The Minutes Reveal.....

Yes, the guild has an organizing committee to steer us to authorization and legal reality.  Kelly H recorded the meeting and the new interim organizers.  They have considerable work to do and need our support and inquiries when they present the membership with their work and recommendations.
Enjoy:
          GRAND RAPIDS MODERN QUILT GUILD

Minutes of Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Social time began at 6:30 PM
The meeting was called to order at 7:04 PM by Michelle L
There were 7 persons present for the meeting.
Michelle announced that she will be stepping down from the role of President. Ginger M will step in, beginning next month.
Officers will be as follows:
Ginger M …….President
Kathy N ……….1st Vice President
Becky B………..2nd Vice President
Kelly H …………Secretary
Nancy D ……….Treasurer
The executive board will consist of officers, Michelle L, Linda P, and Claire W
The executive board will meet soon. Look for an email to figure out best day and time to meet.
A presentation was given by Michelle L of the trends she saw at the International Quilt Market in Houston
What she saw: metallics; “painterly”, almost impressionistic fabric; quirky prints; faces; lots of Southwest; many garments, some made from pieced fabrics; combination of techniques-wool with wovens, quilting in garments; a lot of modern wool; and, longer stitch length in hand quilted items of modern quilted patterns
A presentation was given by Kathy N concerning the trends in modern quilting.
A great resource is Essential Guide to Modern Quilting by the editors of Lucky Spool
What sets modern quilting apart from traditional or contemporary is the use of  expansive negative space, heavy quilting of a modern flare (no feathers here), scale is larger (one might see a single traditional block blown up to bed sized), no borders, and the use of an alternate grid in the layout
We had a show and share time. The meeting was adjourned at 8:20.  Kelly H  secretary




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I have no pictures of Show and Share to post as I have not received any from anyone who attended the meeting.  If I should receive photos, I will post them as we all enjoy seeing our work posted.

Reminder:  our next meeting is Monday, December 2 at Stitched Studio.  See you then!

I've been finishing my One Block Wonder that I started in a class last spring/summer.  Rather than choose the more traditional floral fabric, with the help of Vickie S (the most phenomenal teacher in all my years of learning), I selected a very muted, almost monotone batik.  Here are a

Here's the fabric before being cute in 90 degree triangles

couple pictures to show you one of my projects in the works.  I've begun hand quilting it so it ALMOST done - yeah!

The strips of half-hexies to assemble

I had sewn all the hexagons together only to take them apart.  It so pays to read the book of instructions.....

What have you been working on......

If you're looking for a guy quilt try this Martingale link.  The beiges and blacks are really quite sharp.

Bye for now......