{"id":8357,"date":"2011-04-06T07:23:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T14:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=8357"},"modified":"2016-05-23T12:36:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T19:36:37","slug":"bamqg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/bamqg\/","title":{"rendered":"BAMQG"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Joel<\/a>
Joel Dewberry Modern Meadow Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild met on Saturday and I had a great time. That is just a fun group. One of the things we did was show off all of the blocks we made for the Joel Dewberry Modern Meadow block swap. these are the final blocks I ended up making. I thought I made a lot, but almost everyone made at least four and several people made 6-8! There were a total of 42 blocks, so the leadership did two drawings for blocks, which meant two winners. I didn’t win, but that was ok. I have plenty of projects to work on.<\/p>\n

\"Be<\/a>
Be Square Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The challenge was to make blocks using squares. I described some of my process in other posts. Nobody else really talked about struggling against the desire to use triangles or other shapes.<\/p>\n

I thought the blocks made a relatively cohesive group. there were a number of off center log cabins (which I think might be called quarter square log cabins). There were a few prints that were conducive to fussy cutting, and people took advantage of those prints to highlight certain motifs. People described their process and I really enjoyed hearing how people worked through the constraints of the challenge.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a>
Photo by Adrianne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robert Kaufman<\/a> donated charm packs to our group. We received 5″ charm squares of the Kona Solids in the Bright Palette. The challenge is to make a quilt top or something (I asked about a bag and was enthusiastically told that that would be ok) by the June meeting. My immediate thought was to make the quilt<\/a> I saw at the Manteca show. I could easily make a Chubby Charmer, but my mind is working through the math on the Fun with Scraps quilt. I wouldn’t do the border, just the center. I like the way the hourglass block adds to the postage stamp block. I wonder how many Postage stamp blocks I could make with the charm pack?<\/p>\n

We also got a group gift together for Ruth who started the guild. I made her a Jane Market tote, which I forgot to photograph. \ud83d\ude41 and people brought treats to put in it (thread, FQs, etc). It is a nice way to thank someone.<\/p>\n

Kathleen did a demo on how to make the Oh Fransson! Crazy 9patch blocks<\/a>. She is doing a swap via Flickr of these blocks, so she used the opportunity of making extra blocks to show everyone how to do the technique. Kathleen is a very good teacher.<\/p>\n

Julie opened her shop<\/a>, which was exciting!<\/p>\n

\"Fabricworm<\/a>
Fabricworm Custom Bundle Starling Cherry\/Aqua\/Black 12 Total<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I did, mostly, socializing, but cut a few patches for a quilt I want to make from a group of fabric I bought from the Fabricworm<\/a>. The pack I am using is a Fabricworm Custom Bundle and is called Starling Cherry\/Aqua\/Black.<\/p>\n

It was a fun meeting. I left wanting more and feeling good about spending time away from the sewing machine at a meeting.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Adrianne<\/a> for letting use the Kona charm pack photo and the group photo of the Be Square block challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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