Dot Dash Slash Argyle Brenda Gael Smith, who has done a SFMQG lecture and workshop, offered a free Dreamlines project starting last January offering 10 monthly free modern quilt motifs. Perfect for the Row Your Quilt project. At least 80 quilters around the world submitted photos of their finished tops by the end of the year. Brenda now offers a package of the motifs with instructions for $30. My color palette has 3 greens. I had at least a yard of 7 colors. I didn't realize until the last row that I chewed through almost all of the yellow, but it's not dominant. I played with different row orders before deciding to place two two darkest rows on the outside. Edges normally get the dirtiest, so that works for me.

The Robert Kaufman Intertwine pattern was free when we started but moved behind a paywall. Troubles I ran into: following a pattern, keeping 3 colors straight. The pattern used the 2023 Kona Color of the Year called Crush plus Nacho and the purple I can't remember. When I had 2 big chunks of the quilt done, I realized I had 2 wrong blocks and 3 others out of place. Only 2 were on the borders. I made the workarounds and got it done.

Thank you everyone who participated in the SFMQG 2022 charity quilt project. We donated 110 finished quilts to SOS Children's Village (75) and Edward Healey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (35). Kathy, Linda, Marilyn and I delivered KFC, ice cream cake and quilts to one of the foster homes with six children and two house moms at SOS. We enjoyed playing games and interacting with the children. Here are a couple pictures of donation day.

2023 SFMQG charity quilt project is starting off with a bang! Today I received 22 quilt tops from Nancy K. with some assistance from her husband. Luckily, I also received lots of backing from Monica P. a member of our guild and store owner of The Quilted Peacock The Quilted Peacock – "God sew loved the World" Quilt Shop. Thank you ladies for your generous donations. I will post more information in May about our 2023 charity project.

Five Contemporary Quilt Artists exhibited at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden in Butterfly Garden at https://www.mbgarden.org/

Big thanks to Susan (her amazing quilt in ad) for organizing the exhibit.

Kristin Beck curated this exhibit for the Bailey Contemporary Arts Center. Opening night is April 1, 2022, from 6-10 pm. The exhibit features local and national artists and runs from April 1 through June 16, 2022. https://www.pompanobeacharts.org/programs/modern-quilt-exhibition
Featured artists:
- Patricia Auten @pattimakesquilts
- Sarah Cain @sarahjeanmakes
- Brigit Dermott @brigitgail
- Barbara Garvine @bgarvinemiami
- Jacquie Gering @jacquietps
- Valerie Goodwin @valeriegoodwinart
- Linda Hungerford @flourishingpalms
- Nicole Kaplan @patchworkduck
- Deborah Krajkowski @deborahkrajkowski
- Sarah Lefebvre @sidestitchesdesign
- Charlotte Noll @kirkenoll
- Heidi Parkes @heidi.parkes
- Sherry Pasquariello @otterbeequilting
- Diane Paquin Provost @dianepaquinprovost
- Carole Lyles Shaw @carole_lylesshaw
- Kelly Spell @kellyspell
- Cheri Ucci @cheriucci

Also free programs listed here: https://www.pompanobeacharts.org/programs/modern-quilt-exhibition
Free programs:
May 7, 10am: My Journey to Modern Quilting, with Carole Lyles Shaw, FREE (Virtual)
May 12, 6:30pm: Poems about Patchwork, with MJ Fievre, FREE
May 19, 7pm: Modern Quilt Curator’s Talk, with Kristin Beck, FREE

Curiousior & Curiousior by Tula Pink quilt. I used Secret Fairies Quilt Pattern that is a free downloadable pattern from Freespirit website. I did put my own spin to the Red Queen and Alice. I bordered them with solids to bring them to 18.5" size block it called for. I love how it highlighted them. I wanted to use the least amount of Tula's "other fabrics" for this top. I limited it to 5 Tula Solids and Lineworks Stripes for the binding. The Cotton Farm Longarm shop quilted this for me which included teacups, mad hatters hat, cat eyes, hearts and more.

Thank you members for participating in the SFMQG charity project for 2020. This year we had 80 lap quilts and 15 placemats donated. The recipient for 2020 was Menorah House Nursing the Rehabilitation Center in West Boca, Florida. This past week we delivered the quilts to Joanne Ball the activity director and some of the staff outside the facility with our masks on of course. Joanne was overjoyed with the beautiful quilts for the residents and remarked how colorful they would look in the patient's room. Joanne also said the quilts that were donated two years ago were still being used and a very prized possession. We took a quick picture to put in their newsletter and they thanked us for this wonderful donation. This had be during this difficult year at the nursing home with the pandemic and they couldn't thank us enough. The administrator Seth Wiesel even came outside to thanks us for all our beautiful sewing. Thank you everyone for your generous donations

Looking ahead to 2021 we need to plan for another charity project. We are looking for suggestions! You may work or volunteer with an organization, a shelter, local hospital or nursing home that would appreciate being the recipient of our donation. It would work out best if the quilts/items go to a local place so we do not have to pay for shipping. Let us know if you have any ideas.

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Saturday, March 20, 2021

Saturday, April 17, 2021

Piece I did in Maria Shell's Riffing on Tradition, where we took a traditional block and manipulated it. I used the Jewel Box block and call this "Been Around the Block a Few Times.”.

Wedding quilt (two years delayed!): used a layer cake of "Tabby Road" fabric from Tula Pink, and used a disappearing 4 patch pattern.

Vintage Rescue Quilt: I got a stack of vintage blocks from an estate sale ages ago. I added three extra blocks using vintage-looking fabric (to try and make them blend in) and assembled everything. I quilted it upside down, using the plaid design as my lines to follow for straight-line quilting. It's slightly wonky and really cheerful!

I made and entered 3 quilts for the Curated Quilts 'Plus' Mini Quilt Challenge and one of them was accepted to be in the Plus Issue. I am not saying which one so it will be a surprise. I will say it is the one I least expected.

I made luggage for my mini Oliso. Free pattern and tutorial from lillyella.com.

"Hanging Out in Burano." Inspired by a professional photo I purchased of this street in Burano, Italy. (Permission to use it given by the photographer.) Not modern, but colorful!

“Jazzed” Is my 43” x 43” solids-only improv quilt started Sept.12-13 during Maria Shell’s @talesofastitcher virtual workshop: “Linear Blocks: Line into Shape.” Batted with Quilter’s Dream Puff; domestic machine quilted with a walking foot and ruler work.

Mini Maker Case Sew Along recently (free pattern by @lilyellastitchery) and made a case for an Oliso mini iron - now I just need the iron! Lol (measures 8 1/2 X 4 1/2 X 4)

This was a free pattern from my LQS in California years ago - my daughter who was little at the time picked which faces she wanted on each pumpkin (35” X 35”)

‘Midnight Bite’ pattern by @lillyellastitchery - made several years ago - paper pieced (12” X 24”)

Detail of quilting - I embellished a few areas metallic thread and Swarovski crystals.

Detail of paper pieced bat

“Hole Punch Ribbon Quilt” (front and back pictures)
37” X 61-1/2”
Started in an August 15-16 “Twice Cut Drunkard’s Path” virtual workshop with Jenny Haynes @pappersaxsten of Sheffield, England. Background fabric is “Moongate" Horizon ombré by Maywood Studios by Christina Cameli @afew scraps. Domestic machine quilted mostly by walking foot, with a little FMQ and ruler work.