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June 2024

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Meeting Recap: June 1st

The download of the actual minutes from your June Guild meeting are still in development. Minutes shall be uploaded when available.

Updates to this page will be issued as information becomes available. The June Block of the Month is posted

  • The Guild’s May meeting was held at its new permanent location: at La Sierra Public Library located at 4600 La Sierra Avenue, Riverside, CA 92505, click to see Google map.
  • Wonky Log Cabin Blocks Sew Day 11:00 am to 1:30 pm.
    • 35 wonky blocks were made. See photo provided below.
    • Kate made nine blocks winning the Starbucks gift card.
    • If you have photos of your Wonky Blocks that you would like to share with the Blog please email them to the Guild.
  • Social time: 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm; Meeting 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.
  • The Guild members enjoyed meeting a several new visitors. Welcome ladies! We hope you return soon!
  • Kate, our Membership Chair, completed a survey to determine our members time preference for the Saturday meeting. The votes were counted and the members overwhelming voted to begin our Saturday meeting at 11:00 am to end at 1:00 pm. This new time will begin at our July Guild meeting. Thank you Kate for tracking us all down to tally our votes. Please email the Guild if you have questions.
  • The winner of the Guild’s Quilter’s Raffle Basket for Q2 was drawn. Congratulations to the Katie Figari. Please email the Guild to make arrangements to pick it up.
  • We will celebrated the Guild’s 8th birthday. Debbi L. prepared two cakes for our celebration. Debbi the apple cake and cheesecake were delicious. You are a talented baker. Thank you for providing the wonderful refreshments.
  • We had a Project Reveal for the Guild’s Recycle / Reuse/ Re-Purpose sewing challenge. Photos in Quilt Fun twill be provided in another blog post.
  • Many members provided some of their personal finishes. Show & Share photos will follow in anther blog post. If I missed any of your beautiful works of art and you would like to share with the blog please email your photo(s) of your quilt(s) to the Guild.
  • Reminder the June Drop-In Sew will happen on June 10th and the 24th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. It is sew fun. Zoom in and let’s sew. Check your email for Zoom links that are sent out the Sunday prior to the Drop-In Sew event.
  • June Tip of the Month – Quilt Labeling. The MQG website provides a quilt labeling resource from the Quilt Alliance https://quiltalliance.org/labeling/ . Since most of us don’t label our quilts, this resource provides several options/methods to make labeling your quilt easier. The article discusses who, what, where, when, and how to label your quilt. The site provides a free label that you can download and print on your computer printer as well as other label resources. Document your quilt history with a your label.

Next Guild Meeting: July 6th Overview:

  • We will meet at the La Sierra Public Library located at 4600 La Sierra Avenue, Riverside, CA 92505, click to see Google map.
  • Reminder July Drop-In Sew will happen on the July 8th and the 22th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. It is sew fun. Zoom in and let’s sew. Check your email for Zoom links that are sent out the Sunday prior to the Monday Drop-In Sew.

Quilt Fun

1st Quilt Challenge:

Recycle / Reuse/ Re-Purpose

  • Description of Challenge:
    • Incorporating recycled fabrics into quilting projects can contribute to the preservation of the environment while creating beautiful and meaningful pieces of art.
    • When it comes to recycled fabrics the possibilities are endless:
      • repurpose clothing / jeans / T-shirts / baby clothes
      • linens / vintage bed sheets / blankets / table clothes / curtains
      • worn-out quilts
    • Challenge Rules:
      • There are none.
      • The world is your oyster.
      • Go with your heart.
      • Live it up.
    • Reveal at June Meeting – We’d love to hear the story of your selected fabrics.

2nd Quilt Challenge:

Ugly Fabric Challenge

  • Our members gathered up your ugliest fabric, purged their sewing room of unwanted fabrics, and brought them to the April meeting.
  • Each quilter shared their ugly fabrics, and talked about them for two (2) minutes.
  • The ugly fabrics are hung on a “Challenge Board.”
  • Members picked fabrics from the “Challenge Board.”
  • Members will use their selected fabrics in a project to present by the June Guild meeting.
  • Can you identify your old “ugly” fabric while we celebrate how our creative members were able to utilize it in their art.

