Quilt Journal

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Submitted by Dianne McD. Do you journal about your quilts?  I usually take a photo of each of my quilts and store it on my phone or computer, and that’s about as far as it goes.  But that’s about to change. My friend, Christie, gave me a beautiful journal that she’d made.  That’s it in the photo.  For the last few months, I’ve been thinking about how best to put this journal to use.  A couple of weeks ago, I decided that it shall become my Quilt Journal.  How did I come to this decision?  Well, a couple of things inspired me… Last summer, whileRead More →

Mushrooms in Forest

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Submitted by Naomi Macione. Julie Beeler is a scientist, a forager, a very precise technician, a teacher, and a talented fabric artist. She lives up in Washington State, near Trout Lake, and can often be found out in the wilderness with her beautiful mushroom basket, and sweet dog by her side seeking out the very mundane, and very exotic mushrooms nearby, to attain the perfect fabric dyes. She appears as comfortable in her home working on her projects, as she does when foraging in Gifford Pinchot National Forest up near Mt. Adams. This button below provides a very informative article from Oregon Public Broadcasting, alongRead More →

Tree and Earth

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Submitted by Dianne McD. On April 22, 2023 which also happened to be Earth Day, MPS presented our biannual indoor quilt show at the Beaverton City Library.  We showed many beautiful and interesting quilts and had more than 300 attendees.  Many wandered in from the library and some came over from the Farmer’s Market that was in full swing across the street from the library.  And, of course, we had many of our own friends and family present to see our quilts on display.  We were thrilled to share our quilts with so many members of the community, many of whom are non-quilters.  Our “demonstrators”Read More →

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Submitted by Dianne McD.  (click on any image for a larger view) Back in February, I told you about a weaving exhibit being held at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU.  The name of the exhibit is “Weaving Data” and it explores the relationship between computers and weaving.  You can read that blog post here. In the comments, a couple of members suggested a field trip might be in order.  But it didn’t go any farther than that, until….. Member, Dawn W decided to take the bull by the horns and called the museum to set up a guided tour for MPS members.Read More →

Bunny Pillow

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Submitted by Dianne McD. At our MPS Guild meeting for March 2023, Laurie Wildey of 406 Quilts and Crafts came to us over Zoom and taught us Shannon Brinkley’s method of Scrappy Applique. Two days later, 13 MPS members gathered in the conference room of Bethel Congregational Church to try their hand at this new (to them) quilting technique.  The play day was facilitated by our Program Chairs, Christie and Liz.  Although the room was small, the success rate was huge! The theme for the day was Spring; and many bunnies and tulips (and a bird and a cat) were starting to appear as eachRead More →