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Current AMQG Members: Log in to your account to see the full calendar of events including meetings, bees, and workshops.

Upcoming events

  • AMQG Afternoon Tea Bee (4th Sunday Dates)

    • Sunday, February 25, 2024
    • Sunday, December 22, 2024
    • 11 sessions
    • 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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  • AMQG Afternoon Tea Bee (2nd Sunday Dates)

    • Sunday, March 10, 2024
    • Sunday, December 08, 2024
    • 10 sessions
    • 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

    • Sunday, March 10, 2024
    • Sunday, December 08, 2024
    • 10 sessions
    • 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.  


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  • AMQG Northern Bee

    • Wednesday, March 13, 2024
    • Wednesday, December 11, 2024
    • 10 sessions
    • 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.  

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


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  • Sip and Sew Bee

    • Tuesday, March 19, 2024
    • Tuesday, October 08, 2024
    • 8 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!

    March 19th Host: Sarah Huang - 3609 Laurel Bay Loop, Round Rock
    April 16th:  Meet at Over the Top to assemble bee charity quilt
    May 14th:  Debbie Best - 4413 East Hove Loop, Austin
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  • May General Meeting - Spring Swap and Sewcial

    • Thursday, May 02, 2024
    • 6:30 AM - 8:00 PM
    • First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

    Join us for the Spring Swap and Sewcial Meeting.  We will be Swapping our with our PinPals and having open sewcial time. 

    Bring a treat to share and your latest project to work on or pick out one of the service quilts to help with.


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  • Mini-Barn Quilt Workshop

    • Saturday, May 04, 2024
    • 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
    • Southeast Austin Health & Wellness Center, 2901 Montopolis, Austin 78741
    • 24 registrants

    What: Mini-Barn Quilt Workshop

    Where: Southeast Austin Health & Wellness Center

    When: Saturday, May 4th from 10:30-3:00pm This is a painting class, no quilting or sewing skills are necessary. 

    Who: Austin Modern Quilt Guild members and friends

    How much: FREE - donations accepted to the Austin Modern Quilt Guild PayPal account 

    Join us to paint a 12"x12" barn quilt in the design of your choice!  You don't need a barn! Hang it on your house, in your office or in your sewing space.  Hang it anywhere you'd like to bring a little bit of quilty goodness into your world!

    AMQG member, Beth Chinderle, will guide us through the process of designing, mapping out and painting your mini-Barn Quilt in this fun workshop at the Southeast Austin Health & Wellness Center on Saturday, May 4th from 10:30-3:00pm.  This is a painting class, no quilting or sewing skills are necessary.  Review the materials list to see what you will need to supply and what the guild will provide.


    This event is free, but it’s important to register on the 

    Austin Modern Quilt Guild webpage.

    If you would like to include a donation-based payment for this workshop, please use PayPal (Search @AustinMQG in your PayPal app or website).  Suggested donation for this event is $15/person.




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  • Quilted Shoes Workshop

    • Saturday, June 01, 2024
    • 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Southeast Health and Wellness Center, 2901 Montopolis Dr., ATX 78741
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    Quilted Shoes Workshop

    Join us to make a pair of quilted sneakers!  Austin Modern Quilt Guild President, Tessa Gonzales, will guide us through the process of designing, and constructing your own pair of quilted sneakers!

    Southeast Health & Wellness Center 

    Saturday, June 1st - 10:30-4:00 pm.  

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    Materials Required to purchase in advance: 

    • Buckle Bee Bags - Happy Feet! Quilted Sneaker Kit

      • Instructions, the shoe inserts and everything you need for attaching the soles to the uppers are included in this kit.  The kits are frequently restocked.  

      • If you have trouble finding your size - try Tandy Leather and/or Maker's Leather Supply.  Search for "sneaker kit" on their website(s).

    • You’ll need 2 yards of 1.75” binding 

    • ½ yard of quilting weight cotton for the uppers, tongue, and binding

    • ¼ yard (Fat Quarter preferred) for lining

    • ½ yard double sided fusible foam (Bosal In-R-Form, or Pellon Flex Foam FF79F2)

    • ½ yard midweight fusible interfacing (Pellon SF101)

    • ⅜” Two Part eyelets (36 of them). Hammer will be provided.

    • Laces 60” for high tops, 45” for low tops

    • We will assemble the shoes in the workshop.  Be sure to do any “piecing” of your quilt top before you come to class.  Assembling your quilt sandwich, quilting and cutting the pattern pieces will be done in class.

