About Us
About Us
What's Our Email?
If you would like to contact the guild for any reason, you can send an email to
info.frmqg@gmail.com, and we will reply to you as quickly as possible.
What's your web address?
www.frontrangemodernquiltguild.com
When Do You Meet?
Please check the HOME PAGE for the meeting dates and information on programming.
We call this a "meet-and-sew" where we have a regular guild meeting in the morning with light business and a program from 10am-12pm then have open sew from 12pm-5pm. Some people grab a bite to eat in between and come back and sew after. No rules- bring whatever you'd like to work on!
Where Do You Meet?
WE WILL BE IN VARIOUS ROOMS AT THE CASTLE ROCK LIBRARY for the first 6 months of 2024.
Check the home page for updates on guild meeting times and place.
What Is the Modern Quilt Guild style?
The Modern Quilt Guild brings together people who share an appreciation for a particular quilt aesthetic. It's not traditional quilting, or art quilting, or even defined by what is contemporary. It is a consistent style all on its own, and it has its roots in the Gee's Bend quilters who have been creating Modern Quilt Guild style quilts for over 100 years.
The MQG was born out of a desire to move the modern quilting community from a thriving internet community to an "in person" community. While the community continues to be hugely present online, it's been a joy for us to start meeting each other in person. The Modern Quilt Guild and its style thrive because of the Internet. Our quilters have blogs and are active on Flickr. We learn new techniques from online tutorials and You Tube videos and chat forums. We like to use old techniques in new ways and we're not afraid to break the rules. Our focus is on the overall aesthetic of the quilt and we're not concerned whether the quilt took 100 hours to complete or a single hour, whether you did it all on your machine or all by hand. We agree that all quilts should be crafted with the highest quality, but do not feel the need to measure our quilts against a standard. We just like it when the quilts are pretty!
Our quilts are functional--they are washed and used and loved. They generally won't be found on walls; they'll be found in cribs and on beds and on the kitchen floor covered in toys and cracker crumbs.
We buy fabric from Etsy and independent designers on Spoonflower in addition to our local shops. We use solids--a lot. We like fresh, fun prints and bold colors. We don't often use batiks, reproduction fabrics, or muted colors. Our quilts would be at home on the pages of Crate and Barrel or Anthropology catalogs, and look out of place at most quilt shows.
Our quilting heroes are women like Denyse Schmidt, Elizabeth Hartman, Jacquie Gering, Alissa Haight Carlton, and Ashley Williamson. The fabric designs that catch our eyes are designed by women like Ruby Star Society, Tula Pink, Anna Marie Horner and Heather Ross. The books we turn to are The Quilts of Gee's Bend, Fresh Quilting, Block Party, The Practical Guide to Patchwork, and I Love Patchwork. Instagramers we like are Lo and Behold Stitchery, Then Came June, ModernHandcraft, DiaryofaQuilter, and so many others.
The way we quilt is different, too. You will find stippling, and meandering, and pebbles, and circles, and straight lines and geometric designs...but you won't find a lot of stitching-in-the-ditch. You will find hand quilting, and machine quilting, home machines and long-arms. We believe that the way a quilt is quilted can be just as much a part of the beauty and the art of the quilt as the fabrics or pattern used.
The Modern Quilt Guild has a style that is an art in and of itself. We're very proud of this new quilting movement and hope you'll join us!
What Social Media sites are you on?
On Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Front-Range-Modern-Quilt-Guild/179262328791470
On Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/frontrangemodernquiltguild/.
On Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/frmqg/
We have another Flickr group for the Adventure swap and can be found at http://www.flickr.com/groups/1747704@N25/
If you have any questions about this, please don't hesitate to ask!
