Austin Modern Quilt Guild

AMQG Afternoon Tea Bee (2nd Sunday Dates)

Start
Sunday, June 09, 2024
End
Sunday, December 08, 2024
Schedule
7 sessions
Location
Beehive Craft Studio, 7010 Burnet Road, Ste. B, Austin, Texas 78757

Get together with fellow quilters and enjoy an afternoon quilting, doing handwork, chatting, sharing project ideas, etc.

Show and Tell - Bring items to share, we love to see what you have been working on.

Space is limited - email kahleiarhawkins@gmail.com if you plan to attend the Tea Bee.

**This bee meets on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the Month. Please note the other event with dates for the 4th Sunday!**

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AMQG Southern Bee

Start
Sunday, June 09, 2024
End
Sunday, December 08, 2024
Schedule
7 sessions
Location
Oakhill Community Center, 8656 State Hwy 71, Austin

Get together with fellow quilters and enjoy a Sunday afternoon quilting, doing handwork, chatting, sharing project ideas, etc.

Show and Tell - Bring items to share, we love to see what you have been working on.

Upcoming Dates:

July 21st August 18th September 8th October 13th

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AMQG Afternoon Tea Bee (4th Sunday Dates)

Start
Sunday, June 23, 2024
End
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Schedule
7 sessions
Location
Beehive Craft Studio, 7010 Burnet Road, Ste. B, Austin, Texas 78757

Get together with fellow quilters and enjoy an afternoon quilting, doing handwork, chatting, sharing project ideas, etc.

Show and Tell - Bring items to share, we love to see what you have been working on.

Space is limited - email kahleiarhawkins@gmail.com if you plan to attend the Tea Bee.

**This bee meets on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the Month. Please note the other event with dates for the 2nd Sunday!**

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Sip and Sew Bee

Start
Tuesday, July 09, 2024
End
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Schedule
6 sessions

Bring some hand sewing, crochet, knitting, or needlework and sip and sew with friends!

This is an informal gathering to enjoy sewing and friendship. We hope to see you there!

July 9th: Melissa - 1509 Braided Rope Dr., Round Rock

August 13: Becky - 905 Kinney Ave, Austin

September 10: Sarah - 3609 Laurel Bay Loop, Round Rock

October 8:

November 12:

December 10: Donna Phelps - 2120 Hawthorne Loop, Driftwood

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August General Meeting

When
Thursday, August 01, 2024
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

Join us for the AMQG Olympics. Bring your Sewing Machines, be ready to work together for a fun, Hands-on meeting that will challenge your skills. See you then!

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AMQG Northern Bee

Start
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
End
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Schedule
5 sessions
Location
April Atlas Home, 7000 Cassye Cove, Austin, Texas 78759

Get together with fellow quilters and enjoy some Wednesday morning quilting, handwork, chatting, sharing project ideas, etc.

Show and Tell - Bring items to share, we love to see what you have been working on.

Note: This Bee is on summer vacation! No meeting in June or July 2024. We will resume in August 2024. Have a great summer!

Contact April Atlas with questions: 305-505-3061 or april_atlas@bellsouth.net

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September Meeting

When
Thursday, September 05, 2024
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

Join us for the September meeting.

This year's Challenge Quilt theme was to make a modern quilt from 1-3 Jelly Rolls. Bring your finished, bound, labeled (at least) 65"x85" quilt to the meeting. We will showcase them to all and we'll vote for winners in a few different fun categories. See you then!

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Service Sewing Day

When
Saturday, September 07, 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location
Southeast Health and Wellness Center, 2901 Montopolis Dr., ATX 78741

Register

Join us at the Southeast Health and Wellness Center

for a community sewing day.

September 7th is Jelly Roll Day, but jelly rolls are not required to attend! We'd love to have you join us to assemble charity blocks, piece backings for quilts, cut batting, assemble take home kits, work on binding and labeling, etc.

Please register so we know how many folks will be there. But if you decide last minute to join us, don't worry if you haven't registered yet!

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AMQG Open House - Open Sewing Day

When
Saturday, September 14, 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location
Cherrywood Event Center, 1605 38th 1/2 St., Austin, TX 78722

Come check out the new Austin Modern Quilt Guild meeting space! Stay for a day of open sewing! Bring your latest project and hang out for the day or just stop in to see our new digs!

Cherrywood Center

1605 E. 38 1/2 St.

Austin, TX 78722

We will have Open Sewing set up in the Community Room, which is the portion of the complex most on the corner of Cherrywood St. and E. 38 1/2 St. There is street parking available on Cherrywood St., or head around to the back of the building for the parking lot. There is a ramp that leads to the main building from the parking lot. Handicap parking is available at street level off of E. 38th St.

