Wednesday, August 26, 2015

HST's Everywhere!

We are more than halfway through our Half Square Triangle Quilt Along! Here is this months progress updates.  Many of our guild members are making good progress.


Chelsea's got 20 done.


Patty's got 12 done. 


Susie showed off her tiniest editions to her quilt. 

If you also want to join along all the information is under the tab "Quilt Along" 

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Wow! Look What We Got....


Michael Miller donated 30 yards of Cotton Couture fabric to the guild. The charity committee has been playing around with ideas for a quilt to be donated to the Bridges Organization. Hmm what to make.....


Tuesday, August 18, 2015

MQG Charity Challenge {A Work in Progress}


*After purchasing the Michael Miller solids, they decided to add some coordinating prints. We chose grays, aquas, and oranges to compliment the Fog, Aqua, and Mango, while leaving the whites for background and red as an accent color. 


*Coming up with a game plan for a large group of people proved to be a little challenging, especially when we didn't know what the finished product was going to be. Marie and Susie decided to give everyone a 6" blocks and scraps of coordinating fabric to use the "stitch and flip triangle technique". They made 15 packets to hand out to members of their guild. 


*They also decide to hand out packages for members to make fabric with scraps. Here is a sample for of what they were looking for. They decided that red would be the accent fabric so only a few of the packets contained red. 


*At the July meeting, Susie and Marie demonstrated to the guild what they were looking for. All of the packets were handed out and will be returned at the Aug. meeting. One can only imagine what they will do with these blocks......

Friday, August 14, 2015

August Show N Tell


Michelle - finished a table runner that was started at retreat


René brought her mom "Winn" for show n tell


Nancy did a little "Project Runway" with her new handmade outfit


She also created this Amy Ellis quilt


and did her own quilting


Sandi - created this foot pedal rug


Carolyn - made this modern chevron bag


Ellen made this "Take Off Tote" with a few modifications


Janice - made this for a Charity 


Linda won these blocks and put them together for a charity quilt


She also made this Bionic Gear Bag


Patty made a disappearing nine patch quilt


Maries Riley Blake Challenge quilt
"Summer Sherbet"


Chelsea's front and back Star quilt





Linda also made this "Paddle wheel quilt"


Betsy made this beautiful modern star quilt


Betsy's Patch Work City- Awesome colors....


Marie demonstrated the BOM- Look to the BOM for tutorials







The Beginnings: MQG Charity Challenge


MQG Charity Challenge

In May, the NHMQG decided to participate in the Charity Challenge. Marie and Susie decided they would try to organize this quilt. They did some brainstorming and came up with several ideas. 


*First on the list was keeping a journal with notes and dates


*Purchasing and starching the fabrics was next


* Taking a picture in black in white helped to determine lights and darks. 


*Now what to do? The best part of modern quilting is the unknown. Until next time.....



Friday, August 7, 2015

August Meeting

Reminder - August 11th NHMQG meeting, Twill, 7:00.
** This is the last meeting at Twill **

We have a bunch of fun things planned tonight.

Raffle for the night:
Book: 

Fabric: Select fat quarter prints from Amy Butler's Bright Heart

**Remember to bring your BOM, HST, Sew alongs, and any show and tell you wish to share!


NHMQG now has an instagram account- make sure to check us out and #NHMQG in your posts!

Can't wait to see what everyone has been sewing this summer!!!!

Where did July go?

Marie gave us the new BOM



Susie and Marie demonstrated improv blocks  and making fabric
to use for the Quilt Con Charity Quilt



And July's show n' tell was just fabulous.......


Janice made this beautiful lap size quilt


Nancy made a "sew together" bag by "Sewdemented"


She also made this large lap quilt


Alexandra was given this quilt by friend, she was asking for advice on how 
to repair it. Thanks for sharing this treasure.


Debbie made 2 "sew together bags"!


Denise's challenge




Her beautiful Hexi quilt



She made a cute little mug rug using May's hexi tutorial


René hand pieced and hand sewed this hexi quilt


Chelsea made this "Sea Star Pattern" quilt - Just love the ocean colors


She also made this quilt for the "Quilted Living Summer Blog Tour"


Michelle created this cute basket as a gift for Chelsea



Michelle also designed this christmas pattern for Moda



Marie's quilt from a round robin


Her Riley Blake challenge quilt


Susie's duffle bag


A tree skirt for a wedding


and she also made these two wall hangings


We had two people work on the "Patchwork City" sew along


Carolyn's Patchwork City Blocks


Trish's Patchwork City Blocks