Pinned on our pinterest board hereCreative HST design paper draftingThis design sheet seen below is a complete blank creative space. You can design your very own quilt pattern using colored pencils. There's also many digital pattern design software that you can you as well. How to make HST's here.Tips for cutting HST'sThis tutorial can be found on Becky's blog here @ Always Sew Busy. Block LotteryBecky has chosen a Chevron block pattern for our block lottery. This block uses the HST technique that she demonstrated for us at our January meeting. This is a nice starter block for you to get your feet wet making HST's. You can find the block tutorial here. How to make HST's is linked above.This block calls for a white background and Tula pink fabrics as the chevron.Charity Quilt EventYvonne met with Tip of NWFL charity organizations director Deanna. Where we discussed her charity and upcoming event that will be honoring first responders called Heroes with Hearts. You can find more information on this event here. They will be having a silent auction that will raise money for their organization and continue to give emotional support and lend valuable resources to those in need.We were honored to be invited to create a quilt for this silent auction. The quilt below is a small version of the one that we will be making for this event. We will be meeting February 1st and February 8th in the classroom located in the left building next to A&E. It is right in the same parking lot. Left door, next to the salon from 9a.m-1p.m. Eeveryone is welcome to come and join us in making this quilt.
We put out a call for a donation of modern fabric strips in our newsletter
You all answered! Thank you to all of our members for donating. I will be putting up a charity quilts page soon, so you can follow along with our modern quilting journey.
As always, we look forward to seeing you next month at the next meeting. You can find out details under the meeting tab at the top of the page. We have tons of great programs scheduled this year. You can always contact us by email too. Pensacolamqg@gmail.com Happy Sewing Yvonne VP (Social Media) |
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Half-Square Triangles; January 2016
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