Here are some photos from the Aug meeting.
A committee of about 5 people was appointed to look at our choices of joining EBHQ, joining MQG, or or something else. A lot of us felt that we didn’t have enough information to take a vote. The committee will figure out what our options are and report back.
The fabric swap was great. The remaining fabric was donated. I’m not sure about
the name of the group -something like Social Justice Sewing Academy.
Claire
Hi all-
Darci reminded us on FaceBook that, “tomorrow’s meeting is also a fabric swap! After all the discussion around structure we’ll need some “retail” therapy.
Bag up your smaller scraps, bring the larger pieces as is and let’s have some fun. Whatever is left will be collected and donated.
See you tomorrow!”
In a previous post I had the date wrong for this coming week’s meeting. I corrected my mistake, but wanted to be sure everyone knew. Our meeting on Tue 8/29/17 will be at Hello Stitch, hellostitchstudio.com at 1708 University Ave in Berkeley. I hear there is ample free street parking. We will be alternating where we meet. So, the September meeting will be at Bay Quilts. Even months, we will meet at Hello Stitch and odd months we will meet at Bay Quilts. This is an important meeting to attend. We’ll be discussing the results of the poll about the future of EBMQ.
Claire
This activity is Saturday 26 August— tomorrow!!
Hello Everyone,
I’ve decided to donate the remainder of Eli Leon’s materials to you, the local art and quilting communities. It would be lovely and fitting to see some of what Eli amassed over 50 years of collecting have a new life in your artwork and quilts. I know he would love this idea if he could still understand!
There are mounds and mounds of fabric, clothing, and clothing fragments, much of it vintage, plus some quilt fragments and blocks. There are also other things for the taking: shelves and miscellaneous practical items.
Please forward this notice to your quilt guilds and artist friends!
Stop by 5663 Dover St in Oakland Sat Aug 26th from 11AM – 2PM.
https://goo.gl/maps/McbxTg9Nujr
Thank you again for everything!
Jenny
Jenny Hurth
Trustee
Eli Leon Living Trust
(510) 384-3220
As discussed at our last couple meetings, we will alternate where we meet, still on the last Tuesday of every month, except December. The August meeting will be at 6:30 pm at Hello Stitch. (The September meeting will be at Bay Quilts).
1708 University Avenue | Berkeley , CA 94703
[510] 982-6549 | hello@hellostitchstudio.com
Sujata Shah who gave a talk for us at Stitch Modern 2 years ago is doing 2 workshops for EBHQ on Sept 23 and 25. The workshops have been changed, so the EBHQ website may not have the correct info yet. You don’t need to be a member to take either of the workshops. Her workshop Saturday 9/23 is: Making Freeform Blocks, Part 1
Make triangle and other blocks without templates and marking; see what happens when you embrace the imperfections and irregularities of human hands. Sujata’s method of cutting in layers and organic piecing is unique, fast, and fun and combined with her piecing techniques, mimic the appearance of block prints of India. You’ll learn how adding curves to cutting, sewing, and the final trimming of blocks make the quilt-making process engaging and unpredictable until the last stitch. Each block you make will be different than the next in size, shape, and form, yet there will be overall harmony and balance to the quilt you make. You’ll also learn about the origins of the blocks, stories behind the quilts Sujata has made, and discussions on color combinations, textures, and quilt layouts during class.
Monday 9/25: Making More Freeform Blocks, Part 2
This workshop can be taken independently or as a continuation of Saturday’s workshop (see Saturday workshop description)–don’t worry if you don’t take the Saturday, workshop, you’ll be able to jump right in as Sujata introduces more free-form blocks and shares her process and techniques for making these imperfect and irregular blocks. You’ll have so much fun, you won’t want to stop making these organic, free-form blocks.
I’ll be there both days. If you have question, you can ask me.
Claire
The quilt on the left is by Fern Royce. She was hand quilting it during the meeting. She plans to finish it in time for her show on 7/2. On the right is her show announcement.
Here is Kirsten Hoseman’s quilt, during show and tell.
I missed the last two meetings. Lots of things are happening.
Starting with the August meeting, we will alternate where we meet. In August we will meet at Hello Stitch, 1708 University Ave in Berkeley. Then in September, we’ll be back at Bay Quilts. If you have an easily transported chair, you might want to bring it. Hello Stitch has fewer chairs than Bay Quilts.
We discussed the pros and cons of merging EBMQ with EBHQ (East Bay Heritage Quilters). We’ve lost our insurance for our show, Stitch Modern. So to solve that problem, we could officially join the Modern Quilt Guild, or we could join forces with EBHQ. We discussed this a few years ago, and chose then to do neither. Now with the insurance issue, we’re talking about it again. EBHQ is willing to change their name, and drop the “heritage” part. This isn’t as surprising as it sounds since EBHQ has more art quilters and modern quilters in it than heritage quilters.
Fern Royce has a show with multi-media artist Linda Race at Sweet Adeline Bakeshop. It’s at 3350 Adeline St in Berkeley from 7/2 through 7/30.
