PODS.
What is a Pod?
A pod is the S2MQG version of a sewing bee or cottage group gathering. It is a gathering of quilters hosted by one of our members at their designated location. You typically bring your own sewing machine and equipment and have an open sew time. It gives those attending the opportunity to socialize, sew on a project of their choice, and maybe get input while enjoying fellowship with other quilters of the guild.
Where and When are the Pods held?
They are held at the host designated location (home, shop, etc.) at a time convenient for the host and usually once a month. You should contact the Pod host directly if you would like to attend to be sure there are enough spots open.
S2MQG had 6 pods pre-COVID, and we are beginning to reestablish our pods into 2022.
NEW! Outdoor Venice Pod - The Outdoor Venice Pod will meet the 4th Friday of each month in Centennial Park (shady area near the flagpole), in Venice. Set your GPS to 200 E Venice Ave, Venice, FL 34285. There are public restrooms and plenty of parking. Please bring a chair, show and tell, and a portable project. No formal agenda, just chatting and quilting. For now we will cap the group at 8 people each month. We will practice social distancing.
EQ8 Royalty - This pod is focused solely on designing quilts using Electric Quilt 8, and the software must be installed on the laptop that you bring to the session. Nicole is our leader, and the group is nearly full. Contact Nicole Buckley (saphre1964@comcast.net) for more information about the next meeting location, date and time and to RSVP if there are available spots.
Lilly Pod
The Pod Squad - at the Modern Sewist has been shelved with the fabric bolts due to low interest/attendance (a/k/a canceled).
Mod Pod – The host is Katie Metheny and is full at this time, until further notice.
Jacaranda Library Pod -
How do I become a host?
Everyone in the S2MQG is welcome to host a Pod! Please contact contact Carla Williams (Pod Committee Chair) if you are interested so we can add you to our list to let the membership know!
What is a Pod?
A pod is the S2MQG version of a sewing bee or cottage group gathering. It is a gathering of quilters hosted by one of our members at their designated location. You typically bring your own sewing machine and equipment and have an open sew time. It gives those attending the opportunity to socialize, sew on a project of their choice, and maybe get input while enjoying fellowship with other quilters of the guild.
Where and When are the Pods held?
They are held at the host designated location (home, shop, etc.) at a time convenient for the host and usually once a month. You should contact the Pod host directly if you would like to attend to be sure there are enough spots open.
S2MQG had 6 pods pre-COVID, and we are beginning to reestablish our pods into 2022.
NEW! Outdoor Venice Pod - The Outdoor Venice Pod will meet the 4th Friday of each month in Centennial Park (shady area near the flagpole), in Venice. Set your GPS to 200 E Venice Ave, Venice, FL 34285. There are public restrooms and plenty of parking. Please bring a chair, show and tell, and a portable project. No formal agenda, just chatting and quilting. For now we will cap the group at 8 people each month. We will practice social distancing.
EQ8 Royalty - This pod is focused solely on designing quilts using Electric Quilt 8, and the software must be installed on the laptop that you bring to the session. Nicole is our leader, and the group is nearly full. Contact Nicole Buckley (saphre1964@comcast.net) for more information about the next meeting location, date and time and to RSVP if there are available spots.
Lilly Pod
The Pod Squad - at the Modern Sewist has been shelved with the fabric bolts due to low interest/attendance (a/k/a canceled).
Mod Pod – The host is Katie Metheny and is full at this time, until further notice.
Jacaranda Library Pod -
How do I become a host?
Everyone in the S2MQG is welcome to host a Pod! Please contact contact Carla Williams (Pod Committee Chair) if you are interested so we can add you to our list to let the membership know!
SOUTH SARASOTA MODERN QUILTING BEE
The Bee rotates annually. Announcements will be posted in Facebook, on Instagram, at the guild meetings and in this space.
Learn more about the roles as part of of a bee 'hive' to determine if this monthly requirement will work well for you.
MODERATOR
The role of the moderator is to arrange monthly assignments. The moderator will assign each month. The moderator will follow up with block assignment which is made by the Queen Bee by the 25th of the month BEFORE their assigned month. The moderator will also follow up with any bee mate who does not complete bee block by the meeting date each month. The moderator will create a spreadsheet or list of all members, their assigned months, the phone numbers, and their email and physical address. Moderators also are responsible to insure all mates receive their blocks, if for some reason someone doesn't make their block it is the moderators responsibility to either make or find a "angel" block maker.
