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Our annual Silent Auction is coming up in less than two weeks.  Tuesday, March 22nd to be exact.  Mim is busy putting together some wonderful items for our bidding pleasure.  We will have gift certificates from The Pine Needle, Hollyhill Quilt Shoppe, and Cool Cottons.  There are also a couple of lovely gift baskets from The Quilter’s Corner Store and Tea Time Calicos. Of course, that’s not all!  There’s fabric-lots of it, threads from Aurifil, quilting lap frames, a very nice quilt rack, some coffee table books, and lots of other fun quilty items.  We will have over 100 items on which to bid.  TheseRead More →

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On Saturday, June 4th, MPS is hosting a workshop and Ann Shaw is the instructor.  She spoke at one of our MPS meetings in 2015, and we were greatly inspired by her work.  She makes beautiful art quilts using a piecing method based on what she learned from Ruth McDowell; and with Ruth’s blessing, she is teaching others.  We are excited to have her teach at one of our workshops. Ann will bring five “Flowers of the Gorge” patterns, and each participant gets to pick one for their class project.  Just reading her supply list got my creative juices flowing! Because we wanted to makeRead More →

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Are they in your favor? It depends on how many raffle tickets you buy at tonight’s MPS meeting. Ricky Tims, Musician and Quilter And what is the great prize? Nothing less than a ticket to the Ricky Tims Super Quilt Seminar, a three-day event in Portland featuring Ricky himself and guest teacher Alex Anderson. The seminar starts the evening of March 31 and continues through April 2. (You can find out more about it here.) MPS has a free ticket to give away because the guild is helping to promote the event. And that free ticket is valued at $224. Raffle tickets were sold atRead More →

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Are you one of those quilters who has resolved to work on UnFinished Objects (aka UFOs) in 2016? If so, MPS has an extra incentive for you. At the monthly meeting Jan. 27, MPS member Becky Swick announced a six-month challenge, beginning now and ending at the July 26 meeting. Members can join the challenge any time by paying $10.00, completing up to six UFOs, and showing the completed projects during the Inspirations (Show and Tell) segment of the monthly meetings. The challenge isn’t limited to quilts. Other projects involving fabric will be considered. For each completed project, a ticket with the entrant’s name goesRead More →

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MPS member Jean Kelly, who is also a member of the Portland Modern Quilt Guild, is Queen of the UFOs, a designation she earned at the PMQG’s December meeting last night. How did she earn it and what did she win? Read on. A year ago at this time the PMQG issued a challenge to members to complete their unfinished quilts (UFOs) during 2015. Organized by PMQG member Sam Hunter of Hunter’s Design Studio, the challenge called for members to pay $10 to register the projects they wanted to finish during the year. Participants were to check in with Sam at each monthly meeting. ForRead More →