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Thank you for your interest in Maine Modern Quilters. Our membership is open to anyone who enjoys modern quilting or just quilting. All skill levels are welcome. We have no rules about what is and is not modern quilting. If you enjoy quilting, we would be happy for you to join us. Membership is $50 a program year (Sept to June) and includes a membership to the national Modern Quilt Guild.

If you are ready to join us now you can follow this link: Join Now!

If you have questions fill in this form and we will email you back:
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Why Join?

Gain membership in a statewide quilting guild full of innovative and creative members
who enjoy modern quilting.

  • Attend 10 guild meetings per year to attend via zoom (3 meetings) or in person (all others) where you meet other members, gain some knowledge and skills, and can share your quilts and see those of others through show and tell. Our meetings are held on the first Saturday of each month September through June.
  • Access recordings for any zoom meeting that you miss and an archive of past virtual meetings. (Note: special presentations by paid teachers may not be available in our recording archive depending on agreement with the presenter.)
  • Access workshops hosted by MMQ.
  • Join a private Facebook group of the Maine Modern Quilters to share ideas,
    questions, and projects.
  • Access exclusive content of all prior recorded guild meetings with tutorials vias
    our YouTube channel.
  • Receive roster of all members of the Maine Modern Quilters Guild in Maine and
    beyond.
  • Connect with others in the quilting community and joining activities like charity
    quilts, challenges, swaps, and other chapter activities.
  • Attend an annual members’ yard sale where you can pick up fabric and notions
    donated by other members to raise funds the MMQ guild.
  •  Attend an annual holiday party full of fun and games.
  • Volunteer to serve on the Board and fill a variety of leadership positions.
  • Membership to the Modern Quilt Guild *

Your membership includes membership to the national Modern Quilt Guild with access to online resources and training, reduced cost of registration for QuiltCon, and a monthly newsletter.

As a MQG Member Guild, all of the guild’s members receive the following MQG benefits:

  • Regular Educational Programming
  • Access to the online MQG Community, a dedicated space for our 18,000 worldwide members to connect
  • Access to the MQG Resource Library, featuring quilt patterns, block studies, on-demand videos, and articles
  • Ability to participate in various member activities, like the MQG Mini Swap, and MQG Sew Along
  • Ability to submit quilts to the Make-A-Difference Challenge,  or modern for Modern quilt auction, and QuiltCon challenges
  • Ability to join the MQG Makers, a year-long creative community designed exclusively for Modern Quilt Guild members to foster skill-building and meaningful connection (enrollment is open each summer)
  • Opportunity to submit quilts to QuiltCon, the largest modern quilt show in the world 
  • Early bird access to QuiltCon registration, featuring hundreds of workshops, lectures, and special events
  • Member-only QuiltCon discount perks
  • Digital membership cards

Membership Dues
The membership fee to join for 2025-2026 program year are $50.

Contact
If you would like to join, please fill in the following form and our Membership Coordinator will email you.

* Modern Quilt Guild (MQG) – This is an international quilting guild. Membership to MQG has many benefits including access to an online community, quilt patterns, block studies, webinars and the ability to enter MQG quilt shows. For more information, click on the MQG link on the right side of the page.

Note: Maine Modern Quilters are no longer automatically members of Pine Tree Quilters Guild (PTQG) – This is Maine’s state quilting guild. We encourage members who are interested in supporting quilting in Maine to join Pine Tree. Membership benefits of PTQG include access to workshops, chapter activities, Patchwork Press newsletter, educational programs and community activities. For more information including membership ($20/year) you can go here: Pine Tree Quilters Guild.