An open small group, welcoming members from all backgrounds and skill levels. Our passion lies in collaborating on unique quilt projects, embracing our role as outliers in the quilting world. Together, we are excited to navigate the evolving landscape of modern quilting, sharing our creativity and camaraderie along the way.

Zoom link to join can be found in the Members Only section of the website.

Virtual small group - General chat with other PMQG members, best place to get help with a quilting question or guild activities question.

Zoom meeting link can be found in the Members Only section of the website.

Let's chat about less-than-traditional quilting techniques & styles. No patterns here!

Zoom meeting link can be found in the Members Only section of the website.

From Fast Fashion to Sustainable Stitching 

Radha is a textile artist and sustainability educator based in San Francisco. She’s a passionate advocate for sustainable making, blending craftsmanship, heritage, and creativity into every project. After a 15-year career in the apparel and textile industry at Levi’s, she founded Sewing through Fog in 2022 to reconnect with my family’s rich sewing tradition. 

Her lectures are infused with authenticity, humor, and heart, as she encourages others to find beauty in repurposing and to transform old fabrics into new treasures. 

The Zoom link can be found in the Members Only section of the website.

Website: sewingthroughfog.com
Instagram: @sewingthroughfog

An open small group, welcoming members from all backgrounds and skill levels. Our passion lies in collaborating on unique quilt projects, embracing our role as outliers in the quilting world. Together, we are excited to navigate the evolving landscape of modern quilting, sharing our creativity and camaraderie along the way.

Zoom link to join can be found in the Members Only section of the website.

Do you have fabric that looks blah? Learn to change what you have with common household items. We will discharge color from fabric and add a lovely pattern or design to the fabric by bleaching out the color. Learn how to use common household items to change the look of the fabric by printing a pattern or design on fabric.

This class is a 4 hour experiment for you to try your hand at printing and discharging ink, something different than the regular printing process that a lot of us have seen or know how to do. We will use common items that you can find in your basement or kids room to print on fabric, making a pattern or just a central image. Bring your open mind and creative spirit and spend a few hours making something fun!

Materials:
Bring one yard of a dark color fabric, 100% cotton works best and one yard of a light color fabric to print on (this does not need to be 100% cotton).

We will provide:
Ink, several rollers for printing and several items to use for printing/discharging patterns on your fabric. We will also have a large bin of free fabric for you to use for tests.

Tickets are available in the PMQG Shop

Virtual small group - General chat with other PMQG members, best place to get help with a quilting question or guild activities question.

Zoom meeting link can be found in the Members Only section of the website.

Charity Sew days are hosted by PMQG member Cath Hall at Modern Domestic (422 NE Alberta Street) from 10:30am until 4pm.  

Just bring yourself! Everything needed for Charity Sew Days is generously supplied by Modern Domestic (mats, rotary cutters, irons, rulers, Bernina sewing machines, a Bernina long arm machine and even a Bernina table top quilting machine).  Whether you prefer cutting, ironing, piecing or quilting, there’s a job for everyone! You can stay all day or drop by for an hour or two.  Many hands means many charity quilts!

Modern Domestic even offers PMQG participants a 20% discount on all purchases made at Charity Sew Days!

Join us for a relaxing and creative evening at Portland Wine Company! It’s the perfect way to unwind, connect, and get inspired. Bring any hand project you’re working on or just come as you are!

Grab a drink, chat with fellow guild members, and enjoy some peaceful, crafty time. This cozy event is open to all Portland Modern Quilt Guild (PMQG) members, offering the perfect opportunity to stitch, sip, and socialize. Enjoy a selection of wine, beer on tap, non-alcoholic beverages, and snacks while working on your hand-sewing projects in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. Let’s sew, chat, and toast to creativity—see you there!

An open small group, welcoming members from all backgrounds and skill levels. Our passion lies in collaborating on unique quilt projects, embracing our role as outliers in the quilting world. Together, we are excited to navigate the evolving landscape of modern quilting, sharing our creativity and camaraderie along the way.

Zoom link to join can be found in the Members Only section of the website.

Virtual small group - General chat with other PMQG members, best place to get help with a quilting question or guild activities question.

Zoom meeting link can be found in the Members Only section of the website.

After fabric sale from 6:00pm - 7:30pm

With a background in art and graphic design, Taylor found her passion in creating modern quilt patterns that inspire today’s quilters. Her style is all about clean lines, simple shapes, and bold, geometric designs that make a statement.

Website: toadandsew.com/
Instagram: @toadandsew

Saturday, September 19, Time, Location and Cost TBD

Ready to take your quilts to the next level with gorgeous, intentional color choices? This workshop is all about discovering, designing, and playing with color to bring your creative vision to life. We’ll start by digging into where to find inspiration (hello, Pinterest!), learning how to use keywords to uncover the colors and themes you’re naturally drawn to. Then, we’ll explore the basics of color theory in a way that’s simple and fun, using tools like Coolors.co to create your very own color palettes.

Once you’ve got the hang of colors, we’ll dive into how to use them in your quilting projects. You’ll learn how value and contrast can make or break a design and use digital tools like QuiltInk.com and Quilty Solid to test out your ideas before cutting into fabric. By the end of the day, you’ll have an inspiration board full of ideas, custom palettes you love, and quilt mock-ups ready to go. It’s going to be a fun, hands-on class that’ll leave you excited to tackle your next quilt with confidence!

As a former textile and apparel designer, Blair has a keen understanding of color, the relationships between them, and how to apply them to our quilts. Colors, as well as meaningful fabrics inspire my quilt design. She enjoys playing with the traditional idea of the “scrappy quilt”in a more modern way.

Understanding and using the color value differences between your fabrics in an intenional way can be a powerful design tool. It can create unique “sparkle” to your work. In this lecture, Blair will take you through a practical exploration of color value relationships between fabrics in your stash, how to understand it, and more importantly how to use it in your quilts. You will leave with brand new inspiration for your existing stash!

Website: wisecrafthandmade.com/
Instagram: @blairs

We will divide your stash into three values and learn the design elements of complex color value relationships as we make the Starflake Quilt. Built using only green fabric scraps until Blair got tired of them and switched to pink, it is her most popular pattern and was exhibited at QuiltCon 2019. We will cover concepts like using the same fabric for different values, how to set design parameters that inspire you, and making consistent design decisions in a complex design like this. Suitable for intermediate quilters.

Note: This workshop requires the purchase of the Starflake quilt pattern per student.