Portland Modern Quilt Guild

🎉 The 2027 Community Outreach Challenge is here! 🎉

This year's theme is Half-Square Triangles! 🧵✨

We can't wait to see the creativity our members bring to this year's challenge. If your design is selected, a guild member will transform your idea into a quilt pattern—so don't let your drawing skills hold you back! Whether it's a simple sketch, line drawing, watercolor, chalk outline, or another creative concept, we'd love to see it.

Challenge Details:

🧵 Theme: Half-Square Triangles
🎨 Color Palette: Choose ONE of the palettes - use all colors in that palette.
🚫 No additional colors or neutrals may be added to the quilt top or binding.
📏 Quilt Size: Between 60" × 80" and 65" × 85".
🤝 Collaboration: Invite as many guild members as possible to participate!

Have an idea? Submit it! https://forms.gle/4pTUaDdXCC8uc7d88

📅 Submission Deadline: Monday, August 3, 2026

We can't wait to see what you create! 💙

✨ Last Few Days! Voices in Rainbow: Say It in Color

Now celebrating its fifth year, this beloved annual exhibition fills the gallery space at Powell’s Books with vibrant rainbow quilts created from the heart. Each piece sparks conversation, creates connection, and celebrates the power of art, community, and self-expression.

📍 Powell’s Books, Third Floor Gallery
📅 Through June 30, 2026

Whether you're a quilter, art lover, or simply looking for a colorful way to celebrate Pride, we invite you to visit these exhibitions before they're gone. Thank you to all the artists who shared their creativity, stories, and voices through fabric.

🌈 Come be inspired by the beauty, diversity, and power of quilts.