We had a great November meeting! Thank you to Sharon Bergh, Jennifer Boling, Lynn Hanna and Candy Scott, for your fantastic Member University demonstrations.
If you missed the meeting, we’ll catch you up on what’s happening at the IEMQG. Read on for important announcements and some beautiful quilts from our talented members.
2023 Leadership
Our Board election was held this month. Congratulations to our 2023 leadership. We are so grateful for their volunteerism. We still have openings. If you would like to volunteer, please email us at iemodernquiltguild@gmail.com . Our 2023 Slate is as follows:
President: Candy Scott
Co-VP Programs: Jennifer Boling and Laura Greene
VP Communications: Patti Reyes
Co-Secretary: Debbie Lepper and Debi LoCicero
Treasurer: Gayle Bennett
Parliamentarian: Open
Facilities Chair: Christine Sharp
Retreat Chair: Lynn Hanna
Block of the Month: Trisha Williams
Hospitality: Pat Klassen
Membership
It’s time to renew memberships for 2023. Dues this year are $45 and include a book of 6 tickets for our Opportunity Quilt. Dues may be paid via cash, check, or PayPal. Please use the membership form found on our website right here.
We Need Road to CA Volunteers
If you’re attending Road to California, please consider donating a couple hours of your time to help us get volunteer hours. We need 20 hours total. Donating your time helps us to sell Opportunity Quilt tickets. Please email us at iemodernquiltguild@gmail.com if you can help, and be sure to check out our our Opportunity Quilt here.
Community Outreach Quilt
Our quilt top is finished! A huge thank you to all of our helpers. We now need a name for our quilt, and a few donations to pay for quilting. Please consider donating a few dollars at our next meeting or via PayPal. Name our quilt! If you have an idea for a catchy name, email us. There are prizes involved. Click here to see the finished quilt top.
Announcements
Retreat, November 7th – 10th at Vina De Lestonnac: Total cost is $410 for four nights and meals. Please pay in full. More information in Member’s Corner.
Drop in and Sew: On Zoom. Link goes out the Sunday before. November 14th and 28th from 7 to 9 pm. More information in Member’s Corner.
Be sure to check out the MQG Website for important updates. It is not too late to register for QuiltCon or join the Mini Swap.
Road to CA Special Exhibit: SCCQG Quilts of California. Deadline to enter is October 24th. Enter Here
Road to CA Opportunity Quilt: Volunteers are needed to sell Opportunity Quilt raffle tickets at the show on Friday, and also to help with the show in other ways (ie white gloving, set up, take down). You can earn free admission If you volunteer for a minimum of 6 hours.
December 10th Meeting: Holiday Party! More information to come.
February 4th Meeting: Guest Speaker, Carolina Oneto
June 3rd Meeting: Guest Speaker, Veruschka Zarate of Pride & Joy Quilting
MEETING REMINDER: We’ll see you on Zoom, this Saturday, August 1st. Our Inland Empire Modern Quilt Guild Meeting will begin at 2 p.m. Zoom codes have already been sent out. Please check your email boxes for the letter.
Be sure to submit any quilts you’ve been working on for our Show and Share for this coming Saturday’s Guild Meeting Please watch your emails for the Zoom code, and join in with us. Deadline for your Show and Share submission is this Wednesday, July 29th to the Guild’s email: iemodernquiltguild@gmail.com.
Some years ago an incredible display of red and white quilts was held in the Armory Building in New York. The occasion? A birthday gift, from a husband to a wife. She had collected over 800 red and white quilts, and her birthday wish was to see them all at one time. Above is a view of all the quilts, gathered from many years of collecting.
Lest you think they were all only traditional quilts, this one (above) was included–a modern-looking quilt, using stripes and squares to good effect.
Another one tha looks difficult, until you realize the difference a small block makes at the corner of a square (red block on white square, and visa-versa).
Quilt Maker: Elizabeth Eastmond Quilt Title: Red, White and Blue Quilt Statement: Some years ago, I participated in a group where we each designed a block, with no size restriction. I challenged myself to put the blocks together in a non-traditional way, making use of smaller sawtooth stars, strips of triangles, and odd-shaped rectangles, and using a red/white toile.
Quilt Maker: Helen Matter Quilt Title: Freedom! Quilt Size: 14 1/2″ X 35″ Quilt Details: Gudrun Erla (GEQuiltDesigns) Lil’ Kim table runner. I also have had this charm pack for a long time, and I wanted to make something fun for the 4th of July. Gudrun’s design was easy, and it was fun to put together!
Quilt (Top) Maker: Candy Scott Quilt Details: Candy writes that this is quilt for a friend’s newest grandson, and the backing will be LA Dodgers fabric if she has enough left over from face masks.
For your information, the Inland Empire Modern Quilt Guild Board’s Zoom Meeting minutes, from our meeting on Monday, July 20, have been published. You can find them clicking on the Tab at the top of this blog. Many thanks to our new secretary, Lynn Hanna!
Thank you all for your submissions to our Red, White and Blue Festival!
Before we start with the Parade of Red, White, Blue, etc., we thought we’d start off with a message from our President, Gayle:
Zoom through the second half of 2020 with us! At our recent board meeting, via Zoom, we made the call that most organizations have. For the remainder of this year we will not plan any in person meetings. At this time Riverside City Libraries haven’t determined when they will open or when they will be providing space for group gatherings. We hold out a small hope that we might be able to plan something for December since our holiday meeting/party has always been a guild favorite, but that will remain to be seen.
