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September Catchup!

The Perth Modern Quilt Guild had it’s first meeting in its new home – the lovely Como Croquet club in South Perth. We appear to have picked the busiest weekend of the year with a number of our members working, away, or sick. It seemed a waste of the beautiful glass windows… But its soon…

Meeting Sunday!

It’s coming up for meeting time! It seems to be a VERY busy weekend with several members away on conferences and retreats, but we’ll still be sewing at the Como Croquet Club. Details went out in an email last night, so make sure you’re on the mailing list! (The link is on that page – sign…

QuiltCon Block Challenge: Bold Stripes and Woven Blocks

how’s your mugrug coming along? Look at these lovely blocks from the QuiltCon Block Challenge for inspiration!!

Member Spotlight Janine!

  I came to WA from the UK with my family as a 10 year old.  I’ve never gotten used to the heat but I’ve also never been back to the UK! 2.     Tell us about your quilting history – how/when you got started, who introduced you to quilting, what was your first quilt, etc….

Age is Only a Number

One of the great aspects about working for an educational institution is the constant exposure to intellectual discussions on every topic imaginable.  At University level not only are the theory of issues debated and examined but also the processes of how and why any particular subject is studied.  And in this wonderful array of deep…

A little logo love

It seems a long time between meetings! One piece of excitement we’d like to share – well, quite a few more than one piece – is (are?) this (these?)… Aren’t they nice?! And while we’re getting the next meeting venue sorted, Janine and Laura did a little work on the banner. Well, mostly Janine. But…

QuiltCon Block Challenge: Pods and Pixels

Some gorgeous blocks from QuiltCon!

Spotlight on McKenna!

Name: McKenna Blog: Textilediva Guild involvement: Vice-president 1. Tell us a little bit about yourself – where you are from, etc. I’m originally from New York state in the U.S. but I’ve moved around alot in my life. I now call Perth, Western Australia home because I married a wonderful Aussie guy. 2. Tell us about…

August meetup

We had our first real outta-home meeting! It felt like growing up and moving out. There was a little trepidation (would anyone visit us?!) but we had a decent turnout. We started with show and tell. Newcomer Gina showed the medallion quilt she’s been making as part of the Stitched In Color online hand stitching…

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