Oahu Modern Quilt Guild

Sew’n quilts amid verdant display spurs creativity

Ellen hard at work in a beautifully serene setting.

A few of us spent a “sew’n” day in February at the beautiful and relaxing Wahiawa Botanical Gardens in Wahiawa, Hawaii. We all had a delightful time and even got to pose with the camel outside of the meeting room. Thanks to our president, Christine, for arranging both meeting venues. Sew’n days are one of the benefits of membership in the Oahu Modern Quilt Guild. Our next “Sew’n” day is planned for April, hopefully at another beautiful botanical park on Oahu, Hawaii. Stay tuned to see where we’ll be.

If you’re interested in joining our group, use this link

Ever saw a camel at a botanical garden? Well, you have now. p.s. we didn’t feed the camel

BABY QUILTS GALORE – over 50 donated March 2022

HOORAY! Over 50 baby quilts sewn by members of the Oahu Modern Quilt Guild were donated to the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children here in Honolulu, Hawaii. Thirty- four for the Neonatal ICU and twenty-three for the regular babies. Here are a few pictures of some that were donated. Mahalo to all in the guild who donated. There will be some very warm, comfy babies and delighted parents.

*another of the baby quilts sewn and donated*

Quilts and fabric exchange from our Trunks

look at a few of the things for exchange

We had a “trunk” show for members in January. Lots of fun was had by all as we walked from car trunk to SUV back to peruse what everyone had to exchange. Boy, what a plethora of goodies was found. We all went home satisfied and with a cleaner trunk, except for the items we found in the other member’s trunks! It was soo much fun we decided we wanted to do this again in a few months.

If you want to join us for a zoom meeting email us to get a link. If you’re interested in attending in person, please email us to ask if there is room at the venue. We are currently holding hybrid zoom and in person meetings. The first meeting is complimentary. Email us at communications@oahumodernquiltguild.com.

Our next meeting is March 16, 2022. Please click here to see the updated information about the venue and time.

Just so you know, we don’t get any remuneration from any of the products or links that are mentioned.

Sew can we at our quilt sew in

It’s time for a sew-in. We’re going to be at the beautiful Wahiawa Botanical Garden Meeting Room on Saturday, February 19, 2022 from 9:30 am – 3:30 pm. Come for all day or just one or two hours. Bring your sewing machine, tools, projects. We’ll also have instructions for a few of the challenges/projects presented at the last meeting. This activity is for Oahu Modern Quilt Guild members only.

Need a list of things to bring? here’s a start:

Sewing Machine
Cutting Mat
Rotary Cutter
6″ x 24″ Ruler
Square Ruler(s)
Quarter Inch Ruler
Fabric Scissors

Seam Ripper
Snips
Thread + Extra Thread
Fabric Marking Pens
Quilting Pins
Seam Gauge
Tape Measure

Extra Bobbins
Extra Needles
Any Specialty Rulers for your Project
Sewing Machine Screwdriver
Sewing Machine Cleaning Brush
power strip and extension cord

Please note that COVID precautions will be followed. So bring your mask and sign attendance roster to certify your vaccinations are current or that you have had negative COVID test within 48 hours of date.

We’ll be in the meeting room. There are tables outside for snacking.

February Meeting venue change

New Venue and time for February 2022 meeting!

Live / In person @ 7pm and ZOOM streaming @ 7ish ….(as soon as we get computer set up). It will be in Pearl City, Manana area. See you there!

Breene Harimoto Manana Community Park – meeting room; 1310 Waimano Home Road, Pearl City HI 96782.

If you want to join us for a zoom meeting email us to get a link. If you’re interested in attending in person, please email us to ask if there is room at the venue. The first meeting is complimentary. Email us communications@oahumodernquiltguild.com.

Quilts galore and many more

**Colorful Quilt by OMQG member Barb H**

**Another quilt by Barb H. Boy is she prolific!**

Welcome to the colorful world of quilts. We had a hybrid in person + zoom meeting in January 2022 for the Oahu Modern Quilt Guild in Honolulu, Hawaii. Those of us who attended were treated to a mini show of quilts made by Barb H in a member highlight section of the meeting. View some of her quilts in this blog. We also saw a youtube video of changing up quilt grid patterns by renowned quilt artist Jacquie Gering. These youtube videos are available to all who join the guild as membership also includes access to the Modern Quilt Guild resources. Those who attended by zoom were able to see the video and the member highlight. We hope to have another hybrid meeting on February 16. Thanks to all members who attended and special thanks to Lynn for being the Zoom meeting host.

