As of October 21, 2010, I am now a card-carrying member of the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild! We had our October meeting last night and welcomed our first official members. Thirty members paid their dues - hooray! Another reason this meeting was a momentous occasion was that it was the first VMQG meeting I didn't chair. I sat back, relaxed, and let our new president Kalin take the reins. She was organized and kept us on track and efficiently got through the important guild business so we could have lots of show and tell time. Thank you, Kalin!
Kalin at work
We started by sharing our Halloween blocks. I liked this little paper-pieced pumpkin that I whipped up yesterday afternoon (yes, I'm a terrible procrastinator!). To the person who won my pumpkin, I'm sorry that it's six inches rather than six and a half! I hope you can add a little extra sashing!
Show and tell, as usual, was the highlight of the evening. This was Arita's wonky Halloween houses quilt. I took a few quick photos, but many more will be available soon on our Flickr group.
Paul's monkey quilt created from our very first challenge blocks.
Paul always has creative ideas for the back of his quilts! Thanks to Anna and Terry for being our quilt holders last night!
Sonja, our amazing photographer, is also a talented pattern designer. Here she is showing off her Chuck Wolfman block.
And here she is, showing her dedication to "getting the shot" and her complete disregard for her physical comfort. What a pro!
I'm already looking forward to our next meeting!
yippee! 30 members! My cheque is in the mail (no, really, it is). I love how Paul set his monkey blocks with a shadow sashing effect.
ReplyDeleteWow, looks like a fabulous meeting and guild. Wish I was in Vancouver....thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLooks like it was a great meeting! I love your pumpkin block and the wonky pumpkin houses :)
ReplyDeleteFinally - some photos of Sonja! I love that last one! Thanks Holly!
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