Guest Speaker
Cristina De Miranda

The guest speaker at our February meeting will be Cristina De Miranda. She has been quilting since 2018 and has proudly served on the Board of the Toronto Modern Quilt Guild as Secretary and Vice-President.

She runs Ships and Violins, "Canadian company dedicated to making unique, well designed and thoughtfully arranged quilt patterns for the adventurous modern quilter".

Photos from Ships and Violins.

Bear Paw Block

This block is a modern take on the traditional bear paw quilt block, i.e. modern traditionalism in modern quilting. It is based on a free Redford Quilt pattern by Meghan Buchanan of thencamejune and @thencamejune on Instagram.

It does not have the traditional cornerstones in the centre and it uses skinny 3/8″ sashing. You can read about the pattern on her blog and there is a link to download the free pattern if you would like to make one for yourself https://thencamejune.com/blogs/blog/redford-quilt-the-teddy-bear-one

Fabric Colours
For this block lotto we are going to use the same colours as on the blog and we are aiming for a cheerful, scrappy look. You’ll need:

• bright and modern pinks (can be peachy/orangey/reddish), yellows, and softer-medium blue/turquoise
• quieter low volume fabric
• solid fabric for the inside sashing

Block size: 14 3/8" square (unfinished). One paw is 7 1/4" square.

 Block instructions 

Photo below by Then Came June

👉 Reminders 

NEW Canadian Quilters Association True Colours Quilt Along: The True Colours Quilt Along is under way and it's not too late to join! 

Guild Resources: Resources for thrifted fabrics are now on the guild website. If you shop at Fabricana, Sheila Craig is working on creating a system to help you get the discount. In the meantime, please reach out to her at membership@vancouvermodernquiltguild.ca.

Discount on Madeira Quilting Thread: ase reach o25% off on your first order at QuiltingThread.com using the code: SAVE-VMQG.

Show ’n Share Photos: Send us your quilt pics, we’ll post them on our IG. Email photos@vancouvermodernquiltguild.ca