Gone Native for the Mod Bee

Yeah. It was Soo much fun. This quilt is gonna be fabulous. I hope you like it Kim.

One More Bee Block for Kim

This block was great fun to do. I love my little Beefeater! But..... I should have re-read Kim's instructions before beginning. I hope a courthouse steps block will be alright, Kim, since you had requested log cabins. At least it's the same family!

Block for Kim

What a treat to make this cute little Hawaiian gal dance. She's on the way, Kim!

QUILT CON announced!

http://www.quiltcon.com/

Are you going?

;-)

A Bee Block for Kim

This was so fun!

I loved looking for fabric that would compliment my little Dutch girl.

I hope you like it Kim!

Can't wait to see these happy little faces all together!

Bee Block Catch-Up

I never posted my January block, even though Maureen's had it for weeks now. Well, here it is, my first scrappy pineapple:

I've been quilting for two years, and only now have I accumulated enough scraps to start contemplating a scrap quilt. (Exciting!) I learned an important lesson from making Maureen's block: just because it's made from scraps doesn't mean you should include every color there is. This ended up being way more of a rainbow explosion than I had intended. But Maureen said she liked it, so I guess it's okay!

And here's Kim's cute little Eskimo:

The wonky log cabin was super fun to make! I was halfway through the block before I discovered the snowflake fabric in my stash. Yay! Good thing Fabric.com sent me this by mistake a few months ago!

Cheers,

Suzanne.

Block for Kim



I put this in the mail to Kim last week, hopefully it arrived by now.
This is going to be such a happy quilt.  Hope my little guy gets along with the others.

February NYC Mod Bee Block for Kim

My log cabin block has a cowboy at the center. I wish I had some fabric in my stash/scraps that looked like bandanas, but I didn’t. I chose a bit of gingham and country floral instead. For a bit of whimsy, the outermost blue reminds me of saying, “There’s a snake in my boot!”

Name-Tag Swap updates

The sign-ups have closed for our little Name-Tag Swap, and I want to get things organized so you know who to make for, but some people who signed up didn't include an email address..  So, if your name is in GREEN on the list below,  PLEASE send me an email at:

jessunderquilts

at

yahoo

dot

com

Name-Tag swappers:

Mary B

Bernadette

David

Jen Horan

Maria G

Emily

Andrea

Victoria



Thank you!!
When I have everyone's name, I'll send out the list and we can get sewing~~

spring challenge and show and tell

Here's my "spring" challenge block. I don't think I'll be able to make the meeting, but will send this in (probably with Chris) so I definitely want my name in the drawing for the collection!

Also, since I won't be at meeting I'm adding a photo of a recent baby quilt I made. It's all from my scraps (and stash) pile! Had lots of fun making it and, as you can see, it's wonky style is what inspired my challenge block.

Quilts at Grand Army Plaza

We hope that you get to see these in Brooklyn's beautiful Central Library

10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Opening Reception Thursday, March 1, 6 – 8 pm Dweck Center Lobby

Exhibitions February 23 – April 28

Botanical Inspirations by the Quilters’ Guild of Brooklyn Quilts with a botanic theme inspired by poems, the mind’s eye, photos, nature’s tenacity and quilters’ experiences. Grand Lobby

Released with Conviction by the Center for Employment Opportunities Photography and audio interviews that follow nine former inmates after incarceration, revealing their thoughts about reconnecting with their families, the workplace and the community-at-large. Photography by Brooklyn photographers Jeyhoun Allebaugh, Michael Scott Berman and Bryan Tarnowsk

Foyer Cases & Lobby Gallery Join us for a panel discussion in Central Library’s Dweck Center (Feb 29, Informal Reception: 6:30 pm, Discussion: 7 pm). A companion exhibition will be at Flatbush Library (Feb 29 – Apr 28).

Hans My Hedgehog and Other Illustrated Tales by John Nickle Original paintings, sketches and drawings from Nickle’s latest book, Hans My Hedgehog, as well as Never Take a Shark to the Dentist, The Ant Bully, Things That Are Most in the World and others.
Youth Wing

Crossing Continents: A Journey through Asia and Africa in Quilts by Susan Sato & Myrah Brown Green Contemporary quilts that are inspired by traditional techniques indigenous to these continents. Second Floor Balcony Cases

www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/events/exhibition Hours: M – Th 9 – 9 F 10 – 6 Sa 10 – 6 Su 1 – 5

Lucky 13 Bee, For Ellen, February

Heavy Snow

Here's your block Ellen . . . hopefully my leaning trees are not too different for your great winter tree quilt . . . love this quilt design of yours.

Ellen's Lucky 13 Bee Block

Here's my block for you, Ellen. This was a challenge, but fun. I always like learning a new technique... helps stretch the brain! Hope it works for you.

Lucky 13 Bee Tree for Ellen

Here's my section of Ellen's growing fab forest!  Very interesting challenge to create and think through how to maneuver the pieces and get the desired tree branches.  The colors on the left are also a little bit crushed in this photo - even prettier in "real life." 

