April 2023 Meeting: Nina Clotfelter – “Threads – What’s the big Deal?”

Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, United States

This is a FUN lecture on all the things you didn't know you needed to know about thread! As an educator for WonderFil Specialty Threads, Nina Clotfelter has learned a lot and she wants to share! Thread is like candy!  Sometimes you just can't get enough...LOL! When we purchase thread it's usually the color we […]

May 2023 Meeting: Lyric Kinard – Elements of Art

Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, United States

Kick-start your creativity and learn about the basic elements of good design through a series of short, hands-on exercises. Learn why some colors fizz while others explode, why some quilts calm and some excite. A few simple tools from the artists kit will help you take your work, whether traditional or contemporary, to the next […]

June 2023 Meeting: Community

Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, United States

June’s meeting is all about our quilting community. We’re calling this one “Firsts and Favorites”. Please bring your first quilt (or an early in your quilt journey quilt) and your current favorite quilt. We’ll break out into smaller groups and enjoy chatting about our quilts and getting to know one another better. You’ll love this […]

July 2023 Meeting: Quilt Stories with Mary Thomas

Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, United States

We are always excited when we get to enjoy hearing from our very own members. In July we will welcome Mary Thomas. Mary has been a quilter since 1985.  Mostly self-taught, she increased her skills in quilting classes, expos and quilt shows.  She has tried a large number of techniques and quilt styles from Applique […]

August 2023 Meeting: Audrey Esarey (Cotton & Bourbon)

Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, United States

In August, we are excited to welcome Audrey Esarey of Cotton and Bourbon to the KCMQG! She has always identified as a maker, and has sewn for as long as she can remember, but only began quilting in 2005. In 2018, she set a personal goal to exhibit her work in a juried quilt show, […]

October 2023 Meeting: Dee Bushrod of Pixel Quilts

Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, United States

Dee Bushrod of Pixel Quilts has become quite a sensation on Instagram in the last several years as she honed and perfected her practice of making pixelated quilts. Join Dee and the KCMQG as she takes us on a deep dive into the tiny squares that make up a pixel quilt and her adventures in […]

December 2023 Meeting: Holiday Party

Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, United States

December Holiday Party and Committee Fair Our traditional Holiday Party will continue this December and we’ll add a Committee Fair and encourage you to be “Looking For More in 2024”. There will be a chance to meet the committees and find out about what they do to enhance the KCMQG experience. This amazing guild is […]

January 2024 Meeting: Becky Blades – Start More Than You Can Finish

Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, United States

On January 11th, we will begin Looking for More in 2024 with Becky Blades. She believes that creative initiative is both the kindling and blaze of the creative process. Becky calls it stARTistry® — the art of beginning. STARTISTRY® can be learned, practiced, and mastered. It may even be contagious.  We will find out! If […]

February 2024 Meeting: Everyday Stitches – Paper Piecing

Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, United States

On February 8, 2024, come spend some time with our very own KCMQG creatives,  Trisch Price and Jenifer Dick of Everyday Stitches as they debut “Talking Foundation Paper Piecing with Everyday Stitches: An Evening of Design, Technique & Inspiration” and introduce a brand new paper piecing pattern! It will be an intriguing evening and who knows paper piecing may become your new […]