The TMQG will be using a May Chappell tutorial to make washcloth travel rolls for Senior Services. They have asked for 100 of them and Sew Original will host a sew in on September 5th so we can make them (or a project of your choice). The tutorial calls for washcloths (at least 10 x 10), Pellon SF 101, and grosgrain ribbon. The current Joann Fabrics flyer has a coupon for 76% off ribbons from August 1-3.
https://www.maychappell.com/2019/07/22/travel-roll-tutorial/
Another good sale for potential Christmas gifts is the Spoonflower 50% off fat quarter sale. The fat quarters are perfect for tea towels and Spoonflower has pages dedicated to tea towel designs of all types.
Happy Shopping!
July 30, 2019
July 22, 2019
Our next meeting is July 23, 2019
(Yikes!
The Fourth Tuesday has snuck up on me!)
The next TMQG meeting is July 23, 2019, at
6:30 pm. It will be our annual Christmas
in July. Please bring a “show and tell”
item (or two) that would make a nice holiday gift and the instructions to make
it.
Senior Services is also having Christmas in
July. Please consider bringing quality
protein items (canned meats or peanut butter) in easy open containers, diapers,
personal wipes, bed pads, laundry detergent pods, scarves, liquid body wash, etc.
Raffle Quilts were almost finished at the June
meeting. Raffle tickets were passed out
to members. We are asking that each
member sell at least $40 worth of tickets.
Proceeds from raffle sales help us to invite speakers from around the
country to visit our guild and show us their work.
The current swap is for reusable shopping
bags. Belva has passed out partner
information. The bags will be due in
August
At our Tuesday, August 27th, meeting we will host Claudia Martinez of Snuggly
Monkey. https://www.snugglymonkey.com
Claudia will be
talking about how to incorporate needlework—embroidery, cross stitch and
Sachiko—into quilts and other handmade items. We’ll have the opportunity to see
a trunk show of Claudia’s handwork. We will also be hosting Claudia’s embroidery workshop on
August 28th. The cost for the workshop is $45 for TMQG members,
$55 for non-members. There is an optional $25 fee for a kit, or
you can bring your own supplies. Sign up on the blog site: http://triadmodernquiltguild.blogspot.com/2019/07/august-meeting-claudia-martinez-from.html
At our June meeting, we hosted Kitty Wilkin of
Night Quilter. She had an inspirational discussion
about creating milestone quilts. She makes
blocks to commemorate hikes, trips, and other family events and turns them into
quilts. She documented the first year of
her son’s life by making a block a month, photographing him with his block, and
writing a few words about her son’s growth.
She set herself a challenge of making a tiny block a day for 100 days. She took photos to document the blocks and
ended up with both a wall hanging and a Shutterfly book of the blocks. She left Winston Salem with a pattern to make
a block of the Winston -Salem / Moravian teapot.
July 13, 2019
August Meeting & Workshop: Claudia Martinez from Snuggly Monkey
Claudia Martinez from Snuggly Monkey will be giving our
August program.
On Tuesday, August 27th, Claudia will be talking about how to
incorporate needlework—embroidery, cross stitch and Sachiko—into quilts and
other handmade items. We’ll have the opportunity to see a trunk show of
Claudia’s exquisite handwork. Claudia will also be bringing a pop-up shop to
both her lecture on Tuesday and Wednesday, which is an excellent opportunit to
stop up on handwork supplies while shopping NC local! You can link to her shop
through her website (https://www.snugglymonkey.com).
On Wednesday, August 28th from 9:30-1 at South Fork Community Center, Claudia will give her
Introduction to Hand Embroidery workshop, where she will teach you how to prep,
stitch and then finish an embroidery sampler project. Claudia will provide kits
for two different projects—the Dropcloth Samplers Color Wheel or the Cozy Blue
Bee Lovely Sampler, available for purchase for $25, or
you can bring your own pattern and supplies.
THE COLOR SAMPLER IS SOLD OUT. Please buy the bee lovely sampler if you want a kit.
The Cozy Blue Busy Bee Sampler
The Dropcloth Samplers Color Wheel
The cost for the workshop is $45 for members, $55 for
non-members.
The kit will include everything you need for the class.
If you’d like to bring your own supplies, please be sure to
include:
- Embroidery sampler/pattern already transferred/printed on to their fabric and ready to stitch- Embroidery Hoop- Embroidery Floss- Embroidery Needles- Thread Snips** Optional (but makes things easier) - needle threader