Nebo Modern Quilt Guild: January 2015

We sent out an email about this challenge a few days ago with a link to sign up to receive the fabric for the challenge for free. The slots for free fabric filled up in under 8 hours :( You still may participate in the challenge, you just need to purchase your own fabric.

MQG member that signed up will receive a fat eighth of each print to create with. (ALL THE SLOTS ARE FILLED TO RECEIVE FREE FABRIC. YOU MAY STILL PARTICIPATE IF YOU BUY YOUR OWN FABRIC) PS- Gracie Lou's has this collection!

What's the challenge you ask?

Make something fantastic that is quilted.
Make something you've never done before.
Challenge yourself to learn something new.
Use only Riley Blake Cottage Garden fabrics and coordinating Riley Blake basics and solids.
Tag all your photos on Facebook and Instagram with #mqgfabricchallenge
The challenge runs from March until July 2015.

Check out the fun fabric designed by Amanda Herring that you get to play with!

Ps- Gracie Lous carries this collection! SCORE!

Guess what??? As a guild for 2015 we are going to start a six month Sampler Challenge. Can I get three cheers???

So why a Sampler Challenge? Well, sampler quilts are a great way for us to learn many (many) different techniques and expand our quilting skill set. It is a super fun way to experiment with colors and prints in a new way. A sampler will expose us to many different new ways to compose and design a quilt. ....and they look AWESOME!!! :)

Here are the official Nebo Modern Quilt Guild Sampler Challenge Rules (ok, guidelines, really)-
#1 Make a sampler quilt over the next six months (January-June). It can be any size you like, with as many blocks as you like (at least more than one).
#2 Bring your blocks in to share with the guild each month.
#3 Be BRAVE and have FUN!!!

If you are looking to join in some group fun, a few of our guild members are hosting a sampler quilt along (Blocks From the Past Quilt Along #BFTPqal) so we can just follow along with them if you like :)

A few of them, from the #BFTPqal, will be sharing with us during guild meetings to help us all learn the beauty of the old time sampler done in a new and modern way! It's going to be AWESOME!!!

Here are the details.

(If you would like to post this button to your blog, feel free to use this graphic and here is the link address to use with it- http://myquiltdiet.blogspot.com/2015/01/blocks-from-past-qal.html)

Natalie, over at natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com and Marion of MyQuiltDiet.blogspot.com are going to be hosting a sampler QAL over the next six months with several of our AMAZING quilting guild friends!

A while back, our guild friend April found this old quilting book at a yard sale. She thought it would make a fun project to update into more modern fabrics and colors. We TOTALLY agree!

So, you may be asking yourself, how can you join us in all of this 2015 Sampler fun??? Well, here is how!

First off, get a copy of the book, Teach Yourself Blocks from the Past by Marie Henry. It is available from many online stores. The publisher is working on getting a PDF version of this book available soon. We will post the link as soon as it is ready :)

Next, you just need to follow the schedule below! These amazing quilters will share their secrets and tips for putting these blocks together in their favorite way.

Each week there will be one applique block and two pieced blocks. You will see in the schedule, the date, page number of the three blocks for the week and the name of the quilter and her blog address/link.

Week 1 Jan 5 Intro to QAL and Schedule (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com

Week 2 Jan 12 Fabric requirements (Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com

Week 3 January 19 p, 8,9,60 (Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com

Week 4 January 26 p.10, 11, 61 (Konda) moosequilts.com/blog

Week 5 February 2 p. 13,14,62 (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com

Week 6 Feb 9 p. 15,16,63 (Machelle) cherrytreecottagequilts.blogspot.com

Week 7 February 16 p. 17,18,65 (April) april-makingendsmeet.blogspot.com

Week 8 February 23 p. 19,20,66 (Terry) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com

Week 9 March 2 p. 21,22,67 (Ginny) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com

Week 10 March 9 p. 23,24,68 (Maggie) shortcookie.blogspot.com

Week 11 March 16 p. 25,26,69 (Emily) Simplegirlsimplelife.com

Week 12 March 23 p. 27,28,70 (Barbie) thequiltingmill.blogspot.com

Week 13 March 30 p. 29,30,72 (Tiffany) Sewinsomethin.blogspot.com

Week 14 April 6 p. 33,34,74 (Maggie) shortcookie.blogspot.com

Week 15 April 13 p. 35,36,75 (Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com

Week 16 April 20 p. 37,39,76 (Katie) ocouss.blogspot.com

Week 17 April 27 p. 40,41,77 (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com

Week 18 May 4 p. 42,43,78 (Barbie) thequiltingmill.blogspot.com

Week 19 May 11 p. 44,45,79 (Konda) moosequilts.com/blog

Week 20 May 18 p. 46,47,80 (Machelle) cherrytreecottagequilts.blogspot.com

Week 21 May 25 p. 48,49,81 (Stacy) Sewnicetocreate.blogspot.com

Week 22 June 1 p. 50,51,82 (Barbie) thequiltingmill.blogspot.com

Week 23 June 8 p. 53, 83, 91(Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com

Week 24 June 15 p. 55,84,92 (Tiffany) Sewinsomethin.blogspot.com

Week 25 June 22 p. 56, 86, 93 (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com

Week 26 June 29 p. 87,88,94 (Katie) ocouss.blogspot.com

Week 27 July 6 Sashing and setting (Natalie) natalie-ever-after.blogspot.com

Week 28 July 13 Wrap up (Marion) myquiltdiet.blogspot.com

We can't wait to see your progress. Be sure to tag your progress on Instagram with #BFTPqal and #NMQGsamplerCHALLENGE.

You can also join our Flickr group HERE.

Pages

Thursday, January 22, 2015

2015 Riley Blake Fabric Challenge

Monday, January 19, 2015

QuiltCon Goes Bicostal!

Saturday, January 10, 2015

2015 Sampler Challenge

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

January 2015 Meeting