Call for Entries!

Call for Entries
 

The QuiltCon quilt show will feature more than $10,000 in cash prizes. Quilt show entries open August 1 and are open to international entries. 

 

QuiltCon will have new quilt show categories created with modern quilters in mind. A complete definition of categories is available on our categories page in addition to a blog post showing examples. You can preview the categories definitions, rules, fees and online entry formhere. 

 

Major awards include:

• Best-in-Show, $5000 prize, sponsored by American Quilter’s Society

• People’s Choice, $1000 prize, sponsored by Andover Fabrics

• Coats & Clark Quilting Excellence award, $1000 prize, sponsored by Coats & Clark

• Best Machine Quilting, $1000 prize, sponsored by Quilting Arts and Stitch

 

Two challenge categories, each with a $1000 cash prize, will be part of QuiltCon:

• Modern in Miniature Quilting Challenge sponsored by Modern Quilts Unlimited 

• Maasai Mara Fabric Challenge sponsored by Dear Stella

 

First place category awards are $500. To view a complete list of the prizes, please click here.

July Meeting- Fabric Selection

Our next meeting is July 19th at the West Des Moines Public Library.  I will be talking about fabric selection. I'll be discussing color theory and how to put together a fabric stack for a quilt.  I'll also be talking about stash building since it is the goal of many of us to be able to sew from our stashes.

 I'd like to invite everyone, who wishes, to bring a piece of fabric that they love, but don't know how to use.  We'll see if we can't come up with some ideas to help out.

Eva Marie

QUILTCON & Our July Meeting

This week, the team over at The Modern Quilt Guild released the much anticipated Lecture/Workshop schedule for QuiltCon (February 2013).  If you don't know what QuiltCon is, head on over to their page.  If you want to check out the Lecture/Workshop schedule yourself, here it is.

Registration for the conference opens August 30th.  At our meeting next week, we will talk more about QuiltCon, etc., and reveal our QUILTCON Challenge Blocks!




Thursday July 19
6:30 PM (social time), 6:50 PM (meeting begins)
WEST DES MOINES Public Library 

May Sewing Night

Last Thursday, we met at the Urbandale Library for a sewing night, which was in place of our regular meeting.

Eight of us showed up and worked on random projects. We chatted away and had a great time!

Here are a few of the projects that people brought in for show and tell.  Be sure to check out the Flickr site to see more!

Emily's quilt that she's hand quilting

Janora's adorable farm animal quilt

Meghan's baby quilt that she made to match her full size quilt

May Get-Together is Thursday, May 17th

Tomorrow evening, May 17th, we will have an informal get-together, a Sewing Night, at the Urbandale Public Library, Meeting Room A, from 6-9 pm.

Join us to finish hand-sewing that binding down, work on embroidery, cut out a new quilt, or bring a machine and get some piecing done while getting to know your fellow members better!  And bring something to share for Show-and-Tell!

Mark your calendars--Our next meeting is June 21st, again at the Urbandale Library.
Janet Pittman will be presenting "Machine Applique, the Basics and Beyond" and Sherry Von Fummetti is going to provide us with some tips for working with monofilament thread.


**Don't forget: Our QuiltCon Challenge blocks are due at the JULY meeting... could be a good thing to work on at tomorrow's sewing night...

Modern Quilt Guild Newsletter

Are you subscribing to the Modern Quilt Guild's Newsletter?  Get updates on QuiltCon, challenges, etc.  To subscribe, follow this link:

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Free Motion Quilting Program--Thanks, Linda!

Since we started our guild chapter last May, the number one requested program topic has been free-motion quilting (FMQ).  Well, last night was the night!

Linda Hungerford, our Programs/Education Co-Chair, started FMQing in 1990; and since then, has tried many methods, tricks, tools and techniques, finding out just what works and what doesn't work so well.  She brought along two quilts that were pin basted in advance, and shared how she chooses designs for FMQ, how to duplicate your designs simply with Golden Threads paper, tips for straight line quilting, and so. much. more.

Even the experienced quilters in the crowd walked away with a better knowledge of how to tackle FMQ!

Sadly, this was also Linda's last meeting.  She and her husband sold thier house this month and are moving to The Villages, Florida.  She may have to start up another chapter of the MQG there--our loss is The Villages gain! Linda's blog name is Flourishing Palms, and palm trees are definitely her symbol.  We had a cake to honor her last meeting... complete with a sunny Florida theme and palm trees!

Thanks for everything you have done for our group, Linda--you will be missed!  Please come back to visit, soon!

Last night was also the reveal of our Pillow Swap, here are the 11 participants showing off their new pillows:

There are some more pictures on our flickr group site.

Our next meeting is Thursday, May 17, 2012 at the Urbandale Public Library--see you there!

Doris Brunnette, President