MPavilion, Australia’s premier architecture commission created by Naomi Milgrom, annually hosts world-renowned architects to design a pavilion in Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne. For its tenth anniversary, Tadao Ando, a leading Japanese architect, was selected. Ando’s pavilion features a striking aluminium-clad disc supported by a central column, creating a space reminiscent of a traditional Japanese garden. […]
The Melbourne Modern Quilt Guild began 2022 with a short challenge that sought to stretch the imagination of those who participated. The challenge: Make a modern mini quilt (max. 24” square) based on one of these three traditional Baltimore blocks: Participants were asked to take some of the core features of these Baltimore blocks – like […]
By Eleri One person’s adventure in time and fabric Back in April 2016, we were all offered an opportunity to join a new Guild bee called The Travelling Quilt Project. Naturally, with my motto of “sure, I’ll give it a go – after all, how hard can it be?”, I stuck up my hand as […]
Let’s talk fabric cutters. Given the Guild’s recent AccuQuilt GO! acquisition I thought I would share my experience after having had the opportunity to have a ‘play’. Let me preface this by saying that in the past I have been resistant to using fabric cutters. I heard all the rave reviews and I’ve seen the amazing […]
At our last Super Sit and Sew Day event, we were lucky enough to have our own Judy Hammersla talk about thread, specifically Aurfil thread. She is a quilter, and thread lover, and through her direct working relationship with Aurifil, was able to give us an insight into Aurifil thread and why it is so […]
Written by Cathy Barbagello Before I start, let me say that I LOVE Jacquie Gering. From the posts that she has given as chair of the Modern Quilt Guild, to her videos on Craftsy, I love her. I love her work. I love her outlook and design aesthetic. I love that when she talks, I […]
Every year, the Modern Quilt Guild hosts a charity quilt challenge for members to participate in. The challenge includes a theme and a set colour palette to work within, and quilts entered are showcased at QuiltCon. This year, the directive was to “play with scale”, and the colour palette given was: One of our members, Andi Herman, […]
Written by Cathy Barbagallo Recently many of us were able to enjoy the amazing exhibit at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) on the ‘Making of the Australian Quilt’. The exhibit featured numerous quilts that are normally housed at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), and are shown rarely due to their delicate nature. The […]
by Alys Gagnon Welcome to a new series of book reviews, brought to you by the Melbourne Modern Quilt Guild. With the explosion of interest and flurry of activity in modern quilting has come an enormous array of new books full of guidance, technique and importantly, new patterns. The Guild wants to explore these books, […]
MMQG members know the best way to make it through a Melbourne winter is to gather in a group and make quilts. So that’s what we did. And we were so delighted to welcome some new members to the team! And we especially love when new members bring Show and Tell to their very first […]