BAM has Moved!

We have a new site and a new logo and are pretty excited. Check out the new site at: http://www.bayareamodernquilting.com.

We looking forward to seeing you there.

First BAM Meeting of 2019 is Saturday, January 19th at Redwood City Public Library

Redwood City Public Library
1044 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City, CA 94063
Meeting starts at 1:00pm in the 2nd Floor Community Room

If you're not a Member, don't be shy, the first meeting is free!

Here's what we usually do:

• Question of the Day
• Quilty Happenings
• Meet your Neighbor
• Color My Quilt
• SNACKS!
• Show and Tell
• Merit Hexies
• Stay and Sew

Meetings start at 1pm, usually end by 3pm and you can stay and sew with other guild members until 4:45pm.

November BAM Meeting

BAM Meeting Saturday, November 17th at 1:00pm

Redwood City Public Library
1044 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City, CA 94063

I'm thankful for BAMQG. Don't miss:

• Question of the Day
• Quilty Happenings
• Meet your Neighbor
• Color My Quilt
• SNACKS!
• Show and Tell
• Merit Hexies
• Stay and Sew

Meetings start at 1pm, usually end by 3pm and you can stay and sew with other guild members until 5pm when the library closes.

November Sew Day

Happy Halloween!!!

I hope you see some cute Trick or Treaters (if not, here's some courtesy of Ann Kelle)

Ann Kelle, Pumpkin Fun #15981

November Sew Day is Coming Up!

Our next fun filled Sew Day is Saturday, November 3rd, 2018! 

Meeting place:

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

Time: 10-4pm 

Please bring:
- Your sunny smiling self
- A project to work on
- Light non-messy snacks

Plan to bring your own:
- Sewing machine
- Cutting tools (your own personal mat if you want)
- Fabric and other project parts

We provide:
- Ironing Boards (2)
- Irons (2)
- Cutting Mats
- Extension Cords (but you should pack one just in case!)

- Design Wall

No donation needed! Unless you want to be generous of heart.

If you can, please get there early and help Mary set up!

Also, remember to clean up after yourself. Put your chair and table back (unless you are sharing a table!), if you leave early. If you stay to the end your help is greatly appreciated in putting away all the tables and chairs. Many hands make light work! THANK YOU!

Join in the fun at this Sew Day!  

Thank you Mary for setting this up!

B is for BAM Winter Extravaganza Swap

The B is for BAM Swap is the theme of our Winter Extravaganza Swap. The holiday season and officer gift time is also racing at breakneck speed towards us. It isn't too early and there are a lot of gifts to make so it is time to get started. If you don't have your swap partner yet, take a look at some of the ideas below so you can check out tutorials that seem interesting and be ready to start creating as soon as you get your swap partner. You can also test out patterns so you can avoid the duds when it comes to making a fabulous swap gift.

The following list contains a few ideas. Ideas for projects were originally exchanged at the September 2015 meeting. Your editor has expanded on that list over the past few years.Where patterns are listed, it is for ease of use. Patterns have not necessarily been tested. Also, there may be other patterns and tutorials out in the blogosphere that are just as good or better. Not all patterns listed below are free.  The guild, generally, has no affiliation with the sites or vendors listed.

Please insert 'beautiful' or 'bright' or 'brilliant' in front of each listing. ;-)

Apron

•  Sew4Home's Festive Half Apron with Extra Large Pockets tutorial
• Sewing pattern companies such as McCall's, Simplicity and Vogue all have apron patterns. the packets often include multiple versions.

Backpack

• Sew4Home's Summer Sling bag tutorial

Bath bombs tutorial 
Bionic Bag
Board/ruler bag
Boxy bag

• Snappy boxy pouch tutorial from Clover & Violet

Bunting
Camera case wristlet - pattern
Camera pouch - pattern
Camera strap - tutorial by ikatbags.com
Catch All Caddy by ByAnnie
Car trash bag - pattern 
Car ditty bag - tutorial
Cargo Duffel 2 - Noodlehead revised tutorial on the Robert Kaufman site 
Casserole carrier- pattern
Cell phone sling
Chair bag - tutorial 
Changing pad - pattern (make sure your giftee has a baby!)
Checkbook cover tutorial from SewVery
Clipboard (fabric covered) - tutorial from SewVery
Clutch bag - pattern from Clover & Violet
Coasters
Coin purse

• tutorial from Clover & Violet
• pattern from SewNotCrochet on Craftsy

Cold pack tutorial from SewVery
Composition book cover tutorial from Hip to Be a Square
Craft organizer tutorial 
Cup holder/ coffee cozy

