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Nov 211 min read

Bonus Project - FPP Cassette Pouch

In our November 2024 meeting, we explored foundation paper piecing. As a bonus, the pattern for this cute cassette pouch is available on...

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Nov 12 min read

2025 Programming - A Year of Colour and Design

We are thrilled to present an exciting year centered around our theme, “2025 - A Year of Colour and Design.” This year, we will explore a...

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Oct 172 min read

December 2024 Swap

The December swap is a fun guild tradition where we each make something and then have a blind swap of our hand-made items at the December...

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Oct 173 min read

Block Lotto - October 2024

Flying Geese blocks are a favourite among quilters. They are versatile, fun to make, and offer plenty of ways to piece together. For...

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Sep 212 min read

Halloween Hexie Swap!

Get ready for some spooky stitching fun! We're hosting a Halloween Hexie Swap at our next guild meeting, and we'd love for you to join...

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Sep 191 min read

Blocks for Good - Improv Cross

We have a new Blocks for Good pattern this month – Improv Cross blocks, or sometimes called Wonky Plus blocks. We’ll make these over...

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Jun 172 min read

Help Us Design the 2025 QuiltCon Community Challenge Quilt!

The Calgary MQG has a long-standing tradition of designing and creating a quilt for the QuiltCon Community Outreach Challenge. It's a...

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Jun 132 min read

Summer challenge: modern landscape

Hard edge painting is a technique in which solid colours sit next to one another with a defined edge. That crisp edge can be achieved...

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May 161 min read

Blocks For Good - Round 8

Scrappy String Blocks It's time for scrappy String Blocks. Foundation Paper String Blocks - unfinished at 8 1/2 inches Collection at...

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May 123 min read

Block Lotto - May 2024

As the warm weather comes, we start to think about all the wonderful spring and summer activities: road trips, drinks on the patio,...

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Apr 241 min read

The Calgary MQG Goes to the Museum!

Back in February, as a guild we arranged a field trip to ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᓯᓛᕐᒥᑦ Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios . Calgary doesn't have...

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Apr 192 min read

Calgary MQG - Annual General Meeting Minutes

Calgary Modern Quilt Guild - Annual General Meeting Held April 18, 2024 at the Wildwood Community Association In attendance: 36 Members...

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Apr 182 min read

Block Lotto - March 2024

A-Tisket, A-Tasket, a lovely Easter basket! For this month's Block Lotto we will be drawing inspiration from a basket of pastel Easter...

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Feb 153 min read

February Block Lotto: Keyhole Blocks

Taking a page from February's focus on all things Valentine, we seek the key to your quilty heart with a variation of the keyhole block!...

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Feb 151 min read

Blocks For Good - Round 7

Economy Blocks to the Max Our January programming on Maximalism in Modern Quilting inspires our next Block for Good. Economy Block -...

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Jan 182 min read

Block Lotto - January 2024

We are kicking off 2024 with a fun transparency block as a block lotto! What is a transparency block? They are designs in which blocks of...

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Jan 172 min read

Calgary MQG Basics

It's the start of a new guild year! If you're looking for a progressive quilt guild that focuses on the modern aesthetic, and want...

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Jan 72 min read

Our 2024 QuiltCon Community Challenge Quilt

Each year the Modern Quilt Guild sets out a challenge for all member guilds or groups to create a quilt using a defined colour palette...

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Oct 19, 20231 min read

December Swap 2023

The December swap is a fun guild tradition where we each make something and then have a blind swap of our hand-made items at the December...

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Oct 19, 20231 min read

Blocks for Good - Round 6

Our Blocks for Good program has been producing so many great quilts! We thank everyone so much for their continued involvement in this...

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“Modern quilting is like porn, hard to define, but you know it when you see it.”

Shelly Sutton

We meet the 3rd Thursday of the month, 7pm at Wildwood Community Assoc.

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