After arriving at the Artisans Centre to find it flooded, the City was quick and found us a replacement venue and we were able to have our meeting after all!
We discussed the regular guild monthly business and then Pat explained the Moda Palette Builder she learned about at Quiltcon. This is a website where you upload a photo and then the specific colours are selected and you can then find Moda fabrics that coordinate with the photo, as well as Aurifil Threads and Hex Values.
At QuiltCon, Brigitte Heiland was the Zen Chic designer that was explaining the Palette Builder.
Here are Pat's notes:
At QuiltCon, Brigitte Heiland was the Zen Chic designer that was explaining the Palette Builder.
Here are Pat's notes:
Next, Sonia was presenting how to take a traditional block and make it modern.
Blocks can be made modern by changing the fabrics, the scale, cropping the blocks just to name a few ways.
Here are some photos of what our members did by taking a traditional block and then using magazines- cut shapes to make more modern blocks. The first photos show how Sonia's example was just to switch the fabrics from traditional to modern solids.
Blocks can be made modern by changing the fabrics, the scale, cropping the blocks just to name a few ways.
Here are some photos of what our members did by taking a traditional block and then using magazines- cut shapes to make more modern blocks. The first photos show how Sonia's example was just to switch the fabrics from traditional to modern solids.
One of our members Brenda, made the paper block and then took the lesson one step further and made a mini quilt at home! This is the great thing about our guild, we learn skills and ideas at each meeting, and you can go home and then practice what you learned and make a quilt!
Thanks Sonia and Pat for excellent presentations!
Next month in June, please bring a bunch of solid fabric scraps, a glue stick, scissors and some paper to glue to for the lesson on Colour Theory. As well as bring a few larger fabric scraps that all coordinate with each other, and 3-5 larger pieces of neutral fabrics for the Improv lesson.
Here is Jan's Riley Blake Creative Rockstar David Bowie inspired quilt.
Next month in June, please bring a bunch of solid fabric scraps, a glue stick, scissors and some paper to glue to for the lesson on Colour Theory. As well as bring a few larger fabric scraps that all coordinate with each other, and 3-5 larger pieces of neutral fabrics for the Improv lesson.
Here is Jan's Riley Blake Creative Rockstar David Bowie inspired quilt.
And Linda's Bridge Over Troubled Waters Riley Blake challenge entry.
See everyone in June!
