfQ/s2636/20220610_074047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2636" data-original-width="2636" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq51ltw9Xs491uVfpRdaOQOZmdkhP-3O5Mi88qO3EfS4CTAyCywMQPL7mXO2LQVIrkQ1U1b2vlkPQj4g--0Q3-ybKrLEyW0ATg7691ERudVsBBVmhbkzUuT6pkiTn-WNLyxGnv3h2AR7STm3uO_nMGcaQQMD3IJG5GyAyx2bFjNF_a0cm-rFrAMXfQ/s320/20220610_074047.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Repeat steps 4 - 8 for the remain three quadrants of your lone
star. Sew together, again lining up seams and beginning from the inside of the
star. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">You're done! Great job! Remember to post your finished lone star block to Instagram with the hashtag #stlmqg. </p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjvifUZ_pL4WXAGFn97WQnQa2vDLlKu0yHs3tJdWMwitDuhZnlfZna8KhLz2ltEZZWf0wl-FRhSBCCRorshlweDL7EjhhtAWK4KI5GQ4N8W5HNNsjm2UwTQiuEA__i2Hw3kM1H70NxitRdf9TJRqE6jFlDjHVZQwxr3PAoDKsuud0EnzidC2YJEqd/s2840/20220610_075709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2840" data-original-width="2840" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjvifUZ_pL4WXAGFn97WQnQa2vDLlKu0yHs3tJdWMwitDuhZnlfZna8KhLz2ltEZZWf0wl-FRhSBCCRorshlweDL7EjhhtAWK4KI5GQ4N8W5HNNsjm2UwTQiuEA__i2Hw3kM1H70NxitRdf9TJRqE6jFlDjHVZQwxr3PAoDKsuud0EnzidC2YJEqd/s320/20220610_075709.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-84797327420653251372022-06-07T13:00:00.000-05:002022-06-07T13:00:00.187-05:00Meeting #121 (June 11, 2022)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Summer is around the corner and so is our first quilt show in a few years! We missed you all in May. June's meeting is jam packed with information, as well as panel discussion on QuiltCon so make sure not to miss us. Catch us on Zoom if you can't meet in person.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>**The guild will adhere to the guidelines set forth by the CDC. Per the CDC: In St. Louis County, Missouri, community level is High. Updates can be found <a href="http://cdc.gov" target="_blank">HERE.</a></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Wear a mask indoors in public.</i></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>People may choose to mask at any time. People with symptoms, a positive test, or exposure to someone with COVID-19 should wear a mask.</i></b></span></li></ul></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><b>Date:</b> June 11, 2022</span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">Time:</b><span style="line-height: 18px;"> 10 am-12:30 pm</span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">Location:</b><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span><span>Shrewsbury Center - </span><span><span>5200 Shrewsbury Ave, St. Louis, MO 63119</span></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">Agenda:</b><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>-Welcome & Guild Business</i></span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Zoom etiquette</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Financial Information</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Membership Information</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Quilting News/Around Town</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reminders</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">BOM updates</span></li><li>Social media updates</li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Committee updates</span></li><ul><li>Sew Me: Updates on the retreat.</li><li><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/06/this-is-modern-2022-quilt-show-updates.html" target="_blank">Quilt Show:</a> Quilt drop off, plastic bags for sale (cash only $2/bag), publicizing show, and volunteer updates.</li><li>Charity: Kit distribution and available patterns.</li><li>Swap/Challenge: Go over new challenge and facilitate Inspiration FQ swap.</li></ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Inspiration FQ Swap - use the hashtag #stlmqgswap22 to share on Instagram</span></li></ul></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><i>---Break---</i></span></b></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"><i>Swap with your Inspiration partner</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"><i>Drop off your quilts for the quilt show</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"><i>Pickup a kit for a charity quilt</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sign in</i></span></li></ul></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><i>-June Activity - So You Want to Go to QuiltCon...</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">You asked and we listened! Since QuiltCon will be in Atlanta, GA next year, the Programming committee along with several guild members will talk to us about what it's like to go to QuiltCon. Learn the ins and outs of navigating this huge event especially tailored to modern quilters. Get your questions ready!</span></div><div><b style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">-Meeting Wrap-up</span></i></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fabric raffle winner announcement - Thank you Cotton Cuts!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">April and May Block of the Month winner announcement</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Attendance Prizes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Show & Tell (time permitting)</span></li></ul></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><div style="line-height: 18.48px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">-------------------------- Reminders ------------------------------</span></div><div style="line-height: 18.48px;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bring your Inspiration Swap Fat Quarters!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Publicize the show on social media and email.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Drop off quilts for the quilt show.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bring cash for ziploc bags for show quilts. $2</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wear your name tags.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Buy raffle tickets online <b><a href="https://go.eventgroovefundraising.com/juneraffle" target="_blank">HERE.</a></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Free table items.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bring your Show and Share goodies!</span></li></ul></div></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-58475413982196272102022-06-07T12:32:00.002-05:002022-06-14T09:26:31.507-05:00Come and Kit It<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOdLLExAtj7vp7_TAumc5pypQ3MQr_3zpqvfOFUQ8ey3Y47nPCZ8iUERUXmRJZOB8khZLuNUC69Yi3iyp63xn5bAgMw23_Cq5tcmkZ_958PUpKtFqr31S7ofZgyloxFztqzivzjfs4cNKH-Sp8NFT66_GLEYlua8r7VCB3x31PIv_4qEygMIjM1Ip/s640/IMG_0196.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOdLLExAtj7vp7_TAumc5pypQ3MQr_3zpqvfOFUQ8ey3Y47nPCZ8iUERUXmRJZOB8khZLuNUC69Yi3iyp63xn5bAgMw23_Cq5tcmkZ_958PUpKtFqr31S7ofZgyloxFztqzivzjfs4cNKH-Sp8NFT66_GLEYlua8r7VCB3x31PIv_4qEygMIjM1Ip/w240-h320/IMG_0196.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <b style="color: #222222; text-align: center;">Remember Oprah Winfrey’s “You Get A Car!, You Get A Car!……”</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Sorry, no cars, but we will have Charity Kits!!</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With your generous donations, the Charity Committee has assembled over 100+ kits that will be available this Saturday, June 11<sup>th</sup>! <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pz_ykRz_3BMpY_OJbn1dfuZRkbgIeyWX0ePjUBPeXBuD1YsNfo-WySDCWnGWg4K_o0EiZyys9WJVsyE5eBic1_pXYInwqfAcIzt_wMo-TB7IqnwdQBkic5waYmjASHeKSEFbIJVQKwP7bt1D7gzx3xOTHZciw21DdLB88KLG7hzJ6EnpK_wOuCVT/s320/IMG_0177.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pz_ykRz_3BMpY_OJbn1dfuZRkbgIeyWX0ePjUBPeXBuD1YsNfo-WySDCWnGWg4K_o0EiZyys9WJVsyE5eBic1_pXYInwqfAcIzt_wMo-TB7IqnwdQBkic5waYmjASHeKSEFbIJVQKwP7bt1D7gzx3xOTHZciw21DdLB88KLG7hzJ6EnpK_wOuCVT/s1600/IMG_0177.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> In addition, Yellow Brick Road kits have been assembled and 6 lucky members will</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">receive a free pattern gifted by Terry Atkinson! <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Take a moment to consider many options to make your own special quilt for The Women’s Safe House.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Links to patterns can be found in the member drive.