June meeting

Our June meeting will be on Saturday June 20 at the Gulf Gate Library, 7112 Curtis Ave, Sarasota. Bring a modern quilt for Show and Tell. 

The program will be Let's Make it Modern. Bring your first quilt, or one of the first, and let’s see how it could be made with a Modern twist. For details click here or an tab.

Highlights of the May Show and Tell were from class on manipulating photo's by Lisa Thorpe and and South Sarasota challenge to use guild logo colors in a quilt. To see all the quilts click here or on the tab.

Upcoming Events:

June 20 - meeting, Let's Make it Modern and Quilted Clothes Sew-in, Gulf Gate Library 10am

July 18 - meeting, Its' All About the Material by Meg H, Gulf Gate Library 10am

Aug 15 - meeting, Hachi Quilts by MV Sew-in, Sarasota Community Church 10am Room 11

Sept 19 - meeting, Improv Winners, Trends, and Influencers by Carol B, Fruitville Library

Oct 17 - meeting, Breaking Free from Patterns by Lynn P, Sarasota Community Church 10am Room 11

Nov 21  - meeting, Finding Inspiration... by Jamie Tracy, Fruitville Library

Dec 12 - meeting, Holiday Party, Fruitville Library

May meeting at Gulf Gate Library

 Update - our May 16 meeting will be at Gulf Gate Library, 7112 Curtiss Ave, Sarasota. 

Thanks for your patience as we have to continually adjust our meeting locations due to construction at Fruitville Library, and other events that have first dibs on the Library meeting rooms. Each time we can use a Library meeting room we save $…..dollars!

May meeting

 

The May meeting will be held on Saturday, May 16th at the Gulf Gate Library, 7112 Curtiss Ave, Sarasota. Bring a modern quilt for Show and Tell.

The program will be a slide presentation of quilt embellished clothes to inspire you for the sew-in in June. Instructions on designing and making a pattern for upcycle clothes will be included and inspiring. For detailed information click here or on the tab.

Our chat group GroupMe has been quite active lately. Marjy posted a short video of her trip to Sisters, Oregon, Clarification on Retreat log cabin block discussed, and Paducah winners posted under the topic Online Finds.  The Calendar is updated with programs and locations as they vary due to construction, polling events etc. A big Thank You to Lois and Lore for working thru the maze of programs and locations. Also thanks to Ann M for posting on our Facebook group photo's of Modern Quilts at Paducah. 

Upcoming Events:

May 16 - meeting, Quilted Coat by Lore and Lois, Gulf Gate Library 10am

June 20 - meeting, Quilted Clothes Sew-in, Gulf Gate Library 10am

July 18 - meeting, Its' All About the Material by Meg H, Gulf Gate Library 10am

Aug 15 - meeting, Hachi Quilts by MV Sew-in, Sarasota Community Church 10am Room 11

Sept 19 - meeting, Improv Winners, Trends, and Influencers by Carol B, Fruitville Library

Oct 17 - meeting, Breaking Free from Patterns by Lynn P, Sarasota Community Church 10am Room 11

Nov 21  - meeting, Finding Inspiration... by Jamie Tracy, Fruitville Library

Dec 12 - meeting, Holiday Party, Fruitville Library

April meeting

 The April meeting will be held on Saturday, April 18th at the Sarasota Community Church, 4041 Bahia Vista St in Sarasota. Parking is along right side back of building. Bring a modern quilt for Show and Tell.

The program will be Nan, Jann and Marji - a quilting travelogue. This past year they joined a quilt bus tour for the Sisters, Oregon show and also went to the Canada show. What fun to travel with all quilters! For more information click here or on Programs tab.

Highlights of our March Show and Tell were the quilt tops made in Christine Ravish class in January and the many prize winners from local quilt shows and the State Fair. To see all the show and tell click here or on the 2026 Show and Tell tab.

Upcoming Events:

March 26-27 - Workshop Fabric Collage Techniques at Sarasota Community Church

April 8-11 - Retreat at the Carlisle Inn

April 18 - meeting, Travelogue with Nan, and Jann, Sarasota Community Church

May 16 - meeting, Quilted Coat by Lore and Lois, Sarasota Community Church 10am Room 11 

June 20 - meeting, Quilted Clothes Sew-in, Gulf Gate Library 10am

July 18 - meeting, Its' All About the Material by Meg H, Gulf Gate Library 10am

Aug 15 - meeting, Hachi Quilts by MV Sew-in, Sarasota Community Church 10am Room 11

Sept 19 - meeting, Improv Winners, Trends, and Influencers by Carol B, Fruitville Library

Oct 17 - meeting, Breaking Free from Patterns by Lynn P, Sarasota Community Church 10am Room 11

Nov 21  - meeting, Finding Inspiration... by Jamie Tracy, Fruitville Library

Dec 12 - meeting, Holiday Party, Fruitville Library

March meeting

The March meeting will be held on March 21 at the Sarasota Community Church, 4041 Bahia Vista St, Sarasota. Bring a modern style quilt for Show and Tell.

