Thank you for joining us at our monthly Guild meeting! We continued our focus on one of the major tenets of modern quilting design: Minimalist Hand Quilting. Sandra shared various ways to hand-stitch. She provided the attached handout that can be found here. Hopefully we inspired you try your "hand" at hand quilting if you haven't tried … Continue reading February 2019 Meeting
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Orange County Modern Quilt Guild
Orange County, California
The guild is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization
January 2019 Meeting
Thank you for joining us at our monthly Guild meeting! We had lots in store for you this month. Our first meeting of the New Year, we focused on one of the major tenets of modern quilting design: minimalism, with the “guest” speaker, our own Sandra Johnson of Sandra Johnson Designs. In addition to the … Continue reading January 2019 Meeting
January 2019 Block Lotto
Gail presented a “Cross” block. We can’t want to see how they turn out! Download the January 2019 Block Lotto InstructionsDownload THE RESULTS ARE IN The results of our January 2019 Block Lotto! Kelly won this loot! We can't wait to see what she makes!
2018 Philanthropy Recap
2018 Quilt Con Charity Quilt 2017 Holiday Party Quilt Thomas Fire Donation Quilts Throughout 2018 OCMQG made multiple quilts and quilt tops for the Ventura Modern Quilt Guild's Thomas Fire Project. 2019 Quilt Con Charity Quilt We started on our 2019 Quilt Con Charity Quilt, using the selected color range and minature piecing. Annual Book … Continue reading 2018 Philanthropy Recap
Block Lotto 2018
In 2018, our monthly Block Lotto was organized and presented by Lisha. Each month, a new block is presented. The guild supplies fabric and instructions for making each month's block. The cost is $2 per block, or 3 blocks for $5. Members bring their blocks to the next month's meeting and will receive one raffle … Continue reading Block Lotto 2018
2018 Holiday Party
Our holiday party was held at Julie's home. Attendees worked together to make two beautiful quilts which will be donated to Orangewood Foundation. This event was a potluck and everyone brought a dish to share. We also had a fat quarter Yankee Swap where people brought 5 coordinating fat quarters in modern fabrics. There were … Continue reading 2018 Holiday Party
November 2018 Book Challenge
The winners! 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Our popular November Challenge was to make a philanthropy quilt based on a children's, tween, or young adult book. The quilts will be given to the Orangewood Foundation December 4th. Our members also donated and contributed: $440 in gift cards, 27 quilts in a bag with matching books (the Crazy Quilters … Continue reading November 2018 Book Challenge
