February General Meeting

Our February meeting was held at the Westport Public Library. The challenge for the month was to make a Wonky Log Cabin using Spring Colors. Here is what we came up with:



The lucky winner was Parthena. Can't wait to see what she makes out of them! Next month we will be doing an Economy Block. If you wish to participate, the tutorial is here.

We had some lovely projects for Show and Tell:

Sheri did this lovely one with some fabric that she bought from Denyse Schmidt



Susie did this one, its a charm quilt, and not one fabric is repeated. Its fantastic!



Betsy did this one with the Quick Curve Ruler



This table runner looks like the ocean, and even has some real shells inside of tulle



Here is the inspiration for the Economy Block challenge



Our next meeting will be on Saturday, March 8 at the Quilt Shop in Danbury from 10:30-12:30. I'm planning to get there a little early for some shopping, how about you?

January General Meeting

Our January meeting took place at the studio of Christina Blaise, located in the American Fabric Arts building in Bridgeport. I had met her during the buildings open studio back in November, and she generously offered to host our meeting. Christina gave a fantastic talk about her work, and some of her inspiration. The first photo is one of her very first quilts, followed by one of her later works.

We then had our usual show and tell. Here is Sharon with her "Wise Guys" quilt in progress. This quilt will be up for auction at the Project Return Bird House Auction. 

Sheri was so inspired with paper piecing that she did a few fun ones for a friend. 

Suzanne had another beautiful one to show us.

Then it was on to our paper pieced hearts. The winner was Teri! Can't wait to see what she makes out of these. 

Here are some close ups of another piece by Christina. 

Our next meeting is Saturday, February 8 at the Westport Public Library. Hope to see you there!

December Meeting

Due to last months inclement weather, our meeting had to be rescheduled to the following week. Even with the impending holidays, we had a great turnout. Our block challenge was a success as you can see in the photo below. Suzanne was the lucky winner, and we look forward to seeing what she makes out of them.

Our next challenge is paper piecing, and was inspired by several things. The first being Terri and Sharon's  paper pieced owls.

The next was this fabulous heart quilt

Thus our challenge for January is Paper Pieced Hearts. You can print out the pattern at this link:

http://piecemealquilts.com/patterns/
Scroll down until you see eight hearts, and print out the one you like on printer paper. 
There is more information on our Facebook page under Events. 

Other show and tell at the meeting included:

Our next meeting will take place this coming Sunday, January 12 from 10:30-12:30 at the studio of Christina Blaise at the American Fabric Arts building, 1069 Connecticut Avenue in Bridgeport. Bring a folding chair as she has space but limited seating. 

Until then, Happy Quilting!

New Meeting Date

Our last meeting was cancelled due to snow. Our next meeting will be this coming Saturday, December 21, 2013. We will still be at the Westport Public Library from 10:00 am until 12:00 pm. Please see the previous post for more details.

Welcome

Welcome to the Southern Connecticut Modern Quilt Guild. Please watch this space, we are new and this site is definitely under construction. Our next meeting will be held at:

The Westport Public Library
20 Jesup Road
Westport, CT
Saturday December 14, 2013
Time: 10:00 am until 12:00 pm

Join our December challenge. Please use this tutorial to make the block, and bring it to the meeting. All of the blocks will be raffled off to one lucky attendee! You must participate in the challenge to qualify for the raffle.

Also, please bring some show and tell.


Here are some photos from our last meeting.