2019 BQE SFMQG Modern Mini Fundaiser
Zip Up Tray Pouch Workshop
Read here for details on our April bag making workshop. Hope to see you there!
BQE is less than 2 months away! We are going to have FUN!
Now that you’ve received your box of amazing improv blocks, wouldn’t you like to finish your top? Of course you would!
We are delighted to announce a weekend of events with Heather Jones in September.
We are delighted to announce that SFMQG will be hosting two workshops for fabric block printing at IS Projects in Fort Lauderdale in July.
Our May special topic is block printing on fabric.
Maria Shell, fiber artist from Anchorage Alaska, joined the SFMQG for a very enjoyable and educational weekend event.
At the April 16th general meeting Tonya will discuss her book Word Play Quilts for making UnRuly letters and numbers which will include an inspiring trunk show.
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting an UnRuly Word Play workshop in May!
At the SFMQG meeting on Saturday March 19th 2016 the special topic will be Quilt As You Go (QAYG).
We are very excited to welcome artist Maria Shell traveling to South Florida from Anchorage Alaska to tell us her Tales of a Stitcher and teach us her method of Making Prints out of Solids.
We had a relaxing, inspiring and educational day in Fort Lauderdale Sat 1/23/16 with Jen Lee from Red Thread Studio
So you make Quilt Along (QAL) blocks or you win a Block of the Month (BOM) lottery what can you do with those blocks that will look modern and a bit different than the simple grid layout.
On January 23rd, SFMQG will be hosting a day of hand embroidery fun!
We are very excited to welcome artist Maria Shell traveling to South Florida from Anchorage Alaska to tell us her Tales of a Stitcher and teach us her method of Making Prints out of Solids.
We had a relaxing, inspiring and educational day in Fort Lauderdale Sat 1/23/16 with Jen Lee from Red Thread Studio
So you make Quilt Along (QAL) blocks or you win a Block of the Month (BOM) lottery what can you do with those blocks that will look modern and a bit different than the simple grid layout.
On January 23rd, SFMQG will be hosting a day of hand embroidery fun!
Explore a gentle introduction to improv quilts using traditional nine patch blocks. We'll be using variations of the churn dash and monkey wrench patterns and "making it modern" using improv techniques. Participants will complete blocks for a 36 x 48 mini quilt during the mini workshop.
I just wanted to thank everyone who attended our first workshop on Saturday and made it such a success. Also huge thanks to General Provision for providing the wonderful space for us, we had such a blast working in such a cool environment. Thanks also to Tonya Ricucci for leading us through such a fun day.
Modern Traditionalism: Quilt design incorporates the use of an identifiable traditional block pattern and modernizes it by applying design elements such as alternate grid work, asymmetry, color, scale, etc.
Wikipedia defines negative space in art, as the space around and between the subject(s) of an image.
The South Florida Modern Quilt Guild presents an adventure in improvisational quilting!
Beyond the Sleeve: 3 Easy Ways to Hang Your Quilt in a Fine Art Environment