South Florida Modern Quilt Guild Quilting Fun Summary
2024 Information
The SFMQG has quarterly dual meetings at Boca Raton Community Center & online via Zoom usually the 3rd Saturday of each month.
Change-up for 2024. Four in-person and eight Zoom-only meetings.
2024 meetings/lectures will be starting at 10am.
Mark your calendars: Quarterly in person potluck lunches at Boca Raton Community Center Mar 16, May 18, Sept. 21 & Nov. 16.
In-person sew days on the Sundays after meetings noon-4 p.m. at AJ’s clubhouse in Parkland.
Check the Event webpage for exact details - events will be on website in Jan 2024.
Keep reading to find out about all the other quilty stuff going on.
Anyone/Anywhere can join online and participate via Zoom.
Click on the links to take you to the Event webpage with all the details.
This list will be kept up to date as time progresses.
Monthly
Modern Sip & Sew Zoom 2nd & 4th Thursdays of each month 8pm-10:30pm. Join us for a casual evening of sewing, sharing, and sipping! Come for the camaraderie (and cocktails?). New members are especially welcome. Reminder email will be sent that morning with zoom link. The zoom link will be the same for the whole year.
2024 Block of the Month Game with MarieF posted on webpage.
2024 Challenge : Quilt Your Book QAL
2024 Challenge : Quilt Your Book QAL #2
2024
2024 Meeting/Lectures
*BOLD are Hybrid Meetings - In person in Boca and Zoom - others are Zoom only
*May 18th 2024 Lecture - Tammy Silvers - Aurofilosophy - Aurofil Threads
July 20th - Elizabeth Vitale
August 17th - Marge Tucker - My Life in Quilts: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
*September 21st - Potluck - Carol Lyles Shaw - African fabrics in modern quilts
October 19 - tba
*Nov 16th - Potluck - 13th Anniversary - Sherri Lynn Wood - The Art of Making Do
Dec 21st - tba
2024 Workshops
May 11th 2024 Workshop - Mel Beach - Mark Making Magic: Stamping
Registration open in the Store
August 24th 2024 Workshop - Elizabeth Vitale - Thread Painting
Registration opens June 18th, 2024 9am EDT in the Store for 2024 Members Only.
Stay Tuned for More Events to be announced
Past Events during this crazy quilt time
2020
May 28th Facebook - Introduction to Quilting Plans w/ HollyAnne Knight of String & Story You can still watch this on Facebook members only group.
Sat, July 18th 1-2pm EST Improv Paper Piecing virtual lecture with Amy Friend.
Sat Aug 15th 1:00-2:30pm EST Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill of Whole Circle Studio - Aurifilosophy Thread Lecture.
Sat, Aug 22nd Map Making with Fabrics virtual workshop with Timna Tarr.
Sat, Sept 19 2020 1-2pm EST No Tails Binding Lecture by Linda Hungerford.
Sat, Oct 17th 1-2pm EST Japan 2.0 – The Next Gen Quilters virtual lecture with Teresa Duryea Wong.
Sat, Nov 7th Maze Quilt virtual workshops with Malka Dubrawsky 10am-1pm EST and 2-5pm EST Live Zoom workshops. Member $20.
Sat, Nov 21st 1-3pm EST General Meeting. QAL and Challenge Reveal plus SFMQG’s 9th Anniversary!
Sat Dec 19th 12:45-2:30pm EST Jill Fisher @pieladyquilts Unlocking the Joy in Scraps.
2021
Sat, Jan 16th 1pm-2:30pm EST Jacquie Gering Lecture - Finding My Voice
Sat, Jan 23rd 10:00am-5:00pm EST David Owen Hastings ~ Indi-Go-Modern Workshop
Thurs Jan 28th 8pm-10pm EST #playgroundbom Small Zoom Group for Corinne Sovey's Playground Skillbuilder Quilt Along!
February 18-22, 2021 QuiltCon Together As a member of SFMQG you are also included in the National MQG which offers lots of great Resources and the big modern show of the year QuiltCon!
Sat, Feb 27th 1:00-2:30pm EST February - Cassandra Beaver - Trunk Show / Lecture.
Sat, March 20th 1pm-2:30pm EST March - Christine Hager-Braun Lecture - Create with Confidence.
Sat, April 17th 1pm-2:30pm EST April - Marge Tucker Lecture - Improv and Abstractions in Antique Quilts.
Sat, April 24th 1pm-4pm EST Cassandra Beaver - Piecing Full Circles Workshop.
Sat, May 1st 1pm-4pm EST Cassandra Beaver - Piecing Full Circles Workshop.
Sat, May 15th 1pm-2:30pm EST May - Carolina Oneto Lecture - Playing with Color Value.
