For those of you who are participating in our extended sew day quilted jacket project. Alex has made up an amazing resource with all kinds of information to help you get organised and ready for November. From considerations around jacket choice to links to patterns Alex has got you covered to come prepared and get…
Don’t forget at our next meeting we have the reveal for the “2022 PMQG Membership Key Tag Challenge”! A fitting way to end the membership year and celebrate the new one. Oops I have left it a bit late…. Can I still join in? Yes you can, it’s sew easy! “Using our very own Membership…
How are you going with your Improv Challenge piece? Isn’t this one lovely and bright! Using one or more colours from our logo, to create a modern Improv quilt, only has to be 30 x 30cm finished size. You can always turn it into a cushion! Don’t forget, all our challenges are based around expanding…
So last year wasn’t quite what everyone expected, but at least we had quilting and our lovely guild. In amongst all that went on, we did manage to achieve some planning for 2022, and at members requests (remember that survey!) we are reintroducing Challenges and Skill Sharing sessions. All our challenges are based around expanding…
One of the biggest stumbling blocks some of us face when starting a new quilt is choosing the colour scheme. With colours you can set a mood, attract attention, or make a statement. Colour can be your most powerful design element if you learn to use it effectively. Often we go looking for inspiration…
The 2017/2018 Perth Modern Quilt Guild committee members have chosen the theme for the year to be … “Colour Your World” We like to base our Education Challenges around the theme, so I predict lots of colour play this year! Are you ready? The PMQG are not going to pretend to be students of the…
Every year our Guild likes to pick a theme to base our education series, swaps and activities on. For the 2016/2017 season we chose “Make it Modern.” From an Education perspective we chose to break this theme down into 4 categories and align them with challenges for our members to experiment and explore. These challenges…
A new year is just around the corner. The beginning of a calendar year is always the time we quilters start thinking of fresh starts, new projects, and seeking out challenges. I know that’s true for me. Though I dropped off the making of a personal new year’s resolutions a long time ago, I still…
I love seeing quilts and the art of quilt making portrayed in a modern way in the media. All too often the art of making a quilt and its finished piece is thrown into the catch-all phrase of ‘craft’. There’s nothing wrong with the word craft except that when used with quilts, and all too…
We have exciting news and I have all the details here. Anna Maria Horner is coming to Perth! Our wonderful local quilt shop, Calico and Ivy, has made possible the visit of Anna Maria Horner in December of this year and everyone in the Perth quilting community is excited. Calico and Ivy are working closely together with the…