#OHCraft Sew-In: Guild member Kara Sanders is organizing a sew-in at Shawnee State Park the first weekend in October. Click here to go to Kara's blog for details.

Show and Tell

Brooke's Star Fall Quilt (pattern from Fresh Lemons).

The back of Brooke's quilt. This block didn't turn out the right size for the pattern, so it became a design element on the back. Ta da!

Carol's Duke baby quilt.

Christine's Michael Miller Fabric Challenge entry. She'll be donating the quilt to Project Linus.

The back of Christine's quilt where she used most of the leftover challenge fabric.

A signature quilt Ellen made for her boss as a retirement gift. Employees from all over the country signed blocks.

The back of Ellen's signature quilt. This is also the first quilt Ellen quilted on her new long-arm!

Christy made this, her first T-shirt quilt, for her nephew.

Two Delectable Mountain blocks Jessica made for a quilting bee.

This is Pascale's first quilt! She chose a kaleidoscope pattern that used 1200 triangles. (She may go for a slightly easier pattern next time.)

Ruth cut the backing for a previous quilt too small, so she made this quilt to go with the mis-cut backing.

Amy made this block for Michelle's traveling quilt.

Farewell, Jessica!

Tonight was President Jessica Rider's last meeting before she moves with her family to Nashville. To show their appreciation for all her hard work, several members went all out on snack-time treats. Thanks to all who brought something! The guild also presented Jessica with a gift certificate for a new modern fabric store in Nashville.


And just to make sure the hole in our collective hearts caused by her absence was extra huge, Jessica created a truly awesome Quilt Trivia game for us to play. She came up with five questions in each of five categories: Modern Sew Modern; Fabric; Technique; History; and Name That Block.


Two contestants came up to the table to answer each question and rang in on cell phones with a downloaded game show buzzer app. The person who answered the question correctly earned participation points.

At the end of the fun and lively game, Jessica selected our first participation point winners (participation points are earned by attending sew-ins, bringing snacks to the meetings, and participating in show-and-tell and swaps). Prizes included a fat quarter bundle, a modern sewing book, and a collection of tools and notions. We'll start new with an empty participation point bucket at the July meeting.

July Meeting

Remember to bring your traveling quilt blocks to show off. And we'll be welcoming Michelle Kirby as our new CMQG president!