</span></p></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-89587734795635909502022-06-07T12:11:00.002-05:002022-06-13T15:50:35.078-05:00This is Modern 2022 - Quilt Show Updates<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7jurdzyTatyMjsmt_9BgLcMba43WtukSI-59hHXRmlhBDOohJCDfnZvmoBaPVy4H0vki8N2HxbTbbzt4_Iz22txghk7Ah0eWByZZ7yWLE5L098VM54uQ51CEJ3g_aCuYUPdfvd2ZtWXUysdHxJIqc1oBKKsn1eWHxmZpwm8IbD1XRyfn31FZcby0/s1800/2022PostcardFront_largepng.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1261" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7jurdzyTatyMjsmt_9BgLcMba43WtukSI-59hHXRmlhBDOohJCDfnZvmoBaPVy4H0vki8N2HxbTbbzt4_Iz22txghk7Ah0eWByZZ7yWLE5L098VM54uQ51CEJ3g_aCuYUPdfvd2ZtWXUysdHxJIqc1oBKKsn1eWHxmZpwm8IbD1XRyfn31FZcby0/w280-h400/2022PostcardFront_largepng.png" width="280" /></span></a></div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p> <b style="color: #222222;">STLMQG 2022 Quilt Show</b></p></span></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Saturday, </b><b>July 16, 10 am-5 pm<u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Sunday, </b><b>July 17, 11 am-4 pm<u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Kirkwood Community Center<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">111 S. Geyer Road, Kirkwood, MO 63122<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Bring your show quilts to drop off</b> before the June 11th meeting begins, at break, or at the end of the meeting.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Quilts wider than 40" need a sleeve: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/2012/02/hang-your-quilt-hanging-sleeve-tutorial.html&source=gmail&ust=1654629557023000&usg=AOvVaw10rUcdoE7D2MNwRdjirWCA" href="http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/2012/02/hang-your-quilt-hanging-sleeve-tutorial.html" style="color: #1155cc; text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr>tallgrassprairiestudio.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/2012/02/hang-<wbr></wbr>your-quilt-hanging-sleeve-<wbr></wbr>tutorial.html</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Consider adding a label to your quilt.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Place your quilt in a large plastic bag, preferably with a handle.</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bags will be available at the meeting for $2.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Label the bag with your name, the name of the quilt, and the category.</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Next quilt drop offs: July 9 (10-1) & July 10 (noon-3) @ Shrewsbury Center lobby.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Quilt pickup: After the show ends, estimated 5pm Sunday. </span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Volunteer sign ups coming soon! </b>All members are asked to sign up for at least two (2.5 hour) shifts. A variety of jobs will be available. We cannot run this show without you!<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.75in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Times include set up on Friday evening, staffing the show Saturday and Sunday, and taking quilts down on Sunday<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Help publicize the show!</b> Post quilt show info on your social media and share with everyone you know. Right click the images below and save to your device. Members can find these images in the member drive as well. We'll also have postcards available at the June meeting for you to hand out.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uIZVaIB0iCVcwNAS1L_Xl5vgdl_BsXDy/view?usp=sharing" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="1203" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg0-RO8CXW8GMuZNgtQbKnH7dVCJMFkFCzvi07XuHjG116G-KzaNxCaHhPNOL3GZx20fySK8aG6cWS9QYHayJUFvX2c-6QLWz4XHKEx_0KpihTvzDD-AdLaZhXPwGZAtdsbB5Uhq0rjaBSQ3szc4h_H3WfKglxjVpNrVgLcS9yjF9P7tLv7sAmjlnF/w320-h320/QuiltShow22SavetheDateImageJPG%20(4).jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hN4pssfRIVaY3i5anaErd56DEPQGdx61/view?usp=sharing" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1961" data-original-width="1523" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1KCXcia1_11uiWpNGHmvumWxR6l7fh9BV6GwMmgPHljmNvfmnMZy88z9oW_d3mLE9AHJhDj1YYxgMch5gcFa6wSa9G41QOjfdpZB__MkfD-NP--zdQZm-u9yAg9ZjCOblBh5fhymNHXS6UhQO2nPBC3EuId3DvMBJX5VqrQiIhoNSz158lSuu9ib/w311-h400/STLMQGQuiltShow2022PostcardInfo.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-51086412872299959512022-05-14T00:00:00.006-05:002022-05-14T00:10:11.317-05:002022 Block of the Month Sampler - May<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="3600" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0yW0GsaLiB_xEwCNFqBZB3qsuHOwxvjgODXyVIHXassDp5RluerTyXvKP01k9bw0WQu8MXBjN2gdqP1SzaBbkSVZDT27S2yeKHq-fOIrta9n6ogAFwjkTgtT4omy9p87WS_hhLOFi_lX94Pw_tZFnlkDn0AAqyNSg_iKGOBiC-EK2WoTvr8uqCP1/w191-h191/12%20inch%20Missouri%20star%20fill.jpg" width="191" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="3600" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUm5haoIpT_4daKLIO_N8e4VxcsJEIrLkMS3lTYpc8FkHKRdno7NnohVVlswkZExF8dYjpSHi4G8YQPhwUsMGCGywSG1ko0SxuIllHGmLNZCgQTv6ja-FsJklOA0uwxfTV3BAfrtXpCjF6CBIggua0g-0gnuYR33Gf3h6iKjbCSPdfNpENwV9KBHx/w188-h188/12%20inch%20Ohio%20star%20fill.jpg" width="188" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="3600" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZWWDslOuCw6FffP2BTiMvaYEhFogCzJCsT_kO6ik5fJQi3Pq98_BfR_qeCQWldKfXG7t3fxJ3fpZEBPF43BfrI7t_qzdFnH7mAS2ERCI0rKrgmI_W4NitMj7UFlW4L2imwGhoa7C58tP4OzwQ0uaG7IhbSb0Y4vcGQH43kzM6SpeS5Ou_lQxgCEH/w189-h189/12%20inch%20Virginia%20star%20fill.jpg" width="189" /></div><br /><p>Welcome to Month Five of the St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild 2022 Block of the Month Sampler!</p><p>Remember to post your block to Instagram with the hashtag #stlmqgbom before the June meeting to be entered to win this month's prize. If you don't use Instagram, you may email a photo to the guild email.</p><p>This month, we will be making THREE different 12-inch star blocks: Missouri star, Ohio star, and Virginia star. These blocks will use some of the skills we have practiced in previous months of this Block of the Month Sampler, including square-in-a-square, quarter square triangles, and flying geese.</p><p>I will write these as three separate tutorials below. Because these blocks are a little less straight forward than what we've done so far, I timed myself to give you a reference point for your own planning and making. </p><p>Missouri Star took me 1 hour and 6 minutes to cut and sew. This does not include fabric selection time. I'm comfortable with the components of this block (square-in-a-square, HSTs, flying geese), so if you need to review those techniques, you'll need to add more time. Might want to throw in a "seam ripper time allowance" just for funzies, too! </p><p>Ohio Star took me 42 minutes to cut and sew. Again, this does not include fabric selection time. If you're not confident with how to construct a quarter square triangle, you'll need to allow extra minutes for review. </p><p>Virginia Star took me 43 minutes to cut and sew. This time could actually be less, but I had to break up a kid kerfuffle and didn't stop my watch and I added those diagonal bits to the center that you'll see in my finished photo. I don't include instructions for that part, I just wanted to add a little something to my center since I'm using all solid for this project. </p><p>Total time for me to cut and sew these blocks: 2.5 hours. Add more time for fabric selection, to review techniques of block components or to use your seam ripper. </p><p><b>MISSOURI STAR BLOCK</b></p><p><b><i><u>Cutting Directions</u></i></b></p><p><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8tG6Eyo_zyT_wsu9vQnWrh9MBVMEbLx6CyI3LMMSjcjWmz-_aFXEqrYPivl2IuerZVd1M3LEG9cVnuHh6lUrT7k9q4CquAxACUXQcVEG9uR0ON5mMPGmPwUMWU5n71-cuqDntIpD8DBj6jBbE2op3oK2GgIS7G2QBPfq1KAylNgH1V3Ds4qAQpoK/s320/textgram_1652387105.png" width="320" /></p><p><b>Center (square-in-a-square)</b></p><p>Color 1: (1) 4-3/4" square<br />Color 2: (2) 4" squares, each cut on the diagonal to make a total of 4 triangles</p><p><b>Star Points</b></p><p>Background: (1) 7-1/4" square<br />Color 3 (Inner star point): (2) 4-1/4" squares<br />Color 4 (Outer star point): (2) 4-1/4" squares</p><p><b>Corners</b></p><p>Background: (4) 3-1/2" squares</p><p><b><i><u>Sewing Directions</u></i></b></p><p>A. Begin by making a 6-1/2" square-in-a-square block using the 4-3/4" center square of Color 1 and the (4) triangles made from 4" squares of Color 2. (Hey, we just did this last month!)