• Imaginegnats tutorial

Cushions / Throw pillows

• Use any block

EPP Travel Kit

• The Zen of Making pattern and tutorial. Make sure you look at the link for the optional pin cushion and other tutorials on EPP.

eReader /Tablet bags and cozies

• Book Style Kindle cover tutorial from Clover & Violet
• eReader sleeve with zipper closure - pattern
• Scrappy Striped Tablet bag pattern
•  

Eye pillow
Fabric basket (One Hour Basket)
Fabric boxes (tutorial)
Floor pillow - tutorial from SewVery
Garment bag tutorial from Sew4Home
Gift card holder - pattern from Valori Wells
Glasses case
Grocery bag -

• Jane Market Bag/tote pattern by Alicia Paulson
• Pattern by Michelle Patterns 
• Ruby Market Tote tutorial from Clover & Violet

Hanging toiletry Basket (pattern found in In Stitches book)
Happy Birthday banner
Heating pad/ rice pack

• tutorial from SewVery

Holiday banner

• Charm square bunting tutorial from Hip to Be a Square

Idea pouch (pattern by Michelle Patterns) - holds notebooks, pens, pencils, etc
iPad Cover - (pattern by Michelle Patterns)
Iron Caddy

• pattern by Sisters Common Threads - this one is usually sold with Insulbrite
• free version from the Tri County Quilters.

Jewelry

• Starburst wrapper bracelet pattern

Jewelry roll
Journal cover

• Artquiltmaker.com tutorial
• imaginegnats.com notebook cover  
• Quilted sketchbook cover tutorial

Keychain
Lanyard (tutorial)
Light switch plates (covered) - tutorial from Craft Buds
Luggage tag tutorial from Clover & Violet
Manicure roll-up bag tutorial from Hip to Be a Square
Mask
Mini ironing table (pattern/tutorial)
Mini quilt / wall hanging
Mug rug
Name tag
Napkins
Needle safe

• Kantha Stitched Needlebook pattern  
• Sew4Home's Full zippered Sewing (& More) Case tutorial

One Hour Baskets pattern/tutorial

• Friends of the One Hour Basket pattern (for purchase)

Pattern weights (tutorial/pattern)
Pencil case
Pencil roll (Pink Chalk has an excellent pattern, but the shop is closed. If you can find one of these patterns somewhere, you won't be sorry.)

• MyPoppet 10 Minute Pencil Roll pattern using a serger/overlock stitch
• SewCanShe pencil roll pattern - you don't have to  use burlap
• SewScrumptious felt tip pattern

Pencil pouch - tutorial from Craft Buds

• 6 free pencil case patterns
• Binder pencil case / travel pouch pattern - $4.99 on Craftsy
• Shark pencil case pattern - free from Craftsy 
• Standup pen pouch tutorial

Pillowcase

• Artquiltmaker Guide to the burrito style pillowcase pattern
• Clover & Violet French Seam pillowcase pattern
• Reversible pillowcases pattern  
• Romantic Floral pillowcase with decorative cuffs tutorial from Sew4Home

Pincushion resources

• Pyramid chicken pincushion
• Armchair pincushion and sewing pocket pattern 

Phone sleeve (tutorial)

• The Spruce Cell phone case pattern & tutorial
• Sew With Me Saturday cell phone pattern & tutorial -  shows how to measure your phone so you can make it the right size

Placemats -

• Hip to be a Square's quilted picnic placemats tutorial 
• Check out the Make It, Take It book
• Outdoor mini placemat pockets pattern
• SewVery's reversible placemat tutorial

Potholders

• Magic potholder PDF pattern by Quilted Forest
• Pinch style pattern

Project bag

• Betsy Makes Project bag with zippers tutorial
• Sew Mama Sew Fat Quarter project bag tutorial

Purse

• Wristlet Cora purse pattern from Clover & Violet

Purse organizer

• tutorial
• Free pattern by SewSheCan on Craftsy

Remote control organizer

• pillow - tutorial
• Tabletop organizer - tutorial from SewVery

Retro Rucksack pattern from Radiant Home Studio 
Sash with Beaded Fringe (pattern found in In Stitches book)
Scissor Sheath (tutorial)
Sew Together Bag
Sewing machine cover

• tutorial by Debbie Shore
• reversible - tutorial
• Undercover Maker Mat by Lillyellasworld - cover and mat
• List of mats and covers

