Membership
As part of membership in the Silicon Valley MQG, you get access to…
- Monthly Meetings via Zoom
- Featuring Guest Speakers, such as
- David Owens Hastings: Minimal Design, Maximum Impact
- Carolina Oneto: Limits and Creativity
- Sam Hunter: QUILT TALK – The History of Word Quilts
- Audrey Essary: Getting Started with Hand-Dyed Fabrics
- Julia McLeod: The Lone Robin
- MJ Kinman: Gems and Joy
- Kena Tangi Dorsey: The Big, Bold, and Beutiful – Using African Prints in Quilts
- Featuring Guest Speakers, such as
- Other Monthly Events
- Small Group Meetings, for example
- Garment Sewing
- UFO Busters
- Quilt Kits and Precuts
- Improv Round Robin
- Small Group Meetings, for example
- Workshops (~2/year) – Additional fees apply
- examples:
- Inspired by Architecture with David Owen Hastings
- Modern Quilt Photography & Branding with Giucy Giuce
- Improv with Triangles with Rebecca Bryan
- examples:
- Challenges & Swaps – Throughout the year
- Block swaps
- Block of the Month
- Fabric and Color challenges
- Design challenges
- Fun mini quilt prompts
- Charity Activities
- Quilt donations
- Group projects
- Sew-cializing
- 3 Online group Sew Days per week
- Slack-based member groups
- Sewing Retreats – Additional fees apply
- 2 in-person retreats
- 1 virtual retreat
- Biennial Guild Quilt Show
In addition to the benefits of our guild, you also have access to…
All the benefits of membership in the Modern Quilt Guild
- Regular Educational Programming
- Access to the MQG Resource Library, featuring quilt patterns, block studies, on-demand videos, and articles
- Various member activities, like the MQG Mini Swap, MQG Sew Along, and Quiltcon challenges
- Access to the online MQG Community, a dedicated space for our 18,000 worldwide members to connect
- Member access to QuiltCon, the largest modern quilt show in the world
- Submit quilts
- Register early
- Member-only discounts
- Digital membership cards
And on top of ALL of these lovely things, you get to hang out and share ideas with some awesome like-minded quilters, sewists, and makers too!
If we sound like a group you’d like to be a part of, please join us!