</p><p>To review, center the long edge of a triangle along one edge of the square. Sew using a 1/4" seam allowance. Iron open. Repeat to complete all four sides. </p><p>Trim to 6-1/2". </p><p>If you need a more detailed review, click back to our <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/04/2022-block-of-month-sampler-april.html">April block</a>. </p><p>B. Now we will make half square triangles using the (2) 4-1/4" squares of Color 3 and (2) 4-1/4" squares of Color 4. I didn't take a photo of this step.</p><p>To review, place one of each fabric right sides together. Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner. Sew a scant 1/4" inch to each side of the line. Cut apart on the line. Iron open. If you need a more detailed review, click back to our <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/01/2022-block-of-month-sampler-january.html">January block</a>. </p><p>You now have (4) half square triangles made from Color 3 and Color 4. </p><p>C. Use those completed HSTs and the 7-1/4" square of background fabric to sew the flying geese that will make the star points. Line up (2) HSTs on opposite corners of the large background square. <u>The color that you want to the inside/bottom of the star point will go to the inside of the large square</u>. </p><p>Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner, perpendicular to the center line of the HSTs. Sew a scant 1/4" to each side of the line. Cut apart on the line. Press the HSTs away from the background. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nBrgINZm4tPaJk7EyRqcnx-PaeeMaNicIt8V4F3Rt93Vk4psHwU4ddhlrlBbTKAUajJ9uc6HIe1GTTD_oMZJaIZRtgH8X-7dt6KvekEmwGoW9-S7I_5xppjp1AqbLFSMv2rjrIbbqxbEiI0Xu4-1OfThFbzd6Lr5f0OpDWQZgTGjYNIRt5JNN7KG/s2065/20220504_222604.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2065" data-original-width="2065" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nBrgINZm4tPaJk7EyRqcnx-PaeeMaNicIt8V4F3Rt93Vk4psHwU4ddhlrlBbTKAUajJ9uc6HIe1GTTD_oMZJaIZRtgH8X-7dt6KvekEmwGoW9-S7I_5xppjp1AqbLFSMv2rjrIbbqxbEiI0Xu4-1OfThFbzd6Lr5f0OpDWQZgTGjYNIRt5JNN7KG/s320/20220504_222604.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Now you have what looks like 2 pointy hearts. Add another HST to the last corners of the large background square. The color for the inside/bottom of the star points will touch the same color that you've already sewn. <div><br /></div><div>Again, draw a diagonal line corner to corner, perpendicular to the seam line on the HST. Sew a scant 1/4" to each side of the line, cut apart on the line, press open. </div><div><br /></div><div>You will now have 4 rectangles, each measuring 3-1/2" x 6-1/2 inches. These will be your star points. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHWZGptNZg2hcxV-m0_rUNFhcHlxADZAvXUzilvgHfGCzb9Pw5GWVfEjat5OjBSRfGFFgrnplMbqVSJl8DVIafpj3Jh7Sj8ZsXUB2hWi7XDDmMd7W0Geg_nv0UGX7sti07-gWtNt7BpaxRHbaNbJkY7nZ6aLKNSA_xgMrj1nyEa6FAFSQHVtooF7M/s2210/20220504_223138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2210" data-original-width="2210" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHWZGptNZg2hcxV-m0_rUNFhcHlxADZAvXUzilvgHfGCzb9Pw5GWVfEjat5OjBSRfGFFgrnplMbqVSJl8DVIafpj3Jh7Sj8ZsXUB2hWi7XDDmMd7W0Geg_nv0UGX7sti07-gWtNt7BpaxRHbaNbJkY7nZ6aLKNSA_xgMrj1nyEa6FAFSQHVtooF7M/s320/20220504_223138.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Lay out the components of your Missouri Star. Sew together. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0Dg6guRcKp9cBrKKNkarKbpId5NCz8RcyYyPHMcgCXH6AE2dnCIHipdLVNXkcPBNl97xT5mPXxvrsxV66MhlkvqCe1nj7CWHxGFT2fzFtx2H42PEPmrAzv0GbO7bnZ77krH9m4SRpARibs__pJ673n8QrLKLGZkw6OrSEjp2Dw5dcQS3urgALbbU/s2208/20220504_224703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2208" data-original-width="2208" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0Dg6guRcKp9cBrKKNkarKbpId5NCz8RcyYyPHMcgCXH6AE2dnCIHipdLVNXkcPBNl97xT5mPXxvrsxV66MhlkvqCe1nj7CWHxGFT2fzFtx2H42PEPmrAzv0GbO7bnZ77krH9m4SRpARibs__pJ673n8QrLKLGZkw6OrSEjp2Dw5dcQS3urgALbbU/s320/20220504_224703.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Part 1 finished! </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjtlRfsdHBkD5EMjvvgoN5GwJK_Yu5_p0JbTntj3NQ3lz98VEELkwggEGCDmi80wwlkoco-ythEv8DMiFHqjirxFJzoUKCWJWnloMkh6DUzIK4LbCSRa1uNUQBcqDOqO1o76Ypj90N0UjCmKV2eZFwNvIcJ_R1GLGWrlGDo6uIHgaXb0J3vd5efVC/s2772/20220506_151530.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2772" data-original-width="2772" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjtlRfsdHBkD5EMjvvgoN5GwJK_Yu5_p0JbTntj3NQ3lz98VEELkwggEGCDmi80wwlkoco-ythEv8DMiFHqjirxFJzoUKCWJWnloMkh6DUzIK4LbCSRa1uNUQBcqDOqO1o76Ypj90N0UjCmKV2eZFwNvIcJ_R1GLGWrlGDo6uIHgaXb0J3vd5efVC/s320/20220506_151530.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p><b>OHIO STAR BLOCK</b></p><p><b><i><u>Cutting Directions</u></i></b></p></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9sl9903wSNnJiO_QGGNoE9iLQtlocVVUxfh0ncIMuDLPSdPa34g_-EozXpehcHu86LMwAN75pqBb_u0bYwBYKnnEH3OS9p2B9vt5Jrk_IlI20rvb2DOlGTyGyf8KbkwE-ZQF_l2tQqC5qdBx4xpdt3V8AJ0Yss3WIbg2tPqVzVHVpqRy2fOS8W2Io/s1080/textgram_1652495449.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9sl9903wSNnJiO_QGGNoE9iLQtlocVVUxfh0ncIMuDLPSdPa34g_-EozXpehcHu86LMwAN75pqBb_u0bYwBYKnnEH3OS9p2B9vt5Jrk_IlI20rvb2DOlGTyGyf8KbkwE-ZQF_l2tQqC5qdBx4xpdt3V8AJ0Yss3WIbg2tPqVzVHVpqRy2fOS8W2Io/s320/textgram_1652495449.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Center </b></div><p>Color 1: (1) 4-1/2" square<br /></p><p><b>Star Points (Quarter Square Triangles)</b></p><p>Background: (1) 5-1/4" square<br />Color 2 (star points): (2) 5-1/4" squares<br />Color 3: (1) 5-1/4" squares</p><p><b>Corners</b></p><p>Background: (4) 4-1/2" squares</p><p><b><i><u>Sewing Directions</u></i></b></p><p>A. The only specific component of this block are the 4-1/2" quarter square triangles made using the 5-1/4" squares. </p><p>Match one square of color 2 with a background square and the other square of color 2 with a square of color 3, right sides together. Make half square triangles. </p><p>Use those HSTs to make QSTs. Match one background/color 2 HST with one color 2/color 3 HST. Be sure that the color 2 triangles are on opposite sides and not on top of one another. Draw a diagonal line corner to corner crossing perpendicular to the seam line of the HST. Sew a scant 1/4" to each side of the line. Cut apart on the line and iron open. Trim to 4-1/2" if necessary. </p><p>If you need a more detailed review of how to construct a quarter square triangle block, click back to our <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/03/2022-block-of-month-sampler-march.html">March blocks</a>.</p><p>Lay out the components of your Ohio Star. Sew together.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqi6YAVyJW_-B7lihGAcvrsTDnYbv_ICj_t1STXaHKsYHX4Xk-9wwNU36hWHW8o5INNIPs5EXcn4zAQcu4OiUDhr2DsSjB3ivtuIXKHCHtG_B_w0vcjKeBttEzP8qA26Ih7pbKlITjUCiP8JL08BiOSR6Wanrgf2P4GsWCggulYccdE4T_UFtUrmQP/s2587/20220505_104522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2587" data-original-width="2587" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqi6YAVyJW_-B7lihGAcvrsTDnYbv_ICj_t1STXaHKsYHX4Xk-9wwNU36hWHW8o5INNIPs5EXcn4zAQcu4OiUDhr2DsSjB3ivtuIXKHCHtG_B_w0vcjKeBttEzP8qA26Ih7pbKlITjUCiP8JL08BiOSR6Wanrgf2P4GsWCggulYccdE4T_UFtUrmQP/s320/20220505_104522.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Part 2 finished! </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjSv3rW3FsG9SvxbdZWXA5LRXkKIqOM6IBVgyH6UzL_Pe9gkQRXBQhNBNtxR0nTrIAJpaBBcn1Qv1hqE1OmAaS37A_sH6GLJCSjCTSdbGzzsC2NKKI35YjdcfkUgEHeuGIOqNXq0GPZ_Kp1nxWKL55ggrlYnoZvN5GsiYB_rxSWhUEMZL9l8iCSn7/s2847/20220505_105940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2847" data-original-width="2847" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjSv3rW3FsG9SvxbdZWXA5LRXkKIqOM6IBVgyH6UzL_Pe9gkQRXBQhNBNtxR0nTrIAJpaBBcn1Qv1hqE1OmAaS37A_sH6GLJCSjCTSdbGzzsC2NKKI35YjdcfkUgEHeuGIOqNXq0GPZ_Kp1nxWKL55ggrlYnoZvN5GsiYB_rxSWhUEMZL9l8iCSn7/s320/20220505_105940.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p><b>VIRGINIA STAR BLOCK</b></p><p><b><i><u>Cutting Directions</u></i></b></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSjLXPiaU4zV2i2qwgWtb7UR3CifcgkqI5xXVRHZA2Cw35GVadR4DtBpkCCxz2-SIqhq_oJpC-fA_AbW8Rm6ETD9x6frb2hqsKrdoFKbF8DiBHeK6RAtXROlNpTUPGQnxXa3XoWgoxy6cTxHlzRTTJqCmtv4NcZdrndDYieOm0EAWDTJ7AXdTfwcz/s1080/textgram_1652495988.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSjLXPiaU4zV2i2qwgWtb7UR3CifcgkqI5xXVRHZA2Cw35GVadR4DtBpkCCxz2-SIqhq_oJpC-fA_AbW8Rm6ETD9x6frb2hqsKrdoFKbF8DiBHeK6RAtXROlNpTUPGQnxXa3XoWgoxy6cTxHlzRTTJqCmtv4NcZdrndDYieOm0EAWDTJ7AXdTfwcz/s320/textgram_1652495988.