September 26 Meeting
Hazel Henderson
Hazel displays some Improv quilting blocks that she made. This concept is not so far from the Crazy Quilts her mother made many years ago, starting with a block in the middle and adding on. These blocks have a white backing.
Hazel Henderson, “Scrap Scramble” Teacher
Hazel taught a class called Scrap Scramble. We each brought 2 solid fat quarters and started out by placing 1 FQ on a community table. We each chose a fabric that someone else brought, added the white that Hazel supplied, and proceeded to make either an X or O block under a time limit of 30 minutes. Sew machines humming! Jen J won a prize for finishing first. Sue D. won the second place prize. Lots of FUN. We each made two blocks and displayed them on a design wall. Hazel will piece a charity quilt and will gladly accept help in doing that! Look for the X’s and O’s in some of the following photos.
Sue Arnold
Sandy Johnson
Yeah, Sandy! Thanks, for taking minutes!
Tula Pink Blocks by Jane Hann Morey
TULA PINK BLOCKS
Tula Pink blocks on the wall behind Jen.
TULA PINK BLOCKS
Bonnie and her daughter’s dog
Bonnie and little “Mustard”
Modern Blocks by Hazel
Cindy, right, Hazel, middle and Emily
Cindy Visbaras, left, and Sue Duval
Bonnie Dwyer, Manchester
Bonnis is teaching a modern Improv class.
Maine Modern Quilt Guild at Cotton Weeds Quilt Shop in Freeport, Maine 4/18/15
Unfortunately we are missing some members, but here are quite a few from our FANTASTIC group!
Left to right, back row:
Sandy Johnson, Betsy Cannan, Carmen Dickinson, Sara Allen, Adma Willis, Sharon Vandermay, Audrey Arguin, Jen Johnson
Middle row: Eleanor Dickens, Joan Emerson, Bonnie Dwyer, Jane Hann Morey, Karen Bean, Kathryn Simel, Stephanie Berry, Ellie Fellers
Front row:
Fred Maitland, Beth Maitland, Ann-Marie Schechtman, Sue Duval, Sue Arnold
Jen Johnson, Presque Isle in the winter and Boothbay in the summer
Jen first displays 2 self-designed quilts, each using only 5 fabrics. The next quilt is also self-designed and modern quilted by Jen. Beautiful, Jen! Glad you are back in Boothbay!
Tula Pink Blocks of the Month, by Sue Arnold of Brunswick and Sandy Johnson of Winthrop
Sue Arnold and Sandy Johnson provided their Tula Pink blocks. TU!
Sharon Vandermay, Grey-New Gloucester
Sharon Vandermay designed this quilt and did all the beautiful quilting, which we can’t see in the photo, on her Handiquilter Longarm Quilting Machine. Congrats, Sharon!
Audrey Arguin, Bethel
What a great use of color and geometric shapes! Love it!
Eleanor Dickens, Kennebunk
We have another Hexi lover! The back of the hexi quilt is shown in the center.
Plus, Eleanor has been working on the smaller hexi quilt. We learned from Eleanor how she applied the hexis and complimented them with straight line quilting. Beautiful!
Adma Willis, Raymond
Adma really crossed the line when she made this beautiful MODERN quilt! Woo Hoo, Adma! Congrats!
Of course, the yellow and blue baby quilt will be cuddled a lot!
Sue Duval, Minot
Sue loves hexies. The end result is yet to be determined!
And, Sue made this wonderful bag using K Fasset fabrics. The bag is lined, has many inner compartments, zippers, magnetic clips, etc. Big accomplishment!
Ellie Fellers, New Gloucester
Ellie Fellers shows her One-Seam Flying Geese quilt, taught by Carmen Dickinson, and two of her Making Waves Quilts, taught by Ann-Marie Schetchman. Notice the size difference in the Making Waves quilts!
Jane Hann Morey, Augusta
Jane shows her modern quilt which originally called for the center of the stars to be a color. But, being the modern quilter that Jane is, she changed the centers to be white, adding to the negative space.
The second smaller quilt was sewn using the One-Seam Flying Geese method, taught by Carmen Dickinson, which originated in England and was shared by Ricky Tims.
Kathryn Simel, Cushing
Kathryn Simel, Maine Modern Quilter, is the owner and designer of Midcoast Cottage Design in Cushing, Maine.
She specializes in designing modern patterns with a cottage flair; bright, solid colors, subtle, and beautiful.
Karen Bean, Bethel
Karen Bean showed what she learned from this great book, A Quilter’s Mixology by Angela Pingel, by making this beautiful table runner.
Scrap Toss!
The blurring you see is fabric being tossed in the air.
We should do this again!
Betsy Cannan’s Modern Quilt “Totem” designed by Carolyn Friedlander. Betsy lives in Minot.
Totem is the first quilt and Chistmas Sparkle (Making Waves) was designed by Weeks Ringle of Modern Quilt Studio. The center of Totem was paper-pieced. I used June Taylor’s Perfect Piecing foundation sheets and loved them. Most is left in place for stabilization. Making Waves was taught by Ann-Marie Schetchman, Modern Quilter. My husband, Don, is holding up Christmas Sparkle for me.
Weeks Ringle and her husband Bill Kerr will be teaching and presenting at the Maine Quilt Show in July 2015.
Carmen’s “Making Waves” Quilt
Hazel’s One-Seam Flying Geese Quilt
Feb. 28th Meeting- The Geese are Flying! Thanks Carmen for teaching us!
February 28 Show and Tell
The Wave! Taught by Ann Marie
Show and Tell
Charity Quilts quilted by Betsy. Thanks everyone!!
Riley Blake Challenge Fabrics Charity Quilts November 2014
Jane Hann Morey, left, pieced the blocks that MMQG members made using the left over fabric from the Riley Blake Challenge. Two completed quilts will be donated to the Oncology Unit at St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston, Maine. They will be used by patients when they have infusion treatments. A third quilt will be donated to the Linus project. Thank you to everyone who helped with this project!!!!! (Stephanie Berry, Treasurer, right)
Photos November 2014
Block of the Month 2014
Blocks of the Month.
October Meeting – A fun day at Alewives taking a color class with Rhea!
Quilts! Modern Quilts!
Awesome Indigo Dyeing
Modern Metropolis Block
Sun Prints – Gorgeous Works of Art!
Michael Miller Challenge Pieces
More Beautiful Hexies!
September 13, 2014 Meeting
We held our first meeting of the Fall at USM in Lewiston. It was great fun to get together again! Enjoy our pictures from Show and Tell!
Ann-Marie’s Modern Quilt!
Lizzie’s Modern Quilt
Lizzie’s Groovy Quilt!
Maine Modern Quilters 