February Sit and Sew Day

While the Modern Quilt Guild’s event #quiltcon was taking place in Pasadena, Melbourne MQG celebrated #quiltnon2016 by holding our Sit and Sew Day. We got off with a great start with these sweet treats:                       Members are working on all kinds of projects. Kristy is chain-piecing […]

Melbourne Modern Quilt Guild outreach

A couple of years ago, some MMQG members were chatting about how nice it would be to share our love of quilting with those less fortunate.   MMQG member Billie (a go-getter!) contacted the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a medium to maximum security women only correctional facility owned and managed by Corrections Victoria. As she spoke with […]

MMQG Charity Quilt

The Modern Quilt Guild’s flagship event, QuiltCon, is fast approaching, and Melbourne Modern Quilt Guild are proud to have participated by taking part in the MQG’s Member Charity Challenge.   The Challenge is open to all members of the MQG and for Guilds like ours, takes a group approach. The theme for this year was […]

January Sit and Sew Day

It was a full house at our first Sit and Sew Day for 2016.  January can be a particularly productive month for quilters, as we uphold our new year’s resolutions and jump into new projects, or find renewed energy to finish our UFOs (UnFinished Objects). There was some serious quilty business going on.  A quorum […]