Friday, December 4, 2020
Sunday, November 22, 2020
November 2020
SEACOAST MODERN QUILT GUILD
Kingston Plains
Nov 7th, 2020 – 10:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M.
Checking in
8 members gathered in the grass, masked and at least 6 feet apart in lawn chairs.
Future Meeting Locations:
December 5th Zoom, time to be determined, to avoid conflicts for those of us attending the Thread House Retreat. After discussion, and conferring with members meeting has been moved to December 12th, 10:00 am -12:00 pm, Zoom. Look for a link in your e-mail.
Committee reports
Bethany gave a Treasure’s report.
Jo Anne reported that The Franciscan House has not been very informative, though she did speak to an employee. I seems unlikely that we will be able to have our annual retreat in May 2021.
Voting for Officers
Jo Anne D President
Barbara M Vice President
Lou S Treasurer
Carol B Secretary
The eight members present voted in favor, and five others e-mailed their support. Congratulations to the new board of the Seacoast Modern Quilt Guild.
Discussions
Paula has heard from the charity we donated our Sailboat quilt to, and they evaluated it at $1200. They will send a statement for our taxes.
We discussed our membership in the New England Quilt Museum. Our membership began in September 2020, due to a clerical error on their part. Renewal discussion postponed until April 2021.
Kate has succeeded in contacting Zoom Billing. Apparently, a mistake was made on our account number, it is missing a digit. Decision was made to cancel account, request a refund before reopening it as a paid account.
Paula reminded us to send our gifts by November 24th so they will arrive in time for Zoom Meeting December 5th.
Show and Tell
Is this the Kinship project or is Carol branching out into Log Cabin? Whichever it is she has a lovely color pallets, and has discovered Moda Grunge!
And under the Tell category:
Thursday, October 8, 2020
November 2020
Reports
Meetings
As you can see the list is short two entries.
Programs
New
CZU Fire Quiltsc/o Helen Klee PVQA,4437 W. Walnut St. Soquel, CA 95073-2126
For more information see their blog CZU.
Reminders
Strawberry Banke Sept 2021 Kinship quilt
Urban Forestry Center November 2021 Christmas quilts
Show and Tell
Bethany showed us a lovely quilt she made with a Kate Spain Jellyroll. And what a great pieced back!

Thursday, September 17, 2020
September 12 2020
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SMQG Members hard at work |
Checking In
Future Meeting Locations:
Committee Reports
Nominations
Actions
Programs
Download Pattern Use a light blue for background, and any colorfor the bird.Add background strip across top.Block finishes at 5 1/4" x 6 1/4".

Charity
Show and Tell
Barbara shows us a quilt she made for her daughter after a severe accident. She asked family members to write a note to welcome her home, and contacted the fabric company to purchase more of the "Welcome Home!" fabric for the binding!

Carol shows us her Kinship foursquare in a wonderful new color selection! Gotta love lotta pink and grey together.
Haley has been a very, very busy woman this summer! Above she shows us the top she pieced at Retreat 2019, now complete with her first pieced border. And as usual a very interesting pieced back. Below we see her "Sister Quilt" featuring the essential summer fruit, strawberries! Lots of strawberries on the back!

Kate is still pursuing the slow stitch. This is Domicile #5, a mixed media wall hanging. More Pink, more gables, more pearl cotton! It is amazing how long and 18" square piece can take to complete...
In response to the Curated Quilts Mini Quilt challenge Kate has begun working with solids. It has turned out to be quite a Plus!
The Threadhouse crew! Up very early, sewing the most fabulous bags, and, featured at the beginning of this post, an amazing clamshell pouch. Nancy told us they are having another Virtual Retreat in October
Barb B has been making pillow cases to match the quilts she has made for her grand daughters. Flamingos are a feature!
Nancy has been taking a Block of the Month on Houses. She showed us several, including one that strongly resembles the one she grew up in. Her sister helped her get the color right, and the perspective is great!
Patty has been working hard on the embroidery for the Pillow project. She has two sections done already, on a roll!


Diane shows her most recent pair of banners, complete with fabric designs, and rich in stitching both machine quilting, and several types of hand embroidery. Check out the detail to see her skilled use of couching, applique, piecing, and machine quilting. She has also found time to create a design for the Curated Quilts Mini Quilt Challenge. This is her Plus version.
Friday, September 4, 2020

We we will be meeting outdoors on the lawn at Kingston Plains. Last month we were near the sign for the inn, (see August post below) under the trees. We will have our banner, or a quilt hanging to make it easier to find us this month. Please bring a lawn chair, mask and your snack.
Please bring your postcards, for exchange.
We planned this date last month, with a rain delay for the following week, so:
Sunday, August 9, 2020
August 1 2020, Outdoor Meeting, Kingston Plains
Carol has been making a gift for a friend in poor health. Making the most of lovely 10" squares, and honing skills on borders!
Marylee has been busy making masks, but has also found time to make a rainbow of receiving blankets for an anticipated arrival. She found a tutorial on Utube! Search: Self binding baby blanket for an assortment of tutorials both video and static.

Shelter #3 5/2020
Kate has also gone down the Slo Stitch rabbit hole, courtesy of a class from Diane. Small, but intense, this is #3 May 2020, one in a series of 6 pieces. Or maybe 9? Do we hear 12? Covid is playing tricks on her needle.
Not to be outdone in "figuring it out myself-ness" Lou shows us her microwave potato bags, including one with a larger closing flap that she feels works better. (Also findable on Utube: How to sew a microwave potato bag) Unfortunately these escaped the photographer.

Lots of Warm this Winter
Patty has been captured by some lovely fall colored yarn, and is knitting a sweater. So far it is only a cuff, but it is the beginning of August...
Barbara used a Noodlehead pattern by Anna Graham for this bag. She points out the waxed canvas material at the bottom, and says the inset zipper was the most difficult part. But dig the snazzy lining! You can find your phone in there!
Above is a pillow she just happened to find the time to take a class to learn about even more stitches.
We wonder, does she sleep at all?
Left is the sampler she has made to acompany the Slow Stitch class she started in February (rudely interuppted by covid...) This piece details the stitches she was teaching in this class. She has posted updates on her website:
Below is another piece, this time Sashiko stitches, in the traditional blue and white, with a lovely oriental border.