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 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…

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…

This will be worth the ferry fare. See you there!

We had our DeStash sale at the August meeting. I think everyone managed to snag a new-to-them treasure and make a little money selling some fabrics. We also collected the blocks for our Souperbowl Quilt.  Here’s the first look at all the blocks! Stay tuned for details about assembling the quilt. Heather took care of…

This is a Tula Pink block we’re doing this month. It’s very straightforward once you get your pieces all cut out.  Here’s the original block from Tula: Our colours are gold and turquoise. One must be a print and the other is a solid.  Make this block twice. Make this block twice. Assemble as shown.…

Colours: navy/dark blue background aqua/light blue strips yellow/light orange triangles Solids or prints or a mix of both. Unfinished sizes: 6.5″, 12.5″, or 18.5″ in width and any height, so they can be all different rectangles or square.  This is an improv block, so there are really no instructions, just go make a cute little…

Netta just brought a fabulous picnic quilt for the evening. Tracy, Kim, and Lisa showed off their satellite group’s mug tote project. (Not pictured: Pam and Gayle) The mugs inside all matched as well. Tracy Kim Lisa Judy and another fabulous bag. Love the fabric! Ruth is working through the entire “Improv Handbook for Modern…

For our June meeting our guest speaker/trunk show was the incredible Karlee Porter. She lives in Utah and we’re in Victoria so we used the fabulous technology available to us to see her quilts.  This is Karlee on our screen. Her background is a painted version of one of her quilts. The current block lotto,…