December Holiday Party and Announcements

Nov 24, 2018 | Events, Guild News

December Holiday Party and Announcements

There will not be a December evening meeting, instead we will be celebrating with a guild holiday party. The party will be at Monique’s house in Longmont on Thursday, December 6. Members, please check your email for full party details and you can RSVP at the member section.

For the party we will be doing a handmade ornament exchange. Bring a wrapped ornament and you will leave with someone else’s wonderful creation.

 

Several years ago, member Rebecca tried her hand at making a Scandinavian fabric star. It’s tricky, but there are plenty of tutorials and videos to walk you through it.

Mollie from Wild Olive made an english paper pieced ornament. If you still haven’t tried EPP, this would be a great small project to give it a try! The Boulder MQG learned EPP in April and the recap post has a few tips and tricks.

Stephanie from Swoodson Says has a tutorial for combining tiny fabric scraps with reverse appliqué felt. This could be made into any shape and is such a great idea.

There are a ton of options for handmade ornaments, have fun and we can’t wait to see what you make! We’ve put together a Pinterest board of Handmade Ornament Ideas if you need some inspiration.

 

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

For 2019, the board members will be:

President – Monique Plamodon

Vice President – Laura Loewen

Social Media Director – Rebecca Greco

Treasurer – Claudia Sheehan

Secretaries – Wendy Steenland and Kim Fischer
 
A huge thanks to everyone who served in 2018 and those who will be new and returning in 2019!
 
 
Signups for the 2019 UFO challenge are due December 6. 
 
We are also taking sign ups for the 2019 Round Robin, there’s a link in the member section. You can see the 2018 Round Robin here.
 
There are still quilt kits available from the Community Outreach Committee. If you are interesting in completing one, please contact Monique or Barb.
 
The next open sew will be December 29 from 9am-4pm. Please RSVP to ensure we have enough space. Our attendance is growing and your RSVP helps us plan accordingly. Our first meeting of the new year will be January 3 and we have an exciting new BOM planned. 

2019 Due Increase and Early Bird Registration Giveaway

Nov 1, 2018 | Guild News

In 2019 the Modern Quilt Guild chapter dues will be increasing by 20%. As a result of the increasing dues, as well as the growing membership and activity involvement of the Boulder MQG, our membership voted to increase dues to $50/year.

We have begun collecting 2019 dues on November 1, 2018. We encourage everyone to renew or join early.

 

Members who renew before December 1, 2018 will be entered into an Early Bird giveaway for a great quilty prize.

Members who renew on time by December 31, 2018 will be entered into a giveaway. *Early Bird renewals will be entered into both drawings.

January 1, 2019, members who have not paid dues will lose access to the bouldermqg.com member area, other Boulder MQG member benefits, and the official members’ only email list.  Any member can choose to renew membership on any date after January 1 and be fully reinstated when dues payment is received.

The prize packs will include amazing prizes from Clover, Michael Miller, Sulky, and Craftsy.

 

Community Outreach Quilt Donation – Boulder Police Department Victim Services Unit

Feb 19, 2018 | Community Outreach, Guild News

Community Outreach Quilt Donation – Boulder Police Department Victim Services Unit

The Boulder MQG Community Outreach committee is responsible for donating the quilts that are created by members to benefit local organizations.

 

 

On Friday, February 9,  Community Outreach donated 8 quilts to the Boulder Police Department Victim Services Unit.  The Victim Services Unit is staffed by dedicated and trained employees and 55 volunteers that immediately respond when contacted.  After a horrible or tragic event a person may be in shock and feel numb and confused.  This is where the Victim Services Unit comes into play.

Advocates are dispatched to the scene of a crime, accident, or a victim’s home to assist during the initial trauma. The advocates provide crisis intervention, emotional support, resources, referrals and follow up.  There are times when a quilt is the perfect item to share with the victim, or family of a victim, giving them a sense of comfort and warmth.

The Victim Services Unit was grateful to receive the quilts and appreciative of our donations. Thank you to all of the guild members who worked hard on these quilts to make this donation possible and especially to Barb and Monique for making the donation possible. If you have any questions about the work done by the Community Outreach committee, please click here or contact us with questions.

New Member Area!

Feb 5, 2018 | Guild News

New Member Area!

We have a very exciting addition to our website, a special Members Area. All current members can access this area with a login (if you haven’t, you can register here. Please keep in mind that Member Access requires manual approval, so please be patient with us.)  Your user name and password will arrive in your inbox from “WordPress”, please look for that email after you submit your request.

More information on membership to the Boulder MQG is available here.

The Member Area is a collection of in depth content and resources exclusively for members of the Boulder MQG. We have received  a lot of requests for PDFs of the Block of the Month tutorials, so we’ve made these just for members. We also want to make sure that even if members aren’t able to attend the evening meetings, they are still getting that content. So in addition to the meeting recaps, the full presentations will be available to download.

We hope this is a valuable resource to you!

Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century

Jan 17, 2018 | Guild News

Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century

Please note: This post contains affiliate links. This means that, at no cost to you, the Boulder MQG will receive compensation for purchases made after clicking the link.

 

The Modern Quilt Guild and Stash Books published “Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century”, a book compiled by Riane Menardi, Alissa Haight Carlton and Heather Grant. The book contains over 200 modern quilts, and the Boulder Modern Quilt Guild is so proud to see two members included in there!

 

Anne Deister’s quilt “Rhythm and Blues” won third place in the Use of Negative space category at the 2013 QuiltCon show. The pattern for this quilt was published in the Winter 2015 issue of Modern Quilts Unlimited and will be available in the May 2018 compilation book, “Quilts, The Modern Collection: 25 Dynamic Projects from Modern Quilts Unlimited” from Modern Quilts Unlimited published by C&T Publishing.

You can read more from Anne at her blog Springleaf Studios.

 

 

Katie Larson is a new member this year and she has two quilts in the book. Katie’s quilt “Welcome to Colorful Colorado” was won Honorable Mention (Modern Quilt category) at the 2014 Des Moines AQS Quilt Show, and was displayed in the 2015 QuiltCon Quilt Show. The pattern is available to buy in her Etsy shop.

 

 

Katie’s second quilt in the book is titled “Whatever” and won first place in the small quilts category at QuiltCon2017. Katie will be taking part in the C&T Publishing book blog hop on January 23, you can find her blog here.

We are so proud to have such talented members in the guild! We love seeing what you’ve been up to, so please make sure to share your projects with us on Instagram using #bouldermqg