March Meeting

Join us for our March meeting this Sunday, March 4th from 1-4pm at

Assemble Pittsburgh
4824 Penn Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15224

Shawn Quinlan will be presenting his work.

UFO 2018 Finish Along
For those who were not able to be at the February and want to register their UFOs for our Finish Along, please bring them to the March meeting. UFOs must be at least partially started for this event. As you finish your UFOs throughout the year, you will turn in your ticket(s) and be entered in the fun end-of-year prize drawing.

Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival Volunteers
We’re still looking for volunteers to support our Guild while hanging out at a fun creative arts festival!  We are looking for volunteers to man a table during the three days of the festival to help us raffle our quilt, show off our minis, and do a hexie pin activity on Saturday. Here are hours we need to cover:
Friday, April 6, 2018 – 12:00 Noon to 7:00 PM
Saturday, April 7, 2018 – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Sunday, April 8, 2018 – 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Please mark your availability here or email Michele (pittsburghmqg@gmail.com).  We’ll then make a volunteer schedule with 2 hour shifts. (Volunteers will not need to pay an admission fee.)

Modern Solids Challenge Minis
There’s still space if you want to have your Modern Solids Challenge Minis (the ones we made in the guild logo colors and displayed together at the Mancuso Exhibit) displayed at  Threadbare Maple Festival on March 10^th and the Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival. Email Michele (pittsburghmqg@gmail.com) to volunteer your minis will be included and you must be able to bring your mini to the March meeting to be included.

PghMQG at the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza

PghMQG members were featured in a great exhibit this weekend at the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza in Oaks, PA along with the Philly, Lancaster, and Central NJ MQG chapters. Thank you to all the members who participated by sending quilts and helping to organize the effort! Check out all the pretty pieces from the show below:

The Modern Solids Mini Challenge quilts looked great together and were a big hit at the show! Great job everyone!

Sally Martin "House of Cards"

L: Karen Womack "Rockstar Manicure", R: Nicole Maroon "Modern in Metallics"

Melissa Jennings :"Shake it Like a Polaroid"

Julie Stocker "Dangerous Roads"

Karen Womack "Naturally Curly"

Michele Krugh "Warm Summer Nights"

Stacy Koehler "Into the Dim"

Sandra Schott "Circle of Friends"

Melissa Jennings "I Dreamed it Up One Night"

Barbara Cain "First Circles"

Barbara Cain "Margarita Man"

Sally Martin "Improvisation"

Stacy Koehler "45"

Amanda Hancock "Resist"

Sharon Galli "Kimono Sun"

Sandra Schott "Don't Let This Happen"

Ailish Luedde "Sunflower Study"

TaMara Howard "Eclipse 2"

Barbara Cain "Temperance Please"

Aimee DeFoe "Chasing Rainbows"

Zsofia Molgaard "Southbound"

Sharon Galli "Camille"

Zsofia Molgaard "Gravity Mini"

Ailish Luedde "Growing Green"

Dia Sue-Wah-Sing "Collaborate"

Gerry Benton "Diamonds Triangles and Squares Oh My"

Gerry Benton "Modern Abstracts"

Amanda Hancock "A Little Lucid"

Nicole Maroon "Find Joy"

Nicole Maroon "Fowl Play"

Karen Womack "Tribe"

Julie Stocker "Modern Moda in Print"

L: Stacy Koehler "Early Star"  R:Melissa Jennings "New Friend"

Zsofia Molgaard "New Direction"

Michele Krugh "Sunsets"

Gerry Benton "Sunflowers in the Fall"

July Meeting Recap

We met in July to discuss several methods to hand applique as led by the always informative, Barbara Cain. After the presentation, which can be found here, we split into small groups and moved around the room to try out the different methods outlined. 

Here is Nikki showing a modern block she created using hand applique

Some other takeaways from the meeting were:

• It's time to pay your annual dues! Please head over to the membership info page on this blog for details on how to pay. Payment is due by August 1st.
• We saw the last of our Inspiration Challenge blocks this month. Bring your completed quilt using your blocks to the September meeting for a chance to win a basket full of great prizes!
• We will be kicking off a new challenge and swap all in one next month. To participate, bring to the August meeting a sandwich bag full of scraps that you would like a fellow guild member to make you a mini from. Check out all the details of the Make Me a Mini challenge on the Guild Challenges and Swaps tab of this blog. 
• Don't forget to register for the members only Shibori workshop at Workshop PGH on 07/29. You can find the registration link on Workshop PGH's website. The cost is $38 for a 3.5 hour workshop. You can bring your own fabric or purchase napkins on site to dye. 
• The next meeting is Sunday August 6th at the Stephen Foster Community Center, 286 Main St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 from 1:00-4:00 pm (please note that this is a different location than in the past). Look for more details about this meeting to be on the blog soon!

