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July Newsletter and Upcoming Workshops

Our July newsletter is now available! We have a lot of exciting upcoming events and workshops, so be sure to check it out!

Upcoming Workshops:

We are excited to be bringing Latifah Saafir and Jen Carlton-Bailly to the guild for some workshops in August and September.

Latifah will be presenting her Glam Clam pattern in a workshop on Saturday, August 17th from 9:00 – 4:00 at Quilt in a Day. The workshop is $100 and includes the lunch. Signups for this workshop are open – for more information about this class or to sign up, check out the blog post here: Glam Clam Workshop

Jen Carlton-Bailly will be coming to San Diego in September and will be teaching two curved piecing workshops. Sign ups for the Jen Carlton-Bailly classes will open up on the blog on Sunday, July 14th at 12:00pm.

The first will take place on Saturday, September 14th from 9:30-3:30 at Quilt in a Day. The cost of this class is $100 and includes lunch. She will be teaching her Caution! Curves Ahead class, where participants will learn to sew all types of curves:

Does the idea of sewing curves scare the heck out of you? Don’t let it! In this class, students will learn different methods of sewing curves and lots of tips and tricks that will make it FUN and EASY! We’ll talk about how to square up blocks and sew them together with beautiful matching points. Students will leave addicted to curves wanting to make all the quilts. These blocks are some of the ones we will learn how to make!

Photo Credit: Jen Carlton-Bailly

Jen will also be teaching a hand sewing class, Curvlets on Sunday, September 15th from 11:00-3:00 at Quilt in a Day. The cost of this class is $50 and does not include lunch.

Curvlets Class Description: Slow down, take a seat, quiet your mind and start stitching. In this curvy hand sewing class you’ll learn how to prep your project, use templates for marking, and tips and tricks on cutting sewing. We’ll be working in small scale, 1 1⁄2”, but if you’d like to go bigger the technique is the same and will be accommodated. You’ll leave this class in love with hand sewing and eager to bring it with you everywhere!

Photo Credit: Jen Carlton-Bailly

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Latifah Saafir Glam Clam Workshop

We are excited to announce that Latifah Saafir will be coming to San Diego to teach her Glam Clam pattern on Saturday, August 17th at Quilt in a Day. The class will be held from 9:00am – 4:00pm.

The cost is $100 for the class, which also includes lunch. Registration is now open for current SDMQG members. The fee for the class is non-refundable, unless we are able to fill your spot from a waitlist.

In order to be fully registered for the class, please follow these two steps:

  1. Fill out the registration form.
  2. Payment sent in following the instructions at the end of the registration form.

Supply lists and more information about the class will be forthcoming for those who have registered. If you’re looking for some inspiration or to see what this quilt is all about, check out #glamclamquilt on Instagram.

Questions? Email the board at [email protected]

Sew Along

Kinship 100 Blocks Sew Along

We will be having a guild sew-along with the Kinship: 100 Blocks Sampler. For those of you familiar with the #100Days100Blocks project that has been hosted by Angie Wilson of Gnome Angel on Instagram with the Tula Pink book the past couple of years, the Kinship pattern is this year’s project. You are able can sew at your own pace or join in with the sew along that is taking place. There are 50 – 8″ blocks and 50- 4″ x 8″ blocks in this pattern. It’s a great skill builder pattern.

As we will be hosting this as a guild sew along, you are free to sew the blocks at your own pace or to follow along with the block a day time frame.

We are currently taking orders for hard copies of the books, which provide machine (or hand) piecing instructions. The books are $25 and come with a 2.5″ HST template (and free shipping!). The book sales will also be part of a guild charity fundraiser, as the books will cost us $15/book and the remainder will go to help fund our charity efforts.

We will be accepting orders until Monday, June 10th. This way, we can submit our book order and then have the books by the end of the month sew-in for those that want to participate in the sew along. Arrangements can also be made by emailing the board if you would like to receive your book before the July meeting.

If you are interested, please fill out this form with your name and email. Payment information will be provided after your form has been submitted.

There are also foundation paper pieced and English paper piecing options for this pattern. For more information about the #100Days100Blocks sew along or to find out how to purchase these pattern versions, please check out Angie’s website at https://www.gnomeangel.com/100days100blocks2019-event-information/

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June Guild Newsletter

Our June newsletter is now available – check it out to read about all of our upcoming events!

Just as a reminder, our June meeting will be taking place this Sunday, June 2nd, instead of our usual second Sunday, as we have our retreat taking place that weekend. We will be having our guild rummage sale after the meeting, so come with your items priced to sell (and with your name on them) and be ready to buy some new to you items!