Boxes and Emeralds

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Last week, Colleen Wise spoke to our Guild at the June meeting.   She talked about her journey into quilting, some of the “cheats” she has developed over time, and how perfection isn’t exactly our friend when it thwarts our creativity.  This was followed by an inspiring trunk show of quilts. The next day she led nine MPS members in a workshop.  Due to an unfortunate misunderstanding, some of the participants were prepared to learn her “Boxes and Beyond” technique and others were ready to learn her “Emerald City” block method.  The quilts featured above are hers.  Colleen graciously offered to teach both techniques thatRead More →

MPS Mystery Quilts

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Back in July of 2016, MPS began a Mystery Quilt project.  The name of the project was “9-Patch Over-Under Mystery Quilt” by Susan C. Druding.  Each month, we revealed one or two clues to the project with the final clue being revealed in January.  Several of our quilters participated and the Grand Reveal was held this last April at our monthly meeting. Just look at these beauties! Even though everyone used the same pattern instructions, the variety in each quilt is remarkable.  Some were tiny, some were huge.  Do you see the “over-under” pattern? Everyone seemed to enjoy this project.  Even though it’s no longerRead More →

Workshop Photo

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On April 25, 2017, Robin Long presented her program, “The Many Uses of the Mariner’s Compass”, during the MPS Guild meeting.  Wow!  While Robin was speaking and showing us the many beautiful quilts she created using her method of strip piecing, the room was becoming super-charged by the rising level of energy.  Many members became inspired to try something new and her April 26th workshop sold out on the spot. Bright and early the next morning, twelve lucky quilters showed up at the Hudson Plaza to spend the day with Robin.  By 4 PM, they all had a Mariner’s Compass they could show off.  These beautiful blocks canRead More →

Inspire

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It certainly has been awhile since our last post!  We were having some website issues.  But all is well again and, hopefully, we’ll get back to blogging on a more regular basis. So for our first post-issue news item, I’d like to celebrate our oldest Guild member, Wilma Kribs.  Her New York Beauty quilt was hanging in our MPS quilt show at the Beaverton Library last month.  It caught the eye of Bill Volckening who is a collector of New York Beauties and has written a beautiful book about his collection. He was excited to see the quilt, and even more so when….. Well, it wouldRead More →

Open Book

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“Every Quilt Tells a Story.” That’s the theme of the Metropolitan Patchwork Society’s 2017 Quilt Show.  With that theme, what better place to hold the quilt show than at the beautiful Beaverton City Library located in the heart of Beaverton, Oregon! The quilt show will be held on National Quilting Day which is Saturday, March 18 this year.  It will be open from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.  And admission will be FREE! There will be plenty of free parking in the library lot. You’ll find all the information about the show on our Quilt Show Page. Details have been ironed out, dates set, andRead More →