Date: April 12, 2025
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Bethesda Elementary School

It's time to get ready for the best meeting of the year: the DCMQG Swap & DeStash!

A few notes from Alyson Olander, who is coordinating the DeStash this year:

The DeStash will be indoors this year! This means we will not have to contend with the WEATHER, but you will need to transport your items into a building. We will try to provide some wheels to get you into the space, but please consider bringing your own cart.

If you are choosing to SELL items, please, please, please mark those items well and clearly.  No one wants to have that awkward conversation or accuse someone or be accused of stealing.

Plan to take unclaimed items home with you at the end of the day. I am working on donation opportunities, but they are not guaranteed.

Please consider, if at all possible, arriving on time for the DeStash event. We'll try to keep it going for the whole scheduled time, but we can't force anyone to stay!

Raffle Restock
DCMQG raffles off small prizes at each meeting – because who doesn’t get excited about prizes?! At our April meeting, we'll be collecting donations to restock the raffle prizes. Do you have things in your craft stash that would make great raffle prizes? A set of unopened 8 wt thread for that quilt you later decided to send to the long-armer? A fat quarter bundle you impulse purchased, but now realize you will never use? A shiny quilt ruler you bought only to find your old one in the back of the closet? DCMQG would love to accept those donations to restock the raffle! Please limit these donated to "like-new" quality items.

Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025
Time: 9 AM - 12 PM
Location: Your home!

Want to create your own amazing foundation paper patterns but don’t know how to start? In this no-sew class by Melissa Mason, students will learn the principles of FPP design, the various ways to create an FPP pattern, covering steps from drawing to pattern design to template creation. Students will walk away from the class with everything they need to start designing their own FPP patterns. They will understand the resources available to help the process, the best tools to use, and how to be sure that a design is actually makeable. The only supplies students need are a pencil, eraser, and a small ruler.

Link to sign up for this workshop is in your 3/28 Stitch.

DCMQG members can sign up now!

Any unfilled spots will be offered to other Guilds after 5/3.

Are you ready for spring?  Yes, the weather is flip-flopping a bit, but spring is here and so are the Spring Socials Signups!

See The Stitch sent to your email on 3/28 for details on how to sign up to attend one of the fun events other members have volunteered to host! There’s lots of fun activities to get to know other members in small groups.

Join the Fun!

Open Until April 12th

CREATE Arts Center
914 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910

All Are Welcome! CREATE is generally open 8am to 4pm Monday through Friday and limited Saturday hours. Please call to confirm as their opening times vary due to programing.

For more information about DCMQG’s social justice work, visit dcmodernquiltguild.com/social-justice.

Reminder to the SEWN swap participants that your creations are due by our April 12 meeting. Quilts are minimum 12x12” and maximum 24x24” (square or rectangle, your choice) with an overall abstract theme. Creations should have a hanging sleeve and a label indicating creator and name of your piece. And don’t forget to complete the “I’m Done!” completion form.

We’re expecting to receive your partner’s creation for you sometime in May.