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
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We voted to amend our bylaws and include a VP of Geographic Outreach at our meeting yesterday. The person filling this position would be in charge of setting up social activities in regions of the county that are not where the guild meets for regular meetings (currently San Marcos). Cohni Corazon has expressed interest in being nominated to fill the position at our elections in October. Until then, the executive board has appointed her to the position.
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American Patchwork & Quilting Two-Color Quilt Challenge For this challenge, participants are asked to create quilts with only two colors. Enter your quilts to the two-color challenge category at QuiltCon for up to $1,000 in prizes! Volunteer sign ups start July 11!
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QuiltCon submissions are now open. Click here to submit your work! QuiltCon catalogue and registration are here. Pacific International Quilt Festival is accepting entries until August 21st. Click here to submit your work!
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Come join us on Sunday, July 8th at 11am for a meeting and sew-in at Quilt in a Day. We will be voting on the addition of a Vice President of Geographic Outreach to the executive board, as well as other fun activities! See you there!