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Center </b></div><p>(1) 6-1/2" square<br /></p><p><b>Star Points (Flying Geese)</b></p><p>Background: (1) 7-1/4" square<br />Color 1 (star points): (4) 4" squares<br /></p><p><b>Corners</b></p><p>Background: (4) 3-1/2" squares</p><p><b><i><u>Sewing Directions</u></i></b></p><p>A. The only specific component of this block are the 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" flying made using the 7-1/4" background square and (4) 4 inch squares of Color 1. </p><p>To make flying geese: line up 2 squares of color 1 in opposite corner of the large background square, right sides together. Draw a diagonal line, corner to corner, going through the diagonal middle of the (2) color 1 square. Sew a scant 1/4" to each side of that line. Cut apart on the line. </p><p>Press the triangles of color 1 away from the background. You will now have what looks like two pointy hearts. Place the last 2 squares of color 1 in the remaining corners of the large background square (now cut apart). Draw a diagonal line through middle of the color 1 square, bisecting that heart shape. Sew a scant 1/4" to each side of the line. Cut apart on the line. </p><p>Trim to 3-1/2" x 6-1/2". </p><p>If you need a more detailed review of how to construct 4-at-a-time flying geese, click back to our <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/02/2022-block-of-month-sampler-february.html">February block</a>.</p><p>Lay out the components of your Virginia Star. Sew together. (Note: my star center has some diagonal bits that I added for interest but didn't include in this tutorial. You do whatever you want to your center. It's your quilt!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2502" data-original-width="2502" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicUQoRv1Sfw8m-QqRArcy1x8Gj9Ye5GiRRIMjgWbQtivS81AUp6HWQws8f-7r4hUE8Ht6dW7IKxRCJCC8CxlTaU6M3WPw8Bh2Kg4ZqjiDYjzxqsKcE2u51DeJ5G6XlFUlU4FLTZAt8c5voQT__189RCA0-Gc5XXiaIGz5FACj2cL-KlesWHnIDT9W/s320/20220505_195609.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Part 3 finished! </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkY5O_lUoouW11KsbvCtuxPYQvDxi2pKU0C0KCY87hgr1NsKtG7pZEZlK3zcwLxtC_8hEKsvnaiwwcq5tn8bPLcwLs63fBn6XOZ2ibMMDbpe3wlbu8FE1_SwSXl3_MQXBvusgigEDljFIQ7JPe-bCga_1Il7Oez2Esy_OsAYljXCksNG4gkY0SP3N/s2647/20220506_151555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2647" data-original-width="2647" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkY5O_lUoouW11KsbvCtuxPYQvDxi2pKU0C0KCY87hgr1NsKtG7pZEZlK3zcwLxtC_8hEKsvnaiwwcq5tn8bPLcwLs63fBn6XOZ2ibMMDbpe3wlbu8FE1_SwSXl3_MQXBvusgigEDljFIQ7JPe-bCga_1Il7Oez2Esy_OsAYljXCksNG4gkY0SP3N/s320/20220506_151555.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzFdFS1AEKy_K0hSjPQXEi_mY1v8IXYGnT6wQRWM_TgIga1jQw4LHseEDgK1iwDyA_yPqHMaWqy0ZT4PmfD91JCl4sA_RnI0tzJ6Y_wMT2qGhLkHYah9i4Q_e1GatmOWV7aIXjMWQ3dw3zuLAqhLY3rGW--wNl_gC_Ehxogfeu-l44pSUym6HKwQ6/s3024/20220506_151616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzFdFS1AEKy_K0hSjPQXEi_mY1v8IXYGnT6wQRWM_TgIga1jQw4LHseEDgK1iwDyA_yPqHMaWqy0ZT4PmfD91JCl4sA_RnI0tzJ6Y_wMT2qGhLkHYah9i4Q_e1GatmOWV7aIXjMWQ3dw3zuLAqhLY3rGW--wNl_gC_Ehxogfeu-l44pSUym6HKwQ6/s320/20220506_151616.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-69495966085544519302022-05-10T15:26:00.001-05:002022-05-10T15:27:12.608-05:00Meeting #120 - VIRTUAL ONLY (May 14, 2022)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>-DON'T FORGET!!-</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtGhAblQEtg1hQfZH2mxuOBxInzHtYvSS3g2UgwTs0K37rixvPyDm19NU7niAe0kBB88JhY7vUd9w3J1Gf_icrlNw5Mv68abdpaw2b9tI3TlBC5i8-dX5gIPbUdfN4nJmDqH3mXpUsTIzqFTSkOC2CWIHdnxQlRwW8qE_b-VxmSnVBk4X-XI_tbXJ/s1103/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1103" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtGhAblQEtg1hQfZH2mxuOBxInzHtYvSS3g2UgwTs0K37rixvPyDm19NU7niAe0kBB88JhY7vUd9w3J1Gf_icrlNw5Mv68abdpaw2b9tI3TlBC5i8-dX5gIPbUdfN4nJmDqH3mXpUsTIzqFTSkOC2CWIHdnxQlRwW8qE_b-VxmSnVBk4X-XI_tbXJ/s320/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />We are not meeting in person this week, but all guild members are invited to join us and Jenny Haynes from Papper Sax Sten for her presentation "The Evolution of a Curve."<p></p><p>PLEASE NOTE the time change for this meeting. Jenny will begin her Zoom presentation at 9:30 am. Members can sign in as early as 9:15 am. A reminder email with the Zoom link will be emailed to you Friday evening.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>-WORKSHOPS-</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaa7oH4hhxriqRWTH_vYkdAMRS0fHSgi0bbmNdQ0lE1eSeGGBV_SVjwxWbGx9sYvpf1C30CPhlD8Qx575EHcC8ZcdmkFddDX5e5HnGcuGIoUHTOXjbvG9hhjAXejARLvLWcrH6OpG1XL2kEW0fYr_Am_dtkrGbOsRBJDnl5Kn8mo9SmNKGgeRWtcoa/s806/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-17%20at%2010.09.43%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="684" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaa7oH4hhxriqRWTH_vYkdAMRS0fHSgi0bbmNdQ0lE1eSeGGBV_SVjwxWbGx9sYvpf1C30CPhlD8Qx575EHcC8ZcdmkFddDX5e5HnGcuGIoUHTOXjbvG9hhjAXejARLvLWcrH6OpG1XL2kEW0fYr_Am_dtkrGbOsRBJDnl5Kn8mo9SmNKGgeRWtcoa/s320/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-17%20at%2010.09.43%20PM.png" width="272" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">For those of you participating in the workshops, they will begin promptly at 10:30 am Saturday and Sunday. Please read your emails (sent by Gail) for the details and schedule. It is recommended that you print, measure and cut your templates before the workshop begins.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>May 14, 10:30am - 3pm: Skinny Inset Strips</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>May 15, 10:30am - 3pm: Thistles, Cogs, and Caterpillar Wheels</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>-REMINDERS-</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvR4wjrLQhQXlYnHZKoppYeX1x840HMKTotqT-sm5wkZUWRug-lYYKT9u_Fz3xFtazvTOSoIq-yZJB6ZBLKUU0L5fapRPPuufRKdsUUUqoEn3I29asouWKSVU1XiN_uv4ZlmI-UhoPmu15UhStMPHPmXC8Pxk333wd2DIIfAVJ6SerrRZSVTJZTyK/s3024/20220408_232459.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvR4wjrLQhQXlYnHZKoppYeX1x840HMKTotqT-sm5wkZUWRug-lYYKT9u_Fz3xFtazvTOSoIq-yZJB6ZBLKUU0L5fapRPPuufRKdsUUUqoEn3I29asouWKSVU1XiN_uv4ZlmI-UhoPmu15UhStMPHPmXC8Pxk333wd2DIIfAVJ6SerrRZSVTJZTyK/s320/20220408_232459.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">-April BOM are due by 11:59pm on 5/13. Tutorial can be found <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/04/2022-block-of-month-sampler-april.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a> Tag us on Instagram or send a photo of your completed blocks to the guild email to be entered in the drawing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-May BOM tutorial will be posted by the week following our meeting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-There is no fabric raffle this month.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-Home Sew Happy Hour is 5/17 from 6-9pm.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-If you are participating in the inspirational fat quarter fabric swap, don't forget to purchase three coordinating quilt shop quality fat quarters for your partner. You will return these along with the original fat quarter at our meeting in June.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">-Keep working on those charity quilts! Kits coming in June, but our goal is bigger than the amount of kits we have.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>We look forward to seeing all of you at our June meeting which will be hosted via Zoom and the Shrewsbury City Center!</b></div><p></p>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-67759635606112770482022-04-12T10:00:00.009-05:002022-04-13T15:59:20.486-05:00Meeting Recap (April 9, 2022)<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Our in person meeting last weekend was a rollicking good time as we got to know each other a little better with our mixer and fabric swap. If you missed us Saturday keep reading for some important and time sensitive updates.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4N1KcYcEOPsrLDL_-cJLXzK4IuklMIc6tAUa0DGiTKC_cXu3Ji2TnNd7jy_jpbnpX3bhCRM9W9sgIPiaq7TzzBJU5W-HJWr3hA9RQOl67ovP_NYcOg2ZCQIgX0DC8kLwQX_Ul0rS1yErR6zDKNhBL89EKU1NoUlOcERIfLbEnFNUfUnR-u34PH6-f/s4032/PXL_20220409_163045748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4N1KcYcEOPsrLDL_-cJLXzK4IuklMIc6tAUa0DGiTKC_cXu3Ji2TnNd7jy_jpbnpX3bhCRM9W9sgIPiaq7TzzBJU5W-HJWr3hA9RQOl67ovP_NYcOg2ZCQIgX0DC8kLwQX_Ul0rS1yErR6zDKNhBL89EKU1NoUlOcERIfLbEnFNUfUnR-u34PH6-f/s320/PXL_20220409_163045748.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Guild Business:</span></b></p><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Gail (Treasurer) went over the guild's finances. If you are interested to know more, please contact her or see her report on the group Facebook page.