Silicon Valley Modern Quilt Guild

Category: Charity

  • Let’s Sew for Charity

    Let’s Sew for Charity

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    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…

  • QuiltCon 2019 Charity Quilt

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    This year’s theme from The Modern Quilt Guild was Small Piecing. We found this theme to be very open-ended, which was both difficult to nail down and completely freeing. The quilt committee considered many options, from improv two-color blocks to an intricate all-over pattern. We always try to tie our annual charity quilt to our…

  • Our Commitment to Charity

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    For the 2018 year, we’ve elected to broaden our philanthropic reach by working with multiple charitable organizations to provide quilts to a range of programs helping people in our community and beyond. This has enabled us to accept any size quilt designed for babies through adults.  Our goal this year is to donate 24 finished…

  • Quiltcon 2018 Charity Quilt

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    The process of making our quilt, Orchard Through Time was collaborative from the start. We formed a committee that came up with the original concept and saw it all the way through to completion. Concept and Design: We decided from the start that we wanted our quilt to be representative of our area so we chose…

  • Quiltcon 2018 Charity Quilt

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    Work is underway on the guild’s quilt for the QuiltCon 2018 Charity Quilt Challenge. The theme this year is “Modern Traditionalism” and, once again, we’ve chosen to incorporate it in a way that reflects our Silicon Valley location. After choosing a pattern, we shopped our members’ fabric stashes and supplemented with purchased fabric that we…

  • Blanket Orlando in Love #QuiltsForPulse

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    Hi Everyone, Amy here. As I’m sure many of you have seen, there has been a wonderful movement in the quilting community to blanket Orlando in love, and we would love to have our guild participate and send at least two completed quilts that are made as a group effort. Anything you want to make on…