The next free monthly sew day is at Quilter's Depot, 4160 Library Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15234, on Saturday August 19th. We will be sending out an eVite for this event in a few weeks.


Check out some photos from show and tell:

Cheryl is killing the UFO challenge, guys!

TaMara and her icy cool block for a bee she is in

Stacy's bubbly mini for the Modern Solids Challenge

See you in August!
PghMQG 

June Meeting Recap

Before we review the events from the June meeting, registration details for the members only Shibori dyeing workshop have been emailed out! The workshop will be led by Rebekah Joy at Workshop PGH on July 29th. This should be a fun event so make sure you get  yourself all signed up!

We had a great turn out at the June meeting. Everyone was pretty excited to turn in their Modern Solids Minis for the upcoming PghMQG exhibit at the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza in September. Check out #pghmqgmsc on Instagram to see all of the great pieces created for this challenge! If you haven't turned in your mini for this challenge yet, please be sure to bring it to the July meeting.

Some of the great Modern Solids Minis that our members created!

Our presentation in June was led by Amanda and covered how to use social media to find information, connect with other quilters, and find inspiration. You can download the presentation slides here. We reviewed some tips on using Instagram and finding info on the MQG website and on the PghMQG website. We have two new tabs on our website with good information: the membership information tab and the guild challenges/swaps tab. Be sure to check them out!

We also decided on our plan for the 2018 QuiltCon challenge quilt. The project this year will be led by our VP of Membership, Michele. Several members volunteered to be on the project committee. Look for more details to coming soon!

Check out some of the pretties we saw at Show and Tell this month:

Cathy's sentimental quilt that she made for a good friend

Another awesome quilt from Sharon!

Michele's colorful quilt that has been a long time coming!

Zsofia continues to stun us with her miniaturizing abilities!

Our next meeting will be held on Sunday July 9th (please note this is the second Sunday in July). Look for the details to be announced soon!

See you soon,
PghMQG

June 2017 Meeting- Social Media and Modern Quilting

Join us June 4, 2017 from 1-4pm at The Pittsburgh Project for our monthly meeting!

Bring your Modern Solids Challenge mini with you! They are due at the meeting. Don't forget to put a four inch sleeve on the back for hanging and a label.

As always, bring your Inspiration Challenge blocks and your Show and Tell items to share.

Amanda will be speaking about Social Media and Modern Quilting. She'll discuss how you can use social media to connect, share our work, and find inspiration.

A couple of reminders:

• Annual membership dues are due by the July meeting. You can do so now at the meeting or online. Please check out the membership page on our website for all the details: click here.
• Don't forget to submit your entries for the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza PghMQG exhibit by Friday, June 2nd. All the relevant info can be found by clicking here.

See you soon!
PghMQG

May 2017 Meeting Recap

This month we combined our monthly meeting with an all day sewing retreat.

At our meeting we recognized the members of our guild who had quilts in the Three Rivers Quilt Show and those that won ribbons. They can be found here.

Entries for the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza (PNQE) show in Philadelphia must be sent in by June 3, 2017. Details here.

All guild members are encouraged to participate in the Modern Solids Challenge. We are to make a 24" square mini quilt using all solids in the colors of our logo. These minis will hang in the PNQE show as a display together. Please bring your completed mini to the June meeting! You can find progress photos on Instagram at #pghmqgmsc and what I'm seeing so far is impressive! (Check out our new page on this website to read up on all current and past guild challenges going on!)

The Modern Quilt Guild has announced the next Charity Quilt Challenge guidelines. The theme is modern-traditionalism. Brainstorm some ideas for our next quilt and submit your ideas via e-mail to the guild. We'll decide on an idea at our June meeting.

Our next meeting will be Sunday June 4 from 1-4pm at The Pittsburgh Project. Amanda will be speaking about how modern quilters use social media to connect, find inspiration, and share their work. 

Upcoming Programs:

Sew Day June 10, 2017 at Quilter's Corner 10-4 E-vite coming soon!

Shibori Workshop, possible date July 29th, details TBA

Screen printing Workshop Fall 2017

Hand Applique is the program topic for the July 2017 meeting

We welcomed two new members this month bringing our total to 56!

Reminder: It's time to pay your annual dues! You can check out this info on our website for all the 411 on dues amount and how to pay: click here. 

Inspiration Blocks:

Amanda

Gail

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Gail

Gerry

Sharon

Show and Tell:

Sally

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Michelle

Nikki

New member Cathy

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