Reach out to any AMQG Board member for more information about the new space.

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Stay-At-Home Retreat

Start
Saturday, September 28, 2024
9:00 AM
End
Sunday, September 29, 2024
6:00 PM
Location
Over The Top Quilting, 200 Buttercup Creek Blvd. #111, Cedar Park, TX 78613
Spaces left
8

Registration is closed

Looking for a weekend of sewing without any interruptions? Join fellow quilty friends for two days of sewing at Over The Top Quilting Studio in Cedar Park.
Sew with your friends during the day, sleep in your own bed at night.

Dates and Times:
Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 9:00am - 9:00pm
Sunday, September 29, 2024 from 9:00am - 6:00pm
Cost: $50 for the weekend
Registration Limit: 8
The studio has design walls, cutting tables, ironing stations, refrigerator.
Registration for this event will open 60 days prior to the start of the event.
Masks are optional.

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October General Meeting with Libs Elliott

When
Thursday, October 03, 2024
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
Cherrywood Event Center, 1605 E. 38th 1/2 St., Austin TX 78722

Libs Elliott will be joining us for our October Meeting. This meeting will be for members only.

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Embrace the Chaos w/Libs Elliott

When
Friday, October 04, 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location
Austin Sewing Machines and Quilting, 1601 N. 135 Frontage Road, Round Rock TX 78664
Spaces left
0

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Embrace the Chaos - An Exercise in Controlled Randomness- taught in-person by Libs Elliot

Using only paper and pencils - no computers required! - Libs will walk students through a series of worksheet exercises that mimic the programming language she uses to generate her quilt patterns. By using controlled elements in a random way, each participant will end up with a unique quilt pattern layout - no two Chaos Quilts are the same!

As a group, we'll discuss design flow and tweak our individual layouts. Then we'll cut fabric and work on piecing our designs, using provided block-building instructions. At the end of the class, each participant will leave with his/her own random geometric quilt design and will have the knowledge required to complete this project. This full day workshop allows time for drafting, design and initial block construction.

Class Supply List:

Fabric -

Libs suggests bringing a total of at least 2 yards of fabric (or 8-12 fat quarters or half yard cuts), in a variety of 5-10 different prints/solids that you love and would like to see together in a quilt. Go as simple or wild as you like! For fabric inspiration, look up #embracethechaosquilt (or even #rebelquilt) on Instagram as the quilts we'll be drafting will be similar in style.

Additional Supplies -

sewing machine
colored pencils or markers - will be used to color our quilt designs
pencil & eraser
small ruler
straight pins
scissors
thread
quilting ruler - unfinished block sizes are 6 1/2" or 8 1/2", so bring a ruler that makes it easiest to cut up these sizes.
rotary cutter*
cutting mat*
iron*

*AMQG will supply some cutting stations and ironing stations.

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Improv Piecing with Dynamic Stripes w/Libs Elliott

When
Saturday, October 05, 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location
Austin Sewing Machines and Quilting, 1601 N. 135 Frontage Road, Round Rock TX 78664
Spaces left
0
Registered
15 registrants

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Improv Piecing with Dynamic Stripes - taught in-person by Libs Elliot

In this workshop, we will explore visually dynamic striped piecing and create one-of-a-kind striped compositions. We'll review examples of how color, size and angles can affect visual outcome. We will cover strip-piecing, and how to cut equilateral and half-square triangles. Libs will share tips on ironing, pinning to line up seams. Participants will be able to make choices on what kind of stripes they want to make and how they want to cut their block pieces so, in the end, no two compositions are alike. During the course of the class, we'll share our progress for group input.

By the end of the session, participants will have the knowledge and motivation to complete the project at home.

Class Supply List:

Fabric:

(8) 1/2 yard cuts of solid or tonal print fabrics - Options:
- a range of one or two colors from light to dark values OR
- black and white (or several different blacks and whites) OR
- high contrast colors e.g. bright blues and bright reds

Additional Supplies:

pencil or marking tool (pen, chalk pen, marker, etc.)
straight pins
stitch ripper
scissors
thread
sewing machine
6"x24" ruler
Optional: Hex 'n More Ruler by Jaybird quilts for cutting equilateral triangles - a great ruler for cutting hexagons, half-hexes, kites and triangles
rotary cutter*
cutting mat*
iron*

*AMQG will provide some cutting and ironing stations.

