Here Comes Summer

Sending May out with Sunshine, welcoming June and the start of Summer!! 

Hand Sew Night is coming up on June 1st.   It would be easy to miss it as the first Tuesday of the month is also the 1st of the month. . Hope we’ll see you there. The link is the same one as listed in the newsletter. If you don’t have it and would like to join us, send an email to tacomamqg@gmail.com. Guests are welcome!

DON’T MISS THIS ONE! We have a fabulous class coming up on Saturday, June 12th, from 9 am to noon, Carolina Oneto’s Organic Shapes. I’ve included a couple photos of her previous student’s work.  This is NOT APPLIQUE!! 

At our June 17th meeting, we will have a guest speaker, Patricia Belyea from Okan Arts.  She will have the lion’s share of the meeting time to talk to us about quilt design.

We will also try to squeeze in a Sew and Tell for those intrepid souls who have finished their La Fin du Monde top……………….or in some cases, the whole quilt, the Market Totes and whatever else you’ve been working on—We may need to extend the meeting time!

If you want to sign up for the Sewing Room Swap, please fill out the form on the website (Look in Swaps and Challenges) and email to tacomamqg@gmail.com.  Reveal is at the July meeting.

We’ve got the BOM’s up on the website thru September. The last quarter’s blocks will added soon.  Take a look --you can pick and choose which blocks you want to make for our community quilts. 

Icebreaker for May was “your fondest quilting memory” and it seemed like so many people spoke about a retreat event……………segue…………………into Retreat Information

The “new” Riptide Retreat Center in Shelton is booked for a mini retreat in August (6-8).  We like to try it out and see what we think.  This is a smaller than normal retreat, as there are only 8 beds, and meal are not provided.  We are currently attempting to figure out how to make PayPal count to 8 and then stop.  Assuming all goes well the sign up for this retreat will be up on the website Saturday morning (June 5th)

The TMQG RETREAT at Camp Burton on Vashon Island is still booked for November (19-21).  We are waiting for confirmation and an updated contract, and will get information out to everyone as soon as possible.  This is a bigger retreat with room for 20 people.  All rooms have their own bathroom and meals are provided (and yummy) WOOHOO.

And as we already noted June is almost here and so it’s time again to nominate and vote on officers for Tacoma Modern Quilt Guild. We will hold elections in July. If you are interested in a position or just want to ask some questions, please reach out to us at Tacomamqg@gmail.com.  Not ready to commit?  How about joining a committee?  We are always looking for people to help out.

April 2021 Shenanigans

Spring has arrived and the sunshine and longer days have been wonderful! We continued to meet via Zoom video again this month. This month's icebreaker: "When and how did you learn to sew?” was a hoot. Apologies to good Home Ec teachers everywhere, evidently not many of us got a good one.

The Virtual Retreat was sew fun, it is always a good time when you get to sew with guild members. Got some great tips on tools, patterns and those amazing ruler grippers (thanks “the other Julie”) We have nothing else scheduled for April except the 4th installment of our La Fin du Monde sew along. Some people (CL) are definitely over achievers. The rest of us our coming along, although I still think our fearless leader’s July Sew and Tell finished top date may be optimistic.

This month we dropped off 20 quilts of various sizes for foster kids and 31 compression pillows for breast cancer patients. Many of our members were also busy sewing masks at the Retreat to fill a request forwarded to us by a member’s daughter-in-law whose volunteers in homeless shelters on her days off.

In May, we are doing a Saturday Morning Sew Along. We didn’t get a chance to do the Bijou Lovely Market Tote for the retreat so we went ahead and set it up for May 22nd 9am to Noon. We will have the sign up on the Webpage shortly. It will be a free class, but we ask that you sign up so we can send you the link for the pattern and supply list . LW will also demo some tweaks; zipper pocket, plain pocket and snap closure.

Hope you are all enjoying our unusual April sunshine! Stay Safe and Sew on………………………

February 2021 TMQG General Meeting

TMQG Zoom Meeting
We're looking forward to seeing everyone! The February general meeting will be via Zoom on Thursday February 18th from 7-8:30 p.m. Come early and login in at 6:30 for 30 minutes of a fun social time.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m., and we will ask “What’s your favorite podcast or blog, or who’s your favorite Instagrammer?” Let’s see how many fun, new quilty sites and information we can share!

The meeting link was sent in an email to members on Monday, February 8th in the monthly newsletter. If you did not receive it, or are a guest and would like to join, send a note to tacomamqg@gmail.com and we’ll send you the meeting link.

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Upcoming Events and Classes

 There are a variety of events and online classes scheduled. To check them out, go to: http://www.tacomamqg.com/upcoming-zoom-online-classes. 

Following is a list of what's coming up.

• Monthly Tuesday Evening Hand Sew Night

  • Tuesday, March 2nd, 7-8:30 p.m.

• La Fin du Monde with Nicole Weldon

  • Dates in March through May

• National Quilting Day

  • Saturday, March 20th, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

• Amazing Abstracts with Julia Graves

  • Saturday, March 27th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Spring Virtual Retreat

  • April 16, 17, 18

• June Meeting Speaker - Patricia Belyea

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January 2021 TMQG General Meeting

Join us via Zoom for the January TMQG Meeting
as we welcome the new year!

It’s “What’s Your Favorite Quilting Tool?” Month

Show us your favorite!
We're looking forward to seeing what everyone can’t do without
and learning about some new tools!

Thursday, January 21, 2021
Social: 6:30 to 7 pm
Meeting: 7 to 8:30 pm

Send a note to: tacomamqg@gmail.com for the Zoom meeting link
and don’t forget to send your photos for Sew and Tell.

We’ve got some great classes and events scheduled. For details, go to http://www.tacomamqg.com/upcoming-zoom-online-classes.

October Zoom Meeting Recap

Hope you were able to join us on Thursday, October 15th at 7 p.m.
for special guest speaker Julia McLeod,
from Silk and Salvage who presented:

Where's the Cotton?

Before easy access to the local quilt shop, before internet shopping, how and where did one obtain materials for quilt making? And once a quilt-maker had a collection of available materials, how did those materials inform design and construction? What can we learn from quilts made with a restricted supply or unusual types or sizes of materials? Julia McLeod’s PowerPoint had a wide-ranging look at quilts made during times of privation, shortages, sanctions incarceration and hospitalization. Her talk showcased both historical and contemporary makers, and highlighted some pretty awesome quilts. The trunk show included work by Julia McLeod and Sue Fox, Silk and Salvage collaborators.

What a great presentation! Love the Zoom opportunities, as guests joined from West Virginia and California, and here in Washington.