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On April 25, 2017, Robin Long presented her program, “The Many Uses of the Mariner’s Compass”, during the MPS Guild meeting.  Wow!  While Robin was speaking and showing us the many beautiful quilts she created using her method of strip piecing, the room was becoming super-charged by the rising level of energy.  Many members became inspired to try something new and her April 26th workshop sold out on the spot. Bright and early the next morning, twelve lucky quilters showed up at the Hudson Plaza to spend the day with Robin.  By 4 PM, they all had a Mariner’s Compass they could show off.  These beautiful blocks canRead More →

Inspire

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It certainly has been awhile since our last post!  We were having some website issues.  But all is well again and, hopefully, we’ll get back to blogging on a more regular basis. So for our first post-issue news item, I’d like to celebrate our oldest Guild member, Wilma Kribs.  Her New York Beauty quilt was hanging in our MPS quilt show at the Beaverton Library last month.  It caught the eye of Bill Volckening who is a collector of New York Beauties and has written a beautiful book about his collection. He was excited to see the quilt, and even more so when….. Well, it wouldRead More →

Open Book

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“Every Quilt Tells a Story.” That’s the theme of the Metropolitan Patchwork Society’s 2017 Quilt Show.  With that theme, what better place to hold the quilt show than at the beautiful Beaverton City Library located in the heart of Beaverton, Oregon! The quilt show will be held on National Quilting Day which is Saturday, March 18 this year.  It will be open from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.  And admission will be FREE! There will be plenty of free parking in the library lot. You’ll find all the information about the show on our Quilt Show Page. Details have been ironed out, dates set, andRead More →

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Due to the hard work of our MPS Program Chairs, we have many fabulous workshops to offer in 2017: In January, we are offering a workshop by Sam Hunter.  She spoke to us in October and inspired us so much, we asked her to come back and lead a workshop.  She’ll be teaching us how to make her Dingbat Quilt, and will have the pattern for each student at the workshop which is included in the fee!  No need to purchase the pattern before class. Sam holds an MFA in Fiber Arts and is a quilt pattern designer.  Her mission statement tells us that she’s “aRead More →

PDX Open Studio Sign

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We are proud to announce that our own Lisa Roberts is one of the featured artists in this year’s Portland Open Studios!  She entered the show and was the only fiber artist that was accepted.  The event takes place over the next two weekends (Saturday & Sunday)–October 8-9, and October 15-16 from 10 AM to 5 PM each day. Lisa has been quilting since she retired in 2009.  Her sister introduced her to quilting by suggesting they make a quilt as a college graduation gift for Lisa’s daughter.  From that point on, she was hooked.  She became interested in art quilting when she took aRead More →