October 30, 2023 Meet the Staff: Elizabeth By Darci Read Meet Elizabeth Dackson, Director of Events 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 30, 2023 Structure and Solidity By Amanda Bernay Structure and Solidity: Quilts from QuiltCon shown at Houston International Quilt Festival The MQG has a special exhibit at the Houston International Quilt Festival showcasing quilts from QuiltCon over the years. This year’s theme is Structure and Solidity. See the quilts in the exhibit in the gallery below or in… 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
August 11, 2023 2023 MQG Make-A-Difference Challenge Winners By Darci Read The Winners have been chosen! Congratulations to everyone who entered-there were so many beautiful quilts to choose winners from! Below you will see the top ten quilts as voted on by YOU, the MQG Membership. Over the past two years, you have used your sewing skills to help us… Read More