December 18, 2023 MQG Use It: Quilt Back Challenge Winners By Jessica Plunkett MQG Use It: Quilt Back Challenge Winners For the past four weeks, members who signed up to participate in the Quilt Back Challenge have been contemplating and then piecing quilt backs using leftover quilt blocks, scraps, and other materials. We are so inspired by the creative use of these materials… Read More
November 6, 2023 MQG Use It: Quilt Back Challenge By Jessica Plunkett MQG Use It: Quilt Back Challenge They are lurking in sewing rooms across the world – abandoned quilt blocks, partially completed quilt tops, bits and pieces of leftover fabric. Let’s drag unfinished and leftover pieces out of the depths of our sewing spaces and put them to use. Join us… Read More
October 16, 2023 Meet the Staff: Amanda By Darci Read Meet Amanda Bernay, Director of Partnerships We’d love for you to get to know the MQG Staff! Every few weeks, we’ll highlight one of our eight staff members. We’re quilters too, and we each made a quilt using a pattern from the MQG Resource Library to share with you. Once… Read More
October 9, 2023 International Scrap Sorting Day – November 4, 2023 By Jessica Plunkett Join us November 4 for International Scrap Sorting Day Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 4, 2023 – it’s International Scrap Sorting Day! That’s right – we’ve developed a day dedicated to organizing your fabric scraps. Why does sorting scraps deserve its own day? Fabric scraps often become a… Read More
October 9, 2023 QuiltCon Affinity Spaces By Darci Read Announcing Affinity Space at QuiltCon 2024, hosted by the MQG IDEA Committee We know that QuiltCon is a LOT, especially for those of us who may feel more alone at a large quilt show. Beginning with QuiltCon 2024, we are offering an Affinity Space for groups to gather and decompress. Read More
October 2, 2023 Meet the Staff: Isabelle By Darci Read Meet Isabelle Selak, Partnerships Assistant We’d love for you to get to know the MQG Staff! Every few weeks, we’ll highlight one of our eight staff members. We’re quilters too, and we each made a quilt using a pattern from the MQG Resource Library to share with you. Once the… Read More
September 18, 2023 Meet the Staff: Karen By Darci Read Meet Karen Cooper, Executive Director We’d love for you to get to know the MQG Staff! Every few weeks, we’ll highlight one of our eight staff members. We’re quilters too, and we each made a quilt using a pattern from the MQG Resource Library to share with you. Once the… Read More
September 11, 2023 2024 MQG Mini Swap By Jessica Plunkett All active MQG members are invited to participate in our 8th annual international MQG Swap! The 2023-2024 swap will open this fall and swappers will exchange their mini quilts in February 2024. Spots are limited according to the number of volunteer helpers we have, but we’re accommodating as… Read More
August 28, 2023 QuiltCon 2025 Faculty Application By Darci Read QuiltCon 2025 Faculty Applications are Open! The Modern Quilt Guild welcomes and encourages a diverse community of instructors to submit an application to teach at QuiltCon 2025 in Phoenix, AZ, from February 20-23, 2025. What are we looking for? Experienced instructors with fresh material, teaching techniques of interest to modern… Read More
September 28, 2022 Region 5 Ambassadors Program By Karen Cooper Region 5 Ambassadors Program Region 5 of the MQG spans the entire world outside of the United States. The ambassador program was developed as part of an effort to address the language and cultural diversity of the region (not to mention time zones!) by providing increased representation and support to… Read More