Zoom Guild Meetings are scheduled as follows: • August 1, 2020 Zoom Meeting 2 pm to 4 pm • September 5, 2020 Zoom Meeting 2 pm to 4 pm • October 3, 2020 Zoom Meeting 2 pm to 4 pm • November 7, 2020 Zoom Meeting 2 pm to 4 pm • December 5, 2020 Zoom Meeting 2 pm to 4 pm.
Zoom is EASY to use! Simply click on the link provided in your email invitation. You may be asked to do a quick download for the Zoom application. If you would like to try out Zoom and check your camera and microphone settings prior to a monthly meeting please contact me and I will arrange a brief practice Zoom with you. Zoom offers thirty minutes for free and I’m happy to plan a day and time, send you the invite, and help you become familiar with the process. Please keep in mind that I’m still a Zoom beginner myself and my technical skills are in development, although I’m pretty confident I can walk you through the basics necessary to join in for our guild meetings.
Our access to Zoom for meetings is provided as part of our membership with National MQG along with other resources such as free patterns and webinars, that are especially nice during this time. If you haven’t spent time on the national website ( www.themodernquiltguild.com ) we highly recommend it! Your membership with IEMQG includes membership there. The Opportunity Quilt is in my possession (perks of being the President!) and I’m in the process of binding and adding a hanging sleeve to finish it up. Once complete I’ll put our dedicated guild photographer (my husband, Mike, of course) to work. We have scouted a great location to create some photographs worthy of the quilt. The sale of raffle tickets for the Opportunity Quilt will launch the first of the year when we should have venues available for ticket sales.
See you on Zoom! Gayle, President, IEMQG
For this post, we scooped up some red, white and blue quilts from all over, and included creations from our own Guild members. We have one more post featuring these colors, in any combination or parts of combination, so if you something to share, please send it to the guild email: iemodernquiltguild@gmail.com and include the following:
Quilter: Kelley Bachli Quilt Description: a collection of small blocks at this point.
She writes: These cute flag blocks measure 7″ x 3 1/2″ each and were made by different members of my quilting bee, the Gridsters. Our bee consists of an impressive group quilters from all over the United States and for my month as “Queen Bee” I chose the American Flag block. These are the 24 flag blocks I’ve received so far, but as my month as Queen Bee continues, more will be coming in the mail (oh happy day, getting quilt blocks in the mail!). Once I have received them all I will begin assembling into a quilt. I adapted this block from Pat Sloan’s pattern, “Grand Ole Flag.” There is a free tutorial on her webpage (https://patsloan.typepad.com/files/pat-sloan-grand-ole-flag-bonus-pattern-directions.pdf).
Maker: Unknown, but from our Guild Quilt Design: a series of crosses made from piecing and sashing.
used with permission
Quilter: Tina Curren (Glendale Quilt Guild) Quilt: Flag Quilt #4, wall quilt In correspondence with Tina after seeing her work, she graciously allowed us to post this here for inspiration for us modern types. Her patterns can be found on ETSY.
used with permission
We include a quilt from Thelma Childers, who every month has a parade of quilts, as she changes them out around her home. As award winner, she precision pieces her tops, but has them sent out for quilting. I thought this example of a zillion triangles worth having in our show here on the website. Her blog is Cupcakes and Daisies, and while more traditional, has pristine gems such as this one.
Maker: Mary Lousia Shultz, Pennsylvania Quilt was hung in the DAR Museum in Washington, D.C. and is a quilt from 1898, and is inspired by the ten-week Spanish-American War (fought off the coast of Cuba). Several quilts in this exact design survive, suggesting a pattern that may have been printed in a nationally distributed media outlet.
used with permission
Quilters: Stephanie and Abby of Empty Spools (Instagram) Quilt Title: AmeriCone Dream
Makers Statement: AmeriCone Dream (named after Stephen Colbert’s Ben and Jerry’s ice cream) was made in June 2015. Blue and red are squared elements by Art Gallery Fabrics. This was made using the Kaleidoscope Ruler.
This is a quilt from the collection of Ken Burns, the American filmmaker and documentarian. His comments are just below the quilt, above.
Announcements
Don’t forget to register on Wednesday for QuiltCon Together 2021. Information can be found in the email sent to your inboxes from the national The Modern Quilt Guild. Their website and catalog also have lots of information.
We are looking for your Strawberry Blocks! If you participated in the Modern Quilt Guild’s Monthly Block making, get them ready to send it for our Show and Share, coming up August 1st. Send in your photos of your blocks, or quilts you may want to have shown at Show and Share. Deadline for sending in photos to our email (iemodernquiltguild@gmail.com) is listed to your right, in the calendar (July 29).
Our next board meeting will be held January 20th, via Zoom. Notice how we are all dressed up in red, white and blue with our tiaras and sashes. If you wish to be included, please send an email to our new secretary, Lyn Hanna at our guild email (email address is listed at the top of this post).
We have one more Red, White and Blue post, coming up on July 27th. If you have a quilt that uses any of those colors, in any combination, please send them to our guild email. Thanks.
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