Lucky 13 Bee 2

February Tree Block for Ellen

This challenge stretched my sewing skills!

Thanks!

Would you like some scraps from the fabrics used?

February NYC Mod Bee Block - Children's Log Cabin

For February's NYC Mod Bee, Kim each gave us a print of a child to work with and some brown fabric.  She asked us to make a log cabin block (wonky or not) and incorporate both items, using the nationality of the child as an inspiration for the block.

I received a print of a child in a kimono, so I used my Japanese-style fabrics (Sashiko cheater cloth, kimono-inspired fabrics, etc):

I hope Kim enjoys it, and I can't wait to see the other blocks!

Susan's show info

"Crossing Continents: A Journey Through Asia & Africa"

Sashiko and shibori (Japanese techniques) are incorporated in my quilts.

It's starts February 23- April 28, 2012. The opening reception is March 1st from

6-8pm at the Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza.

Directions to the library:

www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/central

 

Please stop by and see Susan's quilts!

March 31st Challenge block

 Challenge Raffle BLOCK

For the MARCH 31st meeting

We decided to make 

WONKY LOG CABIN BLOCKS

SPRING COLOR PALETTE

12  1/2'' block.

If you MAKE a block,

your name will go into the hat, 

and one winner will take home ALL the blocks.

;-)

See you in March!

February Meeting Recap

Happy February Everyone,

Now that you have some eye candy to represent all that you missed on Saturday.  Now for a bit of the business side of things.

Saturday was a wonderful day, with a packed house.  Welcome to all of our new members, thanks for dropping in for all of our visitors, and good to see all of our current members again. 

The meeting began with a recap of whats been going on.  I will highlight a few important things for everyone.

• We are a not-for-profit corporation, fully incorporated with applicable documents.
• We are a tax exempt organization (NOTE: due to our current size IRS does not provide formal documentation, but we are classified and recognized as tax-exempt.)
• Members are still welcome to sign up - go to the website at www.nycmetromodquilters.com.
• Annual dues are $65 and can be paid online through paypal at our website or via check/moneyorder.
• Membership has its priviledges. (Smiles)

In addition to our show and tell, we were very fortunate to have Meg Cox, President of the Board of Directors for The Alliance for American Quilts.  She talked with us about the Quilter's S.O.S. (Save Our Stories) project.  This project is a national grassroots initiative to capture the stories and culture of today's quilt makers. This project includes transcribed interviews and photographs and a downloadable, easy-to-use how-to manual. Hundreds of Q.S.O.S. interviews and transcripts are archived at the Library of Congress American Folklife Center, where they are available for research.  Meg taught us the process for recording the stories.

After a lesson on the method of interviewing for the project, Victoria interviewed Kim H, for Q.S.O.S.   It was wonderful.  We listened to Kim and had a chance to learn more about Kim, her family, and her quilting journey. The 45 minutes flew by, and when the interview concluded we had an opportunity to follow up with additional questions.  

The Alliance is also working on a Modern Quilters portion for Q.S.O.S. and we agreed that we will begin to record stories as a group.  So we dropped some names in two baggies and next month, John K. will be interviewing Bernadette F. for Q.S.O.S.  (remember there is a process, with obtaining a number etc.)  Bernadette also offered to transcribe for Q.S.O.S.  If there are any members out there with transcription skills willing to volunteer their services for a worthy cause, contact Meg Cox at the Alliance.

Thank you Meg for your time and presentation.  Thank you Kim H for sharing your story with us.  Thank you Victoria for illiciting the lovely nuggets of information from Kim during the interview.

For those of you that have blocks for the Cherrywood Challenge, please return them ASAP.  As noted in a previous post, in order to be included we need them now.  If you dropped off a block at the meeting and didn't sign the sheet, please send an email to Victoria. 

Our next Meeting will be March 31, 2012.  It is moved because April is Easter.

Stay tuned to the blog for information about the next meeting.

Happy Quilting.

As part of the Q.S.O.S. you have to have a Quilt as a Point of reference.  This is Kim's.

Meg Cox, showing samples of the Houses that can be made for the Alliance challenge. 

CHERRYWOOD challenge BLOCKS

CHALLENGE BLOCKS

If anyone still has their Cherrywood blocks,

We know MORE FABRICS went out then what we got back...

You must send them to me ASAP to be included in this quilt.

Anything you send now,

will go on the back of the quilt. 

The quilt was laid out and 

decided upon at the end of the meeting.

Please mail them by the end of this week,

to the address listed here:

http://www.nycmetromodquilters.com/meetings/

Please also note out next meeting is 

MARCH 31st.

Not April 7th.

Feburary Show & Tell: Part 2

Tina's making bags for kids who are fighting cancer. You can find more information about how you can help at Craft Hope.

We all know who won show & tell. Don't let those sleepy eyes fool you, this is a very happy tiny quilter!

Yep, that's a quilt made up of fat molecules that Bernadette made!