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Octavia (Secretary) covered our current membership which is currently 167 members. If you're not a member yet, learn how to join <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/p/how-to-join_11.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</b></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u>**DEADLINE SOON**</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Be sure to save the date for the STLMQG's 3rd quilt show, which will be held July 16-17, 2022. </b>Set up will take place July 15, and we'll need all hands on deck over the course of the weekend (volunteer signups to come), so please plan accordingly.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXoJ6fcHyPcuw_khZpxYit3Tt4D7kuaTsvji4CyGXgZEvv6kLBRt_WO87VW7INwVYtspUJtRZAHniQyhsaurPENUKRCoiY62VBnqr6cdVXJ3NXze8JUBHV6gy8601VVQKxpff0CI2UWyRadoZB9FVQ1zyZCJbfqgdkOECg7vcX-n1lEh5agCns1jb/s1800/2022PostcardFront_largepng.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1261" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtXoJ6fcHyPcuw_khZpxYit3Tt4D7kuaTsvji4CyGXgZEvv6kLBRt_WO87VW7INwVYtspUJtRZAHniQyhsaurPENUKRCoiY62VBnqr6cdVXJ3NXze8JUBHV6gy8601VVQKxpff0CI2UWyRadoZB9FVQ1zyZCJbfqgdkOECg7vcX-n1lEh5agCns1jb/s320/2022PostcardFront_largepng.png" width="224" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span><br /></span></p>But for now -- we need your quilts! </span><strong>Click <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://form.jotform.com/220564841605151&source=gmail&ust=1649777088369000&usg=AOvVaw0rrdZzOX6CvQ4frR34u9aA" href="https://form.jotform.com/220564841605151" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89; font-weight: normal;">here</span></a> to register your modern quilts.</strong></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><strong>Registration is open to members through April 16 -- that's this coming Saturday! </strong>Please join us in showing off our members' wonderful work. We'd love to show something (or several somethings) from each one of you! <span style="text-align: center;">You will find all the information you need for registration </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/19c-0Vh-WZdtt1AZ2KxU98bk8RuGD2lRT/view&source=gmail&ust=1649777088369000&usg=AOvVaw25FXHpVm_7S-5tIGHxiuFZ" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19c-0Vh-WZdtt1AZ2KxU98bk8RuGD2lRT/view" style="color: #007c89; text-align: center;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="text-align: center;">. </span><strong style="text-align: center;">Please review the document carefully before submitting quilts or emailing us with questions.</strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br style="text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;">If you have any questions after reading the instructions, please email the committee at </span><a href="mailto:stlmqgquiltshow@gmail.com" style="color: #007c89; text-align: center;" target="_blank">stlmqgquiltshow@gmail.com</a><span style="text-align: center;">. We hope that as many members as possible will participate so we can really put our best foot forward for the show. And don't be shy about entering multiple quilts/items; each member can register up to nine quilts/items (though acceptance of all entries is not guaranteed).</span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>We also need you to publicize the show!</b> You can download the full-resolution .jpg <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z9VRZVdxPU35tkFbd0FZtnBPNNBmIm7u/view&source=gmail&ust=1649777088369000&usg=AOvVaw238WKAXm8IR3ZNNy8ZWn3W" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z9VRZVdxPU35tkFbd0FZtnBPNNBmIm7u/view" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">here</span></a> or .png <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mfkL76ZUujC-7r_O56rPJb-n6ky-2sji/view&source=gmail&ust=1649777088369000&usg=AOvVaw1fng0Ts9sWKfRKilZaYcZL" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mfkL76ZUujC-7r_O56rPJb-n6ky-2sji/view" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;">here</span></a> for sharing on Instagram, Facebook, etc. (We also made a few updates, so if you've already downloaded the old versions, go ahead and switch to the new ones. Thanks!) Help us get the word out!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thank you!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">STLMQG Quilt Show Committee</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u>**WORKSHOP SPACE STILL AVAILABLE**</u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Email the guild if you are interested in joining a workshop. If you registered and have not yet paid, please do so as soon as possible to keep your spot. Details below.</span></p></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-adbf83f2-7fff-5ae4-1bdc-2bd567b97d3b" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img height="274px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/U-vwldlLM5VeSfeg0uE2lAIuLgbjGjh_lU99gXEvsPKmLUUZAHGSa4HA_7raCkMK5b3fYcrGp4weA19yiMShkVZeKSMztzcKdt3W-1IXFlpnfJ156BgYyP9jPEFyl5qYW7kbE1p8vusu" width="351px;" /></span></span></ul><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="background-color: white;">Papper, Sax, Sten: </b><span style="background-color: white;">Jenny Haynes</span><b style="background-color: white;"> </b><span style="background-color: white;">is our guest speaker in May. There will be</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><b style="background-color: white;">NO IN-PERSON</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">meeting that weekend. All of these events will take place via Zoom.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><b style="background-color: white;"><u>Please note the change in time.</u></b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">She will chat with the guild on May 14 from 9:30-10:15 AM CDT. Paid workshops will take place May 14 and 15 from 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM CDT. Workshop descriptions can be found <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/p/were-so-excited-to-share-our-2020.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Items Covered:</b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Home Sew Happy Hour: </b>Jump on Zoom April 19 from 6-9pm with your favorite beverage and some tedious sewing that's better with friends. This is a casual event where you can come and go as you please.</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Block of the Month:</b> <i style="font-weight: bold;">Patti Baymiller</i> was our winner for March and also the first to get her blocks posted the day after our last meeting! Have you joined in the Block of the Month sampler quilt party yet? It's been so fun seeing everyone's take on Instagram. For all the info look <b><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/01/introducing-2022-block-of-month-sampler.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a> </b>It's not too late to jump in.</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b style="text-align: center;">April BOM: </b><span style="text-align: center;">Speaking of the block of the month, the next tutorial is live on the blog. We're focusing on variations of the square-in-a-square block, so choose your adventure and get sewing. Post to Instagram using #stlmqgbom or email a photo before our next meeting to be entered for a prize. We will select a winner for April even though we won't meet in May. Tutorial can be found </span><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/04/2022-block-of-month-sampler-april.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a></b></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1pv1LodGNKnUdEEA9j5kIqp0V9Ar7ix2zNPUbNQw3WJNJxf667cFsnDsIfHyIisBDhOocOiORWD13RKLIrZ_rD032q0SaBiPICSopR-dUGZkt0gTlHG1mesHIlHN_59scRyd8C6mMscLEjAI8EndD0nq6n0UahYrXrrPHSUvOW2triGp6OI-oPqnX/s1800/6%20inch%20square%20in%20square%20fill.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1pv1LodGNKnUdEEA9j5kIqp0V9Ar7ix2zNPUbNQw3WJNJxf667cFsnDsIfHyIisBDhOocOiORWD13RKLIrZ_rD032q0SaBiPICSopR-dUGZkt0gTlHG1mesHIlHN_59scRyd8C6mMscLEjAI8EndD0nq6n0UahYrXrrPHSUvOW2triGp6OI-oPqnX/w147-h147/6%20inch%20square%20in%20square%20fill.jpg" width="147" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK07O56Gymgycj5qU2a5nAvmTNyJEiDiOLlvGtWO8p5iByZGEyqMrjyRphvNEDKfCMCv-5AdlGEJe0awwCWzS9gICcOrfyXkEtdCzQ3B6Iogy_--F_jxm-Vh71zqw0057UYJoHFUtMZBpi0Fd8Q-8AxHKtBpYl44ZTXMGEsbQmc_x964BxEjh0ZQNe/s1800/6%20inch%20square%20in%20square%20var1%20fill.