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  • Quilt Show

    If you live near Horsham, West Sussex one of our good friends and former members is holding a quilt show of quilts that have been donated to the charity, Siblings Together.   Mon 26th Nov 10:00 – 15:00 Tues 27th Nov 19:00 – 21:00 Wed 28th Nov 10:00 – 15:00 Thurs 29th 19:00 – 22:00…

  • Victoria Findlay Wolfe workshop

    We have two spaces for a workshop the guild is running with Victoria Findlay Wolfe on Sunday 6th August. The location is 31 Bolney St, London SW8 1EZ and there is parking in the road nearly. Victoria will be running her Thunderstruck class https://vfwquilts.com/products/thunderstruck-quilt-pattern-templates The cost for non members is £90. Please email the guild…

  • Donations for Grenfell Tower survivors

    If you want to donate finished quilts to the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire, then we recommend you send them directly to one of the collecting points. These are changing on an hourly basis and are being set up across London so please check out in your area where is most appropriate for you.…

  • Grenfell Tower

    There are a number of ways being put in place to help the people affected by the awful fire at Grenfell Tower. Over the weeks and months to come the survivors who have been left with nothing but the clothes of their backs will have to find a way to rebuild their lives and live…

  • What does sewing mean to you?

    Are you aged 40 or younger and sew? Please consider helping out Naomi on her dissertation. She is doing a fascinating topic. Sadly I’m too old to get involved but I urge everyone who is eligible to get involved. Exploring the experiences of people (aged 40 years and younger) who sew as a hobby and the…

  • Southbank Events with Members

    Head to the Southbank Centre and learn to English Paper Piece on the 31st May and meet some of our lovely members. Try your hand at this traditional skill which is commonly used in modern quilting. https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/122133-london-history-day-2017  

  • Sew Mindful – Symposium

    One of our members is speaking at this event in March. For more info and a link to buy tickets please got to http://www.mindfulnesscentreofexcellence.com/ twitter page @sewmindful

  • Meeting Dates for 2017

    I hope you have all had a lovely holiday season!  We’re looking forward to lots more stitching fun in 2017, so the following dates have been confirmed for 2017 meetings: 8th January — Don’t forget to bring your Liberty challenge fabrics to swap with fellow members for our Making Liberty Modern Challenge.5th February — Don’t forget…

  • Reminder: Renewals are Due!

    Firstly, thanks to everyone who joined in the fun at our first ever Christmas Party!  It was great fun, because so many came along and participated. In case you weren’t able to come along to the party, we announced a LMQG challenge for 2017 called “Make Liberty Modern.”  Each person who was a fully paid…

  • First Ever LMQG Christmas Party

    The programme for our regular meeting on 4th December 2016 will be our Christmas Party.  We will be meeting at the Star Tavern at noon as usual and will probably finish at bit later at around 3:00or 3:30 p.m. Our guest speaker will be the lovely Jenny Haynes from Papper, Sax, Sten, who’ll be showing…

  • March Meeting

    Just a quick note to say our March meeting has been moved to Sunday 13th in the usual venue as the previous date was clashing with Mothers Day. See you there.

  • Are you visiting the festival of quilts?

    If you are and fancy making a whole quilt for charity while you are there then please check out Gameofquilts.wix.com/gameofquilts. Game of Quilts is about completing a quilt from the first cut to the last stitch on the label during the 7 hours that the Festival of Quilts is open each day. Bernina sewing machines,…

  • London Modern Quilt Guild: November Makes

    November’s meeting saw lots of great stockings being handed over to our charity committee, the stockings were off to St Thomas’s in London to help brighten Christmas day for those families who find themselves in hospital at Christmas with sick little ones. Special thanks to the East Midlands Modern Quilt Guild who also donated some…

  • October Makes

    Post by MetroQuilter This month’s meeting and guild flickr group had a lot of mini quilts on display. Some of the minis are for swaps, some for charity quilts and some to try new styles. Minis are a great way to experiment with new techniques and ideas without having to commit to a large quilt.…

  • London Modern Quilt Guild: September Makes

    So what have Guild Members been up to in September? The small selection below shows the range of things members have been making this month. As well as a set of fabulous quilts there has also been lots of dabbling with other traditions this month. Some of our members have taken up an offer from…

  • Request for feedback

    At the moment the guild is looking into our communications and I would like to ask our readers for some feedback. I would be very grateful if as a reader of our blog you could answer the following. 1- how did you find our blog? 2- what do you enjoy reading on it? 3- is…

  • and the winner is………..

    Kelly the bundle will be flying out first thing tomorrow morning!

  • Jogakbo | Korean patchwork

    image source I wanted to share with you all the wonderful art of jogakbo.  Korean traditional patchwork dates back centuries, jogakbo is made of pieces of salvaged fabrics used to make Hanbok (traditional Korean dress). We at the London Modern Quilt Guild have been given the chance to learn this technique at the Korean Cultural Centre here in London.…

  • Flickr summer stitching

    Here is what some of the guild have been stitching over the summer.

  • New York beauty baby quilt

    Michael our guild president and his wife had their first baby recently so what does a quilt guild give as a gift? The answer is obvious.  Lots of secret conversations were had and because Michael is a New Yorker I chose the New York beauty block. I might have been sworn at by the other…