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Monday, April 13, 2020

April Meeting Recap



Hello PGHMQG Members! I hope everyone is well during these crazy times. Last week Leadership sent out the meeting slides that have an amazing presentation by Nikki and Missy on stripe fabrics, both how to make your own and working with fabric that is already striped! 

The financial report is the same as last month. 

Further cancelations are as follows:

  • 2020 Three Rivers Quilt Show
  • 2020 North Pittsburgh Guild Quilt Show
  • PGHMQG Spring Workshop with B 
    • Leadership hopes to reschedule for later this year.
  • PGHMQG Annual Retreat 
    • Leadership Hopes to reschedule this for Fall 2020.

Our current guild challenge is to create a quilt using stripes as a main focal point. There are no size or color restrictions! Finished quilts will be on exhibit at the PNQE Mancuso show in September. Quilts are due Sunday, June 7th.

Use hashtag #pghmqgstripechallenge when posting your progress. 

Also, use hashtags #pghmqg and #showusyourmqg

There is no May meeting BUT never fear! Courtney will be making a slideshow presentation and blog post on how to use Instagram and Hashtags to find further inspiration from fellow quilters and to help others find your quilts!

We would like to thank everyone for their patience in moving forward. We hope that everyone stays safe and if anyone has a question please let Leadership know.


SHOW AND TELL 


Vivian has been hard at work on this paper-pieced 
string quilt from leftover scraps.




Katie is a mask making MACHINE! Amazing job!
(Fitted mask pattern by Craft Passion, pleated masks by the Turban Project)



Calling all Brimfield Awakening EPP Lovers! Zsofia made this awesome
hand-stitched a mini quilt for the yearly Brimfield Awakening Swap. 
Got to love that variegated thread!





Nikki is making some headway on her stripe challenge quilt! Also, she has finished this gorgeous minimal-color quilt. 
Just love the effect the black, gray, orange, and white have together!


This Freewheeling Single Girl quilt Aimee made 
makes me want to make one too!



Gail finished a strip-style memory quilt from sheets, backed 
with a textured minky,  a collage-style t-shirt quilt to be auctioned for 
St. Kilian parish school, and lastly, she finally finished the top for the "shattered" block of the month from the Quilting Needle. 







Sandy has been working to downsize her batik stash!
Trying to figure out what to do with these strips, couch quilt front, 
couch quilt back, last of the masks (I hope), cross-stitch bed quilt that
will be done in 1936!, beginning design of an unknown quilt. WOW!


Courtney took a break from hand sewing and make a improve quilt top
adding a Georgia EPP block for fun! 


Monday, October 1, 2018

September Meeting Recap

On September 23rd we met at the Holy Spirit in Millvale for our monthly meeting. We had a pretty good turnout for the rescheduled meeting.

Michele talked about
  • the Toronto Modern Quilt Guild  invited our members to a workshop by Andrea Tsang-Jackson from 3rd Story Workshop in Toronto on October 3rd
  • some members signed up for the Michael Miller fabric challenge, they received their bundles to work with
We have a few ongoing challenges
  • Modern Minimalist Quilt challenge - due by the October meeting
  • nametag challenge - due by the November meeting
  • UFO 2018 finish along
Upcoming Programs  
  • Improv Piecing workshop with Amanda  (@sewsewlife) on October 13th, 10-4 at Holy Spirit in Millvale. Lunch will be provided. Cost for members : $30, non members: $35
  • Judi Robinson workshop in 2019. Date TBD
  • continue to send us meeting topic ideas and workshop ideas
We briefly talked about the new Modern Quilt Guild website. You have to re-register to use the site and take advantage of the webinars, free patterns, and to be part of different quilting interest groups.
Also the Modern Quilt Guild is organizing a mini quilt swap for its members around the world if you are interested sign-ups are open in October.
QuiltCon quilt show submissions are open till November 30th 2018.


We had a technique workshop during our meeting. Members learned how to:
  • inset circles by Amanda
  • sew y-seams / partial seams by Michele
  • make / use bias tape by Sandy
  • sew zippers by Zsofia






Show and tell
















Minimalist Quilt Challenge










We hope to see you on the October 6th meeting. We meet in Millvale at the Holy Spirit Church.