The Flying Geese Show at Soka University

The Soka University Show is schedule for Saturday September 26^th and Sunday September 27^th with set up on Friday, September 25^th.

Sandy, Kayley, Karen S. and Lisa have volunteered to help Bunnie with set up on Friday.  More details will follow on time and what will be needed.

We are asking for 2 volunteers to man the booth during the show hours.  We are requesting that you email Bunnie at bunnie@dbmsoft.com with a request block of time that would work for you.  The hours of the show on Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm and on Sunday from 10 am to 3:30 pm.  http://www.flying-geese.org/quiltshow.html   As a volunteer, you will have a great opportunity to discuss what modern quilting means to you and the community as a whole. 

You will also have an opportunity to check out the show while you are there.

Additionally, if there are quilts that you would like to share at the show, please email Bunnie with a photo so we can get an idea of how many quilts we have to share.  The photos from last night meeting were forwarded to Bunnie this morning.

We are hoping to have flyer about our guild to get people interested and we can take email address. 

Bunnie will be the contact on this event.  Please feel free to email her with all comments and questions.

Thanks!

July Recap

Happy Friday and the Last Day of July!  Can’t believe we are 7 months into 2015.  We are already planning our end year activities, charity quilts and items for Quilt Con 2016 in Pasadena.  And we had an exciting night last night with so many beautiful quilts.

We began the night with our Water Challenge Competition.  We had 6 entries and the quilts were amazing, beautiful and all capture the essence of water in their own way.  And for the first time in our guilds history – we had a 3 way tie for 1^st!  Congrats to Karen, Sandy and Helene!  Your quilts were stunning.  Thank you to all the participated.  And we are looking forward to our next challenge.

Speaking of challenges, we decided last night that our next challenge will be a very special challenge.  In the spirit of Thanksgiving, our challenge will be a philanthropy challenge.  An opportunity to give back to the community.  The quilt you make for this challenge will be given to a charity for the holidays and you can still WIN a prize.  The theme is Storybook – choose a book for a child or a young adult and make a quilt based on the book.   The minimum size 36 x 48.  This challenge is due at our NOVEMBER 19^th Meeting!  (This is a date change due to the Thanksgiving Holiday)  Mark your calendar and your participation in this incredible opportunity.

Moving on to other Philanthropy items on our agenda, we have a lot going on.  We are up to 80 pillowcase – 20 cases short of our goal.  If you have any at home, bring them to the next meeting.  Big thanks to Susan and Cecile for completing an incubator cover each for Choc.  This project was a bit difficult for us but we will make it up to Choc.  We are hoping to donate our quilt submitted to Quilt Con to Choc for a fundraiser in the future.  Additionally, we are working on our Quilt Con 2016 Entry – big thanks to Bunnie and Janet who have made headway on it.  Our intent is Flying Geese and we are hoping to make even more progress our September 13th Sew.  We will be working on the back, the binding and deter the quilting.  Your participation is helpful so we can meet our November deadline.

Thank you to all of you who brought quilts to show at the Flying Geese Soka University Show.  We are looking forward to show all them in our booth.  The Show is September 26^th and 27^th with a set up on Friday.  I will be sending out a separate email detailing volunteering for the show and other particulars.

Items we discussed that you maybe be interested in following up on:

The Row by Row Experience - http://www.rowbyrowexperience.com

Quilty Box - http://www.quiltybox.com/

Miracles for Kids - http://miraclesforkids.org/

The Joyful Foundation - http://joyfulfoundation.org/

Future reminders - Our next sew is August 9^th at Cosmic Quilting.  Our next meeting is scheduled for August 27^th at Cosmic Quilting.  Look forward to seeing everyone there!

June Recap

Summer is finally here - the days are long, the temperatures are hot and it's a great time to be working on your Water Challenge!

• July 30, 2015 OCMQG Water Inspired Challenge Created a quilted item inspired by the idea of water. There is no required size. Judging will take place at the July monthly meeting by popular vote based on achieving the theme and the tenets of modern quilting. Prizes will be awarded!

Big thanks to everyone who came out to our meeting this month!  Thank you to Karen at Cosmic Quilting for hosting.  And big thanks to Kathy who demo Jacquie Gering's Slice Forward, Insert Backwards technique, she and Bunnie learned at Asilomar in the Spring.

For class information, go to Craftsy: http://www.craftsy.com/class/improvisational-piecing-modern-design/198?_ct=sbqii-sqjuweho-dum&_ctp=2&rceId=1435529455934~g3qmwrsu

For more information about Empty Spools Seminars:
http://www.emptyspoolsseminars.com/


Philanthropy Update:

• Group Charity Quilt for Quilt Con
• Come out to the sew on July 12 from 12 - 4 to help put the final qullt together.
• Continue working on pillowcases - goal is 100.  We are close.
• We are returning the incubator quilts to Choc at this time
• We are hope to donate our quilt to Choc that we made for Quiltcon for a fundraising opportunity.