Sewing Organizer Bag - handwork tutorial 
Sketchbook cover tutorial
Sleeping mask  (pattern found in In Stitches book)
Softies

• Stuffed fox with antlers pattern by Imaginegnats.com

Stitching folder

• AllPeopleQuilt.com' Sew Perfect project by Linda Lum DeBono (you may have to sign up for an account or newsletter to get this project)

Table runner
Tablet cover
Tea cozy

• Imaginegnats tutorial

Thermal cup holder
Thread catcher/pin cushion - tutorial
Tissue box cover tutorial from Craft Buds (you might want to include a box of tissues so the giftee knows the size) 
Tissue holder
Tote bag

• Aurifil Thread Box and Sewing Caddy - Sew4Home tutorial
• Beach Tote tutorial 
• Craft Buds tote bag tutorial
• Hand stamped tote bag pattern  
• Pepper tote pattern from Clover & Violet
• Reversible tote pattern 
• Water bottle tote pattern

Triple zip pouch (tutorial)
Undercover Maker Mat - free pattern on Craftsy by LillyElla Designs
Wallet
Water bottle strap
Wrist pin cushion
Zipper bag

• Zipper pocket tutorial pattern  

Zipper pouch

There are numerous other resources with multiple projects, including:

•  One Yard Wonder book 
•  Flamingo Toes blog 
•  50 ideas on Tipnut
• Clover & Violet has a long list of free patterns with appealing pictures
• Craftsy of projects to make from leftover fabrics. Some of the patterns are for purchase.
• Creative cloth projects
• In Stitches (book) by Amy Butler 
• Lindsay Sews Tutorials & Projects 
• Michelle Patterns clutches and purse patterns 

October BAM Meeting

BAM Meeting Saturday, October 20th at 1:00pm

Redwood City Public Library
1044 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City, CA 94063

Destash Party!!!

This is the meeting to make it to. Bring fabric to swap and you get to be one of the first to choose fabrics to take home with you!

https://www.mrsbobbins.com/blog

If you're like Mrs. Bobbins, this is your chance to make room for more fabrics...or grab a bunch more!

Meetings start at 1pm, usually end by 3pm and the hard-core quilters bring a hand sewing project or their Color-My-Quilt blocks to stay and sew with other guild members until 5pm when the library closes.

October Sew Day

October Sew Day is Coming Up!

Our next fun filled Sew Day is Saturday, October 6th, 2018! 

Meeting place:

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

Time: 10-4pm 

Please bring:
- Your sunny smiling self
- A project to work on
- Light non-messy snacks

Plan to bring your own:
- Sewing machine
- Cutting tools (your own personal mat if you want)
- Fabric and other project parts

We provide:
- Ironing Boards (2)
- Irons (2)
- Cutting Mats
- Extension Cords (but you should pack one just in case!)

- Design Wall

No donation needed! Unless you want to be generous of heart.

If you can, please get there early and help Mary set up!

Also, remember to clean up after yourself. Put your chair and table back (unless you are sharing a table!), if you leave early. If you stay to the end your help is greatly appreciated in putting away all the tables and chairs. Many hands make light work! THANK YOU!

Join in the fun at this Sew Day!  

Thank you Mary for setting this up!

September BAM Meeting

BAM Meeting Saturday, September 15th at 1:00pm

Redwood City Public Library
1044 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City, CA 94063

Here's some of what you'll miss if you don't make it to the meeting:

• Question of the Day
• Quilty Happenings
• Meet your Neighbor
• Color My Quilt
• SNACKS!
• Show and Tell
• Merit Hexies
• Stay and Sew

Meetings start at 1pm, usually end by 3pm and the hard-core quilters bring a hand sewing project or their Color-My-Quilt blocks to stay and sew with other guild members until 5pm when the library closes.

Pet Bed Tutorials

The guild has two pet bed/ cat bed tutorials. One is regular and one is simplified. These were written by Amanda.

Because of various technical challenges with Blogger, these are stored on Jaye's blog and not here.

2018 Meetings and Sew Days

There are only 6 official BAM meet-ups left in 2018. 

Mark your calendars so you don't miss one!

