PMQG is excited to host Carole Lyles Shaw for a trunk show and talk on sustainable stashing where she will dazzle us with her tips for eco-friendly quilting and tips for using our stashes

Carole will also be holding a workshop on Saturday, February 18th teaching new improv techniques based on bringing new life to orphaned blocks. You can see samples and read more here.

Carole is a modern quilt designer, author, and workshop teacher who has been an active member of the quilt and fiber art community for over twenty-five years. Carole always takes a modern, improvisational approach to her quilt designs. Her passion and focus is on designing quilts for the modern quilt movement and she centers her lectures on topics relevant to this audience. She has served on the Board of the Modern Quilt Guild and is a co-founder of the Sarasota Modern Quilt Guild. 

Carole has received many accolades and has exhibited her quilts and art all around the United States and internationally. She has authored two books on modern quilting; Madly Modern Quilts and Patriotic Modern Quilts

You can find her work featured on her website, http://www.carolelylesshaw.com, and on Instagram @carole_lylesshaw

Workshop price: $55.00 Sign up for the workshop in the PMQG Shop

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Zoom link to workshop on Members Only page

Sunday, December 12, 2021
10 am - 1 pm Pacific
Virtual, via Zoom

$20

This workshop will not be recorded.

Super fun interactive program full of creative exercises, conversation, and inspiring challenges. Think about how to fully utilize your head, heart and hands in your creative process as you develop your own unique and original creative voice. Not a project or technique workshop — just notes and exercises with pen and paper, plus lots of interaction, discussion and ideas.

Appropriate for all levels (especially those interested in the creative process).

Speed Date with Improv
September 18, 2021, 10:00 - 4:30
Virtually, via Zoom

$40

How to make a Kawandi - Siddi Quilt
August 21, 2021
Virtual, via Zoom

$40

Mini-Mod Quilts
Sunday, July 18, 2021, 10 am - 1 pm (3 hours)
Virtual, via Zoom

$35

This workshop will NOT be recorded.

Saturday July 17, 2021, 10 am - 4 pm (6 hours)
Virtual, via Zoom

$50

This workshop will NOT be recorded.

Log Cabin style quilts are some of my favorites to make and to look at, the variations on such a simple and humble block are endless. In this class you will learn how to draft a template, work with a large 60 degree angle diamond, and how to square up after each round of sewing to achieve a perfect block without a paper foundation.

Playing with color is one the most rewarding aspects of quilt making. It can be fun, intuitive, challenging and at times frustrating. In this 6 hour class, we will explore how colors play off one another, delve into the importance of value and learn tips for when you get stuck. Students will start with a variety of quick exercises, and move on to sewing small color studies that can be combined to make a larger quilt.

Come learn the industry tricks used in creating ready to wear clothing that you can use in your everyday sewing. While making this bomber jacket, participants can work with up-cycled materials to create a one-off custom look.

For more information, visit our page here.

In this workshop participants will learn to deconstruct old denim jeans into new and beautiful quilts. During this workshop participants will learn how to save all those favorite pockets, zippers, grass stains, and rips to make them into a very warm and useful one-of-a kind quilt.

For more information, visit our page here.

In this workshop, we will make “confetti” fabric using our tiniest scraps, as well as explore the possibilities of layering and appliquéing other raw edge shapes like squares, “squovals”, and strips. This class is all about color play and resourcefulness: you’ll be using up even the smallest scrap from your fabric stash! Use the techniques we explore in this class to create small or large quilts (via qullt-as-you-go or other methods), or bits of fabric you can use to make home decor items or accessories.

For more information, visit our page here.

WATERCOLOR QUILT WORKSHOP

January 9th, 2021
Virtual, via Zoom
10:00 - 3:30
$40

This workshop will NOT be recorded.

Description: The Watercolor Quilt is a wall hanging made from one large block that uses curved piecing to create the illusion of transparency from overlapping circles. The class will cover my process for building a fabric gradation and tips and tricks for stress-free curved piecing. Take the guesswork out of color selection by using one of the published color gradations inside the pattern! The Watercolor Quilt finishes at 32 x 32.

There is about an hour of prework that will be essential for students to complete in advance of the workshop. This prework is listed on the supply list.

SUPPLY LIST IS AVAILABLE HERE.

Audrey has activated a 20% discount code on all patterns on her website for all PMQG members. This code is active now through 1/31/2020. The code is Portland20, and the guild members can enter this code at checkout.

Barn Quilt Painting is a popular, lively class with guided instruction that will take you through the process of painting a Barn Quilt from beginning to completion. You will choose a quilt pattern from dozens offered, or you may bring a favorite (instructor will evaluate the difficulty). You will leave with your own masterpiece, ready for hanging and possibly the inspiration to participate in a Barn Quilt Trail in your neighborhood.

For more information about signups, click here.

Sandra Clemons will teach a workshop on her quilt, Magic, from her book, Scrap Patchwork: Traditionally Modern Quilts.

Students of any drawing level are invited to join Rebecca Ringquist for this full-day workshop exploring drawing techniques for machine embroidery. We will warm up by sketching on paper using blind contour techniques, drawing from both life and memory.    After an hour or so of fast drawings on paper, we will move on to translating these techniques into drawing with needles and thread.  A variety of transfer techniques will be demonstrated and employed.  Emphasis will be on experimentation and fast sample making.  If you have been looking for a way to loosen up and add imagery and meaning to your quilts, this is your class!

Jen Carlton Bailly presents her new workshop One Curve, Five Blocks, Hundreds of Ideas to PMQG.  In this class you'll take a simple curved block and mix it up, using all different methods of patchwork. You'll explore improv, slice & insert, curve in a curve, curved half square triangles, and patchwork. Once the blocks are sewn up, you’ll explore different ways to put the finished blocks together to create a design that’s uniquely yours! 

Learn an alternative to hand piecing clamshells, by learning to piece these big, bold and fun clamshells with your sewing machine. Learn the tricks and tips to piece your very own 8” or 12” Glam Clam Quilt in any quilt size that you’d like without pins and without ironing!

Make this bold modern quilt that was designed in homage to the classic pickled beets motif. In this fun class you will learn paper piecing and gain skill in curved piecing.