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› The Chattanooga Modern Quilt Guild meets the second Saturday of each month at Christ United Methodist Church on 8645 East Brainerd Road in Chattanooga. Contact chattmqg@gmail.com for more info.› To see some of the guild’s work, go to: https://www.facebook.com/Chattanooga-Modern-Quilt-Guild-268112026564674/?fref=ts
When Kelly Spell was casting about for a new hobby, her mind drifted across the bizarre challenges that the reality TV show “Project Runway” poses for its aspiring fashion designer contestants.
Make a dress from flower blossoms purchased at a warehouse market. Make a gown sewn from items bought in grocery aisles: candy wrappers, garbage bags, lettuce leaves. Rip apart home decor- leather from sofas, woven throw rugs – for fabric to make a dress.
While Spell, a 35-year-old marketing specialist, had not been particularly artsy-craftsy as a child, she discovered she had a gift for cutting designs from all sorts of fabric and sewing them into something lovely. So she chose quilting as a hobby, then became an enthusiastic member of the Chattanooga Modern Quilt Guild, where women of all ages gather to sew quilts that are works of art.
But they do much more. Last fall, they decided to give their quilts away to new owners of Habitat for Humanity houses.