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How would you decorate a quilty egg block? Claire Young In time for thoughts of Easter, a celebration of Ukrainian pysankas or simply a...

Scrappy String Blocks It's time for scrappy String Blocks. Foundation Paper String Blocks - unfinished at 8 1/2 inches Collection at...

As the warm weather comes, we start to think about all the wonderful spring and summer activities: road trips, drinks on the patio,...

Taking a page from February's focus on all things Valentine, we seek the key to your quilty heart with a variation of the keyhole block!...

Economy Blocks to the Max Our January programming on Maximalism in Modern Quilting inspires our next Block for Good. Economy Block -...

We are kicking off 2024 with a fun transparency block as a block lotto! What is a transparency block? They are designs in which blocks of...

Our Blocks for Good program has been producing so many great quilts! We thank everyone so much for their continued involvement in this...

Wonky Curves Your next lotto block involves wonky curves, so relax, release those ruler restrictions and freely cut those curves without...

We are changing our rotation up a wee bit, and running another Blocks for Good over the summer. But don't worry, We will be bringing back...

Disappearing Four Patch 8.5" unfinished Melanie R shared this great little tutorial from JenniferJones aka @penelopehandmade Jennifer is...

April Block Lotto "Plus Sign" block. This block is also known as a Cross block and is a part of the nine-patch family! Measurement &...

Back in September, we announced a new program - Blocks for Good. This streamlines our community giving efforts, while still giving...

Spectacle Quilt Blocks Again we are giving you 2 months to make your Blocks for Good. We are running Block lotto every 3 months, so have...

Let’s start off the New Year with a very cool block! This modern block is from one of the best resources included with your Calgary MQG...

Scrap Buster Edition We are running this round for 2 months, so it will be a good little project to keep you going over the holidays....

It's also only the 2nd one for this year! :-) By special request, we are digging into the Calgary MQG Block Lotto archives from 2017,...

Blocks for Good is a new program to help support the guild's Community Giving initiatives. In several ways, it is similar to our Block...

As I write this, we are in the middle of a heat wave, but the countdown is on. The weather will be cooling and the kids getting back to...