{"id":17987,"date":"2013-04-21T06:31:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T13:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=17987"},"modified":"2016-08-23T17:58:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T00:58:28","slug":"bamqg-meeting-notes-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/bamqg-meeting-notes-april\/","title":{"rendered":"BAMQG Meeting Notes – April"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know it has been a week or so since the meeting, but I have had a couple of crazy weeks. At this moment, I am enjoying the benefits of a laptop by getting this post done while out of town.<\/p>\n

We were back at our old location this time, which was a relief. I enjoyed the location of the last meeting<\/a>. I thought it was a beautiful space, but felt like I was coming home this time. Everyone else was more relaxed and happy at this meeting, as well, for some reason. Or so it seemed.<\/p>\n

BAMQG Banner<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bay<\/a>
Bay Area Modern Banner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last summer, the Modern Quilt Guild had a block challenge where they were making blocks for charity and for a banner that would be displayed at various events (I guess. Frankly, I don’t remember the details, but I wrote<\/a> about it). At the same time the BAMQG leadership asked for blocks in the guild’s colors. Kelly has been working diligently on the banner and she revealed what she had so far. She has a bit more quilting to go, but the idea is to display it at the SCVQA show, which is this coming weekend.<\/p>\n

Show & Tell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everything that was shown was great. There wasn’t a lot, though. I showed the A-B-C Challenge<\/a>. Jennifer has already posted the photos, so here is a slideshow from Flickr:
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Color Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Color<\/a>
Color Group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the funnest parts of the meeting was the color group meeting. My group had Patti, Kelly, Suzi, Chris<\/a> and Jennifer. This time Joan and Kathleen joined us, so our group is quite large and also enthusiastic.<\/p>\n

\"Color<\/a>
Color Group colors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the last meeting, we met with our group and selected a group of colors from items that people brought. Our colors (see right) are purple, pink and chartreuse. This time we were to bring fabric scraps in these colors (I forgot) and decide what project we wanted to do. Others forgot, too, so we decided we would each make 2-8″ finished blocks from our own fabrics and bring them to the next meeting. One of the members, Jennifer, brought a large piece of a green wheel print and we will all use a piece of that in each of our blocks to help with continuity.We will create a charity quilt out of the resulting blocks.<\/p>\n

\"Color<\/a>
Color Group Fabric<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I suppose the blocks have to be ‘modern’. Since I am in the groove of Sawtooth Stars, I may just make some Sawtooth Stars while work on the Star Sampler<\/a>. I don’t know yet. The fabric is really stiff and I need to wash it before I do anything with it. I don’t think I have any of the fabric in my own fabric closet.<\/p>\n

Another group is doing a round robin. Another group is making zipper pouches to exchange. It is an interesting exercise.<\/p>\n

Destash Party<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Destash<\/a>
Destash Party<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Destash<\/a>
Destash Party<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Destash<\/a>
Destash Party<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Destash<\/a>
Destash Party<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I didn’t bring anything to get rid of, but there was no shortage of stuff. I helped get everything out of bags and sort of organized before the contributors were let loose. “Organized” is a lot more generous a term than what we really did. We emptied the bags by dumping them on a big table in a giant mound. I couldn’t really believe how much stuff there was.<\/p>\n

I was all for organizing things neatly, but was soundly vetoed. We did put all the patterns together, all the notions together, etc.<\/p>\n

They made short work of most of the good stuff and the rest went to charity.<\/p>\n

Someone brought 3 spools of Aurifil thread. I was tempted to slip one into my pocket before the frenzy started, but restrained myself.<\/p>\n

There were patterns and tons and tons of fabric.\u00a0 Cynthia brought a box she had packed a year ago to send to a friend’s daughter in Japan. The cost turned out to be prohibitive, so she just had the box sitting on a shelf. She brought it sealed and everything. Jennifer A took a chance and got the premium fabric, charm packs and fat quarter bundles. I looked through it and it was\u00a0 a great haul.<\/p>\n

San Mateo County Fair<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhonda brought the applications for the fair for our group entry for the A-B-C Challenge. She was very organized, which was great. I helped her while she was a destashing\/restashing by hunting down some of the members and getting their entry fee. I have to get my other entries in as well. I also have to finish the sleeve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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