The program will be Maggie Dillon - a trunk show of her Art Quilts and Fiber Collages. She has won many prizes and her techniques are adaptable to Modern quilt styles. The Workshop to learn her technique is full. Click here for more info on the Program. Click here for more info on the Workshop

Highlights from our February Zoom lecture with Amber Elliot on Quilt in Modern Color, creating ombre palettes -Click here for a link to her book. Click here for a link to her patterns

QuiltCon 2026 winners - click here

Upcoming Events:

Mar 21 - meeting w/Maggie Dillon trunk show at Sarasota Community Church

Mar 26-27 - Workshop Fabric Collage Techniques at Sarasota Community Church

April 8-11 - Retreat at the Carlisle Inn

April 18 - meeting, Travelogue with Nan, Marjy, and Jann Sarasota Community Church

May 16 - meeting, Quilted Coat by Lore and Lois, Gulf Gate Library 

June 20 - meeting, Quilted Clothes Sew-in, Gulf Gate Library

July 18 - meeting, Gulf Gate Library

Aug 22 - meeting, Gulf Gate Library 

Sept 19 - meeting, Fruitville Library

Oct 17 - meeting, Fruitville Library

Nov 21  - meeting, Fruitville Library

Dec 12 - meeting, Fruitville Library

February meeting

Our Airing of the Quilts weather is predicted to be Sunny with a 69 degrees high and a 10mph Breeze. See you there!

Airing of the Quilts, Feb 7, 10-2:30, Members setup at 8:30, bring 6 quilts, a chair, a drink, (lunch provided to members), cash to shop, and a smile to welcome all to our quilt show and sale!

We will not meet in February in person. But we are hosting a Zoom lecture/trunk show that you can watch from your location. It is on Feb 21 - our regular meeting date. The Zoom link will be provided on our guilds group in the GroupMe app. If you would like to watch as a guest, please use the contact page on the web sidebar to email us to sign up. The Zoom lecture/trunk show is by Amber Elliot on Modern Ombre Quilting. Click here for more information or on the Programs tab.

There is one opening in the January 20th Workshop on Modern Medallions by Christine Ravish. Let Lois know thru the GroupMe app or contact form on the web sidebar.

Highlights from January program - Linda Hungerford (@flourishingpalms). To see all upcoming programs click here or on Programs tab.

Highlights of the January Show and Tell included more Challenge quilts that will be on display at our Airing of the Quilts, - and many more. To see all the quilts click here or on the 2026 Show and Tell tab.

Upcoming Events:

Jan 20-21 - Workshops on Modern Medallion Quilt, Sarasota Community Church

Feb 7 - Airing of the Quilt show at Maxine Barritt Park in Venice

Feb 21 -Zoom lecture/trunk show with Amber Elliott - from your location (there is no meeting)

Mar 21 - meeting w/Maggie Dillon trunk show at Sarasota Community Church

Mar 26-27 - Workshop Fabric Collage Techniques at Sarasota Community Church

April 8-11 - Retreat at the Carlisle Inn

April 18 - meeting, Travelogue with Nan, Marjy, and Jann Sarasota Community Church

May 16 - meeting, Quilted Coat by Lore and Lois, Gulf Gate Library 

June 20 - meeting, Quilted Clothes Sew-in, Gulf Gate Library

July 18 - meeting, Gulf Gate Library

Aug 22 - meeting, Gulf Gate Library 

Sept 19 - meeting, Fruitville Library

Oct 17 - meeting, Fruitville Library

Nov 21  - meeting, Fruitville Library

Dec 12 - meeting, Fruitville Library

January meeting 2026

 Note: We will meet at the Sarasota Community Church, 4041 Bahia Vista St, Sarasota due to construction at the Fruitville Library. The Library is adding on a Historical Section and will be closed for approximately 7-8 months.

The January 2026 meeting will be held on Jan 17 at the Sarasota Community Church, 4041 Bahia Vista St, Sarasota. Bring a modern quilt for Show and Tell.

The program will be Linda Hungerford showing us Twining and Confetti pouches. This is about how to "twine" fabric scraps together and use. To see upcoming programs for 2026 click here.

January 20-21 Workshop on Modern Medallions by Christine Ravish made in the round in improv style. Members can register on GroupMe see info under Workshops, all others use the web side Contact Form and put ATTN Workshop in the subject line. Click here for more info or on tab

Highlights of the Dec Show and Tell was Lynn's light up Christmas Tree quilt - yes it actually glows with LED lights to get our Holiday spirit going as did the Grinch quilt by a learn to sew student of Lois's. Very festive! To see all the Show and Tell quilts click here or on tab.

Upcoming Events:

Jan 17 - meeting at Sarasota Community Church

Jan 20-21 - Workshop on Modern Medallion Quilt

Feb 7 - Airing of the Quilts at Maxine Barrett Park in Venice

Feb 21 - Zoom trunk show with Amber Elliott - from your home (no meeting location) 

Mar 21 - Maggie Dillon trunk show at Sarasota Community Church

Mar 26-27 - Workshop Fabric Collage Techniques at Sarasota Community Church