October 2020 Meeting Recap Hello TMQG! If you joined us for Mary Elizabeth Kinch's Summerhill Sampler workshop held on October 24 you may have left with a few more skills in your quilting arsenal. Accuracy is key when piecing together 1.5" squares, and achieving it requires investigation and adaptability. Students revisited the basics of quilting with a keener eye, and set their sights on strengthening foundational techniques. There was certainly some seam ripping, but students were elated when everything measured up! At the guild meeting on October 25, Mary Elizabeth Kinch shared her discovery of how quilts compel people to tell their story. She emphasized that each quilt has a voice of their own that you need to learn to listen to. Members enjoyed viewing a variety of her quilts, and what she learned from listening to them. Some of her lessons included the value of copying antique quilts, the power of "ish" (use of inexact measurement) in layout, embracing "chaos theory" and then establishing some design parameters to create harmony. Other suggestions included adding shocker fabrics (fabrics that you normally avoid) to give life to a quilt. Mary Elizabeth embraces using small pieces to create stunning quilts and has co-authored two books on the topic: Small Blocks, Stunning Quilts, and Small Pieces, Spectacular Quilts (co-authored with Biz Storms). Her final words of advice were "Small pieces aren't scary." |
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