3rd Quilt Challenge

Wonky Log Cabin Blocks

  • Sew-day at our June meeting starting at 11:00 am.
  • Wonky Log Cabin blocks started in May and will continuednto June.
  • The Wonky Log Cabin blocks will be sewed into a Charity Quilt(s).
  • Updated to 13×13 inches so that Christine can square them up and put the quilt(s) together.
  • This is a speed challenge using random scraps. NO RULES!
  • Setup machine and work area to for a Sew Day starting at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. We will be flexiable for clean-up and when we will conduct the Guild meeting.
  • We will try to have the Guild meeting at its normal time; 2:00 pm through 4:00 pm.
  • Zoom members can work remotely from their home using their stash.
  • Your Supply List:
    • Your machine with a spool of a neutral thread and a wound bobbin.
      • Don’t forget your power cord and foot pedal.
      • Bring a power strip or extension cord if you have one.
    • Rotary cutter and small cutting mat.
    • Small pressing mat with travel iron (if you have one).
    • Scissors, pins, seam ripper, and other sewing notions you may require.
    • Your bag of pressed (in advance) scraps from your stash in various strip widths and sizes/lengths for use in a log cabin block.
    • Your finished Wonky blocks.
  • The Guild will provided some of its fabrics.
    • Maybe there is a prize for the member making the most blocks.

Members can take their blocks home to finish and bring them back to the June meeting for inclusion into Charity Quilt(s).

June Block of the Month

#6 – Celeste

The June Block of the Month, Celeste, is available for download. Laurie Simpson of Minick and Simpson selected this star because I love my red, white, and blue scrappy quilts made from blockheads patterns.

Use the web for more inspiration on the color placement of your block, share a photo of your finished block, or read a blog post by the block designer:

Retreat will be held November 4–7th at Vina de Lestonnac in Temecula. The Guild has reserved nine rooms for the 18 members that have paid their deposits. One member is on the waiting list.  Other members who wish to be added to the waiting list, please contact the Retreat Committee. Confirmation of space for those on the waiting list is available in September.

The installment payment schedule is as follows: April, June, August, and October.

Our next and third payment of $115.00 dollars is due at the August Guild meeting. Payment can be made by cash, check, or PayPal to the Inland Empire Modern Quilt Guild . If this presents a challenge, please reach out to the Retreat Committee.

Charity Quilts

June charity quilts were posted to Facebook. If I missed a June quilt, please send photo to add to Facebook. To date approximately ~20 quilts and ~20 pillowcases were delivered to the House of Ruth this April. Photos are missing from our May meeting. If you would like to share, please email the Guild.

Show and Share

Show and Share photos were posted to Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/iemqg/ . If you have a quilt I missed please email a photo you would like to share to the Guild. Don’t forget to bring your personal quilt finishes to the July meeting. Your fellow Guild members would love to see them.

2024 Fund Raising

  • Fund raising is necessary for the Guild to carry out is mission, to provide resources to its members and to keep member dues as low as possible.
  • To date fund raising activities include:
    • 2024 Membership drive == 32 members.
    • Several quilts that were submitted to IE Craft Collective, a non-profit, to try and sell them for the Guild. The Guild receives 70% of sale value while the Craft Collective receives the remaining 30% as commission.
    • Two raffles for the 2024 Quilter’s Basket have occurred. The Quilter’s Basket contains a lovely selections of quilting supplies, notions, and chocolate. Tickets are sold and the winners are drawn during Guild meetings.
    • The sale of items made by Guild members is in th eplanning stages for several local art festivals. Look through your crafty skills and see if there is something you make you would like to donate to sale at the following art festivals:
      • TBD

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