Monday, December 31, 2012

Remember: Sew Day January 5!

Our next Sew Day is coming up on THIS Saturday, January 5
Sewing will go from 10am-11pm - any project is welcome!
NEW LOCATION! (see below)

Please RSVP to the post in the forum if you are coming, so we can get a head count. There is a limit of 20 sewers at the sew day this time, so this is important.

Location:
The Intrepid Thread
1709 S. Main
Milpitas, 95035
http://goo.gl/maps/Lw7qU

Shout out if you can bring these items to share (Julie has limited number in the shop, and more is better anyhow):
  • Light/non-messy snacks
  • Ironing Board
  • Iron
  • Extra cutting mat

Plan to bring your own:
  • Extension cord and/or power strip
  • Sewing machine
  • Cutting tools/mats (you might want a personal one)
  • Night-owls might want to bring an iron/ironing pad with them.
We hope to see you there!

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Sew Day January 5, 2013

Our next Sew Day is Saturday, January 5
Sewing will go from 10am-11pm - any project is welcome!
NEW LOCATION! (see below)

Please RSVP to the post in the forum if you are coming, so we can get a head count. There is a limit of 20 sewers at the sew day this time, so this is important.

Location:
The Intrepid Thread
1709 S. Main
Milpitas, 95035
http://goo.gl/maps/Lw7qU

Shout out if you can bring these items to share (Julie has limited number in the shop, and more is better anyhow):
  • Light/non-messy snacks
  • Ironing Board
  • Iron
  • Extra cutting mat

Plan to bring your own:
  • Extension cord and/or power strip
  • Sewing machine
  • Cutting tools/mats (you might want a personal one)
  • Night-owls might want to bring an iron/ironing pad with them.
We hope to see you there!

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Help the Kids at Sandy Hook Elementary

I saw this on Mark Lipinski's Facebook page. Thanks, Mark, for being in the loop and sharing this great opportunity.

Here is YOUR chance to help the families in Newtown...

Becky at Quilter's Corner quilt shop in New Milford, CT is collecting pillowcases for the children at Sandy Hook School. She is trying to collect around 600. Please pass this message to any sewing friends. Pillowcases can be mailed to her at Quilters Corner, 312 Danbury Rd, New Milford, CT. 06776.

HOW TO MAKE EASY, FAST PILLOWCASES: http://yhoo.it/Uq5AHj

Members of our guild have written about pillowcases on their own blogs in the past. The pattern your editor likes is the Twiddletails pattern. The French seams means no raw edges, but the pattern can be a little tricky to understand.

What fun fabrics do you have that could help to brighten  a child's day? I have some Mexican food fabric that is great for boys!

Friday, December 7, 2012

2013 Meeting Dates/Times/Places

Mark your calendars, folks!  The meeting times for 2013 are IN.

Due to room conflicts, we have had to move our meeting time to a 1:30pm start.  We will have meeting time from approximately 1:30-3:30 and sewing/snacking/socializing time from 3:30 to 5pm.  Also, we were unable to get the regular meeting place for some months, so January, March, and June are at the Redwood SHORES library instead of the downtown library branch.  Compared to the regular spot, Redwood shores is a few minutes north on 101 and on the other side of the highway.  Redwood shores has a cafe inside of the library, so unfortunately we are not allowed to bring snacks to share when we meet there.

Redwood City Library (most meetings)  Meetings are in the upstairs community room
1044 Middlefield Road
Redwood City, CA 94063
tel: 650.780.7018

Redwood Shores Library (Jan, Mar, June) Meetings are in the community room, not the smaller meeting rooms.
399 Marine Parkway
Redwood City, CA 94065
tel: 650.780.5740

The dates: 
Saturday, 1/19/13 Redwood Shores
Saturday, 2/9/13
Saturday, 3/16/13 Redwood Shores
Saturday, 4/13/13
Saturday, 5/11/13
Saturday, 6/15/13 Redwood Shores
Saturday, 7/13/13
Saturday, 8/10/13
Saturday, 9/14/13
Saturday, 10/12/13
Saturday, 11/9/13
Saturday, 12/14/13

Check the meeting announcements posted the week before each meeting for changes to the schedule, more information and other details.

Monday, December 3, 2012

BAM Challenges 2012 Recap

By Ruth

Where did the year go?  It really flew by.  This was a huge year for Bay Area Modern, full TONS of activities and events. 

We started out the year with the Me, Me, Me (Echo) Challenge, a guild-sponsored selfish-sewing challenge using Lotta Jansdotters Echo line.  The projects were amazing!

My favorites were probably the Storm at Sea wall hanging that Marci made:


And the quilt that Adrianne made with some additional hoarded prints:


There were a lot of other amazing and creative projects, including sewing organizers, journal covers, bags, placemats, pillows, and of course more quilts!  Confession time guys... my Echo challenge project was a sewing machine cover that I ended up never using.  It looked kind of lumpy on my machine, and I use the machine so often that it was always off and sitting on the table (in my way) or on the floor (collecting dog hair).  I love the fabric and pattern, so last sew day I took it apart into quilted panels.  I think I'm going to turn it into a bag (thanks Adrianne for the suggestion!)

For the second challenge this year, we joined in the Modern Quilt Guild international challenge to make quilt blocks in the QuiltCon colors.  Plus, we each made a duplicate set of blocks in the local colors.  The designs were amazing and it was so fun to follow along with the submissions featured on the Modern Quilt Guild blog and pick out the ones from our local folks!  

Our QuiltCon blocks:

And our local submissions:
It's confession time again already???  The plan is to make a guild banner or quilt using the submitted blocks, but I haven't done anything yet.  Yeeep, sorry guys!


The last challenge of the year was a whole cloth challenge sponsored by Aurifil.  The quilts were AMAZING!

Ok, so you really can't appreciate it that well from the photo - people created amazing designs with their quilting that just have to be seen up close. 

Maybe if we get a little closer... like to Colleen's quilt (she quilted the Millennium falcon BY HAND): 

It's awesome, Colleen!

We also did a block challenge that ran the entire year... the ABC challenge.   At the December meeting we saw some quilts that are already being assembled, and there's more to come.  I'm really looking forward to seeing all the finished quilts! 


Wondering about our next guild challenge?  YES, we are planning to participate in the MQG Madrona Road challenge.  Fabric should be here in time for the January meeting.  I'm looking forward to seeing what everybody does!  Here's to another year of great challenges, guys!