October/November News

 Hi everyone!

In October we had Lisa Chin come and talk to us via a zoom meeting.  Lisa is a surface design artist who belongs to the Utah Surface Design Group.  This group meets every other month at the Salt Lake County Government Center.  They are an eclectic group with members representing many arts and crafts including printmaking, drawing, embroidery, quilting, dyeing and collage.  Lisa recommended some books to get you started on surface design.  Modern Hand Stitching by Ruth Chandler, The Geometry of Hand Sewing by Natalie Chanin, Hand Sewing Magic by Lynn Krawczyk, and any books by Laura Wasilowski. 

In November we had a presentation by Emily Bailey of Auntemsquilts.com on scrap quilting.  She has an Etsy shop ( Aunt Em's Place ), and also a Youtube channel.  She talked about how she organizes her scraps, from itty "bits" to bins containing different sized strips.  She uses the smallest bits to make crumb blocks.  She uses strips to make the blocks from her orphan bin the size that she needs for her latest quilt using orphans. One good tip she had is that if you are having trouble wondering whether all your scrap colors will go together or if they will just be a big hot mess, just choose a single fabric that already has a lot of colors in it. Use this piece of fabric as a guide to selecting your scraps from your scrap bins.  The scraps will all look well together.

Linda asked me to remind everyone that the Deck of Cards Challenge Quilts are hanging in the Riverton Nuttalls Store. They will be displayed there through the end of November. You can vote for your favorite- the winner of the most votes will get a cash prize. Two Sandy Stitchers members have quilts in the show, Linda and Cathie.

Also received the links for the Modern Quilt Guild from Janean ( September's meeting). 

https://www.themodernquiltguild.com/

https://www.quiltcon.com/

https://www.facebook.com/saltlakemodernquiltguild/

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!  The show and tell pictures are in the previous  post!

October/November Meetings 2020

 

First up show and tell. This is 

an orphan charity quilt by Susan. The flowered  blocks were cut for a watercolor quilt. 

Another quilt by Susan

Linda made these treats to give out at Halloween instead of candy!

Cathie's finished orphan charity quilt

Fun block made by Cathie. Tall Pines block by Lori  Holt.  She has a you tube video to show you how to make it.

Geometric mini by Diane E.

Crayon embroidery by Diane E.

Finished orphan block charity quilt by Diane E.

Crayon embroidery by Diane E.

September 2020

 In September we had Janean, the president of the local chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild give our presentation.  She told us some of the ways that Modern quilters do things differently than Traditional quilters.  They like to do bold patterns and colors, that often include a fair amount of negative space. Black and white is a popular color combination and quilts with high contrast in the pieces.  They sometimes use non traditional fabrics as well as quilters cottons.  Quilts can be made with large oversize blocks or there is a love of mini quilts as well.  Janean shared that most modern quilters like to share their work on social media including Instagram. Some well known modern quilters are Latifah Safir, Camille Roskelly and Tula Pink. Thanks to Janean for a very informative presentation!

Linda's quilt

Here is one example of a modern quilt shared by Janean.

Cathie's Deck of Cards Challenge Quilt

Cathie's Charity Orphan Quilt

Jill's valance

Jill's work

BOM by Jill

Front and back of charity orphan by Barbara

Table topper by Barbara, back and front. The appliques are from a machine embroidery file. She used a hexagon quilt as you go technique.

Another example of a modern quilt

Linda's Deck of Cards Challenge

Linda's I think

Last example of  a modern quilt

August 2020

For our August Meeting, Peggy showed us a Power Point presentation on rulers that was very informative. Members shared information on the rulers they have tried and liked. The following ruler pictures are from Cathie and represent just a small sample of what we learned at the meeting. Please don't hesitate to send me your pictures to my email address (listed in Sandy Stitcher's directory) so that we all can see what you have been working on!!

This is the flip and set ruler by Darlene Zimmerman.  You can use it to cut side setting and corner triangles for quilts on point.

Samples of what you can do with the Split Seconds ruler by Creative Grids.

You can also use this curved ruler to make units and sew them together for a curvy border.

Split seconds ruler

This little ruler has been one of Linda's favorites... if you remember it is one Quilt's ETC. gave each one of us at the Christmas party a few years back.

Linda's latest mystery quilt - another Edyta Sitar mystery!

The center was supposed to be a plain square, but Linda thought a nine patch would look good and she was right!

Virginia made this quilt for a male relative who is a rockhound.  The big rock slices look like sliced open geodes.

 

July 2020

Our guest speaker at our July meeting was Nanette Sturgill.  She shared many of her lovely quilts done in the Celtic style. They were not only a visual treat, but Nanette shared much of her knowledge of the history of Celtic quilts and techniques she uses.  She uses applique and reverse applique in her designs. She likes to use batik fabric and superior thread to applique. She said you can get sharper points when using batik fabric.  She stitches the applique from the back side of the piece with large basting stitches, then removes a few of these stitches at a time when turning under and stitching the applique.

Nanette explained designs with animals are called zoomorphic. She uses Roxannes glue to hold the bias strips in place while stitching. She said that works better than fusible bias. She recommended some books to us if we want to get started with Celtic.  Celtic Designs a Beginners Manual by Aiden Meehan, and  A Celtic Garden by Philomea Durcan. These and many more examples were shared by Nanette and thoroughly enjoyed by members who joined the zoom meeting.

Barbara says of this orphan charity quilt, " Completed around April 7th. I added the plain blue and the plain white fabrics. The pink looking squares are actually small 9 patch blocks.  I didn't have enough blue for the last border so I added patches of leftover scraps in the middle of each border.  That way it looks like it was planned on purpose. Susan Wall quilted it on her  long arm."

This one also by Barbara was completed July 16th. The quilt has flannel checks and plaid squares and she added the yellow to make the stars.

Diane E.'s latest crayon embroidery creation.

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Cathie's Celtic mini

Another charity orphan by Barbara.  Completed  around June 25th. She added the plain red to set off the heart.

New book Linda is reading to her grandson Wyatt... it's about a quilter!

First block of latest Edyta Sitar mystery quilt.  by Linda

Another Celtic work by Cathie done in 2004. Taught by Hazel Nelson