Our block challenge for September is to make a modified Bento Box block using this great tutorial from Film in the Fridge and the color palette in the photo below. We are donating our finished blocks to our philanthropy committee. Our blocks will be sewn into one or more quilt tops. Use the comment sectionContinue reading “August Block Challenge – Modified Bento Box”
Category Archives: Block Challenges
July Block Challenge and Fair Entries
VMQG July Block Challenge Hi Everyone! I hope that you are having a wonderful month. Those of you that were unable to attend our June meeting are probably wondering about our July Block Challenge. It was to make a quilt block in the modern aesthetic with the theme of this year’s VC Fair which isContinue reading “July Block Challenge and Fair Entries”
May Meeting Reminder
Date: Monday, May 13th Time: 6pm to 8pm (superbuzzy open at 5pm) Location : superbuzzy (directions) In addition to our other fun activities we will be learning about the benefits of joining the MQG. In addition to that, Kelly Stevens will be demoing some really great curved piecing techniques! Don’t forget your block for ourContinue reading “May Meeting Reminder”
May Meeting Challenge & Swap Guidelines
Hi everyone! It was so wonderful to see you all again at our April meeting! There was some great back & forth discussion regarding both the block challenge and the fabric swap for our May meeting, so we wanted to clarify the details and add some information since we last met. In the interest ofContinue reading “May Meeting Challenge & Swap Guidelines”
Our April block challenge
Don’t forget: Our April challenge is to create a modern quilt block inspired by architecture.
February 2013 Block Challenge
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, itContinue reading “February 2013 Block Challenge”
Name tag ‘block challenge’
Here are some links for inspiration/help for our January name tag challenge. Your challenge is to create a quilted name tag. Feel free to use any technique for your name tag from piecing to appliqué to embroidery. There is no size limit or shape constraint, so use your creativity to create something that showcases your style asContinue reading “Name tag ‘block challenge’”
QuiltCon Block Challenge Congrats!!
We want to congratulate our members who have had their QuiltCon Block Challenge Blocks featured on The Modern Quilt Guild’s website during their series of posts covering the block entries. – Click here to see Dan Nelson’s block. Yay Dan!! Click here to see Andres Rosales’ block. Yay Andres!!
August Meeting (August 13, 2012)
Date: Monday, August 13th Time: 6pm to 8pm (superbuzzy open at 5pm) Location : superbuzzy (directions) In addition to our other fun activities, we will be discussing the various types of batting available for our quilts and other projects. A huge “Thank You!” goes out to Quilters Dream Batting for providing samples for our meeting! Don’tContinue reading “August Meeting (August 13, 2012)”
July Block Challenge – “Improv with a Limited Palette”
Our July Challenge was envisioned by the super talented Karen Anderson Abraham. All members who attended the June 11th meeting received a bag containing strips of fabric donated by Kelly Stevens of superbuzzy. (Thanks Kelly!) The fabrics provided were Kona solids in Quilt Con Block Challenge colors. Your challenge is to create a small cluster of color withContinue reading “July Block Challenge – “Improv with a Limited Palette””