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 […]
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February Meeting Recap
The Madison Modern Quilt Guild met on February 11th for general business and our usual sew and tell. General Announcements The Modern Stitching Affair has set its instructors and classes. There are still some openings for the September 29-October 2 retreat. Check out the website for further information: www.modernstitchingaffair.com Trish was involved in a photo shoot for Project Quilting. Over 200 small rainbow quilts were fastened to the orchard fence, in the snow, and professionally photographed. […]
January Meeting Recap
The Madison Modern Quilt Guild met on January 14th for general business and our usual sew and tell. Upcoming Events Quiltmaking: A Modern Practice at Madison College The show is open at the Madison College Truax Gallery! Many of our guild members have quilts in the show, as well as other local artists, and quilts from around the country. Come out and visit the show! Updated hours can be found at the Madison College Gallery Website: […]
November Meeting Recap
The Madison Modern Quilt Guild met on November 12th for general business and our usual sew and tell. Upcoming Events February Sewing Retreat We had so much fun at the first MMQG retreat at the Jones Mansion that another retreat is already on the schedule! The second retreat will be February 18 – February 21. Check Facebook for the event page that contains all the sign-up info. Send your deposit to Lori Bartol in order to […]
October meeting
There was indeed an October meeting! We approved a by-laws change that allows an officer to serve more than two consecutive one-year terms if there is no one to fill the post. Officer elections will take place at the November meeting. Here are the show& tells: We’ll see you in November!
September Meeting Recap
The Madison Modern Quilt Guild met on September 10th for general business and our usual sew and tell. Upcoming Events MMQG First Annual Sewing Retreat Friday, October 23rd through Sunday, October 25th at the Jones Mansion in Mineral Point, WI. Please make you final payment ($58) to Lori by October 1st Community Mending Day at the Monona Library The third Sunday of each month (starting in October) the Monona Library and the Sewing Machine Project will be […]
September Meeting
Welcome back from whatever you did during the summer! A busy week is here for quilters with the Expo Thursday through Saturday and our monthly meeting on Thursday the 10th. If you made logo blocks for our guild banner, please bring them to this meeting as we are ready to assemble the banner! Believe it or not….I have completed blocks for the block lotto; it was a very quick project and I’m excited to […]
August Meeting Recap
The Madison Modern Quilt Guild met on August 13th for general business and our usual sew and tell. Upcoming Events Scrap Swap @ the September Meeting! Please bring a quart-sized bag of scraps to the September meeting if you wish to participate. We will be drawing names to determine swap partners; you will bring home your swap partners’ scraps and create something awesome with them (mini-quilt, pouch, bag, pillow, etc.) You have two months to make […]
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 […]
March Meeting
Now it seems so long ago…that March meeting! It was our first meeting in our new location….the Whitney Way HyVee Community room. The previous Charity Committee had kits available for super hero quilts and quilt top kits available for quilting and binding. The finished quilts are approximately 40″x60″. Two completed quilts were turned in…. […]