Silicon Valley Modern Quilt Guild

Category: Programs

  • New Activities for 2023

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    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.…

  • 2020 BOM Round-Up

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    This year we introduced a formal guild Block of the Month program lead by BOM leader, Kathy S. The start of the program was a bit of a mystery with members picking out fabric palettes in January and then building a series of blocks from February through July. As part of our SVMQG Digital events…

  • Challenging Ourselves in 2020

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    Our Programs team did a great job of keeping our hands busy and our minds challenged while we worked through different Challenge prompts each month. Challenge #1 (Jan) – Play Around with Quilting Designs Challenge #2 (Feb) – Finish a 2+ year old UFO Challenge #3 (Mar) – Spring Clean Your Sewing Space Challenge #4…

  • A Visit from Anna Maria Horner

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    What a great way to kick off the new year! Anna Maria Horner first led a Workshop on “Color Fluency” where we discussed the color wheel and then curated a random set of fabrics into a coherent color palette. Anna Maria discussed how to use prints and, while some combinations may seem random, the  different…

  • 2017 was a “challenging” year!

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    We wrapped up the guild’s final monthly challenge of the year when we turned in curved quilt blocks and traded back projects made out of scraps from each other’s stash. Founding member Tricialyn led the guild this year in many other monthly challenges that kept everyone busy and having a great time. In addition to the…

  • Molehills Class with Latifah Saafir

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    This month we welcomed Latifah Saafir to our guild to teach us a thing or two about curves. On June 11th we got together and learned how to make Latifah’s Molehills quilt. She taught us all we needed to know about how to cut, iron and piece curves to make molehills of our own. Many…