So Much Sewing

We can't thank Quilter's Way enough for continuing to host our Quilts for Boston sew-ins!  With quilt tops rolling in this week we focused on backs and bindings.

Our amazing cutting team put together an unbelievable 52 backing sets all ready to be paired up with quilt tops.

While our awesome binding bunch had the Go cutter going making strips and all these fabulous scrappy bindings.

Val manned the longarm to quilt another one of these incredible quilts.

And Laurie added bindings to a whole stack of quilts.  It's so heart-warming to see these quilts coming together!!!

We have several more opportunities to participate coming up:

• Our June meeting will be a sew-in next Saturday the 22nd from 1-5.
• Quilter's Way is hosting us again from 6-9 on Wednesday, June 26th.
• Gather Here has also invited us back 12-3 on Sunday, June 30th.

Check out our events tab for details and new events as they are announced.

LQF Mini Quilt Challenge - The Winning Color Palette & Guidelines

Drumroll please...

The winning color palette for this year's LQF Mini Quilt Challenge is...

RED NAILS!

Okay, so now that we have established the inspiration for the mini quilt challenge, let's go over the guidelines (don't worry, there aren't many).

1. Your mini quilt can be no larger than 24" x 24"
2. You must use at least three of the colors in the inspiration mosaic in your mini
3. You may add white to your mini
4. Your fabrics can be prints or solids

For some inspiration, I pulled a few fabrics from my stash last night in this color palette.

Have fun with this challenge!

Questions? Feel free to reach out to myself (Jen) or Trish. 

More Quilting for Boston

We've been at it again!  The fabulous folks at Quilter's Way hosted us last night for another fun night of making quilts for Quilts for Boston.

Val has been busy manning the longarm.  I love this starry quilt quilted with stars!

and an amazing 7 more tops were completed...  

but there's still plenty left to be done:-)  We'll be back at Quilter's Way again this Wednesday, June 12th from 6-9.  Hope you'll join us!!!

LQG Mini Quilt Challenge - Cast Your Vote

As most of you know by now, we will be participating in the Lowell Quilt Festival (LQF) again this August. Last year was our first year, and I think we can all agree that it was an amazing success.

Part of our show included a mini quilt challenge. Members were challenged with creating a mini quilt, no more than 24" on any side in the colors of QuiltCon.

This year we will hold another mini quilt challenge with similar guidelines. The only difference - our members will be able to vote on the color palette this time around. Below are four different color palettes for you to pick between.

We'll lay out all of the specific guidelines when we announce the wining palette, but the guidelines will be similar to last year. Members must use at least three colors from the winning palette to make a mini quilt measuring no more than 24" square. Fabrics can be prints or solids.

OPTION 1: Red Nails

OPTION 2: Cottage Colors

OPTION 3: Silk Brights

OPTION 4: Bright Pears

Cast your vote by commenting below on your favorite. We'll close the vote next Tuesday and will announce the color palette for the challenge next Wednesday.

Are You Ready for a SewDown?

Registration for the first Modern Quilt Guild SewDown in Philadelphia is opening Monday, June 10th at 10AM.  SewDown Philadelphia is an all-inclusive weekend quilting getaway in the beautiful luxury Loew’s Hotel held on September 6th 2013 to September 8th 2013.  This fabulous weekend will feature 4 incredible workshops:

• Beyond Quilting Cotton with Alexia Abegg
• Mini-Sample Texture Quilt with Liesl Gibson
• Perfect Quilted Totes with Elizabeth Hartman
• The Meadow Block with Lizzy House 

As the very first guild to join the national MQG we can offer our members discounted pricing for this special event.  If you're planning to attend, please contact us at bostonmqg@gmail.com before June 10th to receive your registration discount code.  Note: You must apply the code when you register.  Discounts can NOT be applied to previous purchases.

Quilted for Boston

With blocks pouring in from around the world we've been busy putting together quilts for Boston.  I just love seeing these amazing quilts come together!!!  BMQG member Janis started this one at our Mother's Day sew-in at the totally awesome gather here.

Each block is quilted with a different FMQ pattern to emphasize the block.

And the result is just fabulous!!!  The wonderful gang at Quilter's Way will be hosting us again tonight from 6-9 so come join us to make more of these special quilts.

 

Quilts for Boston Sew-in at Quilter's Way

A huge thank you to Quilter's Way for hosting our Quilts for Boston sew-in last night.  We had an amazingly productive night!  Several more tops were assembled...

and many more are in progress.

The fabulous Val manned the longarm and got 2 of our quilts quilted...

While the totally awesome Natalie logged the days delivery.  To date we have received an astounding 1,267 blocks from 40 states, Canada, Germany, Spain, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.  Thank you again to everyone who has participated.  There's still time to mail your blocks, the deadline for mailing is Friday, May 24th.  Stay tuned here and in our flickr group to see these amazing quilts come together.