Charity Sew Day is on Saturday

The next Charity Sew Day is on Saturday February 4 from 10-4 at Grace Lutheran Church in Palo Alto.


Grace Lutheran Church
3149 Waverley St
Palo Alto, CA 94306

As you know, the guild was the recipient of a large amount of modern fabric last Fall. At the next charity sew day we will be making NICU quilts from the fat quarters that were part of the donation. We will be working with a line of florals and two Riley Blake fabrics: Fly Aweigh, a nautical line, and Oh Boy, which is all about transportation.  

There are 64 fat quarters and we have fabric to make 32 NICU tops.  Each top should take about half an hour to complete.

Peggy spotted a quilt on the Quiltmaker site quilt, which will make a great and easy donation quilt. It is a variation on a Rail Fence. Michelle changed the size of the pieces to use up as much of the fat quarters as possible.

We have a few mats, rulers, and cutters, but bring your own favorite tools so we have enough to accommodate everyone.
 

Things to bring (in general):

• Your name tag
• Charity blocks and quilts 
• Non-messy snacks
• Sewing gear (machine, mats, irons, etc) 

Thanks to Michelle and Peggy for chairing Charity again and working hard to set up this Charity Sew Day and to Mary C for securing the place.

New Challenge: Color My Quilt

Color My Quilt is a new challenge conceived and hosted by Karen. By participating in this challenge you will:

• Explore another member’s color palette
• Explore colors outside of your typical selections
• Experiment with design in a group setting 
  

Each month we explore a color palette of that month’s Colorist.
The Colorist creates a set of 25 packets to had out at the meeting with the following information:

1. A set of small fabric swatches representing the color palette 
2. A theme, concept, or idea in words and/or photos to inspire a direction
3. Each participant goes home and makes a Chunk using that color palette with the following rules:
4. No design requirements:  improv, regular block anything goes
5. Use your own stash
6. Stick to the palette:  no new colors except in very small amounts in a print
7. You do not have to use all the colors in the palette
8.  Minimal size of each side:  5”
9. Maximum size of any side:  20”
10. Add your name on a piece of paper / fabric and attach to your chunk
11. Post photo on Instagram #colormyquilt

Follow on meeting:

1. Each participant brings their Chunk to the meeting
2. After the meeting, we can play and discuss design ideas together

Colorist:

1. Owns the design and the chunks
2. Will most likely need to add to the collection to complete the design
3. Is free to cut, modify or not use any chunk of their choice
4. The design will be a challenge!
5. Post photos on Instagram using #colormyquilt

Repeat each month till we run out of members who wish to be Colorists.

We will use this Ning Forum to sign up Colorists for the month.  Pick a month, and I’ll add you to the list.

January:  Karen
February:  Cheryl
March: Kelly
April: Gerre
May: Annemarrie
June: Michelle S
July: Bonnie
August : Joelle
September: Amy
October: Melinda
November: Beth
December: Michelle Nicole
Jan 2018: Sue
Feb 2018: TBD 
etc... till we have no new Colorists.

Jan Meeting minutes

January Meeting Minutes 1/21/17

Welcome & introductions
Theme of the year- scrap attack
Co-vice presidents- Mary Craven and Amy McDonald
President- Gerre

Question of the day: If you could be any pre-cut fabric, what would you be?
Fat Quarter, a scrap, a jelly roll- “because they are nice and thin”, cherrywood color pack, kona
charm pack, layer cake, odds and ends bundle, a charm pack because  I’m so charming, a
whole bolt, a remnant- leftover from last year, a bolt of baby fabric,  a layer cake- chocolate-
sometimes bittersweet, scrap bag,

More introductions
Anne Marie- membership,  Claire- Treasurer
2017 Dues- Claire transitioning to Nancy this year, dues pay by cash or check here $40, after
next board meeting a budget can be presented

Upcoming Dates and Activities
Sew days- 2/4, 3/4, 4/1, 5/6 
Meetings- 2/11, 3/18 (at Grace Lutheran)
2017 Coordinators & Volunteers
Cheryl- swap coordinator, random # generator
Claire and Helen-  challenges
Jaye- note taker, blog
Peggy and Michelle- charity
Mary- sew days
Angela- cat beds
Nikki- coffee room mother
Kelly- librarian transition to Lee Ann
Bonnie- retreat coordinator