MEETING: Saturday, September 15th - Redwood City Public Library 1:00pm

SEW DAY: Saturday, October 6th - Grace Lutheran Church 10:00am-4:00pm

MEETING: Saturday, October 20th - Redwood City Public Library 1:00pm

SEW DAY: Saturday, November 3rd - Grace Lutheran Church 10:00am-4:00pm

MEETING: Saturday, November 17th - Redwood City Public Library 1:00pm

HOLIDAY PARTY Saturday, December 1st - Grace Lutheran Church

Destash Party in October

It's that time again, time to start preparing for the Destash Party, or Restash, depending on your perspective!  One of our popular BAM events, this is a chance to get rid of fabric, tools, notions, books, and other crafty supplies you no longer use or need. As a bonus you go home with all new ones!  

Start cleaning out your current stash and gathering up items you want to rehome, because at our October 2018 meeting we will set it all out by type and those who brought items will get first dibs.  As always, anything left over after the initial grabbing, pushing, shoving and general mayhem will be up for grabs to anyone in attendance at the meeting with slightly less mayhem.

Anything not taken by the end of the meeting will be donated or cut up for cat beds, so no waste and you go home with new fun stuff to play with!
So start cleaning!

August Sew Day is TODAY!

Our next fun filled Sew Day is Saturday, August 4th, 2018! 

Meeting place:

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

Time: 10-4pm 

Please bring:
- Your sunny smiling self
- A project to work on
- Light non-messy snacks

Plan to bring your own:
- Sewing machine
- Cutting tools (your own personal mat if you want)
- Fabric and other project parts

We provide:
- Ironing Boards (2)
- Irons (2)
- Cutting Mats
- Extension Cords (but you should pack one just in case!)

No donation needed! Unless you want to be generous of heart.

If you can, please get there early and help Mary set up!

Also, remember to clean up after yourself. Put your chair and table back (unless you are sharing a table!), if you leave early. If you stay to the end your help is greatly appreciated in putting away all the tables and chairs. Many hands make light work! THANK YOU!

Join in the fun at this Sew Day!  

Thank you Mary for setting this up!

The Most Important Thing Happening May 19, 2018

No, not the Royal Wedding

It's the Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild Meeting!

If you are planning on watching the Royal Wedding AND Attending the BAM meeting, you're in good company.

There's plenty of time to watch the royal wedding at 1:00am  go to sleep and roll out of bed well rested at 11:00am to pack up your show-and-tell items and get to the Redwood City Public Library for the Guild Meeting at 1:00pm in the Community Room.

Don't forget to bring:

• Color My Quilt blocks for Nicki: "Nicki's submitted her color selection and theme.  Her favorite color is in the red-violet range or cool toned red to blue side of the color wheel.  Her theme is Harmony (balance, pleasing, friendship & synergy).  Please choose your favorite color and add it to hers.  Due during the May meeting."
  *Thanks to Cheryl for posting the summary of Nicki's prompt
• A camera to take pictures of all the beautiful Quilts Nicki will be showing at this meetings Trunk Show!
• Snacks to share if you're feeling generous

Here's a Modern Double Wedding Ring to get you ready for the Amazing Saturday of Royal Weddings and Modern Quilts

Double Edge Love is by Victoria Findlay Wolfe and quilted by Lisa Sipes.

Cinco de Sew Day this Saturday!

COME TO SEW DAY THIS SATURDAY, May 5th

Grace Lutheran Church

3149 Waverly Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306
(Corner of Waverly and Loma Verde Street)

Time: 10-4pm 

Cinco de Mayo is also CHARITY SEW DAY!

We will be turning the guild's charity fabric stash into pencil cases for school kids. So, bring your zipper foot and your helping hands (and maybe some snacks to share). 

Let's prove that quilters have the biggest hearts :)

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEW DAY WHETHER YOU'RE SEWING FOR CHARITY OR NOT

Bring your own:

- Sewing machine
- Cutting tools (your own personal mat if you want)
- Fabric and other project parts

We provide:

- Ironing Boards (2)
- Irons (2)
- Cutting Mats
- Extension Cords (but you should pack one just in case!)


If you can, please get there early and help Mary set up!
Or stay to the end and help put away the tables and chairs. Many hands make light work! THANK YOU!

SEW DAY THIS SATURDAY

COME TO SEW DAY THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 7th

Grace Lutheran Church

3149 Waverly Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306
(Corner of Waverly and Loma Verde Street)

Time: 10-4pm 

Extra! Extra! First Skill-Building session with Sewist-extraordinaire, Mary C. will be held this Saturday during the sew day.

Mary's going to teach us to Zip It!
(Zip it good)

 

No, you won't learn to zip your lips at BAMQG, but you might learn to sew an invisible zipper!

Bring any length invisible zipper, a fat quarter of fabric, and your machine's zipper foot. Mary should be starting at 11am. 

