Negative Space Exercise                 
The April Guild meeting will have a Presentation about Negative Space and an Exercise to explore how to quilt the Negative Spaces on your quilt. We will look at designing a layout using Negative Space and then create a quilting plan for that Negative Space.  This is a fairly small exercise and could probably be completed in 1 ½ hours.  If time is an issue you could start during Guild and complete it at home.
If you want to participate in this exercise, please bring the following.
Supplies

• One 20” square quilt sandwich in either white or very light solid (top, batting, backing – could be same colour as top piece)
• One 6” (cut size 6 ½”) square simple pieced block (eg.: star, 9-patch, 4-patch, churn dash, any of the modern blocks at MQG reduced to 6”, etc.) – any colours or fabric choices that make you happy.
• Thread in the same colour as your 20” square top.
• Threads in the same colours as your pieced block (optional because you could use the same colour throughout).
• Erasable marking pens – 2 colours would be best so either 2 gel pens in different colours or a set of one water soluble (blue) and one disappearing (purple). I recommend NOT using a gel pen together with a water soluble pen.
• Pencils – maybe 2 or 3 colours.
• Regular pen – just for use on paper.
• Ruler – either 12” or 24”.
• Sewing machine with free-motion (FM) foot and walking foot (WF).
• Pins to secure your quilt sandwich – only need between 4 & 8 pins.
• Small cutting mat – minimal use so could easily be shared with others at your table – and a rotary cutter.
• Small quilt sandwiches – about 8” – 10” for practice.

 
During the Presentation you don’t have to take any notes.  You will get another Handout by email next week – probably Thursday – to print and bring.  It will be your notes and exercise instructions.
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We are thrilled to welcome Andrea Tsang- Jackson from 3rd Story Workshop to our guild in May!
On Friday May 10th Andrea will present a trunk show.  This is at 7pm at the Boyle Community Centre and tickets are still available.  TICKETS  

We also have 2 of Andrea's Map workshop spots all of a sudden available.  If you would like to learn how to make a map of SW Ontario and then start to work on your own map, please email the guild and we can save you a spot.  The fee is $85 with a $5 kit fee payable at the workshop.
Map Workshop- Saturday May 11, 2019 from 9-5 at the Boyle Community Centre.

EMAIL if you would like to attend the class. 

The trunk show and workshop will be fantastic, we hope to see you there!