Mini Diamond Blocks

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Submitted by Dianne McD. At our last MPS guild meeting held on September 26th, 2023, we welcomed Krista Moser as our guest lecturer.  Krista introduced us to a new Creative Grids ruler that she designed, and then she took us on a whirlwind virtual tour through her trunk of quilts! At the end, many of us had visions of angular quilt blocks dancing in our heads. Her ruler is called the 60-degree Diamond, and the Big comes in an 8 1/2 inch version and the Mini in a 4 1/2 inch version.  With this ruler, one can cut diamonds, triangles, trapezoids, parallelograms, and even hexagons. Read More →

Book Cover

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Submitted by Dianne McD. Have you ever heard of a Hope quilt?  I hadn’t until the other day when the author of a new novel called “Scraps” reached out to MPS to tell us about his newest novel.  Dr. Ted M. Moore was inspired to write this novel by the Hope quilt that his mother had made for his father while he was flying missions during World War II.  In fact, the photo on the book cover is of the actual quilt his mother made. Dr. Moore summarizes his novel in this way: Jake Conner has spent the last three years fighting a war heRead More →

Envelope and Daisy

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Greetings All! It’s almost the middle of September already and MPS continues to thrive! We had an outstanding (in every way) silent auction in August that resulted in a record setting total that will go straight into the wonderful programs for 2023-2024 that our Programs team has planned.  Thank you one and all for helping organize, bundle, set up, shop, tally, run and take down for this sensational event.  Brava! Speaking of Programs, we welcome April Campbell to that team.  She has enthusiastically signed on to be a part of this vital MPS opportunity.  Thank you, April! So, here is a confession….I always have knownRead More →

Idea Pad

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Submitted by Dianne McD. It’s been a little over 9 months since MPS announced the quilt challenge for 2023.  The theme is “Heritage on a Small Scale” and you can read more about the challenge by following the button link below. I really like this particular challenge and have been thinking about what I could create for it.  So far it’s been lots of random ideas with nothing cohesive coming together to make a smallish challenge quilt.  Nothing feels quite right. Deb Messina is an MPS member who has accepted the challenge, but had also struggled to come up with a concrete plan.  Deb ownsRead More →

Lori Mason Image

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Submitted by Dianne McD. Lori Mason is a textile artist with a studio in Portland, Oregon.  Besides quilting, she has also designed fabrics for RJR and Andover fabric companies. Her work will be featured at The Dalles Art Center beginning today, September 7, 2023 until September 30th.  This will be the first time many of her memorial quilts will be available for public viewing.  The exhibit will also include some of her studio quilts and her fabrics. You can read more about the exhibit by clicking the button below.  I’ve also included a link to a video from Storymind Productions about her work.  It’s aboutRead More →