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President's Message - October 2017

10/31/2017

 
​Welcome quilters! As I write this, fall is upon us. The foliage is starting to change as well as the weather. I hope you are inspired to capture some of that autumn beauty in a quilt to admire all year.
 
Last month, the challenges were announced and they will be fun to make and to see at the end of the year. Planning a quilt around a theme or pattern is a creative way to stretch your quilting imagination. Read about them and please consider participating!
 
I have started planning my President's Challenge quilt which I will share with you as I go along. This month I will share my magazine inspiration image. The beach is my true happy place which is why I have selected this image. I hope you are looking for your inspiration image and will participate in the challenge.
 
Our first retreat is coming up and I can see everyone is looking forward to the event. This is the opportunity to get away and focus on your quilt work, get some tips and tricks from fellow quilters and socialize with new and old friends. There is still some room available so if you are interested in attending,  you can see Joanna Vlaming at our October meeting.
 
Please don’t forget to sign up to bring something sweet or savory for sharing with other members at a meeting. I am certain that, like your quilts, you all have something great you can share. Just see one of our kitchen volunteers and let them know what you could bring (preferably nut free).
 
Looking forward to seeing all of you at our October 25th meeting.


Donna Sheaves
President

September 2017 Meeting Highlights

10/2/2017

 
Our 2017-2018 guild season kicked off with lots of information about this year's exciting and creative challenges, a new decorative stitch exchange, and the opportunities to contribute important charity projects.

We enjoyed a fascinating and inspiring presentation by Krista Zaleski, a local creative pattern designer, and long arm quilter. Krista took us along her quilting journey from her first quilt to her latest modern designs. 

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An engineer by training, Krista applies her technical knowledge, precision, and attention to detail in her pattern designs. She often sees a pattern that she's inspired by and then produces a unique pattern of her own.

Her quilts range from somewhat traditional to very modern and they often feature bright colours.

With a strong aversion to applique, Krista will go to great lengths to create a pieced pattern for her designs. This sometimes requires multiple iterations of a pattern and a corresponding new quilt top for each iteration. Her "Tumbling Down" quilt pictured below is an example of a quilt that she pieced. An applique version of some patterns is available  to satisfy her customer preferences.

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Tumbling Down
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Linked Squares
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Bulging Checkerboard
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Krista's quilts often feature curves and  circles - all pieced.
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​Krista is an active member of the Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild.
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Building Blocks

​Krista frequently mentioned the inspiration she took from Judy Laquidara's Patchwork Times blog.
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​You can keep up with Krista's projects, read more about the quilts pictured here, and purchase her patterns on her blog.

More of Krista's quilts are pictured in this gallery. Click or tap a photo to view it in full.

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