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Junior Guild Makes Quilt for #SoaringEagles

By: Jessica Goodman

By members of the Junior MQG of Broward County To tell you a little about ourselves, we are a high school class that is taught on four levels. During our level three course, we learn and execute the basics…

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Orlando Modern Quilt Guild’s Quilts for Pulse Project: Our Experience Organizing a Large Charity Quilt Drive

By: The Orlando MQG

In response to the tragic Pulse Nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Florida, Orlando MQG established a quilt drive to collect quilts for the victims and families of those killed. Due to an incredible response from around the…

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Scoop, March 2018

By: Daisy Aschehoug

“Scoop plays with the idea of foreground and background, just ever so slightly. The placement of colors in an ombre arrangement and the repetition of the half circles keep the viewer’s gaze moving inward.  I’m experiencing my first snowy winter…

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Creating Quilts with Meaning: Material, Form, & Content

By: Andrea Tsang Jackson

As quilters, we make design decisions all the time. Our choices of fabrics, colours, techniques, and subject matter make our quilts unique and meaningful. This webinar will help you answer the question, “What is this quilt about?” and help you…

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Side Stripe, February 2018

By: Renee Tallman & The MQG

The February 2018 Block Study is Side Stripe by Renee Tallman, a member of the South Bay Area MQG. It’s a half-square triangle block — with a twist! It features a fun stripe in the middle, making for a fun…

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A Violeta Cover: How Artists from Different Disciplines can Inspire Quilts

By: Carolina Oneto

    For a Spanish translation, click here. October 4, 2017, was 100 years since the birth of Violeta Parra, who was a singer-songwriter, painter, sculptor, embroidered, and Chilean potter, considered one of the leading folklorists in South America…

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Un Cover de Violeta: Cómo la obra de otro artistas, puede ser una fuente de inspiración para un Quilt.

By: Carolina Oneto

Para una traducción al inglés, haga clic aquí. El 4 de Octubre del 2017 se cumplieron 100 años desde el nacimiento de Violeta Parra, quien fue cantautora, pintora, escultora, bordadora y ceramista chilena, considerada una de las principales folcloristas…

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Positive Illuminations, February 2018

By: Heather Black

    “Positive Illuminations quilt was inspired by experimenting with the negative and positive space in one of my favorite quilt blocks, the churn dash. By using a high contrast color palette and rotating a few of the elements within…

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Same But Different

By: Michelle Wilkie

In early 2015, a photo of a dress went viral on the Internet. It drove so much interest, as people could not agree on the color of the dress. Some saw black and blue, while others saw white and…

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Cleaning and Stabilizing Vintage Fabric to Use in Your Quilts

By: Blair Stocker

Often, fabrics we salvage or save may be old, or possibly weakened from age and storage. But all is not lost! In this webinar, Blair will explain her strategies for preparing these fabrics to use in quilts. Bring these fabrics…

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Printed and Patched: Designing with Patterned Fabric

By: Malka Dubrawsky

Beautiful, modern print-focused fabric collections abound, yet oftentimes are overlooked in favor of solids or, if used, featured alongside a neutral background. What if you could create, modern, graphic, quilts using primarily or exclusively prints? This webinar will show you…

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100 Dagen – Week van de Vormen – Voorbeeld Quilt 2

Vertaling door Marina Brito de Campos voor Quiltersgilde MQG, origineel hier. Neverending Story Cara van Me? A Mom? Vraag: Wat was de inspiratie voor deze quilt? Cara: Ik heb, door middel van Flickr Swaps en pyjama’s van TJ Maxx, …

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