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Submitted by Dianne McD. I got Robin Long’s newsletter last week.  She’s the owner of Robin Ruth Designs and the creator of those very fun Fat and Skinny Robin rulers. She had just returned from the International Quilt Festival where she had a vendor booth.  Besides telling us about all the fun she had at the show, she shared a link to the results of a survey taken to forecast the state of the quilting industry.  I generally don’t give a hoot about surveys (or polls, for that matter), but I found these results kind of interesting. According to the small print,  the survey wasRead More →

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Submitted by Dianne McD. On Tuesday, September 27th, we started our new MPS 2022-23 year with our very first Hybrid Guild meeting.  Now that we’re coming out of the COVID pandemic, we’re hearing about hybrid meetings quite often.  But what does that mean? Just for curiosity’s sake, I looked up the definition of hybrid.  The dictionary on my Google search app defines it as: a thing made by combining two different elements; of mixed character; composed of mixed parts So, I would say our hybrid meetings are created by mixing the elements of an in-person meeting with the elements of a Zoom meeting. About aRead More →

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Submitted by Dianne McD with Photo Cred to Cydney G. (click images for a larger view) On the warm evening of August 23rd, 2022, MPS held its annual Silent Auction in the Fellowship Hall of the Bethel Congregational Church in Beaverton, OR.  With over 200 items up for bid, there was something for everyone.  Besides many curated packets of fabric, there were quilt kits, books, puzzles, bags stuffed full of beautiful fabric with a pattern to go with them, a basket full of wonderful linens, and a 1940 Singer Featherweight sewing machine.  I think I even saw a bottle of wine tucked inside one ofRead More →

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Submitted by Dianne McD. “I forget how much talent we have within our guild,” I said as we were preparing for the MPS Outdoor Quilt Show.  On Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 and under the leadership of Linda H, 75 quilts were being unfolded and hung between the trees in the Evelyn Schliffler Memorial Park in Beaverton, Oregon.  It was early (we started at 7:00 AM) and the area was still quiet with the occasional-and curious-dog walker passing by.  As we hung the quilts and sometimes moved them from one place to another, one could tell this was going to be a good show. There wereRead More →

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Submitted by Christie Frey. Sometimes the smallest thing can motivate.  Recently I was taking a quilting class at Sisters Quilters Affair.  The class was a Tula Pink Mystery class.  At the start of class, Tula said “Some of you will get this quilt top completed in class today.”  “Some of you” – the challenge was delivered, and my naturally competitive spirit kicked in…I want to be one of the “some.” At about the 1:30 hour of class, an additional carrot for completion was added.  One of the gals in the class was an employee at the Stitchin Post.  She had several store samples of fabricRead More →