Sew Days
10-4ish first sat of every month
3149 Waverly, Grace Lutheran Church, Palo Alto
Don’t need to bring iron, ironing board or cutting materials

Ongoing projects
Cat beds- Angela in charge, has supplies if needed, will need help distributing.
Charity- Variety of options- postage stamps, 10-12 kits need taken home for finishing, half
square triangles, need help cutting after today’s meeting for 2/4’s sew day- 32 baby quilts
planned.  Chuck and Mike brought 10 fleece blankets for donation.  156 were donated  by guild
last year.
Lending library- closed today, will be here on 11 Feb. meeting.
Retreat- no date or venue yet, look for questionnaire for venue preference
Text challenge- due in Feb. see Karen for details
Tooling lending library- any interest? See Claire
Challenges for 2017-
3-4 over the year, First one starting in Feb. all working with scraps. Bring scraps to share in
February- more details to come in the forum
Small groups-
interest groups that meet after the main meeting
Slow Stitchers- hand sewing of all kinds
Desire more groups to be started, let Amy know if there are more that exist that need announced

Member led workshops
2/5 South Bay Area Modern (Santa Cruz) - Zipper Bag project-  sign up sbmqg@gmail.com $20
if non-member of that group
Speakers and workshops
Seeking local ideas for teachers, difficulties in scheduling 2017 speakers at this point in the year
Member-led workshops- if you can teach and want to, let Amy know.

New Series
Get to know your neighbor-
nominate your fellow members to be interviewed for a few minutes at a meeting

Quilty Happenings
Joy-Lily- featured speaker at SF quilt guild- 101 quilts later and what I’ve learned
777 Geary- guest fee 2/21- will post on the forum

Homemade bags were present to 2016’s outgoing officers- Gerre, Lynette, Claire, Joelle

BAM Merit Hexies “like Merit Badges- but different!”- Gerre
How do you earn: wear name tag, charity work, cat bed work, participate in swaps and
challenges, charity prep work, outside community events (for example- days for girls,
volunteering in meetings
There is checksheet to indicate how you have earned some for that meeting.  Ziplock bags
provided to label with name and can be left at meetings if desired, or you can take them home
after each meeting
Details posted on the forum.

Color my world- Karen
Group activity, Color palette exploration,
How does this work- each month explore a member’s color palette, presented with a small
swatch of these colors, present a theme inspired or related to the palette, other members can
then take home swatch and using their own fabrics and make a chunk to be given to that’s
month’s presenter
Details  posted on the forum

Truck Show- Ruth Beeby presents

Giveaway drawing
Break
Show and Tell

Meeting Tomorrow!

Happy New Year, BAMers! We look forward to seeing you tomorrow, Saturday January 21, 2017, for our first monthly guild meeting of the year! Join us at 1:00, at the Redwood City Library, in the upstairs community room.

Things to bring:

We will be cutting charity fabrics in preparation for the upcoming Charity Sew Day. Please bring rulers, mats, and rotary cutters.

• IRR Round Robin bins and bags
• Lucky Spools work 
• Show and Tell - this is a great way to get to know people
• Your name tag 
• Charity blocks and quilts 
• Small Group projects (and ideas for new Small Groups!) 
• Information about local/national quilty happenings 
• Non-messy snacks 
• Sewing projects for after the meeting 

Check out the last meeting's minutes.

If you have any questions or want a space on the agenda, please leave a comment, or contact an officer before the meeting.

Members can visit the BA Modern forum.  

Happy New Year Meeting on Saturday!

Happy New Year, BAMers! We look forward to seeing you on Saturday January 21, 2017, for our first monthly guild meeting of the year! Join us at 1:00, at the Redwood City Library, in the upstairs community room.

Things to bring:

• IRR Round Robin bins and bags
• Lucky Spools work 
• Show and Tell - this is a great way to get to know people
• Your name tag 
• Charity blocks and quilts 
• Small Group projects (and ideas for new Small Groups!) 
• Information about local/national quilty happenings 
• Non-messy snacks 
• Sewing projects for after the meeting 

A more precise agenda may be posted later in the week. If you have any questions or want a space on the agenda, please leave a comment, or contact an officer before the meeting.

