Submitted by Ann U., Secretary

The meeting was called to order by President Noemi B at 6:03 pm. Nancy P, Program Chair, introduced our speaker, Daisy Aschehoug of @warmfolk, who is visiting the US this summer from Norway and speaking to us on “Anatomy of a Curve.” She lives in Nesodden which is south of Oslo. Daisy began her interest in curved piecing when she saw Kaffe Fasset’s crocheted blanket with half circles and wanted to recreate it as a quilt. She used Jen Carlton-Bailey’s quarter circle templates. Since then, and also because she designs quilts in Illustrator, she still uses a quarter circle for most of her curved piecing. She noted that piecing curves is not the same as lining up square pieces, as two different edges are coming together-a convex piece and a concave piece. She cuts precise pieces and uses pins and glue to baste the pieces together before sewing together with a SCANT 1/4 inch seam, sewing slowly. Because of the bias edges, she is conscious not to stretch the pieces to fit too much, especially bigger curves. For smaller 3” circles, she uses an inset circle, and has created a template and method for those.