There’s a huge buzz around quilty town at the moment, with the opening of the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) new exhibition “The Making of the Australian Quilt”. This stunning exhibition showcases quilts from 1800 – 1950 which are uniquely Australian and tell Australia’s story through quilts from the convict era to post WWII. To celebrate […]
Following the recent tragedy in Orlando, Florida, the MMQG were proud to contribute to the #QuiltsForPulse drive, run by the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild. Their plan is that the quilts will go to those personally affected by the tragedy: survivors, victims’ families, first responders, nurses, doctors, and LGBT groups. Working with a simple heart shaped block […]
As per usual, our May Sit and Sew Day was a hive of activity, and Show and Tell allowed members to show us their wares, so to speak. Caroline showed of this stunner, with a limited colour palette, which she used to her advantage: Catherine brought a half square triangle baby quilt with vibrant pops of […]
At our recent Super Sewing Saturday, we were thrilled to welcome our guest speaker Jennifer Twitchett-Hyland from A Piece of Cloth. Jen was born into textiles, as her grandmother was a professional dressmaker (who, interestingly, refused to teach her how to sew). She remembers buying her first piece of fabric when she was about 13 […]
Our Super Sewing Saturday was, as always, super! A huge, 10 hour sewing day is not for the faint-hearted, and allows members to make enormous inroads on their works in progress, with the support of caffeine and cake. Our Show and Tell was epic. Alys showed off her quilt top from Procrasticraft’s No Rules, No […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]