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

Flying Geese, Cathedral Windows & Jacquie Gering; February 2016

The Easy, Modern Cathedral Window Method

Welcome to the Pensacola MQG blog. This month, we had a wonderful presentation given by Janie. She showed us the traditional, time consuming way to make the cathedral window block, followed by the modern, quick way. We've put together a board on Pinterest where you can find many different methods and various examples. See the link below.

Janie's beautiful cathedral window pin-on note board uses fabric from Bonnie and Camille.

Janie's fabulous diamond cathedral window pillow.

Follow our board "Cathedral Window Quilts" on Pinterest.

 Designer spotlight on Modern Quilter Jacquie Gering

Jacquie Gering talks to The Quilt Show at QuiltCon 2015 interview: click here.

Block Lottery Flying Geese

This months block lottery is a Flying Geese block, measuring 12.5" unfinished. Please use Kona white for the geese and "sea glass" inspired colors that read as solid fabric. These colors include turquoise, aqua, sky blue, cobalt blue, emerald green, etc.
Find more inspiration on flying geese on our Pinterest page, the link is below.

Tutorial can be found on That's Sew Creative.

Follow our board Sea Glass Colors on Pinterest.

Follow our board "Flying Geese" on Pinterest.

Fabric Swap

Suzie is heading up the fabric swaps. We are doing up to 2 yards of Kona solid fat eighths. 

Put 8 fat eighths in a bag and label the color with a sticky note and your name. They don't have to all be the same color. The cutting diagram is below. If you want to come early, Yvonne can help with the cutting. Please update the Facebook swap photo album with the fabrics you are swapping. This will help us not get any duplicates.  There is a link to the facebook group in the right sidebar. 

 *Disclaimer- You may not get back a piece of the color fabric that you bring.*

Cutting Diagram 

Charity Quilt for T.I.P. NWFL

We had a wonderful turnout for the charity quilt sew days. Thank you ladies for all your hard work!

Birthday Fat Quarter Cupcakes

Suzie came up with this cute idea of cupcakes. It really makes these fabrics look delicious!

We enjoy seeing everyone at the meetings. We would enjoy meeting you! Details on our meeting dates and place is under the meeting tab at the top of the page.  If you have any questions, feel free to email us. We have a wonderful show and tell every month. Bring something that you have or anything that you are making at the time. 

Happy Sewing!

Yvonne

VP Social Media

Introduction to Tula Pink; December 2015

     Our December meeting was a quick introduction to Tula Pink. She is a modern fabric designer, author, and quilter. Becky shared a video at the meeting, in which she talked about her process of designing fabric.  Then, we showed off many of her fabrics. Below are some links to her videos and other social media where you can find out more about Tula Pink.



Tula Pink has her own website at here. Picture is from google images.

Tula Pink has a Facebook Group here.

 Instagram @ TulaPink and has a hashtag.

#tulatroops

Here is a great YouTube playlist of Tula Pink videos that Becky put together for our meeting.

 Tula Pink Video Playlist 

Our first Fat Fat Eighth Fabric Swap is here!!!

 The fabric swap is for 1 yard of any Tula Pink fabric cut into 11"x18" pieces.

   Yvonne has put together a cutting diagram here on her blog. This link has also been posted in our Facebook group. You can post a photo of the yard of fabric that you are bringing for the swap in the Facebook album. If you are having difficulties posting a picture, let me know here or in the FB group. Also, there's an email here on the blog that you can use to contact us.

Riley Blake Challenge 

 A lot of our members signed up for the Riley Blake Challenge at the December meeting. A&E does have a small selection of Sashing Stash that you can buy if you need more fabric for your design. We will notify members when the fabric comes in the mail and have it at the meeting.  You can find further  details on this challenge  here.

Membership Renewal

It's time for membership renewal. We are so excited about this New Year to bring you some awesome programs that Becky (president) and the board and members of the guild have expressed interest.  You are welcome to come and visit. The  info is at the top of this page under meetings. We will have membership forms and cards at the meeting. It is $25.00 for the year.

We look forward to seeing you. Please bring something that you are working on or a quilt to Show and Tell. It is one of my favorite parts of the meeting.

Happy New Year
Yvonne VP