Member Spotlight: Lavialle Campbell On a mild day in the spring of 1992, Lavialle Campbell left her Santa Monica home to purchase a gallon of blood from her local butcher. She was making a quilt to honor her great-grandmother’s gruesome voyage to America in the transatlantic slave trade. Her grandmother, Minda, recounted stories of… Read More
Member Spotlight: Cristy Stuhldreher When I get on the phone with Cristy Stuhldreher, she’s on her way to pick up her two boys from primary school. “Hold on,” Stuhldreher says. “I’m going to put you on the car speaker.” As an active stay-at-home mom, this is an average day for Stuldreher. When she isn’t… Read More
Tracing the Roots and History of Modern Memory Quilt Making “Quilts carry memory and meaning. They also carry myth.” ― International Quilt Study Center & Museum People all over the world have celebrated major life events through the creation of special and meaningful textiles. In Central Asia, traditional quilts marked life transitions and protected the recipient and her home from menacing… 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
Parameters Block, February 2019 The February 2019 Block Study is Parameters by Tiffany Horn, an individual MQG member from New York. This block has so much potential and is fun to make. Check it out! Block Assembly Instructions Cutting: From the Peach fabric, cut: [1] 8-1/2″ square From the Teal fabric, cut:… Read More
Textile Surface Design: Experimental Techniques In this webinar, Tim will demonstrate a broad range of experimental screen printing and pigment dying that work great for creating medium to large-scale fabrics. In addition to screen printing, Tim will show a series of monoprinting techniques like canning, spraying, quick masks and brushing that don’t require screens but… Read More
Design Panel: How to Design Quilts using Different Tools Join this panel to learn how experts design their quilts using a variety of different tools. Steph Skardal will moderate and lead a discussion on PhotoShop. Daisy Aschehoug will discuss Illustrator, Michelle Wilkie will discuss Quilt Canvas, and… Read More
Field of View Block, January 2019 The January 2019 Block Study is Field of View by Jessica Plunkett, a member of the Central Iowa MQG. This block has so much potential and is fun to make. Check it out! Block Assembly Instructions Cutting: From the cream fabric, cut: [2] 4″ squares From the teal fabric, cut:… Read More
X-Canvas Pattern, January 2019 “This quilt is a simple, linear canvas to allow you to feature fabric, contrast, and texture. The quilt can be pieced in a one or two accent color palette. Longarm quilting by Laura Davies adds a beautiful texture that compliments the fabric that I selected. This quilt pattern can also… Read More
Contemporary African American Quilts from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Tucked into the heart of Alabama is the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and its stellar collection of Contemporary African American Quilts. The collection focuses on two different types of quilts. First, there are pictorial quilts. These quilts tell a story and have more literal representation in their imagery;… Read More
