Just a quick announcement : Our February Board Meeting will be held Wednesday, February 27th, 6pm at superbuzzy (please note change of location from the January board meeting).
Our board meetings are always open to VMQG members.
If you are not a board member and plan on attending please leave a comment on this post.
Thank you!
There’s a lot of changes going on at The Modern Quilt Guild. Click on the (new) logo above to check out the new website.
Yeah, neither can I. The Modern Quilt Guild can take some of the sting out by offering selected QuiltCon lectures online for free after the conference. The videos will be available at Craftsy. Click on the picture above to sign up for an availability notification.
Congratulations to superbuzzy for her upcoming mention in the March 2013 (page 57) issue of Martha Stewart Living.
Interested in a new project that can be broken into easy blocks? The Bay Area MQG has just launched a 2013 Block of the Month! Join MQG members all over the world and participate in this fun and modern block challenge.
Date: Monday, February 11th
Time: 6pm to 8pm (superbuzzy open at 5pm)
Location : superbuzzy (directions)
Our program for this meeting will be our MQG Madrona Road Challenge creations. If you participated in the challenge please bring your quilted item (completed or in process) to the meeting. We want to see them all!
Don’t forget your napkin for our February challenge. The napkin should follow the modern quilting aesthetic. Check out this blog post with links to napkin tutorials.
We want to give a big “Thank You!” to Georganna, Elfriede, and Sandy for bringing snacks to our February meeting.
If you owe, but missed paying your 2013 dues in January, Susan will be at our February meeting to collect them.
Our Vice-President Rob will be holding a raffle during the February meeting. Prizes include (but not limited to…hint, hint) gift certificates from Art & Jenny’s Sewing Machine Center, Quilt Ventura, and Homespun Treasures. Tickets are two ($2.00) dollars each or 3 for five ($5.00) dollars. Don’t forget your (George) Washingtons and (Abe) Lincolns.
Please RSVP by leaving a comment.
We might be short on chairs for this meeting. If you can bring your own portable chair it would be greatly appreciated!
superbuzzy will be open at 5pm to give you a chance to browse and pick up any last-minute goodies!
Thanks to all of the Ventura MQG members who participated in the Madrona Road Challenge! VioletCraft has selected her 2 favorites, and Michael Miller Fabrics has selected 8 projects to be featured in their booth at QuiltCon. Click through to see all of the selected projects, and be sure to check out all the completed entries in the Flickr Pool. Special thanks to Michael Miller Fabrics for generously providing the fabric for the challenge.
Click on the picture above to vote for our favorite fabric shop in the Ventura County Star’s 2013 Readers’ Choice Awards.
For a limited time, The Quilt Show is offering free viewing of a recent segment featuring author (Quilting Modern: Techniques and Projects for Improvisational Quilts) and Chicago MQG member Jacquie Gering! The free download for the segment expires either January 27th or February 11th (conflicting information), so hop on over asap! I really enjoyed Jacquie’s demo and explanation of her process for a wonky log cabin, as well as her quilting demonstration. Don’t miss the few minutes at the very end of the show where Jacquie describes a very special, quilting-themed get together! Happy Viewing!
Hello Everyone!
We had a great meeting, January 14th! It was wonderful to see everyone, meet new guests and new members!
Our February Block Challenge is to make a napkin! Yes, a napkin. 🙂 A napkin of the modern esthetic, naturally. We thought that in an effort to reduce our impact on the environment, it would be cool if everyone made a napkin to use at our meetings. If enjoy making one, make a set for your home! Have fun doing this and don’t stress about it. I searched online for some tutorials. Here are a few to give you some ideas.
Have fun! ~ Maureen
I found some great napkin tutorials online:
Sew Mama Sew by Elizabeth Hartman
Sew Mama Sew by Ashley of Film in the Fridge
The Purl Bee from Purl Soho
Prudent Baby from Jacinda and Jaime
Using your rolled hem foot by BariJ
Another by Blissfully Content (Julia)