Sat June 19th 1pm-2:30pm EST June - Yvonne Fuchs @quiltingjetgirl Lecture - Transparency Quilts - Fabric Selection Tips & Tricks
Sat, Jun 26, 2021 1:00 PM Sun, Jun 27, 2021 4:00 PM June 2 Day Workshop - Yvonne Fuchs - Wayward Transparency
Sat July 17th 12:30-2:30pm EST July - Christine Perrigo Lecture - Quilting as a Layer of Design
Sat Aug 21st 12:30-2:30pm EST August - Cindy Grisdela Lecture - Journey of an Art Quilter
Sat, Aug 28th 10:00am - 2:30pm EST August Workshop - Cindy Grisdela - Fearless Curved Piecing
Sat, Aug 29th 10:00am - 2:30pm EST August Workshop - Cindy Grisdela - Fearless Curved Piecing
Sat Sept 18th 7pm-8:30pm EST Maria Shell Lecture - Traditional, Art, Modern—Notes from the Field
Sat Sept 18th 2021 SFMQG Florida Flyover QUILT-ALONG (QAL) with Patti Reveal at September meeting - See Gallery
Sat, Oct 9th, 2021 and Sun, Oct 10th, 2021 October Workshop - Mel Beach - Intriguing Interleaves
Sat Oct 16th 12:30am-2:30pm EST October - Julie Silber Lecture - Keepin’ ‘Em in Stitches: America’s Funniest Quilts
Oct. 23-24, 2021 BQE Charles Dodge Center, Pembroke Pines
Sat, Nov 6th & Sun, Nov 7th, 2021 1-4:00 PM EST November Workshop - Maria Shell - On the GRID—Structure as Visual Aesthetic
Nov & Dec 2021 SFMQG 2021 Curve Around Challenge
Sat Dec 18th 12:30-2:30pm EST December - Peter Byrne Lecture - Behind the Seams
2022
Sat Jan 15th, 2022 12:30-2:30pm EST January Audrey Esarey @CottonandBourbon - Finding My Voice In Modern Quilting - Lecture / Trunk Show
Sat Jan 22, 2022 1:00-4:00pm EST January 2022 Workshop - Sujata Shah Virtual Workshop - Stories in Stitches - Kawandi Quilt.
Sat Feb 5, 2022 12:30pm - 2:30pm EST February Lecture - Teri Lucas - Learn to Stitch with Reckless Abandon
Sat March 19, 2022 12:30pm - 2:30pm EST March - Steph Skardal Lecture - On Creativity: Pushing Your Creative Boundaries
Sat April 2, 2022 3pm-4pm EST April Lecture - Brenda Gael Smith - Quilts & Composition
Sat April 9, 2022 3pm-6pm EST April Workshop - Brenda Gael Smith - Geometricks
Sat May 21, 2022 12:30pm - 2:00pm EST May - Sylvia Schaefer Lecture - Quilts from Science
Sat June 11, 2022 1:00pm - 4:00pm EST June 2022 Workshop - Sylvia Schaefer Virtual Workshop - Designing With Negative Space
Sat June 18, 2022 1:00-2:30pm EST June Lecture - Penni Domikis - All Scrapped Out!
Sat July 16, 2022 1:00-2:30pm EST July Lecture - Dana Jones - Pagtinabangay: The Quilts and Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island
Sat July 23, 2022 1:00pm - 5:00pm EST July 2022 Workshop - Jenny Haynes - Skinny Inset Strips
Sat August 20, 2022 1:00-2:00pm EST August Lecture - Sarah Ruiz - Inspiration to Quilt
Sat August 20, 2022 QAL Reveal - 2022 SFMQG Modern Whirligig Quilt-Along (QAL) with Patti
Sat Aug 27, 2022 1:00pm-4:00pm EST August Workshop - Nichole Vogelsinger - Boho Collage Embroidery.
Sat September 17, 2022 1:00-2:30pm EST September Lecture - Laura Loewen - Quilt Photography in Your Pocket
Sat Oct 15, 2022 2:30pm - 3:30pm EST October General Meeting & Sew Day
Sat Nov 12, 2022 10am - 4pm EST November Workshop - Julia Graves - Amazing Abstracts
November 19 2022 General Meeting - 10th-11th Anniversary Potluck Luncheon & Charity Sew Day
December 17th 2022 General Meeting & Sew Day - Laura and David of Laura's Sewing & Fabric - sewing machine maintenance.
2023
2022 Block of the Month - Anything Goes Modern DIY BOM
January 28th 2023 Workshop - Laura Loewen - Mind's Eye View
February 2023 Presentation: Tools, Tips and Notions by Nancy Knoll and other members
QuiltCon 2023 Atlanta, GA February 23-26
March 18th 2023 Lecture - Sheila Frampton Cooper - Spontaneous Creation and Design.
March 25th 2023 Workshop - Sarah Ruiz - Happy Mail: Quilted Fabric Postcards
Broward Quilt Expo : April 14-16 2023
April 29th, 2023 Lecture - Shannon Fraser Designs - Colorful Quilts - Zoom Only
May 6 & 7 2023 Workshop - Sheila Frampton Cooper - Applique + Piecing = New Possibilities
May 20th 2023 Lecture - Amber Elliot - Alderwood Studio - Trunk Show
June 17th 2023 Lecture - Karen Bolan - Engineer your Quilts
July 15th 2023 Lecture - Patricia Belyea - Okan Arts - The Unknowing of Creativity
August 19th 2023 Lecture - Elizabeth DeCroos - Pojagi: From ancient Korea to modern Canada
2023 August Reveal - SFMQG MODERN ELECTRIC QUILT-A-LONG (QAL) with Patti
September 23rd 2023 Lecture - Diana Li Fitzgerald - The Perception of Randomness
October 21st 2023 Lecture - David Owen Hastings - Quilt Labels to Love
October 28th 2023 Workshop - David Owen Hastings - Inspired by Architecture.
Nov 18th 2023 In-Person Lecture by Regina Jestrow
January 20th 2024 Lecture - Sarah Goer - Building a Color Palate
January 20th 2024 Row BOM Reveal in Meeting Gallery
Jan 27th & 28th 2024 Workshop - Sarah Goer - Building an Improv Toolbox
February 17th 2024 Lecture - Sam Hunter - How to Organize a Maximalist Studio
2023 Mod Tech Mystery Challenge Finale
March 23rd & 24th 2024 Workshop - Irene Roderick - Dancing with the Wall
April 20th 2024 Lecture - Laura Henneberry - PreQuilt Software Demo