If you want to join us for a zoom meeting email us to get a link. The first meeting is complimentary. Email us communications@oahumodernquiltguild.com

Our next meeting is February 16, 2022. We’re hoping to have another hybrid meeting.

Just so you know, we don’t get any remuneration from any of the products or links that are mentioned.

“Baby mine don’t you cry, Baby mine dry your eyes. Rest your head close to my heart“

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii recently requested specially sized baby quilts for the Neonatal ICU. They are urgently needed.

They will be used to cover the incubators and need to be small (no more than 33 inches by 33 inches) so they won’t get in the way of all the equipment. They don’t need to be fancy. Also, when parents come in to see their babies (especially for the first time) the plastic cover of the incubator, all the tubes and such can be quite overwhelming for the new mom & dad. The staff have found that having a quilt covering the plastic softens the scene & helps the parents a lot.

We recently were able to donate 76 larger baby quilts made by the Oahu Modern Quilt Guild members to the regular nursery of Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children. Let’s see if we can sew and donate both sizes of baby quilts and surpass our recent donation.

If you want to help us with either endeavor, please contact Sue at 808quilts@gmail.com.

If you want to join our group, contact communications@oahumodernquiltguild.com

Baby in incubator courtesy of photostockeditor.com.

Swaddled baby courtesy of OMQG member.

Aloha Shirt Quilt Challenge

quilts made from aloha shirts — Can you hear the music playing from the ukulele and see the beautiful hibiscus?

Don’t you love quilting challenges? It’s a good way to motivate you to become creative and use all your skills. In Hawaii, many of us have old aloha shirts. What to do with them? Well, someone came up with a challenge of using the aloha shirts in a quilt! You needed to show a picture of the aloha shirts before you cut them up, then we revealed our finished quilts at our Christmas sew along we had. Here are two of the many contenders.

Here’s another spectacular quilt. It’s a honu, a green sea turtle.

Love challenges? Want to know what the next one is? Visit us at our meetings. The first meeting is complimentary. Our next meeting is January 19, 2022 and we’re trying to actually have a “face to face” (or rather mask to mask) meeting in addition to having a zoom meeting that night. Wish us luck in presenting a hybrid type of meeting. Email us at communications@oahumodernquiltguild.com for a zoom link.

These feet are made for walking!

At a recent Oahu Modern Quilt guild monthly zoom meeting, a member showed some of her quilts in our show and tell. She wanted to do more with her walking foot and searched out various ways to use the walking foot. Here is one of her quilts.

Isn’t this a great and imaginative way to add complexity to your quit? Amazing what you can do with a walking foot and “straight” line sewing. For all those times when you don’t want to use free motion quilting this is sure an inspiration to learn to better use your walking foot.

Also mentioned by the member were these well known quilting teachers and their websites/youtube videos that helped guide her walking foot explorations. Jacquie Gering: https://www.jacquiegering.com. Anglela Walters: midnight quilt show – quilting with a walking foot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPpZCLWB2nk. Just so you know, we don’t get any remuneration from any of the products or links that are mentioned.

New Year’s Goal: Learn a new quilting technique or improve on one. What quilting technique do you want to learn for the new year?

If you want to join us for a zoom meeting email us to get a link. The first meeting is complimentary. Email us communications@oahumodernquiltguild.com. Our next meeting is January 19, 2022.

Happy Holidays to all and a Merry Christmas to you

We were finally able to meet in person, albeit with masks and social distancing. The program chairpersons arranged a wonderful site so we could gather and sew. We even had two projects to sew. One was a quilted Christmas stocking. We had to cut out all our material, piece together, and sew and quilt the stockings. What fun! We’ll show pictures of the finished stockings at our next meeting in January.

What sewing tools can you find on the tree?

Our other project was a cute double-sided draw string bag made from two fat quarter pieces. Quick and easy to do for that last minute Christmas gift.

We even had a Christmas tree that was decorated with sewing tools.

If you want to join us for a zoom meeting, email us to get a link. The first meeting is complimentary. Email us communications@oahumodernquiltguild.com

Our next meeting is January 19, 2022. We might even be able to meet in person. Looking forward to that.