The Maine Modern Quilting Guild has been busy the past couple of months and are looking forward to a great 2024! As a statewide Guild we are excited to host some of our meetings by ZOOM each year to allow participants from all over to join us for a few winter meetings.
Our January meeting was via Zoom and was a Virtual Sew and Tell. After a short business meeting we spent the time sewing together and sharing projects we are currently working on. As always it’s an inspiration to see all the work our members are doing. Colorwash quits, improv projects, data driven quilts, some quilt inspired clothing, and more! We talked about our favorite tools, lots of techniques, and all learned a from each other, all while getting in some stitches.
Our December meeting was our annual Holiday Party and as always, was one of the highlights of the year! We shared some good food and had a wonderful Show and Tell. We spent some time saying THANK YOU to our outgoing President Kate Gawler, VP of Membership Carmen Dickerson, VP of Special Events Ann Ball and Co-Secretary Sandy Boland (thank you to members who donated for their gifts). We also played some games and shared our first Mini Quilts. This year we are doing a series of three 24×24 Quilts which demonstrate some of the attributes of modern quilting. For our first project we all used “Minimalism” and “Bold Use of Color,” we hope you will take a look at our group display at the Quilt Show in July.
If you are interested in Modern Quilting we are a state wide guild and are happy to have you. It’s not too late to join and still a lot we will be doing this year. In March we will be doing a program on foundation paper piecing; in April a Sew and Pass along project; in May a round robin of finishing techniques; and in June we finish our program year with a picnic at Winslow Park in Freeport.
Happy Quilting!
Maine Modern Quilters 