Members can visit the BA Modern forum.  

Color My Quilt

Color My Quilt

     — Explore another member’s color palette

     — Explore colors outside of your typical selections

     — Experiment with design in a group setting

Each month we explore a color palette of that month’s Colorist.

Each participant creates a chunk that matches the palette

More details on the Bay Area Modern Forum and Blog

The Colorist creates a set of 25 packets to had out at the meeting with the following information:

     1.  A set of small fabric swatches representing the color palette

     2.  A theme, concept, or idea in words and/or photos to inspire a direction

Each participant goes home and makes a Chunk using that color palette with the following rules:

     1.  No design requirements:  improv, regular block anything goes

     2.  Use your own stash, use any scraps you might have

     3.  Stick to the palette:  no new colors except in very small amounts in a print

     4.  You do not have to use all the colors in the palette

     5.  Minimal size of each side:  5”

     6.  Maximum size of any side:  20”

     7.  Add your name on a piece of paper / fabric and attach to your chunk

     8.  Post photo on Instagram #colormyquilt

Follow on meeting:

     1.  Each participant brings their Chunk to the meeting

     2.  After the meeting, we can play and discuss design ideas together

Colorist:

     1.  Owns the design and the chunks

     2.  Will most likely need to add to the collection to complete the design

     3.  Is free to cut, modify or not use any chunk of their choice

     4.  The design will be a challenge!

Repeat each month till we run out of members who wish to be Colorists.

Members will use the Ning Forum to sign up Colorists for the month. Pick a

month, and talk to Karen about adding you to the list.

January:  Karen

February:  Cheryl

March: Kelly

April: Gerre

May: Annemarrie

June:

etc... till we have no new Colorists.

Sew Day Report!

Mary, once again, did a great job setting up and organizing the room for us. Thanks, Mary!



Tim was there with his niece Haley and they put a t-shirt quilt together for her. She just graduated from college and the quilt is made from all of her college t-shirts. It looks great!

I worked on cutting. I started cutting for the second step of the En Provence mystery quilt. People have started posting the blocks and I am glad I am making it. I can choose some colors better now that I know what the piece will look like. I know I am not quite finished with step one, but cutting is a good thing to do at Sew Day and it doesn't go bad. I didn't feel like bringing my machine to the event.



Rhonda worked on her Carolyn Friedlander handwork quilt. She started to put the segments together. Another great project!

Sew Day Tomorrow!

The first  guild Sew Day of 2017 is tomorrow, Saturday January 7, 2017. Did I say that's TOMORROW!?!?!

Location: Grace Lutheran Church
3149 Waverly Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306
(Corner of Waverly and Loma Verde Street)

Please bring:

• Light non-messy snacks
• Irons (3)
• Ironing boards (3)
• Large cutting mats (need 2)
• Design walls (need 2)
• Small amount of cash for a donation for the space

Members can reply to the Ning forum discussion or email Mary to let her know what you will bring.

Plan to bring your own:

• Extension cord and/or power strip
• Sewing machine
• Cutting tools (your own personal mat if you want)
• Fabric and other project parts

Get there early and help Mary set up.

RSVP today so Mary has an idea of how many will be there.

Thank you Mary for setting this up!

Sew Day Saturday!

The first  guild Sew Day of 2017 is Saturday January 7, 2017.

Location: Grace Lutheran Church
3149 Waverly Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306
(Corner of Waverly and Loma Verde Street)

Please bring:

• Light non-messy snacks
• Irons (3)
• Ironing boards (3)
• Large cutting mats (need 2)
• Design walls (need 2)
• Small amount of cash for a donation for the space

Members can reply to the Ning forum discussion or email Mary by Friday to let her know what you will bring.

Plan to bring your own:

• Extension cord and/or power strip
• Sewing machine
• Cutting tools (your own personal mat if you want)
• Fabric and other project parts

Get there early and help Mary set up.

RSVP today so Mary has an idea of how many will be there.

Thank you Mary for setting this up!