April 2018 Meeting

It was movie night at the April meeting – we checked out the webinars available to members at the MQG website (sign in, then go to Education > Resources. In the column on the right side of the screen, under “Filter By Types” select Webinars).

Currently there are 50+ webinars, 50+ quilts of the month (patterns), 60+ Fresh Quilting episodes, and more – if you haven’t checked out these resources yet be sure to have a look.

We watched part of “No Rulers, No Rules: Creating Cohesive Improv Quilts Without a Plan” by Shelagh Jessop, which gave a good insight into the kind of instruction and inspiration available in these webinars.

Thank you to the following, who donated door prizes! We love door prizes!

• Gala Fabrics 
• Kaleidescope Quilt Company 
• Calico Cupboard 
• Troll Brothers Quilt Designs 
• Victoria Quilters’ Guild 
• The MQG
• and our door prize coordinator, Jennifer!

And, of course, there was…

Show & Share

Pam made this fun cat quilt from a Missouri Star Quilt Co. pattern.

Judy is donating this lovely quilt, it will soon be appreciated at Cockrell House.

Kelly’s lucky daughter-in-law will be receiving this quilt that Kelly made using a panel, then covering it with some beautiful quilting.

Gabrielle made this beauty that she calls Pickled Blueberries, and she’s thinking of adding more applique to it.

This is Sharon’s lovely contribution for the Saskatchewan MQG’s call for Humboldt Broncos quilts. She also generously volunteered to collect blocks or quilt tops from other members and mail them all in.

In a perfect example of something Shelagh Jessop said in her webinar, about inspiration coming from all kinds of places…. Netta was inspired by a photo of Buddhist monk walking between pillars, and designed a super mini for the Riley Blake challenge.

Esther made this vibrant mini in a workshop on an Alaskan cruise (and did a great job of coordinating her outfit to match it!)

She also made an adorable whale quilt using a kit from Cloth Castle.

And she made a Broncos quilt, which will be comforting someone in Humboldt soon.

For a friend’s father, Natalie used a photo of the view from his window, printed it on graph paper and enlarged it to make a pattern and created this one-of-a-kind quilt. You can’t see the people behind it struggling to hold it up off the floor – it’s a big one!

Natalie also made this cool mini.

A couple of years ago, Nicole pieced this quilt based on a tutorial by Cheryl Arkison in the Mighty Lucky Quilting Club, and she just quilted it last week – yay!

Anne made a Disappearing Pinwheel baby quilt – the pinwheels appear when you put the blocks together.

She also made a Riley Blake challenge quilt – Twister.

And she won Block Lotto this month – congratulations, Anne!