Rossie Hutchinson, Paint Chip Improv Technique; March 2016

       Cindy showed us the ins and outs of the Paint Chip quilt technique in the book Stack, Shuffle, and Slide. The paint chip blocks gives you the freedom of color. Improv is a huge part of modern quilting, and this is a nice place to start with this block because it is improv within guidelines. It is a great way to play with solid colors. Cindy also brought paint chips from Home Depot to demonstrate color combos which was a fantastic tip.

     This year we have really integrated all areas of modern quilting into every meeting. Becky (President) has done a fantastic job of making our programs flow with designer highlights, incorporating swaps, and our block lottery. Our Kona solids fat eighth swap will be excellent to use in making these blocks. Our block lottery's have become a great place to start your journey with modern quilting, one block at a time.

You can find this book here.

Podcast with Crafty Planner and Rossie Hutchinson

Crafty Planner Pod cast by Sandy Hazelwood here

http://www.rossiecrafts.com/2010/05/process-pledge.html

Here's several other places where you can find modern quilts and follow Rossie Hutchinson.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/freshmodernquilts/pool/

https://www.pinterest.com/rossiecrafts/
https://www.instagram.com/rossiecrafts/

Block Lottery for this month. We found a stack and whack that gives you plenty of photos for some fast improv. You can find the tutorial over at From the Blue Chair.

Birch Fabric Bins Our First Workshop

Our first workshop is happening!  Suzie (our treasurer) will be hosting a Birch Fabric Bins workshop at her house April 17, 2016 @ 2:00p.m. If you would like to sign up, send an email to  Pensacolamqg@gmail.com. It is going to be a fun get together, and you get to make some fabric bins that are very useful. You can bring your fabrics, sewing machine, and a drink and snack.
Once you sign up, Suzie will send out an email with a supply list
and further details of what you would need to bring.

1st Birthday Party 

We are having a birthday party at our May 28th. meeting. Pensacola MQG is almost a year old. We have come so far in this year, and we couldn't do it without all of our wonderful members. It is great getting together with other quilters and talk about quilting. It is fun learning together and sharing this one thing that is such a huge part of our lives. I never imagined such a wonderful group of women to move forward and grow in quilting together! We will be celebrating with a potluck and a gift exchange. We would like members to make a small handmade item for the gift exchange or you can  bring 1 yard of modern designer fabric to exchange instead.
Please bring the gift wrapped or in a gift bag.
  Happy PMQG birthday!

42 Members!

Guild Resources Page

We are starting a member resources page. If you are a current guild member and offer a service, have a store (online or brick & mortar), or a blog, let us know by emailing us a link and description.
We would love to add you to the page. Show us where you shine!

We would love to see you at our meetings. Please bring in some of your work and show it off. You can find us at the top of the page under Meetings. If you have any questions, you can contact us by email at pensacolamqg@gmail.com