Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild Showcase

Yesterday I battled traffic to cross over the Ironworkers Bridge to visit the VMQG Showcase at 115 Victory Ship Way in North Vancouver.  It was their first show and different from the typical quilt shows as they did not have a vendors market and one great feature no drapes hanging.  You got to enjoy the glimpses of quilts and their backings without having to use the white glove treatment.           This first piece is by my friend Felicity here instagram feed is found here. She was my vice chair when I was evening chairperson at FVQG.                                  

 These were in the Round Robin section of the show.

 I happily walked around and took pictures of the quilts but not of the maker's of them but happily Felicity provided me with some of their creators.   This was a quilt made with block from a lotto win.  The block is called Converging Corners by Film in the Fridge.

 This beauty was made by Terry Aske, I took a workshop from her learning her circle techniques and recognized it before checking the label.  Her instagram feed can be found here.

 Here is her wonderful back art.  She shared several pictures of her work on her instagram last night.

 See what I mean about enjoying not having the quilts hung on draperies.

 This piece is by Karen Cooper, I didn't realize this is actually the back of the piece one of her extra Opalescence block.  Check out her instagram feed for the front. It is lovely.

 Paula Bohan made this mini that was created during a Gwen Marsden workshop.

 Paula Pearson made this interesting black and white with solid colour study.  Check out her instagram feed here.

 Joan Elliot created these two black and white studies.

 Loved this mini colourful study by Trish Poehnell.  Love the illusion of the circle your eye sees with the straight lines.

 Jade Prosser made this lovely piece love the aqua and white background.  Here is her instagram feed.

 Another Karen Cooper piece.  Love the folk art influence in the flowers.

 This piece looked spectacular against the yellow wall, the lighting changed the colours.  Twinkle Twinkle by Niki Storr.

 Love this piece by Krista Hennebury Round Peg Square Hole.  It was a challenge piece for RJR Fabrics Cotton Supreme Solids that she designed.  Not only does she have her poppyprint blog she has an instagram feed here.

 Berene Campbell made this beauty with blocks made by her online bee.  It is called Hundreds and Thousands.  Check out her instagram here.  And another feed can be found here just about the quilt creation.

 Loved these two similar but different stylized rose studies. Left by Matt Wheeler and right by Alicia Storrey.

 And viewed from the back.

 This mole hill quilt was started in a workshop with Latifah Saafir.  Here is a link to that post. Amy Dame made this one and helped me with the missing names, thanks Amy.  Her instagram feed is @amyamydame.  The machine quilting was done by Stacy Murton @hushrules on instagram.

 Love this unconventional rainbow was made by Berene Campbell.

 They had a wall of minis with a legend of who did what that was very effective but hard to photograph.

 A bit more.

 And the rest.

 As I left I took this picture of the downtown Vancouver waterfront.  I'm proud to be a born in Vancouver Gal.

If you are in Vancouver today the show is open go and check it out.

An Evening With Latifah Saafir

Last night I attended a lecture presented by the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild featuring Latifah Saafir the founder of the Modern Guild first based in L.A. and now with many international associations.  This was her first time speaking outside of the U.S.A so her first International Appearance!

 What Is Modern Quilting.  It is different things to different people.

 Latifah started sewing very young as she is part of a large family of mainly sisters.  She has one brother and is second in birth order.  She trained as a Mechanical Engineer and started quilting in 2008.  Her mother sat her and her sister on mom's lap and showed them how to make clothes from about age 6 or 8.  At age 15 she was regularly taking library books out on quilting!  Below is the first quilt that inspired her.

 Here is her version.

This quilt was done with bias binding stitched onto the background.  She uses bias binding for all her quilts and took left overs to create this design.

 The stack seems small, but there are some amazing quilts to be seen.

This was a Medallion quilt she designed for a book it was created in wedges and sewn together.

 Based on a traditional block she made triangles from rectangles.

 Latitudes made from bias binding.

 Love this one again featured in a book.

 First she machine quilted the background and then added the applique and bias binding.

 A peek at the back, you can see the loops of the bias.

 This was designed to feature her new fabric line called Grafic by Latifah Saafir Studios for Hoffman.  It will be available in June and was their best seller at Quilt Market!

 Latifah grew up in L.A. and many of these images hold special meaning to her.

 Love the colours and images.

 Explaining about her process.

 That's a pigeon.

 This piece was just back from the quilter and not yet bound!  Love all that texture in the different blocks.

 Her dress was her feature fabrics and she is talking of the significance to her of the images.

Glam Clam one of the workshops she is teaching.  You can find it on Craftsy!

Another Glam Clam in different colours.  She lays them all out and starts sewing from the top down.

 This Glam Clam is going to be a BOM!  Love all the secondary shapes.

 Hexi Glam Clams.  Apparently little children and people over 80 see them as women's panties. I also see it as a Sting Ray!

 Pieced Mole Hill are done paper pieced, with allowances to make larger curved squares if you want to include a fussy cut motif.  Love all the shades of beige and white backgrounds.

 A Blue, Black, Cream version as a top.

 Molehills one of the classes she is teaching while here.

 Good & Plenty a design that will be a freebie from her via Hoffman Fabrics featuring the new fabrics.  We all got one of the postcards.

 Grid quilting on the background.

 Show and tell is over but she is kindly answering some questions.

 Laid out for a closer look.

 Latifah talking about some of the patterns and rulers she designed.  She had some for sale and generously donated some as door prizes.  The guild contributed to her Kickstarter program and they received a lecture, one of the workshop and door prizes as a reward.  She is also setting up a program to teach children how to sew and make quilts.

  A closer look at some of her quilts before everyone crowded around.

 Love all those greys, tans, beige and a bit of turquoise backgrounds.

Thanks Latifah and Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild for a lovely evening.  Wish I was a member and could have taken a workshop. Here is a link to Latifah's blog and website.  Here is the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild Blog  One last link to Vancouver Modern Guild Facebook page.

If you get a chance to go to a lecture with Latifah I would highly recommend doing so!