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK07O56Gymgycj5qU2a5nAvmTNyJEiDiOLlvGtWO8p5iByZGEyqMrjyRphvNEDKfCMCv-5AdlGEJe0awwCWzS9gICcOrfyXkEtdCzQ3B6Iogy_--F_jxm-Vh71zqw0057UYJoHFUtMZBpi0Fd8Q-8AxHKtBpYl44ZTXMGEsbQmc_x964BxEjh0ZQNe/w146-h146/6%20inch%20square%20in%20square%20var1%20fill.jpg" width="146" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AUuLgCq4n1rRMwVqMrW4o5oLManUYBks3DRM4XgJyJNQLCYXUhBY2IUWFj6GzyQrmRaMRsnvG86MKL2PWZK4zInUo04PM9gweETmVgNo6FNnqyRQ-feYiuS_LHIHtRC2tJoDJyXqzq2RSb9t2qCKq8VUZwVQJETj9BobXcltd_KSsryxHdbayL2D/s1800/6%20inch%20square%20in%20square%20var2%20fill.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AUuLgCq4n1rRMwVqMrW4o5oLManUYBks3DRM4XgJyJNQLCYXUhBY2IUWFj6GzyQrmRaMRsnvG86MKL2PWZK4zInUo04PM9gweETmVgNo6FNnqyRQ-feYiuS_LHIHtRC2tJoDJyXqzq2RSb9t2qCKq8VUZwVQJETj9BobXcltd_KSsryxHdbayL2D/w144-h144/6%20inch%20square%20in%20square%20var2%20fill.jpg" width="144" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></span></span></div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Committee updates:</b> </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The Swap and Challenge committee collected the "Lockup" blocks made from the fabrics traded at our "ugly" fabric swap last meeting. Cathy Jones and Dottie Vaughn each won a bundle of blocks. Congrats!</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Swap and Challenge committee also initiated the "inspirational" fabric swap, due in June. See the rules <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/p/challenge.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Quilt Show committee emphasized registering your quilts and promoting our show in July. Not sure how to share the image on social media, get in touch. Talk it up outside of social media too! See important info above.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Charity committee asked our membership to consider making gender neutral or using traditionally male color schemes for a portion of the quilts we donate. Our donations generally overlook this group and young men do reside at TWSH with their mothers. We'd like to be able to give them quilts that more easily fit their tastes.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Charity committee also collected fabric donations from members to make kits for the Women's Safe House Project. Want to hear how we did? Keep reading.</span></li></ul></ul><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Women's Safe House Project</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6br0H0K-q6P2h1LnLPSoMG5b_BscXJXCaNZjwi2dqzQGHP0xRjEsLEV-mk3BLFRCXlYldn_tTjn19lEtKyHZDV1b1b6mXjn1r--nmThDE0-1YXnib9I9rvFoAdrtUAmhnZmy8oF0hNeRWP1aYnDNZkNU2QWVyJ0z1fmkCiPjI0mZ_VwKxceaavB2/s320/q1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6br0H0K-q6P2h1LnLPSoMG5b_BscXJXCaNZjwi2dqzQGHP0xRjEsLEV-mk3BLFRCXlYldn_tTjn19lEtKyHZDV1b1b6mXjn1r--nmThDE0-1YXnib9I9rvFoAdrtUAmhnZmy8oF0hNeRWP1aYnDNZkNU2QWVyJ0z1fmkCiPjI0mZ_VwKxceaavB2/w240-h320/q1.jpg" width="240" /></span></a><span style="font-family: georgia;">I know everyone is excited to hear how much fabric we collected for this endeavor, and it was quite the party at the donations table, but first let's recognize our speaker from TWSH, Mary Ann Owens. Mary Ann went over the specifics of what makes her organization stand out above the rest and most importantly, how they empower women to lead lives beyond their current circumstances. We are excited to partner with them and encourage you to learn more about them and ways to get involved <a href="https://twsh.org/" target="_blank">HERE.</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8dygcoBMBjuQRC2IeoA1oYCUvpfL2oSIWtke5Tp9QjdG_8sEkfmuokfW8sOlOn1aI_N6fNEnvUij1nOzVO4PZG1EriOZHrsOg8cwBV0iujj1ZIwQv1c4zVgz0HSkYd8EgsND1bv3wZaPpH90xFvqcs8VHE5B3fVhxUOlpVGSySiLjSsfZd8K3Pzz/s320/q2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8dygcoBMBjuQRC2IeoA1oYCUvpfL2oSIWtke5Tp9QjdG_8sEkfmuokfW8sOlOn1aI_N6fNEnvUij1nOzVO4PZG1EriOZHrsOg8cwBV0iujj1ZIwQv1c4zVgz0HSkYd8EgsND1bv3wZaPpH90xFvqcs8VHE5B3fVhxUOlpVGSySiLjSsfZd8K3Pzz/s1600/q2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">So how much fabric did our members donate to this awesome charity? According to the Charity committee we collected <b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">534 and 1/4 yards</b> - enough to reach the top of the Gateway Arch and back, with over 114 yards to spare! Or for you Cardinals fans, over 256 Albert Pujols'!! Go crazy folks, go crazy! Thank you guild members.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNP64tdUvogAIvd2QYVhjouGo9WmSPKiwHULLyJF90846KQz6_uLyaSbpKcHDsRLgcXoxfnF9IPTO05Mk3Tggg0YMJHQBUz0H-oO1IkBV_-ZJ6fl1H4WUeQ3pExeViI_lv1AKuZjiy2Nll7cSijYg2SCq2hKhawW4qjV3y4EaX6SlaNV_3dxk6PSD/s320/q4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNP64tdUvogAIvd2QYVhjouGo9WmSPKiwHULLyJF90846KQz6_uLyaSbpKcHDsRLgcXoxfnF9IPTO05Mk3Tggg0YMJHQBUz0H-oO1IkBV_-ZJ6fl1H4WUeQ3pExeViI_lv1AKuZjiy2Nll7cSijYg2SCq2hKhawW4qjV3y4EaX6SlaNV_3dxk6PSD/s1600/q4.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Charity committee will be busy assembling kits for the children's quilts to be distributed at the June meeting. But you don't have to wait to get started!! Start sewing those masterpieces now. We will be collecting quilts for women residents and their dependent children throughout the year. TWSH is one of the few residential programs that accept male children 12-18 years of age, and we know with our amazing members we will be able to meet that need as well. Please visit the blog <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/03/womens-safe-house-project-charity-quilts.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> for quilt needs and size guidelines. And again, thank you for your overwhelming generosity.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mixer and Inspirational Fabric Swap</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Do you prewash or not? Drive your machine barefoot or with shoes? Questions like these helped us get to know each other a little better as we divulged our highly personal quilting preferences and habits. At the end we all lined up around the room in order of how long we'd been guild members. Almost half of our current membership joined since the pandemic first shut us down in March 2020! Afterwards, we traded fat quarters within our groups and chatted about what inspires us when choosing the thing that keeps us all sewing - <b>pretty fabric</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9x0AZ86eL3wV88DIIl9o4yVAIIpLNAgVWptejYm1wqZE8n6wRSMUiWISQZjZhmFu9cvnR9IstpcNMpSV_OODRAbcxBknotONI-UWFsOrkFhG5YAzTdeMBqshz4KJfdlGtCrYc2i9dT8iFTY0C863eA0LTyeWZAPIL23VzlS6R0JOgEJtIzdiSo60/s4032/PXL_20220409_165121638.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9x0AZ86eL3wV88DIIl9o4yVAIIpLNAgVWptejYm1wqZE8n6wRSMUiWISQZjZhmFu9cvnR9IstpcNMpSV_OODRAbcxBknotONI-UWFsOrkFhG5YAzTdeMBqshz4KJfdlGtCrYc2i9dT8iFTY0C863eA0LTyeWZAPIL23VzlS6R0JOgEJtIzdiSo60/w176-h132/PXL_20220409_165121638.jpg" width="176" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZavUUD9ppvexMTFMg5QzoiBNo8ayB-MAN6VoT_SLa8civyDi3w1Z_jwgwFDMkAj_hg8ztAeIYRgeUCjIbscFe9YfD_BMj0AdJMjXAemLkXSCT5Tvznk-AY-CgwBwMJuf1d9uZlfGx1S5OS-LRLpcNbqvfW_o0FcPHtiYxr3zIjrAtHCY1xjvloSY/s4032/PXL_20220409_165114872.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZavUUD9ppvexMTFMg5QzoiBNo8ayB-MAN6VoT_SLa8civyDi3w1Z_jwgwFDMkAj_hg8ztAeIYRgeUCjIbscFe9YfD_BMj0AdJMjXAemLkXSCT5Tvznk-AY-CgwBwMJuf1d9uZlfGx1S5OS-LRLpcNbqvfW_o0FcPHtiYxr3zIjrAtHCY1xjvloSY/w173-h130/PXL_20220409_165114872.jpg" width="173" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeR20uZWOdzaqZ3d2xk4jhFPY-DM6KNiY4zr-dwkoqHRvWfTfFwoSq8SzVdPT9hp8pMTEP0HxvUO3RIU9tbpOchhxILj-dzmMFV3YP1B5vesqu-TrRAXEgjtcEu-A42rceSS7LBeaNOCqldXHkzVD1vbABl-tOmNu_pB7axFgRJBSkxVKokVmeTYW/s4032/PXL_20220409_165127595.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeR20uZWOdzaqZ3d2xk4jhFPY-DM6KNiY4zr-dwkoqHRvWfTfFwoSq8SzVdPT9hp8pMTEP0HxvUO3RIU9tbpOchhxILj-dzmMFV3YP1B5vesqu-TrRAXEgjtcEu-A42rceSS7LBeaNOCqldXHkzVD1vbABl-tOmNu_pB7axFgRJBSkxVKokVmeTYW/w175-h131/PXL_20220409_165127595.jpg" width="175" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's awesome seeing our membership grow and watching you all get to know more about one another.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div><div><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Fabric Raffle:</b> One of our brand new members was a winner this month! Congrats to Tee Perdue and Candice Marshall on snagging those Hibiscus FQ bundles donated by our lovely sponsor <b><a href="https://www.cottoncuts.com/">Cotton Cuts</a>.</b> We're grateful for your support.