Author: siliconvalleymqg
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10 years and going strong
by Lisa Bourgeault “Thanks!” I said when someone handed me a pin that said SVMQG 5, soon after I joined the guild in 2019. At the time, I didn’t make much of our guild being 5 years old, and I didn’t think anything more about it (except that I liked the pin). Now I get…
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SVMQG visits the Pajaro Valley Quilt Association Annual Quilt Show: A Galaxy of Quilts
by Pam Schwartz About a dozen SVMQG members met up on Sunday, February 25 in Watsonville to visit a local quilt show. Jacquie organized a great in-person event at the Pajaro Valley Quilt Association Annual Quilt Show “A Galaxy of Quilts.” We met up on a sunny afternoon at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds and…
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Technology in Quilting—ARTificial Intelligence
by Darla Gallentine As Silicon Valley locals, we see daily the evolution of technology in our lives and many of us and/or our friends are entrenched in the design of it. It is awe-inspiring in many ways, a little intimidating (scary?) in others, and always life changing in some form or fashion. We’ve seen AI…
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Let’s Sew for Charity
At our recent charity sew day, we were thrilled that eleven guild members showed up to help us work on quilts that will be donated to local nonprofit organizations who have connections to community members who need the warmth & cheer a homemade quilt can bring them. We’ve received quite a few finished quilts as…
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A Workshop with Stacey Sharman
In April, we had the privilege of hosting Stacey Sharman to teach her Broken Grids workshop. During the workshop we explored the techniques of guided improvisation in a great stash-busting design involving squares cut down to triangles. The other students and I made enough blocks that we were able to explore various layouts with our…
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Quiltcon recap
Quiltcon 2023 is in the books and, as always, it was an amazing experience! The quilt show itself was so inspiring, but there were also interesting lectures on varied subjects and workshops with something for everyone to learn. The guest speaker this year was Chawne Kimber; her keynote inspired and moved a room full of…
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February Photo Field Trip
The rains stopped long enough for some of our members to venture out together to take photos of some newly completed quilts. Members helped each other set up shots using trees, statues, fences, anything interesting we could find. Kitty Wilkin (@nightquilter) spoke to the guild in November about taking quilt photos and her tips were…
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New Activities for 2023
Author: Rochelle Rosales, VP Activities In addition to our monthly meetings and workshops, we have a lot of ongoing activities planned for members this year! While all are welcome to participate in all of them, the hope is that the variety will ensure that everyone can find at least one thing that appeals to them.…
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Precision Piecing with Tighe Flanagan
Author: Lisa Bourgeault, VP Programs Tighe Flanagan taught a great course about precision piecing to about 20 of our members on September 17th. Our guild has been focusing on skill-building this year, so his piecing techniques were right on point. Many of the students came to class for that purpose, but others came to learn…
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Silicon Valley MQG Retreat – Back Together Again
St. Francis Retreat Center, San Juan Bautista, California Author: Pam Holt How do you adequately describe the joy experienced by 24 quilters during their first, in person SVMQG quilt retreat post pandemic? It was clear our quilters were up for a busy and somewhat competitive weekend full of activity and fellowship which included 24 negative,…
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