PEI Modern Quilt Guild June 2020 Guild Meeting

Another beautiful day on the island for our June meeting and we are moving into Phase IV of easing public health restrictions with the highly anticipated Atlantic Canada bubble on July 3rd.  Many of us have friends and family that we are looking forward to visiting or having them visit the Island.

Thirteen of our members popped into our zoom meeting this past Thursday night.  We really appreciate the advantages of the MQG membership allowing us to remain connected while physically distancing.  We have learned that our normal meeting space will not be available to us in the future given its size and our numbers to respect physical distancing rules.  So the search for a new meeting space will have to begin anew.

So here we all are at various times during the meeting.  It would appear we are a serious bunch!  We are excited about our retreat in mid-July (the pics below show us containing our excitement) so we are busily planning for this.  It is the one wonderful thing that is going ahead for those of our members planning to attend!  Yea!  Cannot wait!

We are exploring options to have virtual classes, so stay tuned for details on that front.

As always it is always fun to share what we are working on.  Here is Anna's "Checkered Lattice quilt" showcased against a fabulous backdrop. She quilted this beauty on her domestic machine, and the myriad of  fabrics which make up this quilt is fabulous.

Cathy has been busy quilting her tops on the Longarm of another guild member - Jean (and her husband Doug).  We will be watching this space to see what other tops she pulls out of her "flimsy closet" for quilting. This "Dancing Daisies" quilt top is a pattern written by Cathy and available on the modabakeshop.

Here is Cathy's 10 x 11 block "Farmer's Wife" quilt that she Longarm quilted.  She has advised us that she does not have a large enough wall to display this quilt.  I think a woman cave should be on her bucket list so she can design the wall space (or ceiling) on which to set this quilt.

Here's a close up picture.

Heather won April's Block Lotto blocks from her guild members - 91 in total.  This was put together this month and just needs to be bound.  It was also quilted on Jean and Doug's Longarm machine.

 Here is the pieced back, using the remainder of the blocks not used on the front.

Roberta has been prolific since our last meeting.  This quilt was Longarm quilted by Liz at Blueberry Cove LongArm Quilt Studio. Aren't these kitties adorable?

Roberta finished a number of landscapes.

The next batch were all embellished with her Embroidery machine. Amazing!!

Roberta is already planning her Christmas.  Here is her latest table runner.

Velda continues her monthly makes.  June is the month we see all the wildflowers out in full bloom (check out her recent post on this topic).  Here you see her modern take on the lupins which are prevalent in the ditches and roadsides island-wide.   On the left is the back and the right shows the front.  We will have to await the final showcase of these minis to see which side faces the viewer as she is still deciding which side of the quilt she prefers!

Reminders:

Virtual Facebook Sew-In - July 11, 2020

2nd Annual retreat - July 16-19, 2020

July meeting - July 23, 2020 (7 p.m.)