Modern Quilters of RI is exicted to bring fabric designer, textile artist and author Annabel Wrigley to Rhode Island to teach her fun and playful Doodle Quilt workshop! Turn a doodle into a quilt, while playing with color and shapes! This workshop is all about letting go and expressing your color personality through the use of solids. We will start by creating several doodles and then selecting a favorite. We will then focus on color choice and careful tracing and cutting to create the applique shapes. From there, we will play with layering and explore color overlay to create interesting shape ..read more

Get ready for a fabulous weekend of friendship and quilting! Our fall 2021 retreat will be Saturday, October 9 - Monday, October 11 (Columbus Day weekend). A Friday evening arrival is an option at an extra charge. We will be staying at Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis, 35 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, MA. The retreat is open to MQRI members. If there any spots are still available after August 20 we will open the retreat up to non-members. Cost: Saturday and Sunday stay: Single: $291 Double: $188 Triple: $150 Three-night stay including Friday Oct. 8: Single: $394 Double: $240 Triple: $192 Rat ..read more

We are excited to be meeting in person again! We met in the gazebo outside the library in June, and in July we enjoyed a potluck get-together in Sue Ahnrud’s beautiful backyard. (Thank you Sue!) Starting with the August 2021 meeting we will be back inside the library in Hayden Center rooms 1-2 ..read more

Melissa Averinos is an artist who loves to draw, paint and quilt faces. She also happens to be a member of Modern Quilters of Rhode Island, and at our February meeting she talked about her artistic journey, from her high school days when art helped her through severe anxiety, to today, when it has become a career that has brought her joy and confidence. It was fascinating to see photos of her large quilts in progress and hear about her process of auditioning fabrics, refining the design, and piecing or appliqueing it all together. (She highly recommends a design wall.) We all shared her excit ..read more

We are swapping scrappy windmill blocks at the February through June 2020 meetings. They’re easy to make and a great way to use up scraps! For the swap, make six blocks with colorful “blades” and low volume background fabrics. Strip piece and make all six the same or use a variety of scraps and mix them up. The following tutorial makes one block. Step 1 Cut four 2.5” x 3” rectangles from your colorful scraps and four from your low volume scraps. You should have eight 2.5” x 3” rectangles total. Step 2 Pair each color rectan ..read more

Happy New Year! Modern Quilters of Rhode Island has lots planned to keep us inspired through the winter and spring. COMING UP: Trunk show by our own member Melissa Averinos Quilt show prep roundtable (getting us ready for our part in the NBQA show!) “How do I finish it?” discussion Pattern swap We started 2020 off with plenty of inspiring member show and tell projects and a discussion on boro/sashiko techniques. Christine Conrad-Lane shared her (relatively new) journey into this Japanese stitching method, which started as a practical way to mend holes in her son’s school pants. Christine went ..read more

Our medallions are growing! Part 3 instructions were to add a 4-inch border. Part 4: Due at the December Meeting As in part 3, this month the suggested instructions are to add another 4-inch border. But of course, it’s just a suggestion ..read more

Deborah Fisher has tried on many titles over the years, but “maker” fits her best. She is a maker of quilts, textiles, ceramics, and the Bright Hopes Collaborative quilt project, among other things. She is also the “docent and ringmaster” of the Fish Museum and Circus, her company where she sells her handmade creations. The Modern Quilters of Rhode Island got an up-close look at her makes at our October meeting. Deborah shared her creative story—which she attributes to both her mother and her father—and brought along at least a dozen beautiful quilts, including many of the originals from her b ..read more

Our medallions grew this month with the first round of borders. Everyone followed the same set of “rules” (suggestions) yet the all look so unique! Part 3: Due at the November Meeting Make one border that finishes at 4 inches. You may want to include pieced blocks. Cornerstones, asymmetry, and randomness are all suggestions. As always, these “rules” are just suggestions. You may decide to add more than one border, or it may not be 4 inches. Your quilt will begin to speak to you at this point and give you ideas for this roun ..read more

Guild president Christine Conrad-Lane designed Quilt Camp t-shirts and a tote bag in honor of our fall retreat at Canonicus Camp & Conference Center in Exeter, RI. DO NOT miss out on this adorable design! Choose from three short-sleeved t-shirt colors, a long-sleeved t-shirt, or a roomy tote bag. Order Now Quilt Camp t-shirts are available in three colors: teal, hunter green, and navy. Sizes small to XXL. $20 each plus shipping ..read more