Calgary Mini Mod Swap to support Handmade Collective Awards

Want to feel connected with other quilters and guild mates?

Want to send some brightness and joy? 

Want to support a fantastic initiative?

Basic guidelines:

• Pick your palette and background and sign up by April 25th.
• Receive your swap partners, Foundation Paper Pieced block patterns, and more guidelines by April 29th
• Use Solid fabrics (no grunge, batik, tone on tone, etc)  to make 30 - 2"x2" blocks (unfinished size)
• Keep 6 blocks for yourself and mail your 4 swap partners their 6 blocks - include a nice card or note for your swap partners when you send their blocks  - by May 25th.
• Once you receive your blocks make a small project with them and have that ready for Show and Share at our July meeting. (Pincushions, pouches, thread catchers, mug rugs are all good project ideas.)
• Donate a few dollars to the Handmade Collective Awards (Suggested $3-5. Over $10 and you will receive a tax receipt)
• Note...several of us are signing up 2 or even 3 times!  If you want rainbow, or just more blocks for a bigger project, that's the way to go!

We'll use the hashtags 

#YYCminimod 

#minimodswap

Sign-up link - Calgary MQG Members Only

https://forms.gle/HmDjo5S4sYXHu2tFA

Choose:

Sign up and choose your colour palette.

Donate to the Handmade Collective Awards.   A big thank you to Berene for making this all possible.

Register NOW! April & May Classes

 Registration link for the classes:  https://forms.gle/rsKUGirReNCfxz7F9

April Lecture (April 15th Meeting) - Discovering Glow with Laura Loewen

Tap into Laura's mind about how she pulls fabrics for a quilt project and how she looks at color, value, tone, and texture in order to create quilts that glow. Get to know her and the crazy way her mind works when designing a show quilt, why her fabric philosophy is more, and where she looks to find inspiration. View her virtual trunk show, come with questions for a Q&A discussion, and learn more about her love of quilting.

Following our lecture with Laura, we have a Suprise Guest stopping in with a special announcement!

May 15th Class - $35 cost-  Finding your Flow in FMQ with Christina Cameli

Unlocking the elusive "flow" state in your free-motion quilting brings you calm and confidence. We will start by learning techniques for improvisational organic designs and getting comfortable with them through drawing. Then you will move to your machine, stitching the designs you've become most comfortable with. Some free-motion quilting experience is required.

May Lecture (May 20th Meeting)  Who Gives a Flying FQ About Accuracy with Krista Hennebury

In this live Powerpoint slide show, Krista presents an updated version of her webinar originally produced for the Modern Quilt Guild. In it, she discusses the why and how of cutting, piecing, and pressing accuracy, then follows up with the “but when is it really important?” part. This presentation is chock full of information, myth-busting tips, many detailed photos, notion recommendations, and piecing tricks. We may even get into the side vs open pressing debate!

May 29th Class $35 cost - Speed Date with Improv with Krista Hennebury

Think of this class as speed dating with improvisational piecing techniques that include curves and free-cutting. It will be fast-paced and a lot of fun: several techniques are introduced and demonstrated one after the other with very little time to second guess, stress, or obsess over perfection. Every student will end up with a unique, original improv sampler quilt! The focus here is to explore line, shape, and happenstance in abstract design, so keep things simply graphic by using solid-coloured fabrics in black, white, and one pop of colour. In the afternoon, Krista will share design wall tips to jigsaw the improv elements together, seeking balance and creative design opportunities. Some pre-cutting is required. This Zoom class combines pre-recorded technique videos with live instruction/support from Krista throughout the class.

Quilt Size: without borders, approximately 20" x 20". Fabric required: 1/2 yard black, 1/2 yard white, FQ colour (all solids or reads-as-solids).

Class time: 6.5 hours with 30-minute offline break.

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“Behind the Seams” with Peter Byrne - December 11.

We’re welcoming Peter Byrne at our December meeting - remember that it’s a week earlier than normal on December 10th. Zoom links will be sent to paid members via email.

Hello quilters, my name is Peter Byrne. I am an international award-winning, published modern quilter and teacher with a deep passion for innovation and design. My strength is maintaining a fresh approach to quilting, with original designs and technical mastery.  

 

My goal is innovation, my passion is creativity and I am thrilled to have opportunities to share new techniques within the quilting community. While attending QuiltCon 2020, my quilt titled ‘Starring You’ won Best in Show and my quilt titled ‘Cityscape” won Best Machine Quilting Frameless.  

 

After 30 years working as a stylist and salon owner, I retired and then had the time to explore new creative outlets. I started making quilts in 2009 and to further my quilting experience, in 2017 I joined the Toronto Modern Quilting Guild and when I walked into that first guild meeting, I had never quilted a quilt.  

 

It was at this time, I became a full-time student of the craft and 2 years later, I designed and made Starring You. I’m very excited to share my quilts, dreams, and ambitions with you and look forward to meeting you at my Trunk Show! 

 

Sincerely, Peter Byrne. 

 

Here are all the places you can find me!  

 

Email: petersquilts@gmail.com   

Instagram @petersquilts & @hoverquilting.  

You can find me on Facebook under Peter Byrne 

I invite you to check out my website at www.peterbquilts.com 

December 2020 Post Card Swap

Our December meeting is usually a bit more social, and it's become tradition to host a swap.  Since we are not meeting in person, we wanted to come up with a small item, that was easy to pop in the mail. We think these postcards fit the bill!

Sarah Ruiz has a great blog post on the subject, and you will find all you need to know about sewing postcards there. 

Members Signup link 

• Sign up to make and receive 1-3 postcards. 
• Choose a theme. Christmas or Anything Goes. 
• Registration closes Oct 31
• Take a photo before mailing so we have it for sharing at the meeting.
• Put in mail by Nov 30

August Zoom Lecture - Teresa Duryea Wong - Third Floor Quilts

 

We're excited to announce Teresa Duryea Wong of Third Floor Quilts will be joining us for our August 20th meeting.  Teresa began her career as a journalist, and now uses her writing and communication skills to share her quilt knowledge.  From this month's talk, you'll walk away with memorable concepts for how to create stunning minimalism in quilts. The art of Frank Stella, Sol Lewit and Agnes Martin, plus architects Maya Lin and Japan's Tadao Ando, will inspire and inform the discussion on how to transfer their best concepts into both quilt design and the quilted line. Two quilters who exude the discipline and focus required to achieve true minimalism will be featured. One with an Eastern aesthetic, Yoshiko Jinzenji, and one with Western roots, Carson Converse. Teresa will explain how each of these artists and architects employ the act of reduction, with color, scale, shape, and line to achieve sublime minimalism.

This lecture is presented in conjunction with the Victoria MQG and Vancouver MQG.  Guild members will receive a Zoom link at no charge; Guest tickets available at http://www.mqgvictoria.com/2020/08/zoom-lecture-teresa-duryea-wong-modern.html