Half-Square Triangles; January 2016

Hst's -Half Square Triangles have been around the quilting community forever. They are a major player in quilting. These blocks are very versatile and make quilt design possibilities endless. You can find tons of info on our Pinterest page which is linked below. The quilt blocks shown here in black and white contain many creative blocks using HST's.

Pinned on our pinterest board here

Creative HST design paper drafting

This  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's

This tutorial can be found on Becky's blog here @ Always Sew Busy.

Block Lottery

Becky 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.

 These would be beautiful blocks to win!

 

Charity Quilt Event 

Yvonne 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)

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