S2MQG

Join the South Sarasota Modern Quilt Guild

Bring your love of modern quilting and join this group of fun, creative people as we learn from and inspire each other.

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For information about membership, contact Mary Hayes
Membership with our local guild also provides access to The Modern Quilt Guild, an international organization.

Download the membership form

Monthly meetings

Our monthly meetings include a short business meeting, a presentation by a member or guest, and everyone's favorite part: Show & Tell!

Meeting Schedule is on the Events page.
FYI: At this time, our meeting location is closed. We will update this space and send notification to members when we are able to meet in person.
Please join us virtually as an at-your-own-pace sew along by posting your progress in your preferred format:

Instagram (public): include @south_sarasota_mqg and #s2mqg to your post! If your post includes one of the 2020 Challenges, also include #s2mqg2020challenge to ensure others can find it quickly
Email: Send your photos and a brief description to ssrqmodern@gmail.com to include in our gallery (available publicly).
Facebook group (current members only)
The Modern Quilt Guild website also has a social circle for our guild. Instructions available within our Members page.

Be our guest

Your first meeting is free. There is a $5 fee for your second and third meetings. At your fourth meeting, you must become a member to attend.

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During this time of uncertainty and social distancing we are creating and taking advantage of social media to be virtually social! Many members have been making reusable masks at the request of our stretched thin healthcare workers. Thanks to @peg.normandin.quilts for organizing us! We are working on our Playing With a Modern Deck quilt challenge - guess which card @bbdlthorn has? @vernyipp Diana has been taking advantage of the sunshine and ice dying. What have you all been doing to de-stress? #showusyourmqg #s2mqg

A post shared by S2MQG (@south_sarasota_mqg) on Mar 25, 2020 at 12:03pm PDT

What we do

Workshops/Challenges

The Guild works on a different challenge or project each month.

Members can catch up here (login required)!

Charity

From crib size to king size quilt, we support local charities.

We also have members who create fidget quilts for charity.

Masks for local organizations

Our guild has received requests from several local organizations, medical facilities, and we are rallying to support them by sewing masks! The CDC guidelines for use of homemade masks is available on their website.

There are many patterns out there, with/without pockets, using elastic, fabric ties, bias tape or twill tape for securing the mask to the head. Be sure to wash fabric in hot water to preshrink before cutting and sewing the masks.

Some of the tutorials we are using include:

A few of the organizations that we are supporting include:

Anesthesia Group Surgery Center
Harbor Chase of Sarasota
local gynecology office
Planned Parenthood
Take Care private duty home health care

Our efforts were recently featured in an article on Sarasota Magazine's website and in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Quilting Pods

We have several smaller groups meet throughout the greater Sarasota area. Named after the dolphin pods that swim in the Gulf of Mexico, we encourage our members to visit a pod and sew with some new friends!

More information is available to members in the members page (login required).

Active Members

Active S2MQG members can access the members page clicking on Members or Login. Each member will use their own email address. The reset password link is a helpful tool to regain access, if necessary.

Inactive Members

Members who have not yet paid their 2020 dues will be prompted to access the Please Renew Your S2MQG Membership page, which includes the current membership form.

Inactive members will be removed from the Facebook group by the end of March.