by Emmely | Mar 13, 2023 | Finished project, Paper piecing, Pattern design, Quilting
Each year the Modern Quilt Guild organizes the MQG swap in which 2 participants are matched up to make a mini quilt for each other. Some people meet up at Quiltcon to exchange their quilts and others swap via regular mail. Since I didn’t go to Quiltcon, I opted for...
by Emmely | Dec 28, 2022 | DutchMQG, Paper piecing, Pattern design, Quilting
This year I participated in the dutch MQG Christmas swap. We made an advent calendar with 7 gifts, of which at least 3 had to be handmade. I had to make something for Monika, someone I have known for a very long time through rowing. She still coaches, so I thought it...
by Emmely | Nov 16, 2022 | Finished project, Paper piecing, Pattern drafting
I finally turned one of my sample blocks for the cat in basket pattern into a cat mini quilt. My youngest daughter picked the 6-inch block which would be a very tiny quilt when used on its own. To make it a more useful size I added a border. The 2-inch facing strips...
by Emmely | Sep 19, 2022 | Finished project, Paper piecing, Pattern design, Quilting, Sewing
I made the “Rotate, rotate” mini quilt for one of Curated Quilts’ quilt challenges. For each issue of this modern quilting journal, they set a challenge from which they select mini quilts to show in the magazine. The quilts all share a certain theme and colour palette...
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 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...
