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A Tiny Bird’s Melody Pattern

By: Cristine Yi

These two pieces designed by Christine use traditional Flying Geese units to creative lovely everyday items. The design uses the no waste flying geese method and takes advantage of negative space to create beautiful quilting lines. The designs can also…

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More Modern Blocks, Fresh Quilting Episode 304

By: Fresh Quilting

Quilt blocks are the true building blocks of modern quilting. In episode 304 of Fresh Quilting, Brenda Ratliffe is our first guest with a lesson on mixing and using string blocks, a popular technique that creates endless variations. Next, Rossie…

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Traditional and Modern, Fresh Quilting Episode 311

By: Fresh Quilting

Traditional and modern are not mutually exclusive terms in the quilting world as modern quilting is rooted in traditional techniques that have been interpreted in new and different ways. Brenda Ratliff explores how to take a traditional design and update…

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Funky Medina: MQG Modern Classic October 2020

By: Christine Ricks

In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we present the MQG Modern Classics. This quarterly collection is a selection of a few of our past favorites from the Quilt of the Month series, which started in 2015. With new colors, new…

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Nonconformist Quilt: MQG Modern Classic November 2020

By: Rachel Singh

In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we present the MQG Modern Classics. This quarterly collection is a selection of a few of our past favorites from the Quilt of the Month series, which started in 2015. With new colors, new…

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Singularity Quilt: MQG Modern Classic September 2020

By: Jenn Nevitt

In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we present the MQG Modern Classics. This quarterly collection is a selection of a few of our past favorites from the Quilt of the Month series, which started in 2015. With new colors, new…

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Meeting of the Geese Quilt: MQG Modern Classic April 2020

By: Sylvia Schaefer

In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we present the MQG Modern Classics. This quarterly collection is a selection of a few of our past favorites from the Quilt of the Month series, which started in 2015. With new colors, new…

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Moulinets Quilt, January 2020

By: Angee Turner

Moulinets is a fun, quick quilt to make from 9 double pinwheel blocks. Pinwheel toys symbolize the ability to turn your luck around. These blocks are just what you need to bring good fortune to you or to someone you…

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Lucky Cuff: MQG Modern Classic January 2020

By: Dorie Blaisdell

​In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we present the MQG Modern Classics. This quarterly collection is a selection of a few of our past favorites from the Quilt of the Month series, which started in 2015. With new colors, new…

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Zoom In: Exploring Cropping & Scale in Modern Quilt Design

By: Riane Menardi Morrison

In this webinar, Riane discusses how to “zoom in” on part of a traditional quilt block and transform it into a modern quilt of any size using negative space and asymmetry. She also explores the differences between traditional and alternate gridwork,…

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Side Stripe, February 2018

By: Renee Tallman & The MQG

The February 2018 Block Study is Side Stripe by Renee Tallman, a member of the South Bay Area MQG. It’s a half-square triangle block — with a twist! It features a fun stripe in the middle, making for a fun…

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Positive Illuminations, February 2018

By: Heather Black

    “Positive Illuminations quilt was inspired by experimenting with the negative and positive space in one of my favorite quilt blocks, the churn dash. By using a high contrast color palette and rotating a few of the elements within…

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