by Emmely | Aug 20, 2022 | DutchMQG, Paper piecing, Pattern design, Quilting, Sewing
I have written another pattern! Perhaps you remember the cat in basket FPP block pattern that I showed earlier this year. I designed that block because we were making a cat quilt with my guild. It was a thank you for one of the board members when she quit after being...
by Emmely | Jun 12, 2022 | DutchMQG, Finished project, Gifts, Quilting, Sewing
This quarter’s theme for the Dutch MQG is free motion quilting (FMQ). To make sure that a lot of members would do something related to this theme they also organized a swap in which you had to sew a fabric pouch with FMQ details for another member. Despite not having...
by Emmely | Jun 6, 2022 | DutchMQG, Paper piecing, Pattern design, Quilting
The Dutch MQG was founded 5-years ago and I’ve been a member for 4 of those. It has been a lot of fun. I’ve met like-minded people and made new friends. During the pandemic we started to do quilting bees via Zoom since it was so difficult to meet up in person and this...
by Emmely | Sep 14, 2021 | DutchMQG, Finished project, Paper piecing, Pattern design, Quilting, Sewing
This quarter my guild has a mini & MAXI theme and a challenge to go with it. We could choose from the half-square triangle, pineapple, robbing Peter to pay Paul or crown and star blocks to make something to fit the theme. I chose the pineapple block because I had...
by Emmely | Aug 24, 2021 | DutchMQG, Finished project, Quilting
In July I made a quilt to participate in the Modern Quilt Guild’s “Make a difference challenge”. The theme was trees and the proceeds of the challenge went to Trees for the Future, an organization that wants to end hunger and poverty by training farmers to regenerate...
by Emmely | Apr 14, 2021 | DutchMQG, Finished project, Quilting, Sewing
With the Dutch modern quilt guild we have a theme each quarter and we are challenged to make things that fit inside this theme. Last summer the theme was modern traditional. The challenge was to create something with a modern twist using the churn dash, ohio star,...
