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Dallas modern quilt guild meetings
Monthly Meetings
The monthly meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of the month, with rare exception, mostly no meeting in November, and the December meeting being on a different week of the month.
Location
All meetings are at 7-9 PM in the fellowship hall of Walnut Hill United Methodist Church at 10066 Marsh Lane, in Dallas TX
Tuesday, April 22 - Teresa Duryea Wong - Third Floor Quilts
NOTE: Our monthly meeting was moved to Tuesday, the 22nd due to a conflict with our Spring Retreat.
Teresa Duryea Wong is an author, lecturer, and quilt historian. She is the author of Sewing & Survival: Native American Quilts from 1880 – 2022, and five additional books covering Japanese quilts and textiles, American quilts and cotton, and quilts for social justice. She is a contributing writer for Quiltfolk. Teresa is a member of the International Quilt Museum advisory board and the Quilt Alliance board. She has been recognized as a scholar by the Visions Museum of Textile Art in San Diego and the Texas Quilt Museum. She is also a quiltmaker and antique quilt collector.
Teresa will be presenting her "The Calling of Quilt Collectors" lecture. Quilt collectors play a critical role in the circle of life of art. When museums and collectors purchase a quilt, the work of the artist is immediately validated, and the quilt obtains a monetary value that did not exist before. This lecture will explore the collections of major antique quilt collectors such as Joanna Rose, Eli Leon, and Robert & Ardis James – and why their vision and passion are so important to quilt preservation. In addition, you’ll be introduced to the collections of Robert & Helen Cargo, Frank Klein, Jack Walsh, and Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi. Hear the stories of these collectors and how their passion spurred their hunt for quilts.
$10 at the door for non-members.
Thursday, May 22 - Quilt Bingo
We will be playing Quilt Bingo in May!
In this version of bingo, everyone will be to make their bingo quilt block and bring it to the meeting.
The bingo quilt block is made as a 5x5 grid block using 2.5” squares. The first row will be made up of red fabrics, and you will pick 5 red fabrics that fall into the specific categories below. The other four rows will yellow, green, blue, and purple, following the same design categories. We will have a bingo emcee that will call the options such as “blue floral” or “yellow stripe”. You need 5 in a row to win!
The following are the fabric categories that you can use (only one per category per color):
· Solids
· Batik
· Floral
· Stripe
· Plaid/Gingham
· Dots / Circles
· Tone on Tone
· Geometric
· Animal/Insect
· Holiday
· Novelty
At the end of the meeting, you can turn in your bingo quilt block and we’ll use them to make a charity quilt!
We will also have blank bingo cards available for anyone who doesn’t have time to make their block before the meeting, and you can write in your choices before we start playing.
Thursday, June 26 - Anna Dineen - My Wandering Path
Anna Dineen from My Wandering Path will be joining us for a trunk show, more details to follow!
Thursday, July 24th - Raffle Drawing and Scrap Challenge Reveal
We will be announcing the winner of our raffle quilt - "Leaf Peeping"!
We will also have the final reveal of our scrap challenge!
Thursday, August 28 - Destash is Back!
August is Destash month!
Take some time to go through your stash and pack up any sewing related items that you no longer want or need to donate to the DMQG Destash night at the August meeting. All raised funds will benefit DMQG and be used for upcoming programs and activities.
WHAT TO DO:
Box or bag up your unwanted sewing related treasures, including fabric, notions, rulers, books, patterns, etc. Scraps can be in zip-lock bags.
HOW IT WORKS:
Volunteers will take your donations and sort by category.
You will purchase a canvas tote bag for $20 at the Merchandise table before the meeting or during the break.
During the break, you will be able to “window shop”. Shopping will start after the break.