Our theme for 2014-2015 year is “Sew Free” and we’re kicking it off with a Quilt As You Go Free Motion Quilt-a-long! This will take us through to the end of the calendar year. You can make as many (or as few) blocks as you like. From July to September, we’ll be working on free-motion skills,…
Book Review by Emmy Terry Jelly Roll Quilts provides patterns ranging from beginners to advanced suitable for “Jelly Roll” pre-cut fabrics. The “jelly roll” fabrics may be substituted by cutting 2 ½” strips across the width of fabrics. I chose to create the “Starlight Express” quilt – a project for the more advanced quilter!!! The…
Outgoing President’s report It has been a busy year for us at the Perth Modern Quilt Guild. Over the two years since we formalised as a Guild, we have grown from ten people meeting in a lounge room, to having 38 financial members. The growth of the guild has meant that finding an adequate venue…
The End of Financial Year has rolled round again and while that doesn’t mean much for us financially, it does mean a big meeting this Sunday because it’s…. (drum roll please!) AGM time We have 12 lovely ladies who have volunteered to help steer the PMQG for the next 12 months – find out who…
It was the same weekend as the biggest Quilt Fair on the Perth calendar, so it was not surprising that our get together was all abuzz with fabric talk and comparisons of special purchases. We were all enthusiastic and very busy. The afternoon began with lots of chatter and socialising in the kitchen area. We…
We had a fantastic meeting in Midland with the fabulous Michelle and Jodi at Handcrafters House earlier on in the month. We had lots of space to sew and to set up our machines. Janine was very pleased that the coffee was real and we even had cake. But the highlight for me and others…
And we have a winner! Congrats to Alex with her beautiful board of modern mini quilts. Alex wins one of these prizes from Handcrafter’s House. Part two of the challenge is due on 29 June at our AGM, which will also be a destash meeting. Full details here.
It’s time to vote!!! We have 12 entries in the Pinterest Modern Mini challenge. Look through them all and click on the heart to choose your favourite. You only have ONE vote!!!
We’ve extended the deadline of the Modern Mini Pinterest Quilt Challenge! Proudly supported by Handcrafter’s House, the Modern Mini Pinterest challenge runs until 7 May… Create a new Pinterest board called [Your name]’s PMQG Modern Mini challenge. Pin 10 (and ONLY 10 – that’s the hard part!) mini quilts from anywhere on the web. You can get started by…
Phew, so much going on last meeting! We’ll let the pictures tell the story… Suitcase sale Modern BOM See p 186 of your book – 3 Wishes Finished Quatrefoil from last year’s Modern BOM Low Volume swap Free sewing New friends Mod Mini Challenge announced That was SO much to fit into one meeting, we’ve…