The Modern Quilt Guild is launching a big ol’ modern quilting challenge! Project Modern! Truly great judges and prizes are involved. Even a Janome Horizon 7700!! That is the sewing machine I covet and someone amazingly lucky is going to win one! Check it all out over here!
This weekend I went to the Long Beach Quilt Festival. Do you remember when I went last year? Well, things have changed! Not at all in terms of their offerings (in fact, I saw even less fabric I wanted this time around – but it could be that with my stash growth I’ve become pickier) [...]
Jane the amazing graphic designer for The Modern Quilt Guild has done it again! She has designed a logo for our LA guild and we immediately set up a Cafepress shop. Just a tote for me for now… but soon a t-shirt, and a mug and a water bottle and a… Ok I’ll stop. [...]
Today’s the day that I’m part of the Whip Up Mini Quilt book blog tour! Hurray! It’s such a great book. It starts with a very thorough run down of quilting – how to and loads of tips and tricks. All the info you need in one place. Then you get to the quilts… oh [...]
Been out of town for my job. First to Seattle and then to New York City. I took advantage and met some bloggy friends! It’s so great to put a face and a person’s energy with the emails you’ve exchanged! First, in Seattle I met Katie. Along with her friend Noelle, we had a lovely [...]
That’s what we’re having with the MQG! Another great meeting of the Los Angeles branch on Monday night. We were lucky enough to have Ashley, from Film in the Fridge visit us and it was great to meet her. Ashley and I have been bloggy friends for a couple of years now so it was [...]
You know what’s fun about Valentine’s sewing? Being able to completely indulge in the girly pink of it all! A mini quilt I made for last night’s LA Modern Quilt Guild meeting. We had a Valentine Swap and it was a blast! I had fun using one of my (almost never used) decorative stitches on [...]
What does modern quilting mean to me? That’s the question we’ll be answering this week over on the Modern Quilt Guild blog. It’s not easy to define just what modern quilting is so we hope that lots of you will join in the conversation! Check it out over here!
That’s how it’s been feeling the past week or so. Something about the new year has made people eager to start something new and the Modern Quilt Guild it reaping the benefits! Here at the LA branch we recently had our first sewing day – six hours of chatting and sewing BLISS! SO many people [...]
Hi everyone! A few people have contacted me about the fact that they are starting branches of The Modern Quilt Guild in their area! Maybe you live nearby and want to join? Just click on over or send an email to the people listed below. 1/20/10 EDIT: WE NOW HAVE A MAIN WEB SITE. Please [...]
