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Our Blocks for Good project continues into the new year with another fun scrap-busting block. Scrappity Do Dah is a cheerful design that uses 5” squares and 1½” strips, making it a great way to use leftover charm squares and binding strips. As always, donated blocks will be sewn into a quilt to be gifted within our community. Blocks will be collected at CMQG meetings in February, March, April, and May 2026. Blocks will be assembled into scrappy quilts once collected. Fabric

Block Lotto is back in October! We are thrilled to announce our October Block Lotto - Wonky Modern Trees. If you've been around for a while, you'll recall this is a guild favourite and was a popular block lotto back in 2017 and 2022. Pattern: We'll be following the free pattern by Amy Smart - Diary of a Quilter, and will be making the large trees. Click here to access the free pattern/tutorial. Each block should end up roughly 7.5" x 9.5", but could end up slightly lar

We're kicking off 2025 with a new block lotto! Slip Knot by Patchwork Square Pattern and Instructions: This month we will make the Slip...

The December swap is a fun guild tradition where we each make something and then have a blind swap of our hand-made items at the December...

Flying Geese blocks are a favourite among quilters. They are versatile, fun to make, and offer plenty of ways to piece together. For...

Get ready for some spooky stitching fun! We're hosting a Halloween Hexie Swap  at our next guild meeting, and we'd love for you to join...

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,...

A-Tisket, A-Tasket, a lovely Easter basket! For this month's Block Lotto we will be drawing inspiration from a basket of pastel Easter...

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...

The December swap is a fun guild tradition where we each make something and then have a blind swap of our hand-made items at the December...

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...

June is our last guild meeting before summer officially starts, so it's time to announce our Summer Challenge for 2023! I used to be a...

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 &...

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...