June 17, 2024 QuiltCon Scholarships By Darci Read QuiltCon Scholarship Application Information Are you a member and do you want to apply for a scholarship to attend QuiltCon? Applications are now open. Members may choose to apply for one of the following awards: Travel + Registration: Roundtrip airfare for one attendee, up to $700; three nights hotel… Read More
April 29, 2024 2024 MQG Make-A-Difference Challenge By Isabelle Selak The MQG is sewing to make a difference! Over the past three years, MQG members have used their sewing skills to help us raise over $3,850 to donate to charities supporting sustainability around the world with our annual Make-A-Difference Challenge! We’re excited to announce the 2024 challenge will, once again,… Read More
April 3, 2024 New Region and Board Application for Region 6 By Darci Read New MQG Region The MQG Board of Directors has voted to create a new region for member-elected board representation. The new Region 6 includes all of Canada. The new board member will take office during the July 2024 board meeting. Please contact NomCommittee@themodernquiltguild.com with questions. Download… Read More
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
December 18, 2023 Meet the Staff: Jennifer By Darci Read Meet Jennifer Fisher, Membership Manager 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
December 11, 2023 Meet the Staff: Kelsey By Darci Read Meet Kelsey Bellmore, Events 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
December 5, 2023 QuiltCon 2024 Streaming Lecture Pass By Jessica Plunkett QuiltCon 2024 Streaming Lecture Pass Available for Purchase The MQG is offering members a new Streaming Lecture Pass option available for purchase for QuiltCon 2024. All 28 lectures will be live-streamed and replays will be available until March 4, 2024. The Lecture Pass is $265 and is only available… Read More
November 27, 2023 Meet the Staff: Jessica By Darci Read Meet Jessica Plunkett, Programs Specialist 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
November 13, 2023 Meet the Staff: Darci By Darci Read Meet Darci Read, Digital Experience Manager 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
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