Meeting Location Update as of July 16th, 2024.

We now meet in the Interdisciplinary Research & Education Building (IREB), Room 203.

University of North Texas.            
Health Science Center
3430 Camp Bowie Blvd.
(Corner of Camp Bowie and Clifton)
IREB Building Room 230

Fort Worth, TX 76107

2025 Upcoming Events

2025 Recaps & 2026 Upcoming Events

Can’t attend the meeting in person? No problem! We’d love to have you join us virtually. Just click the link to connect, and please take a moment to introduce yourself in the chat so we know you’re here! Our meetings start at 7:00 PM Central Standard time on the third Thursday of every month. Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89797138694?pwd=S6koNxiQ56aYv0UWiDBddrQ8xw6HS2.1

Upcoming Events

February 2026 Meeting – February 19th, 2026 – 7:00 PM CST – Slow down and Stitch with friends & NTQF Judged quilts discussion

Join us for our February meeting as we take a pause from the hustle and enjoy some relaxed, creative time together. This month is all about sitting, sewing, and socializing. Bring a hand project like needlepoint, EPP, appliqué, or any other project that does not require a machine, and just hang out with fellow makers.

We will also spend time chatting about the North Texas Quilt Festival (NTQF) and what it is like to submit a quilt to the show. If you have one quilt that received judges’ feedback, feel free to bring that feedback along. This will be a great opportunity to discuss and learn together in a supportive environment to encourage others to submit their quilts

And of course, we will wrap things up with our always-inspiring Show & Share.

Come for the stitching, stay for the community. We would love to see you there 🧵💙

March 2026 Meeting – March 19th, 2026 – 7:00PM CST – Exhausted Octopus In Person Presentation & Workshop

The FWMQG is excited to welcome Allie from Exhausted Octopus for an in-person presentation, “Fabric Painting with Scraps”, and a workshop on Saturday March 21st called “Scrappy Color Flow”. Please see the information below to sign up.

For more information, please visit her website at https://exhaustedoctopus.com/

Scrappy Color Flow Workshop – Link to google form to sign up and pay: https://forms.gle/YQ8h9Y9cKSbyWyyt9

• Saturday, March 21, 2026
  10:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Our normal meeting location
• Member Price: $55.00
  Non-Member Price: $80.00
  + PayPal fees. 

And of course, we will wrap things up with our always-inspiring Show & Share.

Come for the stitching, stay for the community. We would love to see you there 🧵💙

April 2026 Meeting – April 16th, 2026 – 7:00 PM CST – In-person Presentation – Tonya Littman – Images in Cloth

Tonya Littmann is an artist and graphic designer living in Denton with
her husband Jon and a lively Golden Retriever named Abby. Her art
quilts reflect her love of design, fiber art, and sewing. When she was
a little girl, she loved to create, paint, and make doll clothes and
knew art would be her career. As an adult her art interests moved
from ceramics and watercolor to creating with fabric. Tonya’s art
quilts have been published in six books including “Lone Stars III – A
Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1986-2011”, and 13 national magazines. Her
work has been exhibited internationally and are included in
corporate and private collections. She exhibited two solo shows in
2023 and was named VAST Artist of the Year in 2008 and in 2022.
Tonya’s award-winning art quilts represent her interest in
experimenting with dye, ink, paint, and stitching on fabric.

For more information, please visit her website at http://www.tonyalittmann.com/art-quilts.html

And of course, we will wrap things up with our always-inspiring Show & Share.

February 2026 Meeting Recap

🎨 Our first meeting of 2026 was off to a colorful start! 🌈

We were thrilled to welcome our speaker, Dana Jones, who shared inspiring insights on how to use color intentionally in our quilts. She offered practical tips for implementing different color combinations, finding inspiration, and pushing creative boundaries in our projects.

After the presentation, we enjoyed a wonderful Show & Share, where our talented members showcased their artwork and works in progress. It’s always such a joy to see the creativity within our guild!

Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and virtually. We loved starting the year surrounded by so much color, creativity, and community. 💜🧵

2025 Holiday Party Recap

Our 2025 Holiday Party was a great success! We had so much fun playing games, enjoying good food, and catching up with friends. We were also thrilled to welcome a visitor who decided to become a member of our guild—what a wonderful way to celebrate the season!

Thank you to everyone who donated snacks and Amazon items for our chosen charity, The Archway. They were incredibly grateful for the generosity, and the handmade ornaments were even hung on their tree as soon as they were delivered, spreading instant holiday cheer.

We also held the drawings we had been waiting for all year. Congratulations to Laura Garcia, winner of the 2024 FWMQG Charity Quilt; Robin Lyday, winner of the Raffle Basket; and two members, who won the Mystery Raffle. It was such a fun and exciting way to wrap up the year!

