Over the next two meetings (March 8th and April 12th), we’ll be hosting a Quilted Fridge Magnet round-robin swap! This little swap will be a fun way to explore miniature quilt blocks and hone our skills working with teeny tiny pieces of fabric. Here’s how the swap will work: Sign up for the swap at the March 8th meeting OR online by Friday, March 10th. You can choose to swap with only one other participant or up to four participants. On Saturday, March 11th, you will be assigned someone to create a fridge magnet for. You will receive three magnets to put on the back of your mini-blocks ..read more

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 Charity Quilt follow-up! Hello everyone! Just a quick post to have a reference for anyone who wants to make a block for the Katieri School quilt.  Important points for the quilt blocks; Blocks should be 12.5" square unfinished 'Nature' colours - browns, greens, blues, yellows, reds (literally colours you can find looking outside) While any block style or pattern is accepted - this may be too open ended for some, as such here are a few suggestions for classic quilting blocks; 4-patch, disappearing 4-patch, 9-patch, disappearing 9-patch, pinwheel, or rail fence Here is an excellent ..read more

We are introducing this year’s Modern Quilt Guild Challenge:  Make a modern quilt based on TWO Modern Quilt Design Elements. MTL MQG Modern Quilt Showcase Feb. 2016 Based on the feedback we received from last year’s member survey, we are introducing a challenge that is comprised of 2 parts. Part 1 is to make a modern quilt based on TWO Modern Quilt Design elements. Whether you’ve made a modern quilt before or are new to it, this challenge is meant to encourage you to use and/or expand your knowledge of the modern quilt aesthetic. Part 2 of the challenge to incorporate, within Part 1, a ..read more

Again this year, the Mtl Mqg is excited to be participating in the Quiltcon Charity Quilt Challenge presented by the Modern Quilt Guild.  The theme selected for this year is quilts incorporating “TEXT”, with a color scheme of black/white and shades of gray as you see below. You can find more specific information on colors and about the challenge itself, by following this link: https://www.quiltcon.com/charity-quilt-challenge-2020  Here is the idea behind our guild's group quilt:  -  Based on a suggestion by Stephanie Baldwin, I decided to play with the idea of word poetry magnets ..read more

It was great to start a new year with the guild last night! Thanks to all of you who came out and to those of you who couldn't make it, I hope we see you at another meeting soon. As discussed, our first challenge is a name tag swap. It's a challenge open to all who'd like to participate: newer members who don't have one, those who'd like an update from the older one, or like me, think that the more accessories to choose from, the merrier. This is one I received, made by Stephanie the last time we did this swap. If you were at the meeting and are taking part, you should have the name of t ..read more

Here are the April MQG Updates! Region 5 Ambassadors As you may have heard already, our very own Stephanie was selected as Canada's representative for Region 5 of the MQG. You can read Stephanie's introduction here as well as an overview of what Stephanie's new responsibilities are going to be. Congrats Steph! Fabric Challenge The Michael Miller Fabric Challenge is underway and the deadline for submissions is May 31, 2019. Remember that you don't have to have the fabric bundle to participate - you can purchase your own Michael Miller fabric bundle and sew something! MQG Showcase at Quilt ..read more