October Meeting: Make A Statement Challenge Quilts and Tips, Tools and Tricks

The October meeting marked our final official LMQG meeting for 2016. The slate of officers for 2017 was presented and approved as follows:

President: Sheila Green

Vice President: Linda Crump and Mary Dittenber

Secretary: Kristie Jarchow 

Treasurer: Liz Thanel

Communications/Social Media: Jennifer Van Dyke

Dues for 2017 are now being accepted, please fill out this Renewal Form and include it with the yearly dues of $35. Dues can be mailed to Sheila Green or turned in at the November Sew Day and the Holiday Party. 

July-October 2016 Challenge: Make A Statement

Our latest challenge was to create a modern quilt containing text or characters of some kind (letters, phrases, foreign or domestic...use your imagination!)

The members who participated in the Make A Statement challenge shared their quilt creations and the inspiration behind them with the group. Linda had us smiling and singing along to "This Little Light of Mine," Kristie had us tearing up with remembrances of her mother and Kristina had us all giggling with her "Jack the (seam) Ripper" quilt! A powerful presentation from 14 of our talented members!
Here are the Make A Statement participants.

L-R: Linda Crump, Julie Karjala, Peg Pennell, Sara McCracken

L-R: Vickie Bedell, Phyllis Higley, Colleen James, Sheila Green.

L-R: Kristina Morrow, Sarah Maseth, Brooke James

L-R: Marsha Conley, Kristie Jarchow, Jennifer Van Dyke

Tips, Tools and Tricks: 

Linda started the round of tips and tricks and kept us going with her "Easy Button!" Lots of useful ideas to make sewing and quilting easier!

Show and Tell

L-R: Sara McCracken, Marsha Conley, Maggie Copple

L-R: Liz Thanel, Kristie Jarchow, Phyllis Higley, Tanna Kinnaman

Deanna Larson, Julie Karjala, Sandy Wassenmiller, Pat Kant

 Upcoming Events

• November Sew Day
  Saturday, November 12th from 10:30am-3:30pm
  Location: International Quilt Study Center and Museum 

       Bring your holiday gift ideas for show and tell. We will be having a sew along for those interested in making the Sew Together Bag, Bionic Gear Bag or a Wine Bottle Holder Bag. You will need to purchase the pattern and supplies ahead of time.

Sew Together Bag

Bionic Gear Bag

For the Wine Bottle Holder you will need:

18" ribbon for tie

12" x 19" fabric for body

3" x 12" fabric for the strap 

• Holiday Party 

          December 4th, 2016
          3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
          NSEA Building
          605 S 14th Street
          Lincoln, NE

Join us for the Holiday Party! If you didn't sign up at the meeting, let us know you are coming by emailing us at info.lincolnmqg@gmail.com so we have an idea of how many people are attending. We are asking members to bring finger foods and treats to share, punch and tea will be provided. 
We are also asking that everyone bring a fat quarter from your stash for a couple games. Should be lots of fun, hope to see you all there!
 

October Meeting Reminder

October Program: 

• Elections for 2017
• Make A Statement Challenge quilts due. Please share your inspiration for your creations with the group. A photo will be taken of each challenge quilt after you present.
• Bring your sewing Tips Tools and Tricks to share with the group
• Show & Tell
• Early membership renewal begins. Download the renewal form HERE Dues can be mailed to Sheila Green or we will also be accepting dues at the November Sew Day and the Holiday Party.    

  

Looking Ahead to November

• November Sew Day
  Saturday, November 12th from 10:30am-3:30pm
  Location: International Quilt Study Center and Museum 

       Bring your holiday gift ideas for show and tell. We will be having a sew along for those interested in making the Sew Together Bag, Bionic Gear Bag or a Wine Bottle Holder Bag. You will have to purchase the pattern and supplies ahead of time.

Sew Together Bag

Bionic Gear Bag

For the Wine Bottle Holder you will need:

18" ribbon for tie

12" x 19" fabric for body

3" x 12" fabric for the strap 

• Holiday Party 

          December 4th, 2016
          3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
          NSEA Building
          605 S 14th Street
          Lincoln, NE

September Meeting Highlights

September Meeting Program: "BACK to Basics"
with Kristina Morrow, Janeese Olsson, Sheila Green, Pat Kant and June Pederson.

Our talented members showed us how to make the backs of our quilts look as great as the fronts.

Janeese showed us different ways to baste a quilt, including thread and pin basting, fusible web tape and spray basting.

Kristina made several samples of different binding methods, such as magic binding, facing, pillow casing and how to use the quilt back as binding.

Sheila covered a couple different ways to make a quilt sleeve, as well as shared some different hanging rods. 

Pat's thoughtful quilt labels inspired us to up our quilt label game! 

Thank you for an informative meeting ladies, we learned a lot! 

 

Here are some links to the information shared at the meeting. Click on the Meeting Minutes tab above for more detailed meeting information. 

 Spray Basting Technique   

Binding Techniques

IQSCM Quilt Sleeve and Basic Quilt Sleeve   

Quilt Labels

Show and Tell

 

Upcoming events 

October Meeting 

 Tuesday, October 25th, 2016 at 5:30pm

• Bring your sewing Tips Tools and Tricks to share with the group
• Make A Statement Challenge quilts due
• Elections for 2017
• Early membership renewal begins. Download the renewal form HERE 

November Sew Day
Saturday, November 12th from 10:30am-3:30pm

IQSCM

• We will be sharing holiday gift ideas and those interested may be making the Sew Together Bag.

Holiday Party

December 4th, 2016 from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm 

Location: 

NSEA

605 S 14th St

Lincoln, NE 68508