Modern Quilting ... Do You?

 Bayside’s Guest speaker is:

“Modern Quilting”
Presented by Jessica Levitt

Jessica Levitt, an electrical engineer, computer wizard,

author (Modern Mix), and fabric designer for

Windham Fabrics, will introduce us to Modern Quilting.

As a mother of 2 she has been quilting for over 

15 years and loves all manner of sewing
including costuming.

She has been a wedding designer and

loves event planning.  Jessica will explain the

Modern Quilt movement with a slide presentation

and some of her fabulous quilts.

(Jessica designed the fabric in the quilt above)

 Modern quilting has 'negative space'.

For example, look at the quilt above

the gray is considered negative space as

is the white space in the quilt you will see below.

 Jessica has taken the modern theme into pillows,

handbags, and cosmetic bags.  She also mentioned

she has two lines of fabric currently and is working on

a third collection of fabric for Windham. 

 This is one of the lines of fabric Jessica designed.

Personally, I can't say I'm into the modern quilt look
 but this talk was very informative.  It opened my eyes

to another aspect of the quilting world.

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BAYSIDE QUILTERS MEETING

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 It's Show & Tell Time!

 This is the time guild members share their completed

(and almost completed} quilts and other fabric

art projects with fellow members.

 This was made at a class offered at by

 Quilt Vine Shop using Jane Sassaman fabrics.

 This is what I call pixel quilting.  The

instructor of this class took photo's and enlarged

the photo's to get the max amounts of pixels to get this design.
Then the class learned how to take the photo and translate it to fabric. 

 This is an amazing technique.  

 Outreach received some beautiful quilts for the cause.

Sandy has the awesome responsibility of pulling

this quilt show together.  If anyone can do
it with precision ... it is Sandy!

There were pre-cut kits made up with instructions

so members could take them home to complete.  This is an

excellent idea to have handmade and
unique items for sale in the Show Boutique.

The Sign-up Table for the Quilt Show

The quilt show has so many components to it

so in order to have everything covered a

sign-up table was set up.  Members could then pick and

volunteer in the area they felt the most comfortable. 

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Have A Great Day!