We had another full house this month! Our meeting started out with a wonderful presentation by Michelle Freedman on Improv quilting or as she calls it "Think Outside the block". Here is a little taste of her presentation.

no rules

no rulers

NO WAY!

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

Maya Angelou

photo by Michelle Freedman

The Quilts of Gees Bend

http://www.quiltsofgeesbend.com/index.shtml

Blocks from Improv challenge

Her presentation concluded with a mini tutorial on making an improv block and confetti block. Here are some links to tutorials and articles courtesy of Michelle.

Design Camp Flickr Swap, Michelle's swap.

Improv tutorial by Theresa Down Under

Confetti block tutorial by Lady Harvatine

Article on Denyse Schmidt in the Wall Street Journal

What is Improv Quilting Sherri Lynn Wood of Dainty Time
Improv Monday (tags)

Project Improv Tallgrass Prairie Studio

Laxy Gal QuiltingTanya Ricucci

Gwen Marston

Nancy Crow

Some improv blocks by Heather and I.

We also revealed the fabric colors for our Cotton Couture Challenge and passed out fabric to our paid members. The fabric colors from left to right are Fog, Meadow, Clementine, Luna, Charcoal, Kryptonite, Tangerine, and Aqua. If you were unable to attend the meeting and would like to participate in the challenge you can pick your fabric up from Nancy at her studio just call 503-234-0403.

Giveaways

Nancy shared her quilt from her Sweetwater Simple Home book review. We gave away the book and pillow made by Nancy. Also in the giveaway this month were 4 $10 gc to Cool Cottons!

Show and Tell

Quilt my me (Pétra) made for our school auction this year and it was quilted by Nancy.

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Quilt by Katie. She found a hand sewn quilt at a yard sale for $20 took it apart and made this. The stars are from the original quilt.

The back is a vintage sheet. Katie also shared a nice bag but the photo didn't turn out, sorry Katie send me one if you have it.

Cathy made this zig zag quilt for herself. She used wool batting.

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I don't have a show and tell sheet for this one please send your info and or a better photo and I'll update.

Quilt by Jill. This quilt was inspired by spring flowers blooming in her neighborhood.

Quilt by Rachel

Second quilt by Rachel testing out a templet by Jill.

Quilt top by Michelle using Pendleton Wool fat quarters.

Else shared containers,

Little Pips baby quilt from Monica's Taking Turns pattern,

and 930 hexagon quilt top!!

Wavy Gingham quilt by Cheryl. Cheryl made this by hand dying ginghams from Colette Fenske. She bought the fabric in 2004 and waited for the right inspiration she found it in a Civil War quilt book, "the old is new again".

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Megan shared her Trajectory quilt which was inspired by mid-century modern boomerang design motif.

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Anne's W. Vintage Nation quilt. Quilt made for her best friend using all vintage and 30's reproduction fabrics. Free-motion quilted on the new quilt frame at Modern Domestic!