Cleaning and Stabilizing Vintage Fabric to Use in Your Quilts Often, fabrics we salvage or save may be old, or possibly weakened from age and storage. But all is not lost! In this webinar, Blair will explain her strategies for preparing these fabrics to use in quilts. Bring these fabrics back to life and sew them into your patchwork to… Read More
Printed and Patched: Designing with Patterned Fabric Beautiful, modern print-focused fabric collections abound, yet oftentimes are overlooked in favor of solids or, if used, featured alongside a neutral background. What if you could create, modern, graphic, quilts using primarily or exclusively prints? This webinar will show you how to curate and re-imagine prints for use in fresh,… Read More
Missoni Inspired Quilt Tutorial This quilt was inspired by the zigzag-based knitwear motifs of the Italian fashion house Missoni. The final quilt size in this tutorial will be for a small baby quilt but, can easily be altered to make a quilt of any size. Finished quilt size: 40” x 42” Fabric Requirements:… Read More
100 Dagen – Week van de Vormen – Voorbeeld Quilt 2 Vertaling door Marina Brito de Campos voor Quiltersgilde MQG, origineel hier. Neverending Story Cara van Me? A Mom? Vraag: Wat was de inspiratie voor deze quilt? Cara: Ik heb, door middel van Flickr Swaps en pyjama’s van TJ Maxx, een aardige verzameling Heather Ross Munki Munki stoffen. Ik wilde… Read More
Quilting Inspiration from 100 Days of Modern Quilting It’s the fifth week of 100 Days of Modern Quilting and we will take a glimpse into a few of the things that inspire modern quilts. As with many other forms of art or craft, there is almost an unlimited number of sources of inspiration for a quilt. It is… Read More
Modern Love, January 2018 “I recently simplified a Pickle Dish Quilt by using a New York Beauty quarter block and half-square triangles. I thought I would try the same approach with a Double Wedding Ring pattern, basically taking away the fiddly lemon shaped centre and instead using Fan block quarters with some squares and… Read More
Lockup, January 2018 This month is the first block study of 2018! In the 2018 series, we will explore 12 different modern blocks and the quilts that can be made using them. We’re starting with the Lockup block by Riane Menardi Morrison of the Central Iowa MQG. It’s twice as long as it… Read More
Holding a Member Quilt Showcase Our 2017 Programs Co-Coordinators, Maria Cardenas and Nicole Howe, had the idea of creating a showcase of our members’ quilts that would take the place of one of our monthly meetings. We didn’t want to put any style restrictions on the show, but we did want to have the show… Read More
Effortless Appliqué The art of appliqué is an essential tool for any quilter’s toolbox. From simple shapes to intricate motifs, appliqué opens new doors to endless creative possibilities. Join Shelagh as she shows you step-by-step how to create gorgeous appliqué designs and incorporate them into your work. She will cover everything from… Read More
Cogs, December 2017 This month we’re exploring the concept of cropping with the Cogs block by Yvonne Fuchs, an individual member from California. Block Assembly Instructions Cutting: From the teal fabric, cut: [4] 6-1/2” squares [3] 4-1/2” squares [1] 4-1/2” x… Read More
