Last week for buying Hip to be Square raffle tickets

After months of selling tickets, it's about time to draw a winner for our OKCMQG Charity Quilt!



If you've been putting it off, don't waste any more time before buying your tickets and supporting Anna's House Foundation, providing Foster Family Support in Oklahoma.

Go to the button on the right side of our blog where it says "Donate". Tickets are 1 for $1 or 6 for $5. Tell your friends! Spread the word! We want to give Anna's House as generous a gift as possible!

2016 Charity Raffle Quilt: Hip to Be Square

We are thrilled to unveil Hip to Be Square, the 2016 Charity Raffle Quilt made by members of the Oklahoma City Modern Quilt Guild! 

Yes! YOU have a chance to win this vibrant quilt! 

Details on how to enter are at the end of this post.

Hip to Be Square

Hip to Be Square is a collection of approximately 100 vibrant colored squares made by dozens of OKCMGQ members. 

Guild members were given the direction to make a 6-inch or 12-inch block of concentric squares using solid colored, 100% cotton fabric. They could use any color (except shades of brown) and were required to use at least 3 different colors per block. The widths of the concentric squares were up to each sewist.

The blocks were collected and assembled into a quilt top by guild member, Leslie Lamb.

The quilt was then quilted, using a cotton batting, with various free-motion designs by guild member, Beth Furnish of Bunza Quilting.

All proceeds from the raffle will benefit The Anna's House Foundation, a community of several homes in Luther, Oklahoma dedicated to providing foster children with a stable and nurturing home environment until a more permanent/long term foster or kinship placement can be found.  This unique community serves as an alternative to the continuously over crowded shelter system and the high probability of multiple moves. 

A black cotton binding frames the quilt and makes the colorful blocks pop!

Oops! I almost forgot the back (literally). Hip to Be Square has a smattering of colorful blocks on the back and measures approximately 75" x 79". 

ENTER NOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

1 Chance = $1.00

6 Chances = $5.00

Winner drawn July 31, 2016

Purchase your chances to win with our 

Raffle Quilt PayPal button at the top of the sidebar. 

Online purchases must be a minimum of $5.00. 

That's 6 chances, which is more bang for your buck!

All tickets (online and physical) will be combined. 

The winner will be drawn July 31, 2016 and announced here, on the blog. 

Winner will be contacted the same day via email or phone.

Thank you for your participation and best of luck!

Doppleganger...and the WINNER IS...

<drum roll please>

Agnes Stadler

Congratulations, Agnes!  We hope you enjoy your new, beautiful, quilt!  :)

As a guild we want to express our gratitude to everyone who supported our raffle quilt and our show.    We raised a total of $638.96!!! 

$159.74 of that will be going to support the wonderful work of the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond.

That means that $479.22 will go towards helping OKCMQG spread the word of Modern Quilting and the arts through our meetings, educational presentations, and charitable works.

Thank you so much for supporting the arts and Modern Quilting!

Quilt Show 2014: Opening Night

Our 2014 Quilt Show opened with a bang! We had a wonderful response both in number of attendees and in positive comments. I dare say we even inspired a few to pick up some unfinished projects of their own. I’d love nothing more than to show you each and every quilt in the this post, but we’d much rather have you come see them all in person!

As the last of us were leaving the building, I turned and saw an amazing site. Standing in the shadows, I looked through the windows into the lit-up building and saw an array of amazing color! It was so beautiful to see that we all pulled out our phones and cameras to take a few pictures. If you’re in the area at night, cruise on by.

I’d be remiss to overlook this opportunity to send out a HUGE thank you to Amanda Lipscomb, the mastermind behind this year’s show. It takes a great plan to have a great show and we appreciate all her time and hard work. Heartfelt thanks to the many other volunteers behind the scenes who helped with flyers, set-up, refreshments and anything else that needed to be done.

A special thanks to Alejandro Lozano de Aos for his lovely guitar music throughout the night. Alejandro is a student at Classen School of Advanced Studies and we appreciate him sharing his talents.

Last, but certainly not least, thank you to the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond. We greatly appreciate the use of their wonderful facility! I heard several members talking about signing up for an art class!

Remember, the show continues weekdays from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm through October 30th, at the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond, 27 E. Edwards Avenue. Also, don’t forget to enter our Quilt Raffle for a chance to win this beautiful modern quilt! You may purchase raffle tickets at the Institute or on this blog. Click the QUILT RAFFLE button at the top of the sidebar to get your tickets today!   

WIN the "Doppleganger" Raffle Quilt!

This raffle is now closed.

Tomorrow is the opening night of the Oklahoma City Modern Quilt Guild 2014 "Defining Modern" Show!  After two years of planning and some substantial growth in our membership we are so excited to share with everyone the talent of our group at the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond.  We are also excited for YOU to have the opportunity to win this gorgeous quilt....

For the first time at one of our shows you have the opportunity to win a beautiful modern quilt!  The "Doppleganger" pattern, designed by the talented Thomas Knauer, was chosen for this year's quilt and measures 80"x80".

The vibrant four, and single, patches were pieced and contributed by generous OKCMQG members.  The array of purples are from the Michael Miller Cotton Couture line and were purchased at Oklahoma Quiltworks.  Jana Hernandez, member and owner of Peace by Piece Quilting, stunningly quilted the "Doppleganger" quilt in a fresh and fun "all over" design.  The backing is from the "Collage" line by Carrie Bloomston and was purchased at Je's Bend in Norman, OK.  The quilt in its entirety is 100% cotton.

75% of proceeds will assist the OKC Modern Quilt Guild fund educational programs for membership, display future quilt shows, aid in the completion of charitable projects, and more.  The remaining 25% of the proceeds go toward aiding the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond fund programs and community outreach, including allowing groups such as ours display their work free of charge.

This raffle is now closed.

All tickets (online and physical) will be combined.  The winner will be announced here, on the blog, and they will be contacted on November 1st via email or phone depending on how/where you purchased your entries.

Best of luck and thank you for helping the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond and the Oklahoma City Modern Quilt Guild!  We both sincerely appreciate it!