Show and Tell

We said a bitter sweet goodbye to our co-president Linda.  She is off on a new adventure and will be greatly missed.  Hopefully, she will visit us soon.


Reminders:

• M & L 20% Fabric Sale starts July 5th
• Bring your recycle items - Go Green
• Bring your Water Challenge - Prize to be awarded!
• We are meeting at Cecile’s New Studio on July 30th at 6:30 pm !!!!!!!!!! 
  
  Cecile’s Studio
  23181 Verdugo Dr. Suite 102
  Laguna Hills, CA 92653
  www.sewingparty,com
   
  BYOC - Bring your own chair, if possible!

OCMQG Monthly Meeting - NEW PLACE THIS MONTH!

OCMQG Monthly Meeting
Always scheduled for the last Thursday of the month (except Holidays)

Thursday, May 28, 2015
6:30pm - 8:30 pm

 

We are meeting at Cecile’s New Studio!!!!!!!!!!

 

Cecile’s Studio

23181 Verdugo Dr. Suite 102
Laguna Hills, CA 92653

www.sewingparty,com

 

BYOC - Bring your own chair, if possible!

April Recap

Goodbye April and hello May -

Thanks to everyone who came out to the meeting last night.  We had a wonderful speaker, Carole Angel from Sedona, Arizona.

Carole is an art quilter who shared many beautiful quilts that she created.  Carole's specialty is painting white Kona fabric and using them for inspiration to create these wonderful quilts pictured.

Carole doesn't use a pattern, goes by photos from her adventures. She uses a variety of paints to create her quilting including fabric paints, oils, pastels, watercolors and Pepeo brand paint.  Her technique includes painting the fabric first, using fusible on little pieces, some piecing and 100% cotton batting in multiple layers.  She typically quilts in an echo pattern. 

Huge thanks go out to Karen of Cosmic Quilting not only for hosting our meeting but setting up this wonderful speaker for our meeting!  Carole also donated a significant amount of fabric to our philanthropy.  Thanks Carole.


We had a few Show and Tells by our members.





Upcoming:

• July 30, 2015 OCMQG Water Inspired Challenge Created a quilted item inspired by the idea of water. There is no required size. Judging will take place at the July monthly meeting by popular vote based on achieving the theme and the tenets of modern quilting. Prizes will be awarded!
• Monthly Sew CANCELLED - due to being scheduled on Mother's Day
• Next meeting - May 28th - Location to TBD

See you soon.



LUKE Hayes Workshop

Luke Haynes Workshop
www.lukehaynes.com

April 12, 2015
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
(with an hour for lunch)

Newport Hills Clubhouse
1900 Port Carlow
Newport Beach, CA 92660

Learning how to "Permission to quilt"

We are going to take clothing or just our own stash and work organically to create a small quilt top. LUKE will walk the class through a series of steps that will deconstruct and reconstruct fabric into something greater than the sum of its parts. we will be working with abstract forms and learning how to harness fabrics that may be a little outside of the normative quilting oeuvre.  

What you Need:

·         two matching garments or pieces of fabric 1/2 yard or bigger that match and a contrast fabric that is 1/4 yard or bigger.

·         LUKE suggest shirts from goodwill if you don't have anything at home you need cut. I would shy away from stretchy, thick or to slippery, as those are more difficult to work with.

a sewing machine,

a rotary cutter,

a cutting mat,

a ruler no less than 24"

black thread or thread to match the main color of the project

and access to an iron with ironing board, preferably one per 2-3 students or more.

 

OCMQG - March Meeting Recap

What is your favorite part of Spring?  That's what we asked our members at the meeting this month.  Some of the things us quilters like about Spring are the longer days, the beautiful gardens with brighter flowers, things seem fresh and clean, children playing outside, and yummy summer fruit.


We have a winner to our "BLOOM" challenge - Susan.  Congratulations and enjoy your gift certificate to Cosmic Quilting.

We got a Philanthropy update from Bunnie.  We are up to 45 pillowcases - Woohoo!  Additionally, Bunnie distributed 4 quilt kits from Choc - looking forward to getting those back.  And Sharon graciously agreed to bind our Christmas Quilt that Karen quilted.

What's coming up...

• LUKE Haynes workshop - April 12th.  If you haven't signed up yet, there is still time.
•  Our Next Challenge for July - Theme:  "WATER"
• Any size
• Due at July meeting
• Keep making those Pillowcases!
• Our next meeting is going to be held at Cosmic Quilting on April 30th!

See you next month!
Lisa