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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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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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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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Learning Curves with Jenny Haynes
Author: Rachel Petterson, VP Education Programs Kicking off the workshop circuit of 2022, we had Jenny Haynes of Papper Sax Sten come teach her Cogs, Thistles and Caterpillar Wheels workshop. This workshop focused on the freezer paper method for foundation paper piecing and piecing curves without pins as techniques but also touched on the design…
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QUILTCON COMMUNITY OUTREACH QUILT
A Slice of the Valley Size: 69” x 90”Made from 32 colorful slices0 calories Tips 1- Our guild is so awesome. Every step of the way, members gave their time and talent to volunteer and work on this quilt. Thank you to everyone for making yet another beautiful Quiltcon Community Outreach Quilt! 2- For a…
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PIQF recap
SVMQG Showed Up and Showed Off! Author: Dianne Gates-Anderson, 2021 Senior Vice President In 2021, the SVMQG President’s goals were to focus on Modern Quilting and to celebrate our members’ efforts and creativity. Fortunately, the state of the pandemic allowed the in-person Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF) to proceed this year (Oct 14-17, 2021) and…
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