Our first winner sadly couldn’t attend the class after all, but that means someone else gets to win this great prize!
Our new winner is…
Congratulations Marie! We’ll be in touch soon.
Winner Part 2
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The Winner is…
We have a winner, I won’t keep you hanging, but just a little recap of the terrific prize…
a place in this class, where you will learn to make these beauties which will enable you to go on to make oodles of fabulous quilts in the future.
So the winner is
which is Angela who said
Congratulations Angela, we’ll be in touch soon.
Thanks to Annie from The Village Haberdashery for providing this amazing prize.
Giveaway – Modern Quilting Sampler class
The lovely Annie from The Village Haberdashery is hosting a fabulous giveaway for the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway day.
The Village Haberdashery provides a one-stop shop for the modern crafter with a delightful selection of fabric, yarn, haberdashery and trims. Classes are now being offered which range from knitting to quilting and to celebrate this and the new extended opening hours, Annie is offering one place for the Modern Quilting Sampler class led by popular quiltingblogger and author Katy Jones.
This class will provide you with an exciting introduction to the world of modern quilting using the half square triangle piecing technique! Half square triangles are one of the most important building blocks of patchwork – and the variations of blocks you can create using them are endless.
The class will be held over two days 10am-4pm (Saturday18th and 25th May) and takes place in West Hampstead, London so please ensure if you leave a comment that you are able to travel there for the set time.
There are two chances to win:
1. Leave a comment on this post telling us what crafty skill you would like to learn in 2013.
2. For a bonus entry sign up to the The Village Haberdashery newsletter and leave a comment telling us you have done so.
Giveaway is open to UK residents only and will close on the 10th May at 6pm and the winner will be chosen by Mr Random Generator.
Good luck!!
Giveaway Closed – thanks for entering
April Makes
April seemed to fly by, but some of us were busy…
Take a look at our Flickr group to see who made each item.
Thanks to Amelie for creating the mosaic.
March Makes
some of the projects we were working on in March…
Take a look at our Flickr group to see who made each item.
Thanks to Amelie for creating the mosaic.
Project President
OK, hands up, I stole this post straight from Charlotte (who did a fabulous job of organising this beautiful quilt).
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What do you do when your guild president is having her first baby? Make a secret quilt, of course!
The lovely ladies of the LMQG contributed blocks using this pattern (once they had forgiven me for choosing curves), I did the quilting, and then Amy finished it off with the perfect scrappy binding. There was a fair amount of paranoia that we had been rumbled, especially since the vast majority of the supplies were bought from Annie herself (including the backing), but luckily the effects of pregnancy brain meant that we got away with it.
The quilt was delivered at a mini baby shower last week. There was also a pretty nasty baby food taste test, but that’s a whole different story.
QuiltCon recap
QuiltCon recap by Charlotte of Displacement Activity
I was lucky enough to attend the inaugural QuiltCon in Austin last month, and I am still buzzing from the amazing experience. Spending time with so many people who share the same interests was just fantastic. Add to that the great location, delicious food and warm weather and you are onto a winner!
There were several aspects to QuiltCon, including a juried quilt show and contest, vendor hall, lectures, workshops and social events. The juried show was excellent, with entries from all over the world. There were lots of quilts that I had seen before on blogs, and it was like seeing old friends! I was honoured to have two of my own quilts in the show, one of which came second in its category. It was inspiring to see so many modern quilts together in one space. I think that was my favourite part of the whole experience.
There was a special exhibit of quilts by Denyse Schmidt, who was also the keynote speaker. It was just incredible to be able to see these quilts up close – there is so much tiny detail in the piecing and quilting that you just can’t appreciate in photos.
As well as the show, there was a full schedule of lectures and panel discussions on all four days, including talks by Anna Maria Horner, Heather Ross, Amy Butler, Jacquie Gering and many more. I was volunteering a lot of the time so missed some lectures that I really wanted to see, but luckily they are available for free on Craftsy.
The workshops were extremely popular and most of them filled up really quickly (including the ones I wanted to do, unfortunately) but I was unbelievably lucky and ended up volunteering in Denyse Schmidt’s improvisational piecing class. Denyse is a fantastic teacher, and I learned so much just being in the same room as her.
For me, the best part of going to QuiltCon was working as a volunteer. Because I was travelling alone I was a bit worried that I wouldn’t have anyone to talk to, but volunteering made sure that I was always busy and around other people. It was fantastic to be a part of things, however small.
QuiltCon will return in 2015 – I strongly suggest putting it in your diary now!
February Makes
Some of us were busy in February…
Take a look at our Flickr group to see who made each item.
Thanks to Amelie for creating the mosaic.
Baby quilts for The Octavia Appeal
I wanted to introduce you all to the Octavia Appeal, our charity this year. The Appeal was founded by Lynda Mackie, who will be joining us for our 7th April meeting and be able to tell us more about their work. The appeal is run through the Friends of the Royal Brompton, although the Octavia Appeal is specifically to help the paediatric intensive care unit and paediatric wards. The majority of the young children treated in the paediatric are very young babies. With so many tubes and machines, a light weight quilt would be perfect to cover them. It would also brighten up the wards and let the parent know that others outside the hospital walls are thinking of them. Ideally the quilts should be 70cm by 100cm, with no loose ends or added embellishments. We will also be making a LMQG label, so all the quilts can be labeled and the parent will know who made them. There is an Octavia Appeal website and facebook page.
A modern quilting bee, Block Party
Written by Alissa Haight Carlton (a founding member of The Modern Quilt Guild) and Kristen Lejnieks and published by Stash books. The book contains 12 project chapters for a year long bee. January starts with a wonky log cabin, well explained and with lots of tips on holding a bee. I havent ever been in a bee and after reading this book would love to. Presenting a chalenge and also making me sit down with a dead line to work to. Februrary is a wonky quarted log cabin, March a wonky 9 patch block – wonky is the way! April wonky triangles, May string x, June wonky roman stripe, July a modern dresden plate, August polka dot. September uneven coins
October
November
and December is a confetti block. There is lots of information on quilt backs and quilting, by hand, machine or just hand tying. This is a great book for anyone wanting to hold a bee, make a quilt with friends or even to make a quilt alone. But why quilt alone if you can quilt with friends?
