Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild

Earth Day Quilting Day — Update

We have some disappointing news: due to an unexpected venue change, our Earth Day Quilting Day on Saturday, April 25 will no longer be open to the public. We're so sorry to anyone who was looking forward to joining us — we were looking forward to sewing with you. Thank you for your understanding and support — we hope to bring this event back to the community soon.

Guild members, please check your email for updated details.

— The Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild

After a long hiatus, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library has restarted their annual quilt exhibit exhibit and has once again invited the A2MQG to provide the quilts for the show. A selection of sixteen quilts made by guild members will be on display. The show is open to the public and will run through January 30th. Library hours are 8:45 AM to 4:45 PM, Monday-Friday.

If you are unable to visit during business hours, the library will also be hosting a book discussion with Dr. Kathryn Cramer Brownell, author of "The Entertainer-In-Chief: How Gerald Ford and Saturday Night Live Remade the American Presidency” at 6:30 PM, on Wednesday, December 10th.

Registration is required but the event is free to attend. The event will be followed by a dessert reception.

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
1000 Beal Ave, Ann Arbor
Ph. 734-205-0555

Link to exhibit info: https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/exhibits/modern-quilt-guild-exhibit

Book discussion event link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/rp74whf/lp/e9d1df14-ac33-47f3-8d11-eb5d67895539

A great turnout for our English Paper Piecing class at the Ann Arbor District Library on April 9th!

Guild members had fun sharing this technique and getting the opportunity to provide outreach into the community.

Thank you to everyone who participated!

Update: all available spots are now sold. You can comment on this post if you'd like to go a waitlist in case space opens up.

Original post:
We have space in our April class available to members of the public or other guilds! Sign up via the link in the comments; you will give your paypal email address and must pay promptly.

If the space is already taken, you can leave a comment here and we'll make a waitlist. Thank you!

The quilt is getting bids. Woo hoo! For those of you who don't know, the board decided to give last years MQG quilt for Makers Works fund raising campaign. You need to read the write-up. I think it was Josh from MW who wrote with such eloquence. Tell your friends about the campaign too!

Please join us on Sunday, September 17th at our new location for their open house. We will have representatives from the Guild there to answer questions.

http://www.maker-works.com/events/openhouse12/

Maker Works is excited to be celebrating 12 years serving our community! Come join us in this celebration at our Open House September on 17th and we will show you what we have in store!

Drop in any time 2pm - 5pm for exciting demonstrations of new programming, projects, and tools across our individual shops: Wood, Metal, Electronics, Textiles, and Jewelry. Meet and mingle with some of our local makers, members, and staff. Plasma Cutting, Lasers, CNC Machine Embroidery, Wood Carving and more!

In addition to this, we'll have hosts and information from a few of the monthly gatherings: GoTech, Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild, and Southeast Michigan Woodworkers.

Maker Works is located at 3765 Plaza Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108.

Open House + 12 Year Anniversary! — Maker Works It's been a crazy year, but we are excited to be celebrating 12 years serving our community! Come join us in this celebration at our Open House September on 17th and we will show you what we have in store! Drop in any time 2pm - 5pm for exciting demonstrations of new programming, projects, and to

We currently have openings in a class coming up in April with Lisa Ruble from Kalamazoo area called "Intro to Improv Quilting".

Class is Saturday, April 15th in Ann Arbor (1100 N. Main St). Pre-registration and advance payment of $85 is required (payable by PayPal - link is provided with sign-up form). Class runs four hours and will start at 10:00am. Please plan on bringing your own lunch or snacks.

Description:
“Interested in improv piecing techniques but not sure where to start? Lisa will walk you through the steps to create three different improvisationally pieced blocks: wonky stars, wonky flying geese, and wonky log cabin blocks. Wonky piecing can seem intimidating, but Lisa makes the blocks along with you, and you'll leave the workshop with confidence in your improv abilities! She will also share quilts made using these techniques for added inspiration.” 4-hour workshop

Let us know if you have any questions. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/nZxkz3TTRz3Ja9QX7

You can look at Lisa' offerings at Quilty Zest https://www.quiltyzest.com/.

Looking for something fun to do at the end of the month? Put on your calendar the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild's 7th biennial quilt show “Celebrate the Quilt 2022.”

This is not our guild's show however quite a few of our modern quilt members are also in this other guild and will be showing quilts. This is a non-juried show and is always a delight.

The show is open July 30 & 31, Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Admission $8 is good for both days
In person, at the Morris Lawrence Building, Washtenaw Community College, 4800 E. Huron River Dr., Ann Arbor.

Are you perhaps interested in joining the guild or seeing what we are all about but maybe aren't comfortable with zoom or at least not for a first impression? Well I have good news. Our meeting on June 29th will be an in-person meeting at a local park.

Let us know if you'd like more information on how to attend*.

*guests may attend one meeting per year for free, further meetings at $5

We will be featuring a guest speaker at the March 30th meeting of A2MQG, Audrey Esarey.

Audrey is a quilter from Kentucky who notes in her bio that she has sewn for a long time, but only began quilting in 2005. "In 2018, I set a personal goal to exhibit my work in a juried quilt show, which motivated me to design and create a series of original quilts. Since then, my quilts have been exhibited and recognized at Quilt National, International Quilt Festival, and QuiltCon." You can find Audrey on social media as .

Join us at the March meeting to see Audrey's quilts and hear about her journey to modern quilting. This meeting will be on Zoom and the Zoom link will be sent out shortly before the meeting.

This presentation is free to A2MQG members, however we are going to be offering guest passes for $10 to non-members. You can contact the Board at the email address below and we will coordinate the payment and make sure you have the Zoom link.