Geese Gone Wild, May 2019 This quilt is a one-block quilt that offers a fresh new way to think about flying geese. Create the traditional block in a new way while exploring negative space and a modern, alternate grid. The geese can be paper-pieced (templates are provided), or you can piece them… Read More
Member Spotlight: Amy Friend From the age of five years old, Amy Friend has explored the world of quilting. Starting out with simple sewing, her mother would take the necessary steps to pass down the craft. It wasn’t until her adulthood that Amy’s love for sewing would reemerge. “When my son was an infant… Read More
Warbler Quilt: April, May & June 2019 Block Study This quilt was designed using the Equinox block by Lou Orth as its foundation. This is just one of many designs you can make from the block in this issue’s Block Study. The sample shown was made by Kristen Lee, a member of the Central Iowa MQG. Read More
Member Spotlight: Merel van Looi Merel Van Looi last remembers her body feeling normal at her second QuiltCon in Pasadena, California. Three weeks later, the Netherlands quilter and fabric shop owner of Birdblocks, was hospitalized for a partial spinal cord lesion that would leave her body with limited leg function. The bleeding around her spinal… Read More
Riverside Quilt: April, May & June 2019 Block Study This quilt was designed using the Equinox block by Lou Orth as its foundation. This is just one of many designs you can make from the block in this issue’s Block Study. The sample shown was sewn by Steph Skardal, an individual MQG member, and quilted by Jessie Zeigler, a… Read More
Equinox Block, April, May & June 2019 Our latest Block Study design is Equinox by Lou Orth, a member of the Oxfordshire MQG. This block is a beginner-friendly paper piecing design with lots of versatility and potential. Don’t forget to see the bonus quilts made with this block — the Riverside and Warbler quilts, available on the… Read More
Aphrodite Quilt, March 2019 “During the process of creating a new quilt design, the real magic happens when I can let go of my expectations and literal inspiration—the shapes start walking and the colors start talking. Aphrodite is a charming mixture of optical illusion, Koopa’s castle, and the picot edges of a tatted doily. Read More
Take the Leap: Facing Your Fears of Improv Improv piecing is like standing on a cliff with a clear, deep, pool below. Some of us can’t wait to make the leap, and others are so terrified that we quietly walk back down the way we came. The majority of us are somewhere in between. This webinar by improv… Read More
Wall Block, March 2019 The March 2019 Block Study is Wall by Carolina Oneto, an individual MQG member from Chile. This block has so much potential and is fun to make. Check it out! Block Assembly Instructions Cutting: From the navy fabric, cut: [1] 5″ square for the half-square triangles [1]… Read More
Maze Quilt, February 2019 “Years ago, I swam on a team where the coach, in love with the idea of posting complex-looking workouts, would preface his explanation of the workout by declaring, ‘It looks complicated, but it’s really not.’ The same can be said about Maze. The quilt features four distinct color groupings, arranged… Read More