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November General Meeting

When
Thursday, November 07, 2024
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Cherrywood Center, 1605 E. 38 1/2 St., Austin TX 78722

The team from Quilt Alliance will be joining us to talk about their work to preserve the stories of today's quiltmakers from all over the US and around the world. Quilt Alliance is a non-profit organization established in 1993 with a mission to document, preserve and share our American quilt heritage by collecting rich stories that historic and contemporary quilts, and their makers, tell about our nation's diverse peoples and their communities.

The Austin Modern Quilt Guild will also host a Quilt Alliance weekend on Saturday, November 9th at the Southeast Health and Wellness Center. Stay tuned for more information about how to participate!

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Quilt Alliance - Filming Event

When
Saturday, November 09, 2024
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location
Southeast Health & Wellness Center,

The Austin Modern Quilt Guild is hosting Quilt Alliance for the day to film and capture Austin quilter's history in the form of either a Go Tell It! video or a Quilters' Save Our Stories Video. Stay tuned for details about how to participate as we get closer to the date!

Go Tell It! is a video documentation project designed to preserve the stories of quilts as told by their makers or owners. One person. One quilt. One camera. Three minutes. Another quilt story saved!

Quilters’ Save Our Stories is a grassroots oral history project preserving the stories of today’s quiltmakers from all over the U.S. and around the world. Collection is archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries.

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December General Meeting - Swap and Sewcial

When
Thursday, December 05, 2024
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
Pinthouse Brewing, 2201 E. Ben White Blvd., Austin TX 78741

We're going out on the town for our December Holiday Social meeting!

More details about the swap to come soon!

Join us at Pinthouse Brewing, 2201 E. Ben White Blvd, Austin TX 78741.

Food and drink are available for patrons to order at their own expense. No fee to attend.

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Grand Cram Slam - Southeast Health & Wellness Center

When
Saturday, December 07, 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location
Southeast Health and Wellness Center, 2901 Montopolis Dr., ATX 78741

Join us at the Southeast Health and Wellness Center for an open sewing day!

Bring all your last-minute holiday projects that you need to focus and finish!

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Grand Cram Slam - Cherrywood

When
Saturday, December 07, 2024
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location
Cherrywood Event Center, 1605 E. 38th 1/2 St., Austin, TX 78722

Join us at the Cherrywood Event Center for an open sewing day!

Bring all your last-minute holiday projects that you need to focus and finish!

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January 2025 General Meeting

When
Thursday, January 02, 2025
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
Cherrywood Center, 1605 E. 38 1/2 St. Austin, TX 78722

Join us for the January General Meeting. See you then!

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Stay-At-Home Retreat

Start
Saturday, January 11, 2025
9:00 AM
End
Sunday, January 12, 2025
6:00 PM
Location
Over The Top Quilting, 200 Buttercup Creek Blvd. #111, Cedar Park, TX 78613
Spaces left
8

Looking for a weekend of sewing without any interruptions? Join fellow quilty friends for two days of sewing at Over The Top Quilting Studio in Cedar Park.
Sew with your friends during the day, sleep in your own bed at night.

Dates and Times:
Saturday, January 11, 2025 from 9:00am - 9:00pm

Sunday, January 12, 2025 from 9:00am - 6:00pm

Cost: $60 for the weekend

Registration Limit: 8
The studio has design walls, cutting tables, ironing stations, refrigerator.
Registration for this event will open 60 days prior to the start of the event.
Masks are optional.

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Out Of Town Retreat

Start
Friday, January 31, 2025
11:00 AM
End
Sunday, February 02, 2025
3:00 PM
Location
Mountain Laurel Retreat, 7490 Wegner Road New Braunfels, Texas 78132
Spaces left
10

January 31-February 2, 2025

Registration will open 90 days prior to the retreat.

This is a two-night retreat for a maximum of 10 people at the Mountain Laurel Retreat, 7490 Wegner Road, New Braunfels, TX 78132. The cost of the event is $155. Check in is at noon on Friday, January 31. Check out is at 3pm on Sunday, February 2nd.

This is a great location and a good time to tune out all the distractions of everyday life and focus on getting your projects completed. Sew with friends, shop at quilt stores in New Braunfels or enjoy a meal out in town.

This is a one level retreat with no steps. Everyone will have their own sewing space and design wall. There are 3 bedrooms and 10 beds. Each person will have their own bed. There are 3 full bathrooms. Towels, body wash and make up wipes are provided. Bed and bath linens are provided including pillows, but you're welcome to bring your own. The kitchen is stocked with appliances, cookware, tableware, paper products and condiments. Meals are not provided. Coffee and tea are provided. There are (2) 12 cup coffee pots and a Keurig.

Wi-Fi internet is available if you would like to bring your laptops or devices.

More information can be found here.