BEE PARTICIPANT
Please read Bee Etiquette from Blossom Heart Quilts
http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2015/01/how-to-bee-quilting-bee-etiquette/
The Bee rotates annually. Announcements will be posted in Facebook, on Instagram, at the guild meetings and in this space.
Learn more about the roles as part of of a bee 'hive' to determine if this monthly requirement will work well for you.
MODERATOR
The role of the moderator is to arrange monthly assignments. The moderator will assign each month. The moderator will follow up with block assignment which is made by the Queen Bee by the 25th of the month BEFORE their assigned month. The moderator will also follow up with any bee mate who does not complete bee block by the meeting date each month. The moderator will create a spreadsheet or list of all members, their assigned months, the phone numbers, and their email and physical address. Moderators also are responsible to insure all mates receive their blocks, if for some reason someone doesn't make their block it is the moderators responsibility to either make or find a "angel" block maker.
BEE PARTICIPANT
Please read Bee Etiquette from Blossom Heart Quilts
http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/2015/01/how-to-bee-quilting-bee-etiquette/
- When Queen Bee you will create an email to your fellow mates by the 25th of the month BEFORE your assigned month. You need to identify which bee block from the MQG website you want created. In the email please provide link to the block and the colors you want placed in each block. It is also helpful to create a block and attach photo of it for your bee mates. https://community.themodernquiltguild.com/resources/field_types/block-studies-367
- Communicate your color range choices by doing a pull of fabric and photographing it. Place that photo in your email.
- Complete block by the meeting. Example, if I am the Queen for September I should notify all bee mates by August 25th what block and colors I would like. Then my bee mates will need to bring to the October meeting my completed block OR mail by last date in September.
- Communicate, communicate, communicate with your bee mates. You might make a friend or two for life.
2020 Quilt Con Charity Quilt
The 2020 design theme was text. Quilts incorporating text have been popular in the modern quilt movement right from the start. Krista Hennebury’s quilt, “Fly Blackbird Fly” (pieced with Denyse Schmitt’s letters) won a prize at QuiltCon 2012. Most recently, at QuiltCon 2019, there were a number of quilts exhibited using words. There was the powerful, “Where are all the black women?” quilt by Jessica Wohl. Berene Campbell’s colorful quilts “Brave Brilliant Beautiful Badass” was eye catching as you turned the corner. Bill Stearman exhibited a moving quilt that read “We were wrong. We are sorry. And we will never let this happen again.” And, of course, Chawne Kimber can always be counted on to have a recent text quilt. One of her recent quilts “not showing proper deference to wypipo”, also hung at QuiltCon.
There are many alphabet patterns available or you could work improvisationally. Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill released a set of EPP letters called Typecast at QuiltCon. Jen Carlton-Bailly has designed a set of letters using curved piecing called Curfont. Stitch Your Story, a new release by Sarah Fielke, includes 6 alphabets. There are no restrictions on technique.
Each quilt should include at least one word and it should be a central design element in the composition. Of course, you can use text fabrics too!
There are many alphabet patterns available or you could work improvisationally. Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill released a set of EPP letters called Typecast at QuiltCon. Jen Carlton-Bailly has designed a set of letters using curved piecing called Curfont. Stitch Your Story, a new release by Sarah Fielke, includes 6 alphabets. There are no restrictions on technique.
Each quilt should include at least one word and it should be a central design element in the composition. Of course, you can use text fabrics too!
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2021 Quilt Con Community Outreach Quilt
We created a QuiltCon Quilt which will appear at the QuiltCon in February 2021.
The following information was found on the MQG website: https://www.quiltcon.com/community-challenge-2021
The theme is curves!
The color palette includes the following colors, with options listed in three different designers.
The following information was found on the MQG website: https://www.quiltcon.com/community-challenge-2021
The theme is curves!
The color palette includes the following colors, with options listed in three different designers.
- Me+You Indah Solids: White (100-3), Apricot (100-198), Tiger (100-408), Sky (100-16), Cobalt (100-17), Indigo (100-68)
- Moda Bella Solids: Bleached White (9900-98), Amelia Orange (9900-161), Clementine (9900-209), Baby Blue (9900-32), Lapis (9900-396), Peacoat (9900-44)
- Free Spirit Designer Solids: Arctic White, Mango, Autumn, Clearwater, Royal, Navy
QuiltCon Quilt 2022: Migration Geese!
