It’s getting close to that time of year again! We are planning for our annual Holiday Party, which will take place at Theresa’s family winery again this year. We will have a potluck, games and door prizes, and of course, lots of holiday cheer! All dues paying members should have received an evite invitation by email on September 9, 2018. If you missed it, check out this link. Please RSVP by November 1, so that we can plan effectively. On the evite, you can also sign up for a dish to bring!
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Is everyone getting excited for our guild meeting on Sunday, September 9? We are going to be joined at the end of our meeting by Erin Dollar, who is the designer of Cotton & Flax. Just in case you need some fabric enabling) We are also having nominations for board positions. If you are interested in running and haven’t let a board member know yet, feel free to have someone nominate you on September 9! Afterwards, we will have a sew-in! Don’t forget to sign up for Weeks Ringle before then; we will be opening up remaining spots to the…
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We’ve been given the opportunity to hold a sew-in at the San Diego Quilt Show, which is happening from September 20-22 at the San Diego Convention Center. Show times: Thursday 10am-6pm, Friday 10am-6pm, and Saturday 9am-4pm. You will need to commit to the days (or half days) that you want to come to the sew in, in order to have your space reserved. Sign ups will be open until September 12th. The entrance fee will be waived for the first six people that commit to sewing each day. A half day option will be available if you only are able…
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We are extremely excited to announce that Weeks Ringle will be coming to SDMQG to present her lecture “Transforming Traditions: Modernism and Quilts” on Sunday, October 14th, 2018 at noon. This lecture is free for dues-paying SDMQG members and $10 for guests. Weeks will also teach a workshop on Improvisational Piecing, which she describes below, along with a materials list. The workshop will be held on Saturday, October 13, 2018 from 9am-4pm at Quilt in a Day, San Marcos. Registration is now open for SDMQG members at a cost of $100: Register here. Pay using Venmo (@sdmodernquiltguild), PayPal (jill@leinenweber.com), cash…
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We are pleased to announce that Weeks Ringle has confirmed that she will come to SDMQG. She will present a lecture on Sunday, October 14th at noon. Cost is free to SDMQG members and $10 for guests. We are still discussing which workshop she will present, but save the date for October 13th from 9-4pm at QIAD.
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In case you haven’t heard, this upcoming QuiltCon’s Charity Challenge theme is to use small piecing. While the whole quilt does not need to be made up of all small pieced blocks, it should be the main focus. For more information about the challenge, check out the QuiltCon website. We have planned out the guild’s quilt for this challenge and are raising our own challenge to guild members as well. We are challenging every member to contribute to the overall quilt design by creating one block. You are certainly welcome to contribute as many as you’d…
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Here’s our latest newsletter. SDMQG Newsletter August 2018 Join us for a meeting and sew-in this Sunday, August 12 at 11am at Quilt in a Day, San Marcos. Pam will tell us about a new Birthday Club!!
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We are so excited to be hosting a Libs Elliott workshop on Sunday, December 9 at Quilt in a Day, San Marcos. This will be a full day workshop; 9am-4pm. Here’s the description from Libs herself: Embrace the Chaos – An Exercise in Controlled Randomness Using only paper and pencils – no computers required! – I will walk students through a series of worksheet exercises that mimic the programming language I use to generate my quilt patterns. By using controlled elements in a random way, each participant will end up with a unique quilt pattern layout – no two Chaos…
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Awesome news! The San Diego Quilt show has extended their deadline to July 31!!!!! YOU can still qualify to be in our raffle for a SWEET prize! Also, anyone who has already entered a quilt in the San Diego Quilt Show and did not include a group that they can email Clara@clg405@cox.net and she will see that the quilts are hung together.
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SDMQG will not be able to have their sew in for July. Eleanor is running a special class that weekend. Sorry for the inconvenience. Sue