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Join us for the January meeting!
Join us on Thursday for our January meeting, and for our special guest REBECCA BRYAN of BryanHouseQuilts as she presents her amazing quilts and her new book. Thursday, January 19, 7-9pm 505 Marigold Rd. 5$ drop in for non-MQG members or join us! 2017 membership renewals are happening now. 40$ for the year lets you…
Read MoreDecember Social!
It’s time for our annual Christmas/Hanukkah/Solstice Social! We skip the boring bits and have show and share, our basket swap, lots of food to share and fun with friends. Thursday, Dec. 15505 Marigold Rd7 – 9pm We also have a donation drive for KEYS, collecting useful things for the teens staying there over the holiday season.…
Read MoreNovember show and share pictures
Time for the roundup of beautiful quilts and projects made by beautiful and talented folks! Here’s what we had at the November meeting. Our December Hanukkah/Christmas/Solstice Social swap item this year is a one hour basket or a pixie basket. Go here for instructions about both. The MQG QuiltCon charity quilt theme this year was…
Read MoreAre YOU coming tonight?
Time for a meeting everyone! This month we are having a meeting-of-all-sorts: elections! (short and sweet if we’ve got keen volunteers. Drawn out and painful if everyone sits on their hands.) All the info is HERE. We’ve got nearly everything covered (we hope!) but we’re still really want a Treasurer and the coffee squad. Kari and Stacie, our…
Read MoreOctober Show and Share pictures!
Kathleen was an awesome (and funny) speaker, but first we had our members’ show and share! Natalie and HER KIDS made this for a soon to be niece/nephew and cousin. Mary made this polaroid quilt from blocks contributed by her satellite group. Netta knocked this long standing WIP off her to-do list. We think she…
Read MoreNorthern Lights Block lotto
Inspired by the Northern Lights Fabric…all solids, no prints Background Fabric: Choose 1 dark colour (black, dark blue, dark purple) Cut: Four 3 ½“ squares Two 4“ squares One 9 ½”x3 ½” strip One 12 ½”x3 ½” strip Star Fabric: Choose 1 light/bright colour (yellow, green, pink, white) Cut: One 3…
Read MoreOctober meeting tonight
Meeting tonight! Join us as we welcome Kathleen Riggins and her amazing quilts. 7pm, 505 Marigold Rd.
Read MoreMQG Victoria October meeting and workshops – Trunk Show by Kathleen Riggins, Canadian Longarm Quilter
MQG Victoria is excited to announce that we will be hosting Kathleen Riggins, an extraordinary Canadian modern longarm quilter, for a trunk show at our October meeting, Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 7pm. She is teaching TWO days of workshops for us on Friday Oct 21 and Saturday Oct. 22. Use a straight ruler and easy…
Read MoreSept. pictures! Show and share, birthday, ugly fabric challenge
Happy 3rd birthday MQG Victoria!! Congrats to all our members, past and present, our supporters, our speakers, and guests. Thanks for everything that has brought us to this point. Here’s to another great year for our guild! Birthday caaaaaaake! Block lotto for this past month. L-R: Pat, Pam, and Kim. Cheers! L-R: Kelly, Audrey, and…
Read MoreWonky Star Flower
Inspiration block “Starflower” by Angela Nash of mythreesonsknit.blogspot.com also found in the book “Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe” You Need: 4 solid white 5” squares (Kona White, and definitely not prints)4 DIFFERENT medium pink to fuchsia 5” squares Instructions:1. Cut white squares diagonally to get 8 half square triangles (not pictured) 2. Piece white triangle…
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