Co-President Elisa Salas opened up the meeting

 

Program: Improvisational Quilting (Improv)

Kris Jarchow helped us understand the ever-evolving notion of improv.

She defined four different approaches to improv aka. "making it your own":

1. Purchased patterns or designs

    -change up fabrics, colors, change layout or size, maybe secondary patterns, change size of design, make only one block and so on.

2. No Plan: Create shapes and odd sized pieces, strips etc…

    -work out sections and build the piece up with no particular outcome

     (Sherri Lynn Wood’s flexible patterning - “Yes, and”- philosophy)

3. With intent

    -design blocks, shapes etc with a plan for placement, size or finish for the most part

4.  Inspired by something in nature, photograph or emotion

     -work to recreate it or small portion of it (leaning towards art quilts) and can fall into any of the above.

 
and have fun!

 

 Some of the quilts by Kris and friends demonstrating different improv techniques.

 

Show and Tell

Albie Osborn - collage hearts

 

Rhonda Eddy - upscaled patch mug rug, bag recycled from twill pants

Deanna Faimon - collage hearts

Tom Meyer - ruler work wall hanging

Deborah Ebke - gnome wall hanging

Nancy Goff - arrow wall hanging

MaggieRose Copple - elephant quilt, borders quilt (LQG workshop quilt)

Sheila Green - collage hearts, QuiltCon swap wall hanging

Elisa Salas - bag, improv driftwood wallhanging

Kate Honeyman - shirt

Quilts on the beach mailed in from paradise by Lora Yardley

 

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Upcoming Events

March 11: Sew Day

March 18: National Quilting Day

March 28: LMQG meeting, Michael James career highlights presentation

 

 

Meeting February 2023

Program: Improv Play 

with Kris Jarchow 

 

 

Also on the Agenda:

• Quiltcon 2023 Recap with Sheila Green
  

• Raffle Prizes!  
• Show and Tell!

January 2023 Meeting Recap

 

Deanna Faimon Trunk Show

 Deanna told us about her quilting journey, starting with traditional quilts.

Deanna's first collage quilts.

Adding embellishments and texture

Spheres workshop collage

The little ballerina series

Recent work

 

Members Show and Tell

Bonnie resuscitated more W.O.M.B.A.T.s with embellishments.

 

 

Deb made a tree and a red & white quilt

Vicky made a quilted jacket and a Wizard of Oz T-shirt quilt

 

 

Kate made a reversible quilted pullover.

 

 

Albie made a boho heart sampler.

 

 

Tom made a quilt with shaded crumb blocks.

 

 

Sheila made another gorgeous quilted jacket and her Quilt-con mini-swap quilt.

Kris used every shade of pink in her stash for her challenge quilt.

 

 

Nancy made cubes from bright stripes and swirls inspired by colors in her garden.

Tammy finished her Oneto challenge quilt, free-form log cabins from hand-dyed strips, a hand-quilted whole cloth quilt, and a cyano-type wall hanging.  Phew!