</span></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><b>Show and Share:</b> We wrapped up the meeting with another great Show and Tell. P</span></span></span><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot=""><span georgia="" quot="">ics have been posted to our <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stlmqg/" style="color: #3c88ca; text-decoration-line: none;">Instagram</a> and Facebook pages. Join us there to see pictures of quilts that were shared, and to stay up to date on what's to come this year!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul></div></div></div></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-87581385189269628572022-04-09T00:22:00.002-05:002022-04-09T00:22:39.365-05:002022 Block of the Month Sampler - April<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pwjMWYa_F-A2q6B8Mt5W8yxJNm_1dJVWc1ziOwmj0tJCi2aaoAJWkoklX37G_fa3TlmFs7oZUgh9Evx-m3Zo-rD8mrCF1FoBilq5ooDyWViLhCOcNsCrQKSvmtFUbBADQiWvDNKgbJQt3gnyE2pHcy3BlAQBU15BNHZIc2ZFhn5cPQmvh-A_pWzC/w155-h155/6%20inch%20square%20in%20square%20fill.jpg" width="155" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9l_TPmydkMRxooH870KYA9YvZ5-HjYObJikxoeRoqqEbuaY98ZPV5yqik2_PFAnJxPaF5P_lB8mHrRr-V9LeKkwevSTVGi8XkmJAP8mM18lk8b_hIlgSiq-iznT7xBkJZVbURiagBEXlgjqsTybsFJ8poK5p8ppSQmSbhpvH3nvTAZvcercoHriU/w154-h154/6%20inch%20square%20in%20square%20var2%20fill.jpg" width="154" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQw6ixLvUFdCNLh4ANa7s1j7rjx_dxnK7bzLI-M-_8mdHxXn_1vI36gfiSml7sZX9bhmHNrh8lHi8IQ7KlEI-TsGPrzc-Cd8snJqhTxjQI8LUgB87Nb0H984b5RPHdU3wVFw0pW8-CAKIhKp345RnlQsTuarfJ7pE0MRLpdzVeVEFIqJAONyRE_gzG/w154-h154/6%20inch%20square%20in%20square%20var1%20fill.jpg" width="154" /></div></div><br /><p>Welcome to Month Four of the St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild 2022 Block of the Month Sampler!</p><p>Remember to post your block to Instagram with the hashtag #stlmqgbom before the May meeting to be entered to win this month's prize. If you don't use Instagram, you may email a photo to the guild email. </p><p><i>(We're not meeting in person in May because of our Zoom program and workshops with Paper, Sax, Sten. Be sure to check your email and this blog next month for the May blocks!)</i></p><p>This month we will be making FIVE 6-inch square-in-a-square blocks, or variations on that block. Easy peasy! You can make five of the same or mix and match as you see fit. In the whole quilt mock-up, you will see them all as small "x blocks" if you want to use that to plan. The whole quilt mock up can be found in the <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/01/introducing-2022-block-of-month-sampler.html">Block of the Month Introduction post</a>. </p><p>The square-in-a-square block is a quick and easy block that uses a center square, set on point, and two smaller squares, each cut on the diagonal, and sewn to the center square. </p><p>The x-block variation uses a plus as the center block. The economy block variation add an additional layer, so it is essentially a square-in-a-square <b>in another square. </b>Both the square-in-a-square an the economy block are great places to try some fussy cutting if you are using prints in your quilt. </p><p>You could certainly do the math to figure out how to make any size square-in-a-square using the Pythagorean Theorem (<i>a² + b² = c²</i>) but I highly recommend skipping all that and using this <a href="https://www.quiltersparadiseesc.com/Calculators/Square%20in%20a%20Square%20Calculator.php">Square in a Square Calculator</a> from Quilter's Paradise. </p><p>When I input the finished size of 6-inches into the calculator, the result is that I will cut my center square at 4¾ and my two corner squares at 3-7/8. I prefer to round up and will cut those corner squares at 4-inches and then trim the finished block. </p><p><b>CUTTING DIRECTIONS</b></p><p>These directions are for a single block. You should decide how many of each variation you want to make and adjust your cutting accordingly. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALeuOfZ3priu4DHaBBSTTu5JwMeqMBqRkTSi2ujki4kZan_DI826xETQsiDZO2hSrO7s8pQXBkcri8tw0GYtlodcsvGJxWkqnrsh3dpsaCiPNCclx60F8xMpCUveSqRU0GyCXGWve_S4goEFLxey9wdmLbWuQ7CrQrLdOVT3KbyEU2krXDIBSUnL6/s3022/20220408_221906.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="3022" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALeuOfZ3priu4DHaBBSTTu5JwMeqMBqRkTSi2ujki4kZan_DI826xETQsiDZO2hSrO7s8pQXBkcri8tw0GYtlodcsvGJxWkqnrsh3dpsaCiPNCclx60F8xMpCUveSqRU0GyCXGWve_S4goEFLxey9wdmLbWuQ7CrQrLdOVT3KbyEU2krXDIBSUnL6/s320/20220408_221906.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Square in a square</b></p><p>Inside: (1) 4-3/4 inch square<br />Outside: (2) 4 inch squares, <b><i>cut on the diagonal</i></b></p><p><b>X-block</b></p><p>Inside (x fabric): (1) 2" x 5" rectangle<br /><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> (2) 2-inch squares</span><br /></p><p><span>Background: (4) 2-inch squares<br /><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> (2) </span></span>4 inch squares, <b><i>cut on the diagonal</i></b></p><p><b>Economy block</b></p><p>Inside: (1) 3-1/2" square</p><p>Middle: (2) 3 inch squares, <b><i>cut on the diagonal</i></b></p><p>Outside: (2) 4 inch squares, <b><i>cut on the diagonal</i></b></p><p><b>SEWING DIRECTIONS</b></p><p><b>Square in a square</b></p><p>1. Line up the long side of each triangle with one side of your center square. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04SzB2SBpE2RlPNCadA3NfPQqN8NjF4pBmEnT78_KyJgzRUYVvAVXuukQrUaj-lrEOKGDcV1nkYtFmoxNgbdbjEfBkIoTDS63eomdto3ryIX6ovpRa1vF4TqfSlhG5ooSCUGLdOG0RGVmXmTSTGEWaxDY3imCHgci6tIOtusL9HeQjdHuq_vbZQAQ/s2113/20220408_222511.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="2113" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04SzB2SBpE2RlPNCadA3NfPQqN8NjF4pBmEnT78_KyJgzRUYVvAVXuukQrUaj-lrEOKGDcV1nkYtFmoxNgbdbjEfBkIoTDS63eomdto3ryIX6ovpRa1vF4TqfSlhG5ooSCUGLdOG0RGVmXmTSTGEWaxDY3imCHgci6tIOtusL9HeQjdHuq_vbZQAQ/w200-h200/20220408_222511.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>2. Sew together using a ¼ inch seam allowance. </p><p>3. Press open. Trim to 6½ inches. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIadQ7GkIAdC2eSsw51HWq6d84H582xyJoVmUXSR0NWFTOkyTBcEKtDpRJH0-Hh79qP4QsrSg-8A4ijN1r9SEL9CwQ8NSFSnldOaog5uS1UN51C3kHbhXYOIoSv7-3I6_gdJ4uHbA7y9LcrUne0bu6WQCPo-fHWiqbpafYM91xIRIO_1vy9C93Mkf/s2489/20220408_223325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2489" data-original-width="2489" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIadQ7GkIAdC2eSsw51HWq6d84H582xyJoVmUXSR0NWFTOkyTBcEKtDpRJH0-Hh79qP4QsrSg-8A4ijN1r9SEL9CwQ8NSFSnldOaog5uS1UN51C3kHbhXYOIoSv7-3I6_gdJ4uHbA7y9LcrUne0bu6WQCPo-fHWiqbpafYM91xIRIO_1vy9C93Mkf/w200-h200/20220408_223325.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p><b>X-block</b></p><p><b><i>Make the X</i></b></p><p>1. Sew a 2-inch background square to two opposite sides of a 2-inch square of x fabric. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zxTMN4nLlZCD_EPK8et3PrOHigbJoPVSMeqfL-SqlfrMb9zlON34xst5_AYkvvxUyH9PKRmSx93EaU9D8DcbKju5poDEruqEsjKybjCAkotE64cMl2nJX-z4-dHQfQ2pGobPZ_U8tQbDvKC8EdcpR787_tBvS3ZuI2aehf32ke7JRqQMCdB6zZcs/s1922/20220408_222721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1922" data-original-width="1922" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zxTMN4nLlZCD_EPK8et3PrOHigbJoPVSMeqfL-SqlfrMb9zlON34xst5_AYkvvxUyH9PKRmSx93EaU9D8DcbKju5poDEruqEsjKybjCAkotE64cMl2nJX-z4-dHQfQ2pGobPZ_U8tQbDvKC8EdcpR787_tBvS3ZuI2aehf32ke7JRqQMCdB6zZcs/w200-h200/20220408_222721.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>2. Add the 2" x 5" rectangle to the middle to finish the x. </p><p><b><i>**this center section will finish at 5". Trim to 4¾ by lining up the center of the x at the 2-3/8 mark on your ruler.**</i></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIT1J4T4S492FifyUHrpKYC6alTNhKKtVZOG77rxT4oPtX0MFMq4v7oQpEH1QUjKFmdHj2znN_yKqqEhSS7vFYuFBhFyMzy4lDSulUNRGHaDC69fLgolPgvsmelDD30OrrBy7px8VlZvFIUSJnAyhwaLF_ZIdJOBzNeQ5QzwtXi3fBPmC8sltcji9p/s3024/20220408_223950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIT1J4T4S492FifyUHrpKYC6alTNhKKtVZOG77rxT4oPtX0MFMq4v7oQpEH1QUjKFmdHj2znN_yKqqEhSS7vFYuFBhFyMzy4lDSulUNRGHaDC69fLgolPgvsmelDD30OrrBy7px8VlZvFIUSJnAyhwaLF_ZIdJOBzNeQ5QzwtXi3fBPmC8sltcji9p/w200-h200/20220408_223950.jpg" width="200" /></a></b></div><p><br /></p>3. Line up the long side of each background triangle with one side of your center x. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibScu3oVne8NsRVMuZ_11roy1fbW2e3koAhQq2eDkRaqzJede97VChEOsUJ_xjG4vWbZELITJyOaBCpLqvg3AuOKSYQ9aAc5ex5FSxONpEd7qjyq-RAHcKRNag3ZK5Nhb9n4rQe2w24OStGzbRFslghEQ9zeS8yA7CCmjq1hlSLQxqGKWSOVg7cIPj/s2930/20220408_224018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2930" data-original-width="2930" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibScu3oVne8NsRVMuZ_11roy1fbW2e3koAhQq2eDkRaqzJede97VChEOsUJ_xjG4vWbZELITJyOaBCpLqvg3AuOKSYQ9aAc5ex5FSxONpEd7qjyq-RAHcKRNag3ZK5Nhb9n4rQe2w24OStGzbRFslghEQ9zeS8yA7CCmjq1hlSLQxqGKWSOVg7cIPj/w200-h200/20220408_224018.