March Sew-n-Tell

Once again, I'm a bit behind.  But here's the awesome eye candy from the March Sew-n-Tell.

Sarah has been busy making beauties.

Even her backs are gorgeous.

Here's another from our prolific Sarah.

And another pretty back.

Kelli doesn't share often, but when she does,
she has some amazing quilts.

Kelli finisher her quit from
Victoria Findlay Wolf's workshop

Hexagons everywhere and a
unique binding method from Kelli.

Check out that binding.

Kelli's Improv is Quilt as you Go. 

The back really shows the quilt as you go
and great quilting.

Kelli found a way to really use up a lot of scraps.
Crocheting 2" strips into a bath mat.

Sorry, Can't remember who made this beauty. 

Hopefully they'll let me know.

Elizabeth made this for and auction for
her daughter's class.  Each of the students names

is on the cross in their own hand writing.

Can't remember who made this beautiful Swoon quilt but
I'm pretty sure Jen quilted it.  It might belong to Regan.

This is the back of the guild's QUILTCON

charity quilt for 2016.

This is the front of the guild's QUILTCON charity

quilt for 2016.  Sarah J posted the story behind this

on our Facebook site in case you missed it.

This queen size quilt is by Jen.

This baby size quilt is by Jen.

Pieced quilt back by Jen.

Jen made this from the BOM blocks she won.

She has more blocks still to sew together.

Cathy made this for Kristen's baby.

All washed and crinkley and ready to deliver.

February Sew-n-Tell

Sorry for the delay in sharing the eye candy.

Sarah taught Stacy to paper piece. 

Check out the graffiti quilting.

 Front

 And back of Stacy's quilt.  Check out the Quilting.

 Elizabeth's daughter's Kitty quilt is adorable. 

Yes, it really is 3D.

 Meg finished her Glam Clam. She was pretty proud.

Looks pretty great to me.

 Sorry, Can't remember who did this one, but I think it looks like a round robin.

In my favorite color combination too.

 Kristin is busy making baby blankets.  I wonder why.

 Yep, now you can see why baby quilts are in her future.

 Kristen's mom made this one.  Isn't it the adorable?

Not sure if I like the front or back better.  So cute.

April Meeting and Sew-n-Tell

The April meeting included a presentation by Allison Chambers on the use of solids in quilts with some very good explanations and samples of the different types of solids and different ways to use them to enhance your quilting projects.

 

A lot of additional information was provided during the meeting on upcoming events and opportunities, as well as reminders of deadlines to come, which is available to our members on the closed Facebook group site.

 

For many members the favorite part of the meetings is the Sew-n-Tell. We enjoy it so much we share it with all. 

 

Below you can see just a sampling of the quilts made by the members of the San Antonio Modern Quilt Guild. 

 

Sew-n-Tell is normally limited to those quilts which meet the definition of the traits of modern quilts  listed on the Modern Quilt Guild parent website: "Modern quilts are primarily functional and inspired by modern design. Modern quilters work in different styles and define modern quilting in different ways, but several characteristics often appear which may help identify a modern quilt. These include, but are not limited to: the use of bold colors and prints, high contrast and graphic areas of solid color, improvisational piecing, minimalism, expansive negative space, and alternate grid work. "Modern traditionalism" or the updating of classic quilt designs is also often seen in modern quilting." 

 

We had some new members, so you'll see some non-modern aesthetics in these photos. 

 

So many of our members' work include many different types of quilting (including traditional piecing, redwork, English paper piecing, foundation paper piecing, embroidery, cross stitch, multi-media and art quilting) and we are very proud of their talent and accomplishments, but we have had to limit our sew-n-tell or else we'd spend hours drooling over quilts, and never have any time for guild business or educational presentations.

 

Leslie Jennison showed off some children quilts she created including robots.

 

 

 

Joe, a new member, showed off some of his leather quilt work.

 

 

Jen Eskridge showed us one of her quilts using solids since that was the presentation theme.

 

Kathy Null showed some of her work from the Journey to Art Quilting bee challenges.

 

Pat Poole showed off her quilt from out Texas Road Trip Quilt Along.  Others will be shown at the June meeting.

Edna showed off her world map from the Shannon Brinkley Scrappy Bits Applique workshop held earlier this year.  Edna expanded hers from a wall hanging to a lap quilt.

 

Stacy Pyron showed off some of her latest work (fronts and backs).

 

 

Sarah Rodriguez showed one of her beauties (front and back).

These next three were made by members for a fabric challenge for the May Hauptstrasse Quiltfest in Boerne.

 

 

 

Joanna Marsh has been busy participating in some online mini quilt swaps.  Wish I was her swap partner.

 

 

Allison showed off her world map quilt from Shannon Brinkley's Scrappy Bits Applique Workshop.  Hers was turned into a baby blanket.

Hope you enjoyed our mini quilt show. No Sew-n-Tell next month as we will be holding our modern May Mercado -- kind of like a sewing room flea market.  But check back in June to see some  more beauties.