    • Free patterns and more information can be found here.  (The “Classic 3 IN 1” pattern is included with the Buckle Bee Bags kit)

    This event is free, but you must come to class with the required supplies.  

    It’s also important to register on the 

    Austin Modern Quilt Guild webpage.

    If you would like to include a donation-based payment for this workshop, please use PayPal

    (Search @AustinMQG in your PayPal app or website).

    Suggested donation for this workshop is $20/person.


    Registration opens April 1, 2024 - no joke.


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  • June General Meeting - Natural Dyeing w/ Lydia G.

    • Thursday, June 06, 2024
    • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    • First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

    Our very own, Lydia Giangregorio is coming to our June meeting to teach us about Natural Dyeing and Quilting.

    We will also be able to try our own hand at using Natural Dyes at her workshop Saturday, June 8th. See Intro to Natural Dyes in Quilting to learn more and sign up for the workshop.

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  • Intro to Natural Dyes in Quilting with Lydia Giangregorio

    • Saturday, June 08, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Austin Sewing Machines and Quilting, 1601 S. I-35 Frontage Road, Round Rock, TX 78664
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    Learn how to use local foraged materials, common food waste to create beautiful, light-fast natural dyed fabric to use in your quilts! Participants will learn the basics of preparing (mordanting) cotton fabric, and then experiment with a selection of dyes using prepared fabric provided by the instructor. Experiment with a range of techniques including eco-prints, over-dyeing, and using historical dye plants to obtain a rainbow of colors! The possibilities of color are all around us in the garden, kitchen, or on the trail. Participants will receive a workshop handout with recipes, advice, and an extensive list of resources. Participants will dye their own 8 Fat Quarter bundle to start their own naturally-dyed stash.

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  • Stay-At-Home Retreat

    • Saturday, June 22, 2024
    • 9:00 AM
    • Sunday, June 23, 2024
    • 6:00 PM
    • Over The Top Quilting, 200 Buttercup Creek Blvd. #111, Cedar Park, TX 78613
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    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, June 22nd, 2024  from 9:00am - 9:00pm
        Sunday, June 23rd, 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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  • July Meeting with Ashelyn Downs, of Urban Dwell Studio

    • Thursday, July 11, 2024
    • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    • First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756

    ***Please note that this meeting is on the 2nd Thursday of the month due to the 4th of July holiday being on our regularly scheduled meeting date.***

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    Ashelyn Downs, of Urban Dwell Studio will be with us in-person for a trunk show!  Ashelyn will have a dozen or so projects that feature her improv process.  She will discuss with us her fabric selection process and how she creates minimalism improv blocks!  There will be time for Q&A after the meeting and each attendee will receive take-home documents with basic tips and an outline of her process.


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  • Large Scale Minimalism Workshop - w/Ashelyn Downs of Urban Dwell Studio

    • Friday, July 12, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Austin Sewing, 1601 S. IH 35 Frontage Road #300, Round Rock, TX 78664
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    This will be a full-day workshop with a 1 hour lunch.  Ashelyn will be showing us the art of large scale improv minimalism.   You'll learn tips and strategies to create successful projects and learn the process of piecing with purpose while using intential fabric choices instead of scraps, commonly reserved for improv quilting.

    *Registration will initially be open to members only.  More details on this event as we get closer to the date.

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  • August General Meeting

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

    Join us for the August General Meeting.  See you then!
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  • September Meeting - Service Sewing

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

    Join us for the September's Service Sewing Meeting.  See you then!
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  • Jelly Roll Service Day

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

    Join us at the Southeast Health and Wellness Center for a community sewing project.  More details as we get closer to the date. 

    Be sure to register so we know how many people are coming!  Registration opens 7/7/2024.


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  • Stay-At-Home Retreat

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

    • Thursday, October 03, 2024
    • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    • First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
    Libs Elliott will be joining us for our October Meeting and 2 workshops.
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  • Embrace the Chaos w/Libs Elliott

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

    • Saturday, October 05, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Austin Sewing Machines and Quilting, 1601 N. 135 Frontage Road, Round Rock TX 78664
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    • 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

    • Thursday, November 07, 2024
    • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    • First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

    Join us for the November General Meeting.  See you then!
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  • December General Meeting - Swap and Sewcial

    • Thursday, December 05, 2024
    • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    • First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

    Join us for the Winter Swap + Sewcial + Potluck.
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