We were so happy to meet up once again, after a two month pause for Easter and Mother’s Day. Below is a summary of our meeting and of things to come. NEW MEETING START TIME! Per a vote of the membership in attendance, we are going to start our monthly meetings at 11:30 am instead of 12 noon. This will allow for more time after our meetings conclude for sewing time! See you at 11:30am on July 9th. Activities Holiday Party – we have a new venue! Our president Nancy has secured her community clubhouse for Sunday Dec. 3. Located…
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As we get ready for QuiltCon next week, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at the previous Community Outreach/Charity Challenge quilts that the guild has created over the years. We’ve participated every year that the challenge/QuiltCon has happened and there’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes to make these quilts happen. For some of the older quilts, we don’t have as much information, but have tried to share as much as we could to tell about these quilts. We’re looking forward to revealing more about this year’s quilt, once the show opens, but…
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As QuiltCon Together has now officially come to a close, we thought we’d share our finished Community Outreach (formerly known as Charity) Quilt with everyone! This year’s quilt presented a unique situation as we have all been apart due to the pandemic. So, with that in mind, we gave our members a very broad framework in which to make their blocks – minimum 9″ blocks with at least one curve and makers could use as many or as few of the included fabrics. Blocks could be created using any technique that the maker wanted to use. Chosen fabrics were cut,…
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The 2021 QuiltCon Community Outreach (formerly charity) Quilt has been planned and was announced at this past Sunday’s guild meeting. If you missed the initial post from the MQG, this year’s theme is curves. The chosen color palette is in blues and oranges and the following is the palette we have chosen to use for our quilt: We are asking members to make 9″ unfinished blocks (a little larger is ok as those can be trimmed down) that contain at least one curved element in the block. You can use any technique to make the block: pieced/template, improv, applique, ect.…
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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!