July 19th Workshop Supply List

Our monthly meeting on the 19th is quickly approaching, and this month we are doing something fun! We'll be having a workshop hosted by our very own Cathy Winter. She will be teaching us a method for making the Scrappy Trip Around blocks. It is sure to be lots of fun.

Here are the supplies that you should bring:

1)  Fabric cut into strips 2½” wide by 16” long (or longer)  OR  use a Jellyroll  (every 6 strips from a jelly roll will make 2 blocks with a remnant).   The minimum fabric to bring: 6 strips cut 2 1/2" by 16" as this will make one 12" (finished) trip-along block.  There is no maximum.

2)  A SEAM RIPPER (technique involves some selective ‘un-stitching’).

3)  Sewing machine, thread, scissors & other such basic sewing needs

4)  Cutting mat(18”x12” works), rotary cutter, ruler for rotary cutting (I use a 6”x12”).  IF your strips are not precut, then a larger mat and a longer ruler will be needed.

5)  Iron and ironing mat/board; an extension cord. {Last workshop we had an extension cord issue, so bring extras if you have them :) }

Additional Note on the Fabric Selection:  Fabrics can be a scrappy assortment or a coordinated blend.  The two samples (shown on Cathy's blog here) use garden floral prints, arranged to make a strong diagonal in each block.  This pattern works up nicely in a variety of combinations.

If you want to learn this method but are unsure of what fabrics to bring, consider sewing blocks for a donation quilt.  Please let Mod Quilt Girl Anna know that you are interested so our guild can provide the strips for these donation blocks.  Or if you have strips to donate for a charity quilt, bring them along (& Thank–You in advance)!

The original pattern by Bonnie Hunter is available for free on Quiltville.com.  Click here.  More samples can be seen on the Scrappy Trip Along group on Flickr.

Join us to learn this fun and easy pattern! Don't forget to pack a lunch, any show-n-tell projects you have, and your mini quilts to swap.  Looking forward to seeing you in 2 weeks!

IMPORTANT: This meeting will take place in Founders Hall from 10am - 4pm on the first floor of the church. We will not be meeting in our usual room. 

Modern Wonky Churn Dash Quilt for Pam

As a guild, we create quilts for our members when they get married or have babies.

Some of our guild members are past that season and we still have a need to create a quilt for them.

It was decided that everyone wanted to make a quilt for Pam.  Pam always helps anyone in need even if they have a deadline coming up sooner than later.  She has helped many members with quilting and quilt design.  She tells people to just start free motion quilting.  You are never going to be able to do it if you just think about it.

Detail of Quilting by Amy

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The quilt was made using Floating Churn Dash.  

This patten makes a block that is 9 1/2'' so we will need to do a little adding to only 2 of our sides.
You will add:
A 3 1/2" x 9 1/2" strip of background to the right side of your block.
A 3 1/2" x 12 1/2" strip of background to the bottom of your block.

The blocks were wonky pieced and the final quilt measured around 55 x 72.  We asked members to use their favorite modern fabric for the block.  The back (I forgot to take pictures of ) was made with an orange elephant print because Pam loves elephants.  The binding was a scrappy.