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>4. Sew together using a ¼ inch seam allowance. </p><p>5. Press open. Trim to 6½ inches. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RGJK18-OY-5aog3TXv0jX46fUqFn1zCcvjorCyI4cF3M1fmea4eMrr6GU8EVCCDxW98Y9VsOFm36XBeTGDAaXRdHYoFvoTwmqjKZMv5J2zJuKMXanmISBPc6p7MeLjseetQp9HIfYnjmTMq0_0xDPkhhRQCmrpLh7tFqERldBS189JqtrG4rqkQO/s2502/20220408_225244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2502" data-original-width="2502" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RGJK18-OY-5aog3TXv0jX46fUqFn1zCcvjorCyI4cF3M1fmea4eMrr6GU8EVCCDxW98Y9VsOFm36XBeTGDAaXRdHYoFvoTwmqjKZMv5J2zJuKMXanmISBPc6p7MeLjseetQp9HIfYnjmTMq0_0xDPkhhRQCmrpLh7tFqERldBS189JqtrG4rqkQO/w200-h200/20220408_225244.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Economy block</b></p><p>1. Line up the long side of each small triangle with one side of your center square. </p><p>2. Sew together using a ¼ inch seam allowance. </p><p>3. Press open. Trim to 4¾ inches. </p><p>4. Line up the long side of each larger triangle with one side of your small square-in-a-square. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYScTHNwSzZl_7rDLMlze2v35USOMcg47sAlxkimBmQRx-VBK2A8RjIgIjkAt5EDE6fEOM4hr_p9a9PxfC6KIP3exwEBbe-uYHmImv6bAhnvfJtmeE89yZZpE5E9m3Sp-bZmOu-gSbSfn0Egs8fskx2BcXD5UjnX9zAETFqaSjPhSSj6EGIkYp20R5/s2549/20220408_224832.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2549" data-original-width="2549" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYScTHNwSzZl_7rDLMlze2v35USOMcg47sAlxkimBmQRx-VBK2A8RjIgIjkAt5EDE6fEOM4hr_p9a9PxfC6KIP3exwEBbe-uYHmImv6bAhnvfJtmeE89yZZpE5E9m3Sp-bZmOu-gSbSfn0Egs8fskx2BcXD5UjnX9zAETFqaSjPhSSj6EGIkYp20R5/w200-h200/20220408_224832.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>5. Sew together using a ¼ inch seam allowance. </p><p>6. Press open. Trim to 6½ inches. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfic0lTVnnocAG3rgtdAvMPCwD66E91q8aQt8TrSXts5hFNk-FNMYMZj5h1qUOALmAicvZY1ebQ56MCVhKbXIAp9wktn3rRrPJgmHy8V0j55VxNxvRoeEOxVSlstARlcMkjwEXKV2mA-Sv8SGbH3JkDbiQjWS78F7yVan5hWAXabPAK7gHtRIymvlw/s2524/20220408_232343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2524" data-original-width="2524" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfic0lTVnnocAG3rgtdAvMPCwD66E91q8aQt8TrSXts5hFNk-FNMYMZj5h1qUOALmAicvZY1ebQ56MCVhKbXIAp9wktn3rRrPJgmHy8V0j55VxNxvRoeEOxVSlstARlcMkjwEXKV2mA-Sv8SGbH3JkDbiQjWS78F7yVan5hWAXabPAK7gHtRIymvlw/w200-h200/20220408_232343.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNQhtWF1idCpF9gEvUz_OMijFcZT9P4fuqj3Ds6KsrOKprUMYxOkFr15sgJbrLXYvPI52xDXx3wSCfe2-qx4B5UE4HLo-rzgQim5aXaWMS-tsodu5_LDSaTlpQKq_qDKHnn8-5wUuduYGr_6Px3VrDXh3oP4GjLlHULCqHylLJUYWyue9oPY3meCp/s3024/20220408_232459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNQhtWF1idCpF9gEvUz_OMijFcZT9P4fuqj3Ds6KsrOKprUMYxOkFr15sgJbrLXYvPI52xDXx3wSCfe2-qx4B5UE4HLo-rzgQim5aXaWMS-tsodu5_LDSaTlpQKq_qDKHnn8-5wUuduYGr_6Px3VrDXh3oP4GjLlHULCqHylLJUYWyue9oPY3meCp/s320/20220408_232459.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Choose your block, and make five total, or mix and match!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lG7WdY2JGod8IBBuT-9WQlLIhIpNpnfpe_krd4As4R8bHaKsZnqaPHUimN9N_SndHjJ2N541jBuPVJzvOYD_5vtUASkBW2IIiTiqE4DoiUwUhoLmS2xMFHQWrF2pzTRWtgT0Zg4BdLOYHu6zKu3BMuWrBjC6xjkhSIQb3dUjl604mMS9dCo3BTIU/s2885/20220408_235822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2885" data-original-width="2885" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lG7WdY2JGod8IBBuT-9WQlLIhIpNpnfpe_krd4As4R8bHaKsZnqaPHUimN9N_SndHjJ2N541jBuPVJzvOYD_5vtUASkBW2IIiTiqE4DoiUwUhoLmS2xMFHQWrF2pzTRWtgT0Zg4BdLOYHu6zKu3BMuWrBjC6xjkhSIQb3dUjl604mMS9dCo3BTIU/s320/20220408_235822.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010277135145416283.post-86103841867553123462022-04-05T10:00:00.133-05:002022-04-05T10:00:00.196-05:00Meeting #119 (April 9, 2022)<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Anyone else loving the flowering trees and "longer" days? Spring has officially sprung in St. Louis and we are excited to embrace the new season with you at our meeting this Saturday! Zoom is available if you cannot join us in person.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>**Highway 44 at Big Bend will be closed this weekend. More info <a href="https://www.modot.org/node/25513" target="_blank">HERE</a> if that is your usual route.**</i></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span><span style="line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><b>Date:</b> April 9, 2022</span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">Time:</b><span style="line-height: 18px;"> 10 am-12:30 pm</span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><b style="line-height: 18px;">Location:</b><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span><span>Shrewsbury Center - </span><span><span>5200 Shrewsbury Ave, St. Louis, MO 63119</span></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><b style="line-height: 18px;">Agenda:</b><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><br style="line-height: 18px;" /><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>-Welcome & Guild Business</i></span><br style="line-height: 18.48px;" /><ul><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Zoom etiquette</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Financial Information</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Membership Information</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Quilting News/Around Town</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Reminders</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">BOM updates</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Committee updates</span></li><li>Women's Safe House speaker - Mary Ann Owens</li></ul></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><i>---Break---</i> </span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><i>-April Activity - Mixer and Fat Quarter Swap</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Our Programming and Swap/Challenge committees have partnered up again to bring you some get-to-know-you fun! <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Do you use steam when you iron? Do you prewash your fabrics? Do you drive your machine barefoot? This month's activity is going to be a rambunctious, riotous good time as we mix you all up and then ask you to reveal all your quilty preferences! Afterwards, you and your new quilt buddies will swap fabrics that <i><b>inspire</b></i> you for the upcoming challenge. Swap and Challenge details can be found <a href="http://HERE." target="_blank">HERE.</a></span></span><b style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"> </b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">-Meeting Wrap-up</span></i></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fabric raffle winner announcement - Thank you Cotton Cuts!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">March Block of the Month winner announcement</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Attendance Prizes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Show & Tell (time permitting)</span></li></ul></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-363985307284357947" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 645px;"><div style="line-height: 18.48px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>-------------------------- Reminders ------------------------------</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18.48px; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Don't forget your charity quilt fabric donations! Find the info <a href="https://stlmqg.blogspot.com/2022/03/womens-safe-house-project-charity-quilts.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a></span></li><li>Bring your Lockup blocks! (made with "ugly" fabrics)</li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bring an <b><i>inspired</i></b> fat quarter to swap!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wear your name tags.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Buy raffle tickets online <a href="http://go.eventgroovefundraising.com/aprilraffle" target="_blank">HERE.</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Free table items.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bring your Show and Share goodies!</span></li></ul></div></div>STL Modern Quilt Guildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537659008737394558noreply@blogger.com1