We wrapped up the meeting with a fun game and, of course, everyone’s favorite part of any gathering—Show and Share. It was the perfect ending to a joyful evening.

Thank you for all of your contributions to the guild this year. With such a fantastic start, 2026 is already shaping up to be a great year for the Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild!

2025 November Monthly Meeting – November 20th – 7 PM – Learn how to make a no-sew ornament using scraps.

Our November meeting was filled with laughter, creativity, and plenty of fun! Members enjoyed making festive no-sew ornaments, a project that brought out lots of smiles and holiday cheer. We were also treated to an inspiring showcase of the latest creations from our talented members—each project more stunning than the last. It was a wonderful reminder of the creativity that thrives within our guild and the joy that comes from sharing it together. We can’t wait to see what everyone brings next month! 🎄✨🧵

Join the Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild as we get into the holiday spirit with a fun and festive no-sew Christmas ornament activity! This hands-on program is perfect for all skill levels and a great way to use your scraps while creating something beautiful.

We’ll gather together to learn the simple technique, share ideas, and enjoy the creative process as a group. Come ready to craft, connect, and kick off the season with holiday cheer!

Our November FWMQG meeting is going to be full of festive fun — we’ll be making handmade ornaments together! ✂️✨

Here’s what to bring for the Ornament Class this month:

🧵 Supply List:

• (8) 2.5″ squares of fabric color 1 (center)
• (16) 2.5″ squares of fabric color 2
• (16) 2.5″ squares of fabric color 3
• Ruler
• Thimble or chapstick (trust the process 😉😉)
• Coordinating ribbon (if you have any handy)
• ✨ The Guild will provide dressmaker pins and 3″ styrofoam balls.

2025 October Monthly Meeting – Guest Speaker: Leo Ransom.

October Program Recap: A Visit from Leo Ransom

In October, the Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild was honored to welcome artist Leo Ransom as our guest speaker and workshop instructor! Leo shared some of his award-winning portrait quilts, showcasing his incredible talent and artistic vision. He spoke about his creative journey, notable accomplishments, and the inspiration behind his powerful work.

Following the lecture, members had the rare opportunity to participate in a one-of-a-kind portrait quilt workshop. Attendees learned directly from Leo as he demonstrated his unique technique and guided participants in applying it to their own quilts.

Leo was an absolute pleasure to have, and we are so grateful for the chance to learn from such a gifted artist!

Workshop Highlight: Portrait Quilting with Leo Ransom

The Portrait Quilting Workshop with Leo Ransom was an inspiring and unforgettable experience! Participants were given a rare opportunity to peek inside Leo’s creative process as he shared how he constructs his stunning portrait quilts.

Throughout the workshop, members learned techniques for creating depth, visual interest, and truly one-of-a-kind projects. Leo’s patience, encouragement, and excitement for teaching made the process both educational and enjoyable for all.

The feedback from attendees was incredibly positive, with many expressing how much they learned and how motivated they felt to continue exploring portrait quilting.

We are so grateful to have hosted such a talented and generous artist!

Octobber 2025 Show and Share

September 2025 Meeting – Virtual Presentation – Lorraine Woodruff-Long from Quilting in the Fog

Lorraine Woodruff-Long is a self-taught San Francisco quilter with a primary focus on color, improvisation, and recycled/repurposed fabrics, who, additionally, is passionate about creating quilts as political and social commentary. She is familiar under her quilting name @quiltinginthefog.

Raised in Houston, and educated at University of Texas/Austin, Lorraine served in Peace Corps Kenya and afterwards moved to California as a “bucket list” dream to temporarily experience living in a progressive urban city.  She fell in love with San Francisco and never left.  After a career in marketing and advertising, Lorraine later worked in the nonprofit sector while raising two city kids with her architect husband before spring boarding into a fiber art practice prompted by the pandemic.

Lorraine’s work has been juried into art exhibitions at the de Young Museum/San Francisco, the California Heritage Museum/Santa Monica, Slate Contemporary Art Offsite Exhibitions, the Sanchez Art Center/Pacifica, Muzeo Museum & Cultural Center/Anaheim, TAG Gallery/Los Angeles the Drawing Room/San Francisco, and the San Francisco Women Artists Network Gallery.  She has received numerous awards for her quilts at local, national and international quilt shows. Quilt exhibitions include the International Quilt Festival/Houston, QuiltCon, Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), and Quilt San Francisco among others. 

Lorraine is a member of the Modern Quilt Guild, San Francisco Quilt Guild, Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), East Bay Heritage Quilters, ArtSpanSF, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, and a volunteer with the Social Justice Sewing Academy Remembrance Project. Her work is included in the 2021 book, “Stitching Stolen Lives: The Social Justice Sewing Academy Remembrance Project.”

