This month I’m using a less complex paper-pieced pattern that can be found on the Modern Quilt Guild website – you’ll need to log in as a member to access the Vector pattern found here. (If you have problems with national site login, contact treasurer Catherine Van Hove) While you’re on the MQG site, poke around a little bit: There are some amazing resources on the national site, and you’ve already paid for access to them! […]
Category: Meeting Minutes
MMQG Special Session on Space Concerns
Hello MMQG! Fact: Membership is growing by leaps and bounds because you’re all so fun and talented! We currently have 89 members and our meeting room at Blue Bar Quilts accommodates 59. WOW! To address our growing membership and current space constraints, all members were invited to attend a workshop on October 25. Member Wendy Franczak and her coworker Jill List lead the group through a consensus workshop attended by 17 of our 89 members. Some data: […]
October 2018 Meeting Recap
HAPPY FALL EVERYONE!! For those of you that participate in the Halloween festivities, we hope you are all geared up for face painting, crazy costumes and LOTS of sugar. Here is the recap of the October 2018 Meeting: We were surrounded by 42 friends, with 2 guests in attendance. Eileen was the winner of our wonderful Halloween Theme block lotto. We can’t wait to see what she makes with all the wonderful blocks. Next […]
November block lotto – chickens
You don’t think I’m just forcing you to make blocks I love, do you??!? Because this month we’re all going to make CHICKENS!! I saw this block posted on Quilty Love and I kinda lost my mind. I knew it would be so much fun in a mix of styles and fabrics. Here’s the tutorial to use for the blocks. It’s not a square – it ends up 7″ x 8″ unfinished. Low-volume fabric (print or solid, […]
September 2018 Meeting Recap
Happy Fall Everyone! We had a full house for our September meeting. We had 53 active members and 10 guests. Wow, we are busting at the seams. Please consider signing up to help us discuss our MMQG space concerns. We have a wonderful growing community, we need your help in making sure that we have the space to accommodate everyone without getting into trouble with the fire marshal. Please sign up here to attend our meeting […]
October block lotto – Halloween
It was recommended that since this will be our October 11 meeting, perhaps the next block lotto theme should be Halloween. And who am I to deny your use of happy skulls? Well, I won’t! Make any block, in any colors. Just so long as it feels like Halloween, and it it’s a 12″ block (12.5″ unfinished). Show me your best spooky! For every block you bring, you’ll get one entry to win the whole lot […]
August 2018 Meeting Recap
Hey Gang! Our beloved secretary Dana was absent this month but we still have some highlights for you. Lorraine Torrence talked to us about Design Essentials. Lorraine taught us that color gets all the credit but value does all the work. If you want to learn more about design essentials Lorraine hosts classes locally that come highly recommended and you can buy her book. Visit her website for more information. Like always we had a robust FREEBIE […]
Sept block lotto – selvages
Sorry I have to miss the August meeting and won’t get to see your awesome community of house blocks, but I’m hoping there will be a lot of pictures. Because I won’t be there, I’m also announcing the September block lotto early. For the September 13, 2018 meeting, the block lotto theme will be SELVAGES! Make any block, in any configuration, and any colors. Feel free to add other non-selvage fabrics too – but somehow feature […]
July 2018 Meeting Recap
We hope your summer has been heavy on crafting time, umbrella filled drinks and light on mosquito bites! We had a wonderful turn out for our July meeting. We had 39 active members and 13 guests. Wow, it is really great to see so many familiar faces laughing and sharing with so many new faces. Here is your recap of the July MMQG Meeting: Wendy F. announced that there will be a special […]
August block lotto – In the neighborhood
Let’s celebrate the amazing MMQG community we’ve built – with a block lotto full of houses for the August 9, 2018 meeting! Build whatever kind of house you want. Make it simple or complex. Realistic or whimsical. It can look like your house, or your fantasy house, or just some random house. Wonky or precise. Applique, pieced, paper pieced, or some combination. Make one block, or make a bunch – you’re in the drawing once […]