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Sashiko Demo by PatPat shared her knowledge and experience about Sashiko stitching. All were given a circle fabric with a pattern, needle and needle threader to try some stitching. More details and Pat's presentation is posted in the members section.  Show & Share - we saw some of the vests from Sandra's workshop and some other fantastic quilting and stitching projects.
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Sandra Thomas Trunk Show Sandra uses both her sewing and quilting skills to create beautiful and memorable vests. Each one is unique and many demonstrate different techniques she has learned over the years. Here are a few pictures of the many she brought to show us. BOM - After a short lunch break we had Shirley review the BOM. Details are on the LMQG website. Show and Share - There were amazing quilts that were shared by our members. Check out the individual items here    Linda McLaren showed us a number of pixelated quilts made by one of her clients Toni Smith. Her latest quilt Starry Nights has been accepted at the H + H America’s show in Chicago.  Creative Pilates - Jan took us through another exercise in deconstructing a traditional block and giving it a modern spin. 
President's Challenge quilts were shared. Wow they were amazing and all unique from the page 42 of inspiration. Check them out Ergonomic presentation by Elaine - thanks for all the tips. You can check out the presentation in the members' area monthly newsletters. BOM by Shirley - This month we are starting our look at stitch and flip techniques and then use them to make flying geese and square in a square. More details. CQA Bus Trips There are options for booking a seat on a bus to the CQA Canada Quilt Show in Mississauga at the International Centre June 18 - 21 Option 1 - London Friendship Quilters Guild bus They have a few spots available on our bus trip to the CQA on Friday June 20th. If anyone from LMQG is interested in joining they can contact either Sharon Taylor or Sharon Giberson. The cost for guests is $85.00 which included the bus and entrance to the show. Everyone will be responsible for their meals as they are not included. Option 2 - Chatham Kent Quilters Guild bus They have quite a few spots available for their bus trip on Saturday June 21st. They will stop in London for our members. They are charging $55 but each participant purchases their own show pass. No meals are included. E-transfer the $55 to [email protected] and include in the note in the e-transfer that the payment is for the bus trip for a London Modern Quilt Guild member. Option 3 - Stonetown Quilt Guild They have a bus trip to Quilt Canada and are looking to fill some seats. Friday June 20, leaving from St Mary’s at 8 am. Cost is 90$ bus and ticket. May contact Mary Lou Davis at 519-703-5663, or email [email protected] Show and Share Check out these amazing quilty items (below) that were shared by our members. Creative Pilates We started with the drunkard's path quilt block and then changed it up to incorporate modern elements. See some of the new designs below. Creative Pilates - A creative exercise that started with the drunkard's path block. Next, members added some modern elements to make their own new design. Very inspiring! Very quick! Steph's lecture was amazing! check out her 2024 gallery here
website: stephskardalquilts.com Instagram Steph Skardal
Bio: Steph Skardal is a quilt designer, educator, and maker who loves finding the balance between order and chaos in her quilts, mixing hard geometric lines and structure with an element of randomness in texture, color, or layout. With a background in software engineering, she is motivated to experiment with different techniques and technology to create original quilt designs.
LMQG Lecture event by Amy Friend shared techniques about "Alternate Grid & Negative Space" on Wednesday March 5 Amy shared quilts she has made to help demonstrate how she includes alternate gridwork and negative space, two principles of modern quilting. She described how she has played with these two ideas in different ways over the last few years—from just a touch to bold. Amy provided lots of inspiration for when we are planning our quilt layouts. Workshop: "Improvisational Paper Piecing" on March 22 by Amy Friend Amy led participants in designing an original improv pattern for paper piecing with 5 or 6 colours. We experimented with grid layouts of the pattern and using the mirror or rotated version of the pattern. This workshop was based on one of the three design approaches that shed share in her second book, Improv Paper Piecing: A Modern Approach to Quilt Design. more about Amy... https://duringquiettime.com/ Amy Friend is a former museum curator turned designer. She designs modern quilts and specializes in paper pieced designs. She authored the books Intentional Piecing (2016) and Improv Paper Piecing: A Modern Approach to Quilt Design (2017), and has a new book, Petal + Stem (2020). Since 2019, Amy has run a paper pieced Block of the Month program each year. She is an award winning quilter and her quilts have been exhibited at a number of quilt shows as well as museums. Amy is a national quilt teacher and lecturer. Amy lives in Massachusetts with her husband and three children. If she isn’t sewing or spending time with the family, you might find her in the garden. Amy was at QuiltCon 2025 in Phoenix
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