She currently teaches quilting at City College of San Francisco Extension and SCRAP-SF and teaches quilting workshops online and to guilds around the country. 

September 2025 Show and Share

Check out what our talented members have made this month.

August 2025 Meeting – Virtual Presentation from Janice Reimer with Prairie and Ocean

We are sew excited to welcome Janice Reimer from Prairie and Ocean Quilts, joining us from beautiful Vancouver! In her lecture, Piecing It Together: Exploring Design and Lessons Along the Way, Janice will share her creative journey, design process, and the lessons she has learned from quilting.

From her website:” I’m Janice— a quilter and scientist with a passion for experimenting how to cut fabric into tiny pieces, only to sew those tiny pieces back together again into cozy and useable quilts.

You’ll often find me amidst a chaotic blend of thread, fabric, and two mischievous animals dedicated to adding a touch of entropic disorder to my sewing space (and life).”

August 2025 Show and Share

Check out what are talented members are up to!

July 2025 Meeting – Guest Speaker Steph Skardal

Guild meeting Thursday 19th, 7:00pm – 9:00pm, social time from 6:30pm

We’re thrilled to welcome Steph Skardal as our guest speaker this month! Steph is not only a talented modern quilter but also a software engineer with 18 years of experience. She currently lives just outside Columbus, Ohio, with her husband (who proudly describes himself as “wicked cool”), their three young daughters, and a high-energy golden retriever.

Steph’s love of technology often finds its way into her quilting, creating work that is fresh, bold, and boundary-pushing. Whether she’s experimenting with new designs, exploring digital tools, or just diving into fiber arts for fun, Steph brings an innovative and energetic approach to everything she makes.

Outside of quilting, she’s an adventurer at heart—enjoying rock climbing, running, and all things outdoors. We can’t wait to hear how she blends her creative spirit with her technical background and what inspires her unique quilting voice.

Don’t miss this engaging and inspiring presentation—see how tech and textiles come together in the hands of a true maker! Bring your questions and curiosity!

Contact info:
Website:  https://www.stephskardalquilts.com/ 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephskardal?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MXc3OGV6dDV1MGI5cA==
Email: stephskardal@gmail.com

Meeting Recap – June 2025 – Bring your ugliest quilt, organizing the Dog Days of Summer Sew Day for the Arlington Animal Shelter with Golden Paws organization.

Dog Days of Summer Sew Saturday – Benefiting the Arlington Animal Shelter through Golden Paws Organization.

We completed 53 dog/cat blankets for Golden Paws in support of the Arlington Animal shelter. Thank you to the ladies who came out and made it happen

Ugly Quilts

Show and Share June 2025

Meeting Recap – May 2025 – FWMQG welcomed the Dallas MQG and Time to discuss the North Texas Quilt Festival.

Our May meeting at the Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild was all about gearing up for the North Texas Quilt Festival! We shared important updates about the event, including how members can support our booth through donations and volunteer time. From mini quilts to handmade goods, every contribution helps raise funds for our guild’s classes, workshops, and fun future programs. We also held a productive and creative sew day, where members came together to make a variety of items for the booth. A big thank-you to everyone pitching in to make this festival a success!

We were also thrilled to welcome members of the Dallas Modern Quilt Guild, who paid us a visit and gave us the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for their stunning collaborative quilt. As a bonus, everyone who bought a ticket was entered into a special drawing for a mini quilt—and congratulations to Jennifer Hollis, our lucky winner!

Show and Share May 2025

Meeting Recap – April 2025 – Guest Speaker April Oleson talking about how Batik fabric is made.

In April, we were thrilled to welcome guest speaker April Oleson to the Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild. April gave an engaging and visually rich presentation on how batiks are made around the world, sharing stunning photos and videos that offered a behind-the-scenes look at this intricate and artistic process. Following the talk, she led a hands-on workshop where members had the chance to create their own custom sneakers using fabric—an inspiring and fun way to turn quilting creativity into wearable art!

Meeting Recap – March 2025 – Learning more about Batting and Mystery Speaker – Cathie Cardenas

Our March meeting was packed with inspiration and learning! We dove into the world of batting—exploring the many types available and how to choose the right one based on your project goals. Whether you’re after drape, warmth, loft, or structure, our discussion helped demystify the process and guide better batting choices.

We also had a special treat as we welcomed our mystery speaker—guild member Cathie Cardenas! Cathie shared the story behind writing her first (and only!) quilt pattern, the creative journey that inspired it, and valuable insights for anyone interested in designing and publishing their own pattern. Her experience offered a fun and encouraging look into the pattern-writing process.

Cathie Cardenas

March show and share