Congrats to the 2015 Opportunity Quilt winner Jeanne Snodgrass, who lives in Little Rock, CA. She bought $5 in tickets at superbuzzy during the Central Coast Shop Tour in May. The drawing was held at the Ventura MQG’s regular Member Meeting on August 10, 2015. Ventura MQG’s Patrice (left) stands in front of the OpportunityContinue reading “We have a winner – 2015 Opportunity Quilt!”
Category Archives: Misc.
Scott’s report from the Road
Our VMQG Member, Member Coordinator, and Opportunity Quilt superstar Scott recent wrote on his blog about his trip the the Road to California Quilt Show. Go to his blog for the full story and for lots of great, inspirational photos — and drop him a comment, too!
Welcome to the Ventura Modern Quilt Guild
Welcome! The Ventura Modern Quilt Guild (VMQG) is creating a place for modern quilters to connect and create. The Ventura Modern Quilt Guild was founded in January 2012 and is a branch guild of The Modern Quilt Guild.
New Board Gathering
On November 25th, 2014, the Incoming Board and any interested members will be meeting to brainstorm the New Year and new activities for our Guild. All are welcome!! When: November 25, 2014 Time: 6:30pm Location: Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, 4360 E Main (Telephone and Market), Ventura
2013 Ventura County Star’s Readers’ Choice Awards
Click on the picture above to vote for our favorite fabric shop in the Ventura County Star’s 2013 Readers’ Choice Awards.
Happy Holidays!
The Ventura Modern Quilt Guild board wishes all our members a spectacular holiday season.
Solar System Quilt
Check out this cool solar system quilt from 1876! The quilter, Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, used it as a teaching tool for her astronomy classes. Click HERE for more info.
Free Tula Pink patterns
To celebrate her new fabric line, Salt Water, Tula Pink is giving away free downloads of some of her patterns. Click HERE to be taken to the download page.
And the winner of the PANTONE 2013 Color of The Year is…
Emerald! (Pantone 17-5641) And don’t forget last year’s winner: Tangerine Tango (Pantone 17-1463) Anybody want to take a stab at what would be the closest solid fabric color to Emerald and Tangerine Tango?
How to Bind 120° Angles Tutorial
Anybody else thinking of working with hexagon edges on a quilt like I am? Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts posted this tutorial on how to bind hexagon edges. Click on the button above to check it out.