New Location!

We’re moving to a new location for the October meeting! Join us at the Jones Center for Nonprofits Rogers Location. The address is 1200 W. Walnut St.

See you there!!

August Meeting

Sarah Ruiz presented “Quilt Math 101” to the guild at our monthly meeting. She shared with us a few examples of her quilts where math was a key element to the design.

Sarah explained that quilt math is basic math and a bit of optional geometry. Sarah provided a list of tools that will aid quilters in creating beautiful patterns.

America 250: Common Threads

Crystal Bridges will be wrapping up their Common Threads exhibit on July 27. Many of us volunteered the past few months to be Quilters in Residence. What an experience! It was a joy to talk with so many visitors to the museum and hear their quilting stories!

A panel discussion with artist Basil Kincaid will be held on Saturday, July 25 at 2:00.

July Meeting with Bryan Wyatt

Bryan presented “From Patchwork to Pixels: AI and Quilting” to the guild at our July meeting. It was a very informative talk about AI in general but also how to use AI to help with your quilting projects.

Bryan mentioned that despite AI’s role, fabric selection, sewing, and emotional storytelling remain uniquely human elements.

Hooray for the Red, White and Blue

For our July meeting, we have a Challenge due!

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation by creating a RED, WHITE AND BLUE project!

You may use any shade, tone, hue or color of Blue, Red or White/Beige.

All quilts, bags, mug rugs, placemats, table runners, or other quilt items will qualify!!

Just a reminder that we will be meeting a week earlier than our normal time See you on July 14.

Quilted Clothing with Brina Smith

This month’s meeting highlighted one of our own – Brina Smith. She shared with us her journey – from making covid masks to creating quilts for her family to designing vintage clothing.

Brina has a collection of vintage tablecloths and bedsheets that she transforms into gorgeous shirts and jackets.

She is offering a Quilted Clothing Workshop (June 17) and will walk attendees through the creation of a quilted jacket.

We look forward to seeing everyone’s jacket at our July meeting!

Upcoming Program

Dive down the rabbit hole of quilted clothing in this engaging and refreshingly honest presentation that blends craftsmanship with creativity. Showcasing a range of handmade pieces, Brina Smith will offer a firsthand look at how modern and traditional quilting can be reimagined into wearable fashions.

Brina will walk us through her design process which is less about rigid rules and more about curiosity, experimentation, and a willingness to just wing it. This presentation offers inspiration, practical takeaways, and a behind the scenes look at making quilted clothing.

Join us at the June 16 meeting for Brina’s presentation.

May Meeting – Rainy Day Picnic

We met for our annual picnic. Unfortunately, due to rainy weather, we held the meeting indoors.

Rainy weather maybe. Damp spirits never! We enjoyed a great potluck dinner!

Several people participated in the May Challenge – creating a nametag from selvedge letters. One lucky winner took home a fabulous prize of quilt and sewing goodies.

Next month, we will be spotlighting one of our own for a Quilted Clothing program (June 16) and workshop (June 17).

Selvedge Letter Name Tag Challenge

Ready for a picnic? It’s time for our annual event! We’ll meet at Memorial Park Pavilion, 2203 NE Memorial Park Square in Bentonville at 6:00 on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. In case of rain, we will meet at the church.

Don’t forget our Selvedge Letter Name Tags challenge is due at the meeting. A prize will be awarded to one lucky person!!

• 12+ months of preparation
• 100+ beautiful quilts submitted
• 80+ auction items
• So many wonderful visitors
• 4 super vendors
• 2 days of viewing
• 1 awesome guild store
• 1 raffle quilt

Added up to 1 very successful quilt show!!

See you in 2028!

Countdown to the Quilt Show

Our April meeting was all about the upcoming show.

Please join us on Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25 at Southside Church of Christ gym, 919 S Dixieland Road for our 2026 Modern Quilt Guild Show.

We’ll have quilts for viewing, a quilt to be raffled, and items to be auctioned. Our guild store will be full of fabric, fat quarters, pre-cuts, scraps, patterns, magazines, kits, and handmade items. Did I mention we’ll have fabric?!!

Also, we’ll have vendors. Be sure to check them out, too.

Hope to see you there! If not shop the online auction with shipping, click here to shop!

Quilt Show 2026

Our quilt show is fast approaching.

Setup begins on Thursday, April 23. The show will run on Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25. Additional info under the Quilt Show tab.

Please remember to sign up for volunteer spots using SignUpGenius app.

 

Anatomy of a Curve

This month’s program was attended via Zoom as our speaker was from Norway! We really enjoyed Daisy Aschehoug’s presentation for using curves in quilting.

Daisy is an award-winning quilter, designer and author of two books (Quilt Modern Curves and Bold Stripes (with Heather Black) and Quilting with Curves).

Our guild also celebrated a belated Valentine’s Day or Galentine’s Day gift exchange. This was a fun challenge. Everyone put their heart into their gift.