Sew Day on August 21 at The Modern Sewist. Click here for the flyer and more information.
Mary Hayes presented the plans for members to contribute blocks for the 2022 QuiltCon Quilt. The official guidelines and more information can be found at the QuiltCon's page for this challenge: Community Outreach Quilt Challenge 2022 — QuiltCon 2022 - Phoenix
We have choices in both block size and block pattern!
Size: We can choose to make either two 5" blocks or one 10" block, as many as we want.
Pattern: all paper pieced blocks, but we can choose from five options, all options posted below!
The presentation button includes some inspiration/examples for this challenge.
Instructions for Foundation Paper Piecing will be provided/demonstrated at the July meeting.
Mary Hayes presented the plans for members to contribute blocks for the 2022 QuiltCon Quilt. The official guidelines and more information can be found at the QuiltCon's page for this challenge: Community Outreach Quilt Challenge 2022 — QuiltCon 2022 - Phoenix
We have choices in both block size and block pattern!
Size: We can choose to make either two 5" blocks or one 10" block, as many as we want.
Pattern: all paper pieced blocks, but we can choose from five options, all options posted below!
The presentation button includes some inspiration/examples for this challenge.
Instructions for Foundation Paper Piecing will be provided/demonstrated at the July meeting.
- Watch Mary and Linda discuss their preferred tools for foundation paper piecing.
- View the guild's YouTube Playlist about techniques for foundation paper piecing.
QuiltCon requires a very specific color palette. The only colors authorized are those below. We can use prints, but they must exclusively use these colors (e,g., the tangerine with a white print).
Note: For consistency within the S2MQG quilt, please use WHITE in the geese triangles. All other segments can be the other colors in the palette, but we need those migrating geese to be WHITE. See examples in the slideshow/presentation for examples.
Note: For consistency within the S2MQG quilt, please use WHITE in the geese triangles. All other segments can be the other colors in the palette, but we need those migrating geese to be WHITE. See examples in the slideshow/presentation for examples.
The Foundation Paper Pieced patterns are linked below, each in 5" and 10" options.
We will have a demonstration at the July meeting (note the new location on our main and member pages).
Some of the patterns need to be taped before sewing them. This will be demonstrated at the July meeting.
5" block joining requirements
10" blocks joining requirements:
We will have a demonstration at the July meeting (note the new location on our main and member pages).
Some of the patterns need to be taped before sewing them. This will be demonstrated at the July meeting.
5" block joining requirements
- block 2: join unit A joins B
- block 3 & 6: join A -> C -> D -> E -> B
- block 7: join A -> B -> C
10" blocks joining requirements:
- blocks 1 & 2: instructions for these will be provided at July meeting.
- block 3 & 6: join A -> C -> D -> E -> B
- block 7: join A -> B -> C
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Saturday, April 24, 9 a.m. - noon. **VIRTUAL**
$30.00 per attendee at the S2MQG active member rate $35 nonmembers Class fee includes this 3 hour class plus 24 hour access to pre-recorded online video tutorial. Painlessly create beautiful designs with intricate detail, perfect for wearables, blocks, borders or accents. Long flowing, curly borders or pictures with the sharpest points and thinnest lines imaginable are possible with this easy method using fusible web. Combine fabrics such as silk and wool for wearables or stick to quilting cottons tried and true. Give your design that extra punch with the added dimension of trapunto... without all the slitting and stuffing! As an added bonus, it’s super easy to create two images at the same time, one positive and one negative. Registration form will be posted HERE soon (and buttons below the promotional image on this page)! Payment will be accepted via check, cash or PayPal. Learn more about Lyric!
Sewing Supplies
Optional kits that include all of the above materials are available at this link for Lyric's Shopify site : $30.00 plus shipping. Please order at least 7 days before live class to guarantee timely arrival of your kit.
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Curves and Transparencies Workshop with Carolina Oneto
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Sunday, October 3, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.. **VIRTUAL**
$50.00 per attendee at the S2MQG active member rate $55 nonmembers In this workshop the attendees will learn about color theory and how to use color to create a transparency effect using color, shapes and fabrics. Then the attendees will make a mini quilt top, where they will design it from scratch to use the transparency effect. They will learn how to cut fabrics with complex shapes and how to sew these curved shapes by machine. Registration form and PayPal links are posted on this page, and provided here for simplicity.
Learn more about Carolina Oneto! Sewing Supplies
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Pay via PayPal, with follow-on to the registration form..
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