July Meeting Recap

We had a great meeting in July, starting with a guest speaker from the Tulsa Modern Quilt Guild, Briana Hefley Shepard- aka Bifftastica on Instagram. She told us how she creates truly unique improv quilts and also how to be efficient in your quilt making!

Our next block lottery block was chosen by Karen, and it is the Japanese X & +  block. See the link for the block tutorial and bring 10.5" square trimmed blocks for the block lotto. Maybe you'll get lucky and win! Each block you bring gives you a chance to win the whole pot!




Like always, show and share is a treat!

Chanda brought an amazing double sided baby quilt- two in one, and I love both!






Agnes made a prayer shawl- the type that will be one of our charity projects for the year. So elegant and modern.



Elizabeth has her first two grandbabies arriving this August! So she is busy making tummy time quilts.



Stacie made her first Sew Together bag and it is gorgeous in Cotton + Steel. Way to go!



Evangeline made a mega tote from Latifah Saafir and it is awesome!



Jennifer made a musical fourth of July wall hanging to honor her son who is in the Westpoint Band. So cool!




Lisa brought several bright and stunning projects that she finished up at a quilting retreat. Gorgeous colors!







Bob won our last block lottery pot and has made this amazing quilt top! The tangerine is perfect with our many shades of gray.




Renonda made this handsome, masculine quilt for her son, which incorporated his grandad's flannel shirt and science themed fabrics. Perfect combo!



Brand new member Lela brought a perfectly sweet quilt she recently made, featuring a childhood favorite sheet set as the backing!







Thanks everyone for a great time! Remember that for our "August" meeting, we will have a trunk show with Sherri Lynn Wood on Monday July 31, at 6:30pm at the Northwest Library. No show and shares this time, so we can devote as much time as possibly to Sherri Lynn.

See you then!

Sign up for our Sherri Lynn Wood workshop in July!

UPDATE: We have now sold out of seats for the workshop. If you would like to be added to the waiting list in case an already-registered student cannot attend, please send you name and email to news.okcmqg [at] gmail.com.


We are excited to announce that Sherri Lynn Wood will be holding a workshop with us on July 30.

Here is the information you need to know:

Workshop- Improv Patchwork Doodle
July 30, Sunday
9am - 4pm
at Journey Quilt Company in Edmond
$75 for members, $85 for non-members
Members- for discount, sign up with the link we provided via email
Space is limited!

The guild will have copies of Sherri's book, The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters for sale at the July Meeting, the workshop, and the special August meeting with Sherri Lynn Wood! $20, and all profits go to the guild!

To sign up, go to the link below. You will be taken to the Paypal site where you will buy a seat at the workshop. The Paypal site will either ask you to sign into Paypal, or if you don't want to do that, below there is a button that says "pay with debit or credit card" and you can pay there.

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2DJYBCKMUHYCG

June Meeting Recap

June is the month of our yearly guild social! Everyone brought yummy treats and we had a great time getting to know each other and playing games, including Quilter's Strip Poker. We all ended up with some cool fabric!





And of course we had a great set of show and shares!

Ann made a Dwight the Deer pillow for her dad for father's day.



Beth went on our recent retreat and was super busy! She made both the top she was wearing and a gorgeous dress.





Karen is working on a very large English paper piecing project, and each block will consist of a different designer. Amazing!





Kristy brought in this gorgeous, color drenched quilt built around a fabric she found and loved. Stunning!



Katie brought in a gorgeous modern take on a traditional pattern.



Our visitor Delaney jumped right in and brought in a gorgeous exaggerated scale churn dash quilt!




Trish brought in a recent project from her shop. A man wanted his childhood Boy Scout memorabilia saved in quilt form, and she produced quite a piece for him!



Agnes showed off her beautiful whole-cloth quilt. Check out that quilting!






 Kathy made a therapeutic weighted blanket for her granddaughter. Labor of love!




And Karen received her art pin! Yay!



Plus we sent off a bunch of cute pincushions for our swap with the Calgary Modern Quilt Guild. Can't wait to see what we get in return!

May Meeting Recap

We had a great meeting in May, with the primary activity being demo night! Our members are so talented and have many great ideas to share, and everyone had a great time.

Sarah taught us her Quilt as You Go Method. I know lots of people from our group are already thinking up great projects for this!



Vicki showed us different ways that you can embellish quilts with stitches and by sewing on additional flair. She had so many great examples!



Paula gave us great insider tips on things to remember when you drop your quilt off with a long-armer. So many important things we might not know otherwise!



And Debbie gave a DIY tutorial for a rotary cutting mat, designed by our member Trish. So simple and such a great tool to add to our sewing room.




Sew and Share showed off a lot of great projects, including from new member Natalie! Check out this amazing quilt that her grandfather long-armed for her! The hexie/circle combo is amazing.



Ann finished up this lovely neutral quilt for a friend of hers. Great use of a jelly roll!



Karen is making this quilt as a store sample for Oklahoma Quiltworks. The free hand quilting is amazing!





Debbie and Jennifer both made iPad cases. So darling and functional!



Ann was inspired by a bag that Karen brought to Sew and Share last year, so she made her own big bag from the same fabric! It is great to be inspired by our fellow members.



We have some exciting things going on this summer, and as our guild grows, we can't wait to see what happens!

April Sew Day

One of our goals for the year is to have regular sew days as a guild, and this year's second sew day was a hit with everyone who attended.

We were also very lucky to have one of our members, Sarah, teach a workshop on her own method of quilt as you go.

Thanks to everyone who attended! We'd love to have you join our guild and get in on great group activities such as this one.

April Meeting Recap

Our April meeting was a great time! We started with an event we called the "Quilting Smackdown." Beth gave two people the same quilt, then set them loose to see how they would quit it! We had fun pairing up those who quilt on domestic machines versus long arm machines. Below you can see Staci and Diane going at it!









Block Lottery with the wonky log cabin was a success! Thanks to everyone who participated, and come to May's meeting to see the next block we will make.



Nancy brought a beautiful, springy orange peel quilt. So delightful!



Agnes brought this beautiful baby quilt of gingham. And the back is just as much of a statement as the front!



Susan brought this great art quilt that is so bold and personalized!



Lisa brought this gorgeous scrappy quilt! Love all those warm colors.



Jennifer brought this great variation on a strip quilt- love the stripey half square triangles.



And check out the back!



Staci brought this great alternate grid, minimalist piece.



We have several small groups within our guild, and one of them issued themselves a Morse Code Challenge! Look at these visually stunning pieces they brought to show us! Great job Staci, Karen, and Laura!









Great job everyone! Can't wait to see you at our May meeting on May 8.