Posts by MQG
Weekend events
We’ve got a full schedule of events planned this weekend – our first-ever events; here are all the details. SATURDAY, March 8th: guided tour of the Carole Sabiston exhibit at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. The gallery opens at 10am, our tour starts at 10:30. Admission is 11$/adults, 9$/seniors. Please meet in the front…
Read MoreBook Review: Vintage Quilt Revival
Book review by Kari H. (our fabulous secretary!) Vintage Quilt Revival by Katie Clark Blakesley, Lee Heinrich, Faith Jones My copy of the Vintage Quilt Revival arrived in the mail at the beginning of February….I’m not sure if I can recall ever having been so excited to get a book before and I was really excited to get…
Read MoreAnnouncements from the February Meeting
Hello friends! We had a lot of announcements at our last meeting so we thought we’d put them all here. There are also a few extras which weren’t mentioned last week. Upcoming Events: – are always listed on our sidebar Art Gallery of Greater Victoria TOUR of the Carole Sabiston exhibit is planned for Saturday, March…
Read MoreFebruary Block of the Month Instructions
The Burly Quilter Block, named after our own Burly Quilter, Bryan. EDITED: whoops! We made a math error halfway through but the instructions are now correct! We’ve also included a fix if you have already made your block. Materials needed: • two solid (any colour) rectangles 10″x14″ Stack both fabrics together. From the short end,…
Read MoreShow and Share – February Meeting
Here are pretty pictures from our FANTASTIC February meeting. It was a record-breaking one as well – we were so close to 50 people! We hope everyone had a good time. January BOM demo: Modern Mountains Our name tag challenge was well done, and lots of people riffed on our logo. Everyone LOOKS like they’re…
Read MoreMeeting tonight!!
The February meeting is tonight! at Satin Moon Quilted Garden • 825 Fort St at 7pm Tonight we will be…. ….voting on our name tag challenges ….handing out our kona bundles for our guild challenge (thanks Robert Kaufman!) ….announcing TWO more members-only challenges …..having a great time We hope to see you there!
Read MoreFebruary meeting reminder
The February meeting is nigh and here are all the details for you. Thursday, February 20th, 7pm at Satin Moon • 825 Fort St. Please bring: • a mug for tea or coffee • your name tag for the name tag challenge • a chair if you have one • your show and share – we will continue with the sign…
Read MoreAnd now it’s ready – are you?
Will this one be yours? Or maybe one of these? Thank you Robert Kaufman for this scrumptious pile of fabric. New to the party? These fabric bundles are for MEMBERS ONLY at the February meeting on Thursday. You will make a 6″ (finished) block for our guild banner and return it at the March meeting. …
Read MoreIt has arrived!
Our lovely lovely fabric in the guild colours has arrived! Many thanks to Robert Kaufman for sending us 42 yards of Kona in our 8 colours. We’ll be getting this all cut up and bundled to hand out to members only at the February 20th meeting. Will you be there?
Read MoreSome winning modern quilts
Christa Watson, who blogs at ChristaQuiltsBlog, had a great post yesterday on the winners of the modern category at the Road to California Quilt Show. Check out her post and all the eye-candy here! Best Modern Quilt – “Lost in Space” by Clare Victor, Palm Springs, CA
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