This class is free and entirely optional. If you just want to go your own way on Sew Day, you can do that too.

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEW DAY WHETHER YOU'RE SKILL-BUILDING OR NOT

Bring your own:

- Sewing machine
- Cutting tools (your own personal mat if you want)
- Fabric and other project parts

We provide:

- Ironing Boards (2)
- Irons (2)
- Cutting Mats
- Extension Cords (but you should pack one just in case!)


If you can, please get there early and help Mary set up!
Or stay to the end and help put away the tables and chairs. Many hands make light work! THANK YOU!

March Meeting is Next Saturday

The BAM March Meeting is next Saturday, March 17th at the Redwood City Public Library

That means you have 9 days to plan your green outfit and finish something for show and tell.

Also, Challenge #4 from Claire and Helen will be due at the March meeting. Do you have your project made with something that started out as something else for the final scrappy challenge?

If you were at the January meeting, the photos above should jog your memory of Helen's 

presentation.

Whether you're a fan of Shovelhead's underwear quilt or Sherri Lynn Wood's Make-Do philosophy there should be some interesting challenge pieces at the March Meeting. 

Meetings start at 1pm, usually end by 3pm and we get to stay and sew until 5pm when the library closes.

See you there!

SEW DAY TOMORROW 10-4

COME TO SEW DAY THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 3RD

Grace Lutheran Church

3149 Waverly Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306
(Corner of Waverly and Loma Verde Street)

Time: 10-4pm 

Reasons to Get there Early:

1 - Claim your spot at the best table (IE closest to snacks and ironing boards)

2 - Get a brownie before they're gone.

3 - Get some sewing done before all the socializing starts :)

Bring your own:

- Sewing machine
- Cutting tools (your own personal mat if you want)
- Fabric and other project parts

We provide:

- Ironing Boards (2)
- Irons (2)
- Cutting Mats
- Extension Cords (but you should pack one just in case!)


If you can, please get there early and help Mary set up!
If you stay to the end your help is greatly appreciated in putting away all the tables and chairs. Many hands make light work! THANK YOU!

Join in the fun at this Sew Day!  

February Meeting Tomorrow in Redwood City!

Come One, Come All to the next BAM meeting!

February Meeting: 02/17/2018

Redwood City Library, Community Room

1044 Middlefield Road

Redwood City, CA 94063

1pm - 3:30pm Meeting

3:30 - 5pm Stay and Sew

Things to know before you go:

• There will be a question of the Day. You get to stand up and speak your mind about whatever quilty quandary comes up.
  
• Bring Snacks and an appetite. One is good. Both is better. Last meeting, the crowd favorites were homemade apple bread and Rugelach (yes,homemade rugelach). It is girl scout cookie season, so if you can't trust yourself with a whole box of thin mints, why not share them with your fellow quilters?
  
• Show and Tell is the best part of the meeting, so show 'em it you got 'em. And just like in middle school, I will be sitting shyly in the back waiting for the day when I have something to show. I keep reminding myself that we all become quilters at our own pace *sigh* there's always next month.
  
• There is no "Color My Quilt" due this month nor is there a challenge due, so fellow sewing slackers can come to the meeting with a clear conscience...unless they haven't paid their 2018 guild dues.

SEW DAY & BAM BOARD MEETING TOMORROW

Our next fun filled Sew Day is tomorrow, Saturday, February 3rd, 2018! This one is extra special because there will be a Board Meeting in the morning.

Meeting place:

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

Time: 10-4pm 

Please bring your own projects, but feel free to continue sewing pillowcases for the Happiness is a Warm Quilt drive for the fire victims in Napa and Sonoma Counties.  As you might remember, they are also asking for quilts (bed sized only) in addition to the children's pillowcases. There is additional information here Happiness is a Warm Quilt info.

Please bring:

- Your sunny smiling self
- Light non-messy snacks

Plan to bring your own:
- Sewing machine
- Cutting tools (your own personal mat if you want)
- Fabric and other project parts

We provide:
- Ironing Boards (2)
- Irons (2)
- Cutting Mats
- Extension Cords (but you should pack one just in case!)

No donation needed! Unless you want to be generous of heart.

If you can, please get there early and help Mary set up!

Also, remember to clean up after yourself. Put your chair and table back (unless you are sharing a table!), if you leave early. If you stay to the end your help is greatly appreciated in putting away all the tables and chairs. Many hands make light work! THANK YOU!

Join in the fun at this Sew Day!