January 2022 Meeting Minutes

Meeting Date: January 13, 2022 Announcements: Members can still join. Send dues to Valerie Mau (check) or pay via PayPal. The changeover to the new treasurer Tara Curtis will happen next month.  Bee Sign Up: To follow up on Val and Tracy’s presentation from December, Marian and Tracy are coordinating bee sign up to match up quilters who want to join a bee. A sewing bee is a small group of people who help each […]

An Egg-cellent Block Lotto!

Well November is here, and it’s time once again for the always popular chicken block lotto. This has become a tradition for the Mad Mod Quilt Guild, and it always brings out the competitive nature in many of our members! Originally posted on Quilty Love , It was designed by Vicki at Sew Inspired and there is a free tutorial from the designers website. You can find the tutorial HERE. It’s important to note that this block ends up 7″ x […]

This Way or That!

Hello Mad Mod Quilters! Here is the block lotto I shared at our last meeting in October. Remember, we are building off of the “Sunflower Fiasco” this summer after Craftsy removed their free pattern. If you were one of the lucky few who were able to access the pattern and then make it, you can enter those blocks in this months block lotto. This block lotto is using the same color palette, but you have […]

Here comes the Sun!

So last month’s block lotto was berry, berry successful! By the time all was said and done we had 59 blocks, and the winner was Betty Slinger. Congrats Betty. We can’t wait to see how you jam these all together into a quilt! This month we are going to pay homage to summer again, with one of the favorite flowers of the season, the sunflower! We are going to keep things scrappy again this month, […]

June 2021 Meeting Minutes

Friday Night Sewing (Emily F): 6pm to Whenever, see Facebook for event info; link & password are always the same In-Person Hand-Sewing at Parks (Marian & Brianna): Once per Month Undercover Mat Sew-a-Long (Marian): Monday Nights: Week 1: Pockets Week 2: Quilting the Mat (Okay to join and do anything, or not join meetings but post pictures) Upcoming Meetings: July: Color Theory & Pattern Mixing with Dustin S. August: All Hands On Deck with Brianna […]

May 2021 Meeting Minutes

New Members: Jennifer, Sandy, Lorna Friday Night Sewing: Every week at 6pm on Zoom. Link is always the same June: Brain from GSAFE-2021 Auction & Tara sewing with rainbows –Send Tara photos or links to photos of working with rainbows July: Dustin: Color Theory & Pattern Mixing August: TBD September: Likely cancelled due to Expo Project Linus w/Eileen: Distribution increasing again MiniMod Blocks w/Marian: #minimodswap. Upcoming Zoom sewing session to make something with the blocks. If […]

A Berry Good Idea!

Summer is here and it’s time for shorts, sunscreen and STRAWBERRIES!!! This time of year offers many wonderful things, but one of my favorites has to be fresh picked strawberries. I think they might also be one of Marian Stimson’s favorites too, because she sent me a link to a berry fun pattern! It’s a quilt designed by Elizabeth Hartman and the pattern can be downloaded for free on the Robert Kaufman site here. The […]

Ch-ch-chaaaaaain, Chain of…

For the June meeting, our Block Lotto block will be the fun and dynamic Chain Link Block. The block comes together pretty quickly, and can efficiently chain pieced! We will be using up our remaining stash of Bella Solid Off White and Quotation Mark Plus – Ink which we have used in our previous two block lottos. This is a big block and it will finish at 14″ x 14″. The instructions this month come […]

MAY(be) try FPP!

First off, my pun game is sad. We miss Dustin! He will be back with the Block Lotto cleverness for June’s block. For now we are stuck with me, and MAY(be) try FPP! Pattern: https://weallsew.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/04/Simple-Star-Paper-Piecing-Pattern.pdf Print four to make one 10″ block. Yes, you will need to sew them together for each Block Lotto entry! [Credit: Pattern is from this Bernina tutorial on We All Sew.] Leave the paper in! FOUNDATION PAPER PIECING SUPPLIES Paper & Printer: Print patterns and […]

April 2021 Meeting Recap

New Members! Welcome, Misty, Betty, Becky, and Jeri Join Facebook Group: Find Madison Modern Quilt Guild AND answer the questions. Weekly Sew Night every Friday Night 6pm until whenever. May Meeting: Sarah Ruiz: Inspiration & Design (@Saroy on Instagram) June: Brian from GSAFE: 2021 Quilt Auction Fundraiser and about GSAFE; Tara will show and discuss sewing with rainbows. Send Tara photos of rainbow quilts for a slideshow! July: Dustin Struckmeyer: Sewing with prints & colors […]