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Our next meeting is this Saturday, June 8th

6/2/2019

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Have you ever wanted to try foundation paper piecing?
Have you tried it and no matter what you always get the piece upside down and backwards?
Want to brush up on your foundation paper piecing skills?
Well this is the meeting for you!
Come join us Saturday June 8th at 12 noon as Linda and Brenda explain this precise technique.
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Guests welcome, hope to see everyone there!
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Map Class with Andrea Tsang- Jackson from 3rd Story Workshop

5/29/2019

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The night before Andrea gave a very informative trunk show (see previous post)

The next day our members jumped right in making maps of SW Ontario.  Andrea started with explaining her map technique and the steps to make a map, as well as the supplies needed. 
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The first step was to cut out the land sections. 
And then fusing the land to the water background.
Once your land was in place- making careful attention to include all the tiny islands, the green park areas were fused.  One of our members lives near the Pinery Provincial Park- can you see that in one of the photos?
Then the next step is the topographical quilting.  The students had the option to quilt the highways they wanted as well as the option to include certain personal landmarks to make their maps more interesting.

Here Andrea explained how to quilt around shapes and along the land edges and water shores.  Then how to quilt the different "depths" of the water keeping close attention to how the water flowed from lake to lake. 
Here are the almost finished maps from the class, we hope to see a few finished map quilts at the June Show and Share!
Andrea also showed us how to finish our quilts as well as framing the map. 
And there was time at the end of the workshop to discuss how the students could use this new technique to make other maps of locations of their choice. 
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We had an amazing couple of days with Andrea and highly recommend if you get the chance, take her map workshop!
​Thanks so much Andrea!
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Andrea Tsang Jackson Trunk Show

5/15/2019

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Friday night we had a great trunk show and talk from Andrea in front of a packed house at Boyle Community Center.  Wonderful stories about her quilts - very inspiring! 
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Friday Trunk Show

5/7/2019

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This Friday at 7PM we have Andra Tsang-Jackson's trunk show. There are still 12 tickets, so if you wished to join us, you can buy them at the door- cost $15. 
The trunk show is at the Boyle Community Centre and the doors open at 6:30.  Parking is in the lot or on the street. 
Hope to see you there. 
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Meeting Highlights from April 13, 2019

4/14/2019

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Our Guild had another wonderful meeting yesterday. Our members browsed our new books and many went to our members' homes for a visit!
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You may borrow books from our library and return them the following month.
Once again we were impressed with the range of talent displayed in the piecing and quilting of our members' quilts.

And Jan's Lesson on Quilting in Negative Space was superb!
This Friday is the deadline for Quilt Submissions for our Fall Show and
our Challenge Quilts are due in June--remember to send in your signup sheet!

May's meeting is replaced by the Andrea Tsang-Jackson Workshop.  This means that your library books will be due in June. 

We are entering Quilt Show season! Check out the many upcoming events on our blog!

See you at our next meeting on June 8. And until then...Happy Quilting!!!

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April Meeting Supply List- Negative Space Lesson

4/5/2019

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Have you wanted to learn more about Negative Space?
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Join Jan as she explains Negative Space and guides us through a lesson for machine quilting in that Negative Space. 


HERE ARE THE SUPPLIES YOU NEED TO BRING TO THE APRIL MEETING:
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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Upcoming Map Workshop and Trunk Show- Andrea Tsang- Jackson from Halifax

4/2/2019

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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  

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

3/11/2019

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We had a great turn-out this week - ~40 members!

Update on Guild business as well as Quiltcon from Kristyn and MQG update from Linda.
Trunk Show - Tickets still available for Andrea Tsang (May 10th) and Libs Elliot (Nov 8th). Purchase at meeting or on-line.
Next week - National Quilt Day (March 16th) will be an open Sew in Day in the small meeting room at Boyle CC.  (Full Capacity)
LMQG Retreat (Mar 22-24)  - Elmhurst Inn 

LMQG Quilt Show (Sept 7-8, 2019)
Northcott Challenge quilts are due at June meeting
Volunteers are needed for the show.
Registration forms to submit quilts for the show have been emailed out - submissions by July.

Upcoming Quilt Shows 
Thames Valley Quilt Show (Quilting in the Village) - May 3-4 
2019-quilt-show.html
Oxford Quilters Guild (Pieces of Magic) - May 9-11  pieces-of-magic-quilt-show.html
Ailsa Craig Quilt and Fibre Arts Show (Quilts of Iceland) - May 21-26 ailsa-craig-quilt-fibre-arts-festival-presents-quilts-iceland-land-ice-lights
North Lambton Quilters Guild Show - June 27-29 
St Jacobs Quilt and Fibre Art Festival - May 21-25 
Quilt & Fibre Art Festival 2019 BROCHURE Low-Res.pdf
Quilt Canada (Quilting goes Viral) - June 12-15  quilt-canada-2019

Tutorial Lesson (Kristyn)
Lots of great information on modernizing traditional quilt blocks.  

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Show and Tell
So inspiring to see the beautiful quilts made by our members!

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Join the LMQG on Saturday to learn about Modern Traditionalism

3/4/2019

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Doors open at Noon at the Boyle Community Centre and the meeting begins at 12:30.
Check in, help set up, browse the library and chat with your fellow quilters. Noon-12:30.


Agenda:

Guild Business:  Kristyn
Executive positions open:  President, Vice-President and Meeting Chair.  Consider supporting the Guild by sharing a role with another member.  A great way to learn and to share the workload.

National Quilting Day Sew-In, March 16, 9-5 at Boyle. 
Guild Retreat.  March 22,24. Elm Hurst Inn.

MQG update.  Linda M.
Show and Share.

Program: Modern Traditionalism.

Following the program, please stay and sew until 5:00 p.m.


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Meeting Highlights from Saturday, February 9, 2019

2/12/2019

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What a crowd we had on Saturday!
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Our members have been busy quilting and brought so many quilts to show--even some for our quilting challenge!
Aren't these quilts amazing? We certainly are a very talented group!

Kristyn led the Education Session and taught us all about Resizing Blocks and Alternate Grid Layout.  She came with a plethora of quilted pieces to illustrate her points. A great lesson.
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A wonderful meeting!  Hope to see you next month!
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