Here are the instructions for the block lotto for our April 12, 2018 meeting. I changed my mind slightly on the color palette – let’s not use white, and instead mix these spring pastels with CHOCOLATE! The block instructions can be found here. Don’t sew the quadrants together, though – let’s leave them in quarter-block units that will be 6.5″ unfinished. Where the tutorial’s pictures show white, substitute BROWN. Use the pastels for all […]
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March 2018 block lotto
Thanks for your patience in the delay posting this – finally, here are the block lotto instructions for the March 8, 2018 meeting. This month we’re going with a super-simple and strip-friendly block. March 2018 green square block Here’s the basic info: BLUE fabric: need one 2.5” x 2.5” square (any shade or print of fabric as long as it looks blue) for the center GREEN fabric: need 18” total x 2.5” (any shade or […]
November 2016 Meeting Recap
The November Mad Mod meeting was held the 10th. There were 45 people in attendance; 16 were visitors!!!! (Two of whom joined after the meeting) Natalie, chair of the MQG Charity Quilt Challenge, discussed what is ahead and asked for the committee to meet briefly after the general meeting. The finished quilt is to be mailed early in February. Wendy talked about the Mad Mod survey which was conducted earlier in the fall. There was […]
October Meeting
The Mad Mod October meeting was October 13, 2016. There were 45 people present (every last chair that we could find was used!) and 7 of those were guests. Gael discussed the status of her ‘coming soon’ quilt shop, Blue Bar Quilts. Construction is poised to begin as soon as the endless details are ironed out and the papers signed. Wendy talked about her Modern Stitchers Affair which was held in September. It […]
September meeting
The September meeting is just a memory… lost in the whirlwind that is The Quilt Expo! It was such fun to see the quilts by our members, members vending, members volunteering and even…..YES! Members shopping! Some of us were left with the feeling that we should get our act together and submit a quilt next year; some of us were left with the feeling that we would never be good enough. Possibly we were all […]
August Meeting
August 11, 2016 the Madison Modern Quilt Guild met at HyVee on Whitney Way. Announcements included a view of the two quilt tops completed at a July sewing day for #Pulse. Gloria, Catherine, Amy P., Linda, Tracy, Lori M., Shara and Cheryl spent the afternoon piecing rainbow hearts.. Following the Sew Day, Gael basted the quilts, Lori M. quilted them, Diana made the labels. Trudy and Amy A. took them home from the meeting to […]
June 2016 Meeting Recap
Welcome to another meeting recap! This one is for June 2016. The full meeting minutes are archived on Facebook as well as on the “Meetings” tab. Here are the highlights… Charity quilt project for Quilt Con in Savanah If you are interested in participating please email madmodquiltguild@gmail.com Guild sign up is due by July 30th and the finished quilt needs to be submitted by February 3rd 2017 All the details for the project can be […]
May 2016 Meeting Recap
Did you miss the Madison Modern Quilt Guild May meeting or did you attend and want to relive the magic? Well here goes! Read our: May 2016 Mad Mod Quilt Guild Meeting Minutes (PDF, 470KB) Highlights include: Guest Speaker Judy Gauthier, Author, Fabric Designer and Local Quilt Shop Owner spoke to use about her new book “Quilts for Scrap Lovers.” She showed us quilts and techniques from her book as well as sold copies, templates and fabric! It […]
April 2016 Meeting Recap
Thank you to all who attended our April 2016 meeting! If you were unable to attend, here is a recap to make you feel as though you didn’t miss a beat. Normally, these come out within a week or two of the meeting however, not this time. Your humble web coordinator asks for forgiveness for her tardiness. Alright, lets go! Here is what you missed: Read our April 2016 Meeting Minutes (PDF, 535KB) Highlights include: Charity Coordinator […]
March 2016 Meeting Recap
The Madison Modern Quilt Guild met on March 10th for general business, sew and tell and a special presentation by guild member Jen Falkowski. General Announcements Charity Coordinator The guild is looking for a person (or team of people) to head up our charity efforts in 2016. If this is something you are interested in please consider volunteering! There are only 6 quilts remaining from Linda’s charity efforts, please consider quilting and binding one of […]