This lotto block has a nifty tutorial here: http://www.littlemissshabby.com/2010/04/stashbuster-block-2-tutorial/ Colors are solid slate/dark gray and the rest is anything goes (just try to mix it up as much as possible with a wide variety of colors, both brights and lights, warm and cool, etc.). Great block for using up some scraps! You can construct it as shown with two gray ‘borders’ and the rest colored squares or change it up and do two colored square ‘borders’ […]
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Quilt Show @ Alicia Ashman Library 2015
The MMQG show @ Alicia Ashman Library is set for September and October. Quilts will be hung on Thursday, 9/3 from 6-9p. A few items of note: The library can accommodate only a handful of large (bed-sized) quilts, so most will need to be wall-hanging size. The general theme for this show will be flying geese, any way you want to interpret that. Feel free to bring a quilt that is not part of the theme, […]
July Meeting Recap
The Madison Modern Quilt Guild met on July 9th for general business and our usual sew and tell. Upcoming Events July Sew Day Saturday July 18th from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm at Millhouse Quilts in Waunkee, WI August Sew Day Saturday August 15th from 10:30 – 4:30 at Gayfeather Fabrics in Madison, WI MMQG First Annual Sewing Retreat Friday, October 23rd through Sunday, October 25th at the Jones Mansion in Mineral Point, WI Quilt Show at Alicia Ashman Library September – October […]
July Quilt Block Lotto – Boomerang!
This month’s lotto block is a paper piecing pattern and tutorial provided by Trina Peterson using a nice vintage color palette supplied by Wendy Franczak…thanks, ladies! If you’ve never tried the paper piecing technique (or maybe never even heard of it!), this one is about as simple as it gets…you can do this! You’ll learn the basics of putting together a block, and maybe even do more than one…who knows, you might just feel empowered […]
June Meeting Recap
The Madison Modern Quilt Guild met on June 11th for another month of sewing and fellowship. Here are some of the highlights: The Sewing Machine Project We enjoyed a inspiring and heartfelt presentation from Margaret Jankowski, Founder/Director of the Sewing Machine Project. She shared inspiring stories of her organizations’ serendipitous beginnings and of compassion, connection and healing through sewing. Upcoming Events July Sew Day Saturday July 18th from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm at Millhouse Quilts […]
Show us your Sewing Space – Lori Magilo
I am in the basement! We just remodeled the basement where I have my new sewing space. This is the view when I’m at my big machine that’s set into a big table. At least it’s bright “out there!” There’s another “sewing station” with a smaller back-up machine. On the left corner you can see my big board on my ironing board – LOVE IT. And I love how I can wheel from the machine […]
May Meeting
Just because I say it every month doesn’t keep it from being true: I can’t believe that another month has gone by !!!!! Our May meeting featured a special speaker: Klaudeen Hanson, who started the Sun Prairie Quilt Show (one of the two longest running shows in the U.S) and is an internationally renown and respected quilt judge. During her talk, I alternated between “I’ll NEVER enter a quilt show” and “I could absolutely enter […]
June block lotto
Happy June, warm days, summer is here! No correlation to this month’s color palette, necessarily, I just liked the way everything played together so well in this photo 🙂 Mustard, eggplant, dark navy, and teal. For the block design you get your choice of two, each one a negative of other. Or, you can do both! You can even cut and sew and press the 16 smaller square pieces and decide later which way you prefer, because […]
Show us your Sewing Space – Linda Orr
After years of sewing in basements and attics, in this house, I chose the room with lots of windows. It’s almost like being outdoors (without the weeds and mosquitos). My sewing machine looks into the front yard with my serger to my right. Behind me is the ironing board (still wanting a topper to give me more space.) On the end wall are two closets. One has all the fabric wound on […]
Row by Row Experience
Have you heard? There’s an awesome new way to shop hop! It’s called the Row by Row Experience. Row by Row Experience is a shop hop that began in 2011 with 20 participating quilt shops across the state of New York. Over the past 4 years it has grown so much that this year it will include shops from all 50 states, and several Canadian provinces! Beginning on June 21, 2015, each participating quilt shop will […]