NEXT MEETING 

Tuesday, September 14, 7:00 PM, via Zoom-  Mini Demos – Quilting and Preparing Quilts For Long Arm Quilting

FABRIC POSTCARD EXCHANGE

See some of the postcards on our Facebook page.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FABRIC POSTCARDS

The postcard will have several layers: a stiffener (stabilizer), a thin batting if you want, a decorative side, and a plain side for the address, stamp, and message. The usual size is 4 X 6 inches, but can be as small as 3 ½ X 5 inches. It should be no more than 1/8 inch thick, with nothing dangling or protruding. The stiffener/stabilizer layer can be whatever you have: Peltex 72F has a fusible on both sides: you can iron on the finished decorative and address sides. Timtex is really stiff. Fast2fuse also has a fusible web on both sides. Wonderunder or misty fuse can be used to adhere fabric sides to a cardboard middle. Glue stick to hold things together until you can sew them.

The decorative side: Pick a fun fabric, cut out a 4X6 inch section, layer on thin batting, and quilt. If your machine has an alphabet or decorative stitches, stabilize your fabric and stitch away. Couch lace, ribbons, yarn, rickrack, making sure it is completely flat and secure. No buttons. Secure fusing to the back of fabric, cut out shapes and iron onto the 4 X 6 background, zigzag on.

Foundation piece. Draw lines on 4 X 6 inch paper or fabric. Sew and flip fabric along the lines.

Address side: This can be plain light colored fabric or card stock. Put address and stamp on the right hand side. Write a message on the left hand side. Do this before you fuse the layers and zigzag around it. I mailed one with a postcard stamp with no problem. If yours is thick or heavy or too beautiful to chance, you could use a regular first class stamp or even put it in an envelope.

Zigzag around all four sides. You might need to cut slivers off all four sides first to even up layers. Use an open toe foot or a foot with a bar to guide you along the edge. Try a stitch width of 4.5 or less and a stitch length of 5. Go around twice if needed. Use the same color in top and bobbin.

​Bet you can’t make just one!

FILE FOR T.C.Q.G. LOGO

Here is the file for our logo.  Download it to print and put on gifts we are distributing for the holidays.  It comes in two sizes, and you can print it in color or black and white.

PATTERN FOR SEAT BELT PILLOW

Here is the pattern for the seat belt pillow.  The Cancer Resource Center would love to have us make these for cancer patients, so they can cushion their ports when they wear a seat belt.  The pillow is small and easy, and a great way of using fun scraps.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS


Tuesday, September 14, 7:00 PM, via Zoom-  Mini Demos – Quilting and Preparing Quilts For Long Arm Quilting
This meeting will be all about quilting, featuring mini demos, via Zoom. We will learn about how to prepare your quilt top before sending it off to the long arm quilter. Valerie Pollay, a member of the Ithaca Modern Quilt Guild, will share her practical tips. Pat Merkle, another member of the Ithaca Modern Quilt Guild, will demonstrate her technique for quilt as
you go. Our own Aafke Steenhuis will show us how to quilt a queen size quilt on a domestic machine. 

Tuesday, September 28, 7:00 PM -    Show and Tell: Leftovers!
Bring in items made of fabric you used after your quilt was finished - it can be a little quilt, a table runner, potholders, bags - the sky is the
limit! If you still have the quilt(s) in your possession, show the quilt and then the left-over fabric items.

Quilt Show Discussion
We are scheduled to have another Quilt Show discussion at our September 28th meeting. Typically (during the years that we have a show) we find committee chairs in the Fall, start monthly planning meetings in January, collect photos and applications of quilt entries in the late Spring and Summer and then have the show on the
first full weekend in October. Please come with your thoughts about how we might proceed - we have no preconceived notion of what we will do at this point so your input will be valuable.

Tuesday, October 12, 9:00 AM via Zoom - Rosalie Dace will give us a presentation from South Africa. 
“Eye to Eye”
Rosalie is a fantastic speaker, creative quilter, and great teacher. Her lecture will be at 9:00 AM , due to the time difference, but the presentation will be recorded and available for Guild members to view at any time for about a month after the presentation. Rosalie will also take questions in advance, so put your thinking caps on and see what you can come up with! 

Steffi Green's Presentation on Labels made with Printers

Melissa Fowler's Presentation

Click on this link to see the presentation Melissa did for our group on January 12.  Great quilts, interesting ideas about design, and a nice story about the evolution of her art.