We had a bunch of fun at our annual Christmas meeting. We were in an elegant setting in Hawaii Kai, had great food and games. Did you know that Christmas word scrambles are HARD?!. What does PDORLHU mean? Read on for the answer. We also had a lesson in making bargello style quilting by one our members. We used strips of Christmas themed fabric to make them. There’s a picture of us showing our finished bargello. What did we do with it? We’ll have a reveal at our January meeting. The word scramble answer is Rudolph.
Quilters of Hawaii, the Friends of the Library of Hawaii is having their 76th annual booksale at Kaka’ako Makai, 200 Keawe Street, Honolulu, Hawaii. Proceeds benefit all of Hawaii’s 51 public libraries, which is so important in this era of dwindling government funding. All kinds of books are on sale, including quilting, crafting, art and fiction to mention a few. It’ll be open July 12, 2025 – July 20, 2025. Come and browse, buy and tote home some goodies.
2025 is here! What are your quilting resolutions for the year?
Whether your goal is to learn a new technique or finish some UFO’s, be a part of the Oahu Modern Quilt Guild this year. Our monthly meetings are on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.. We meet at Halawa District Park. Enjoy fun, fellowship, and learning with a great group of modern quilters.
At our October 2024 Meeting, Bobbie from Shannon Fabrics did a presentation for us via Zoom on how to use Cuddle Fabric. She shared some handouts with the group about how to use Cuddle (Cuddle 101), Tools and Notions to use with Cuddle for the best cutting and sewing outcomes, and a handout on making stuffed animals with Cuddle. During her presentation, she showed some things she had made with Cuddle. We also had samples of the fabric at our meeting to see and feel. The files for the handouts from Bobbie can currently be found on the OMQG Facebook page under our files. Links to these handouts are below.
Everyone had a fabulous time at our June 2024 “sewcial” #quiltingandsewing event held at the beautiful Wahiawa Botanical Gardens in Wahiawa, Hawaii. The company was scintillating, the surroundings cool and verdant, and the project was challenging.
Our project was the Piecekeeper project bag that @ByAnnie generously let us use for our group. While not a “regular” #quilt it did have a quilted background. The most ambitious person was Connie, who actually made a mini quilt for the back. We found out the hard way, that the vinyl front (which we used instead of the mesh fabric) was by far the hardest to sew. After much trial and tribulation, we discovered that the easiest way to sew vinyl with our sewing machines was to use tissue paper under and above the vinyl. Unfortunately, who had tissue paper with them? Ellen to the rescue! Some of us also realized that you must read the instructions before proceeding with the cutting and sewing. It makes for a lot less pain and frustration!
Connie’s bag – it’s actually a QUILT
Mahalo (thanks) again to @ByAnnie.com for the project and some of the supplies.
We had a great time at the July meeting with Renee introducing us to a variety of ways to cut half square triangles for quilts. She discussed the time savings of some techniques and the fabric savings of others. Stephanie also showed how to use an Accuquilt to cut fabric to make HSTs with no “tails” to trim off. Lastly, members showed off quilts using HSTs. Other members showed charity quilts they had completed for the guild. Members picked up pillowcase sewing kits to assemble for IHS.
We had an in person meeting during February (right next to the gym where a girl’s volleyball game was going on). We also had a video about deluttering by Karen Brown of JustGetItdoneQuilts.com to inspire us to clean up and organize our sewing area. Several of us have been posting our progress on our private facebook page.
Lulu’s bounty of baby quilts for charity
Shown were a bunch of baby quilts for donation our chosen charity: Kapiolani Women’s and Children’s Medical Center. Boy, were some people prolific. Lulu brought in about a dozen quilts that she finished. Way to go, Lulu.
Leslie’s deconstructed aloha shirt Aloha shirt quilt from 2019 challenge
Leslie showed a quilt made of deconstructed aloha shirts, and surprise, it highlighted an aloha shirt design. Our next meeting is March 15, 2023 at Halawa District park, from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm. If you want to join, please email us a request. The first meeting is complimentary. Email us communications@oahumodernquiltguild.com
Boy, did we get an outstanding “runway” fashion show put on by one of our very own members, Suzette K. She showcased a few of her outstanding garments that she made for her degree program at Honolulu Community College’s Fashion Technology program. What does this have to do with quilting? Look at the armbands and collars of the garments – they’re all done in Sashiko stitching. She said that she patterned her garments to honor her Japanese grandmother. Aren’t they exquisite? Do you know that she took up fashion design after she retired and decided she needed to do something?
Even the handbag is exquisitely done with fancy pleats. Who has that kind of energy and determination to do that? I would just rather sit around the pool and enjoy a pina colada! If you want to talk to her about her work, just come on in to one of our meetings. If you want to join, please email us a request. The first meeting is complimentary. Email us communications@oahumodernquiltguild.com. Our next meeting is November 16, 2022.
We had a very educational meeting last month. A member showed us her journey into Quilt As You go (QUAG). She shared tips and tricks and some truly spectacular quilting that was intricate, yet was sewn in sections.
audience participation
We even had an audience participation time, where our intrepid club president led us in a chant from the village people, but substituted “in the quilt guild” for “in the navy. As usual, some mighty fine looking quilts were shown by other members.
If you want to join us for a meeting, please email us to ask if there is room at the venue. We are currently holding in person meetings. The first meeting is complimentary. Email us communications@oahumodernquiltguild.com. Our next meeting is September 21, 2022 at Halawa District Park, in Halawa, Honolulu.
At our last general meeting we had many quilts shown that were sewn for several of the charities we donate to. One was a stellar red, white and blue quilt for Quilts of Valor Foundation. These quilts are awarded only to service members and living veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Others were more whimsical baby quilts for Kapiolani Women’s and Children’s Medical Center. The quilts are given to babies from families in need and others are used to cover the incubators in the neonatal ICU (quilts are then given to the families when the babies go home). The comment heard from many of the quilters were that we could find lots of cute “girly” fabric, but less fabric more for “boys”. So presented here are two quilts made especially for those that are sports minded.
Our next meeting is August 17, 2022 at Halawa District Park 99 795 Iwaiwa St,, Aiea, HI
If you want to join our group, you can use this link for membership. Just so you know, we don’t get any remuneration from any of the products or links that are mentioned in our blogs.
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