March Meeting - Recap

  
 
Art Elements in Modern Quilts - Form with Chris Taylor

As an Element of Art, form connotes something that is three-dimensional and encloses volume, having length, width, and height, versus shape, which is two-dimensional, or flat. A form is a shape in three dimensions, and, like shapes, can be geometric or organic.

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TOM - Technique of the Month

Learn a new modern technique each month. Make a block in the Pantone color of the year, Living Coral with a cream and turn in to be put into a charity quilt at the end of the year. Use only solids or tone on tones in the 2 colors only. No multiple color prints please. You may go towards orange or pink on the color wheel, but stay true to the hue as much as you can.

This months blocks can be viewed on the TOM tab at the top of the page.

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Show and Tell:

We had a special visitor at the meeting this month and she even brought a piece for show and tell. Sarah Atlee, from the Oklahoma MQG.

Colleen 

Kris

Vicky

Modern takes on a Quilt of Valor

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Raffle Winners:

Prize #1- Liz

Prize#2 - Meylonie

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Quilt Con Recap: Sheila showed us the current trends and new tools and techniques shown at the convention.


Sheila brought many goodies to share with the membership

She talked about the various winners ( can be seen here ) in the various categories. Aqua seemed to be a favorite color this year as well as unique color combinations like pink and red, more browns as well as oranges and golds. Transparency seems to be making a strong presence as well as the use of creams and off whites and greys as background colors in place of pure whites.

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IQSCM has asked if the LMQG would make more pincushions for their fundraiser. These can be done on your own or at a sew day. Patterns can be found on the resource page HERE. 

It was also suggested that we could make Mug Organizers as we have several mugs leftover from Tom Meyers generous donation. Pattern can be found HERE or on the Resource page

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A special Challenge/Project was presented. In the museum is a large image of Ardis James first quilt called "Big Blue". The challenge is to randomly pick a block ( from a bag ) and recreate that block in a modern way. The finished piece must be exactly 24" x 24" and will be presented to the museum as a possible gallery show. More information can be found on the Big Blue tab at the top of the page.

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Upcoming Events: 

Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival - June 13 - 15, 2019. Road trip to Overland Park Kansas to attend the show, take classes, shop and attend seminars. Please contact Sheila Green for more information on the festival and room reservations. Check at the Quilt Festival website for class and seminar reservations and other festival information. You must be an LMQG member in good standing so get those dues in.

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For information on current challenges see our Challenge Page.

For more information on local quilt projects see our Community page.

Visit our Resource Page