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February 2025 General Meeting

When
Thursday, February 06, 2025
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
Cherrywood Center, 1605 E. 38 1/2 St. Austin, TX 78722

Join us for the February General Meeting. See you then!

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March 2025 General Meeting

When
Thursday, March 06, 2025
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
Cherrywood Center, 1605 E. 38 1/2 St. Austin, TX 78722

Melissa de Leon Mason(@quiltallthethings) will be joining us! She will present a lecture at our meeting and be in town for two Foundation Paper Piecing workshops!

Melissa was a favorite speaker and teacher at 2024's QuiltCon in Raleigh, NC. She will be joining us in Austin shortly after teaching and speaking again at QuiltCon 2025 in Phoenix!

This meeting will be for members-only.

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6-hour FPP Design Workshop with Melissa de Leon Mason

When
Friday, March 07, 2025
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Spaces left
20

6-hour Foundation Paper Piecing Design Class

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3-hour Foundation Paper Piecing Design Workshop - Austin MQG & Melissa de Leon Mason

When
Saturday, March 08, 2025
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

3-hour Foundation Paper Piecing Design Workshop

This class will be instruction only. There will not be time in the class to sew your designs nor will you be taught the skill of Foundation Paper Piecing

This workshop will be open for registration on January 8th, initially to members only.

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Stay-At-Home Retreat

Start
Saturday, March 29, 2025
9:00 AM
End
Sunday, March 30, 2025
6:00 PM
Location
Over The Top Quilting, 200 Buttercup Creek Blvd. #111, Cedar Park, TX 78613
Spaces left
8

Registration is closed

Looking for a weekend of sewing without any interruptions? Join fellow quilty friends for two days of sewing at Over The Top Quilting Studio in Cedar Park.
Sew with your friends during the day, sleep in your own bed at night.

Dates and Times:
Saturday, March 29, 2025 from 9:00am - 9:00pm

Sunday, March 30, 2025 from 9:00am - 6:00pm

Cost: $60 for the weekend

Registration Limit: 8
The studio has design walls, cutting tables, ironing stations, refrigerator.
Registration for this event will open 60 days prior to the start of the event.
Masks are optional.

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Stay-At-Home Retreat

Start
Saturday, May 17, 2025
9:00 AM
End
Sunday, May 18, 2025
6:00 PM
Location
Over The Top Quilting, 200 Buttercup Creek Blvd. #111, Cedar Park, TX 78613
Spaces left
8

Looking for a weekend of sewing without any interruptions? Join fellow quilty friends for two days of sewing at

Over The Top Quilting Studio in Cedar Park.

Sew with your friends during the day, sleep in your own bed at night.

Dates and Times:
Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 9:00am - 9:00pm

Sunday, May 18, 2025 from 9:00am - 6:00pm

Cost: $60 for the weekend

Registration Limit: 8

The studio has design walls, cutting tables, ironing stations, refrigerator.

Registration for this event will open 60 days prior to the start of the event.

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Stay-At-Home Retreat

Start
Saturday, July 26, 2025
9:00 AM
End
Sunday, July 27, 2025
6:00 PM
Location
Over The Top Quilting, 200 Buttercup Creek Blvd. #111, Cedar Park, TX 78613
Spaces left
8

Looking for a weekend of sewing without any interruptions? Join fellow quilty friends for two days of sewing at

Over The Top Quilting Studio in Cedar Park.

Sew with your friends during the day, sleep in your own bed at night.

Dates and Times:
Saturday, July 26, 2025 from 9:00am - 9:00pm

Sunday, July 27, 2025 from 9:00am - 6:00pm

Cost: $60 for the weekend

Registration Limit: 8

The studio has design walls, cutting tables, ironing stations, refrigerator.

Registration for this event will open 60 days prior to the start of the event.

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Stay-At-Home Retreat

Start
Saturday, September 13, 2025
9:00 AM
End
Sunday, September 14, 2025
6:00 PM
Location
Over The Top Quilting, 200 Buttercup Creek Blvd. #111, Cedar Park, TX 78613
Spaces left
8

Looking for a weekend of sewing without any interruptions? Join fellow quilty friends for two days of sewing at

Over The Top Quilting Studio in Cedar Park.

Sew with your friends during the day, sleep in your own bed at night.

Dates and Times:
Saturday, September 13, 2025 from 9:00am - 9:00pm

Sunday, September 14, 2025 from 9:00am - 6:00pm

Cost: $60 for the weekend

Registration Limit: 8

The studio has design walls, cutting tables, ironing stations, refrigerator.

Registration for this event will open 60 days prior to the start of the event.

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