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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Sandi Griepenstroh
DESCRIPTION:Join Sandi Griepenstroh for a lecture on August 14th about organizing your space. Sandi is a quilter with more than 30 years of experience and knows a thing or two about how to optimize and organize quilting spaces! She will also host a workshop called “String Quilts Revisited” on August 15th from 10-4pm. In this workshop\, we will see String Quilts in a new way\, using the book String Quilt Revival: A Fresh Approach to 13 Classic Designs by Virginia Baker and Barbara Sanders as inspiration.  \nBe sure to follow Sandi on Instagram at @lonetreequilter
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-august-2025/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250911T183000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Kim Alexis Newton
DESCRIPTION:Additional information will be added once we get all the details ironed out.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-september-2025/
LOCATION:KS
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T203000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Ashelyn Downs
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, October 9th\, to welcome Ashelyn Downs of Urban Dwell Studio! \nAshelyn will treat us to an inspiring trunk show featuring her large-scale\, minimal quilts. She will share projects that feature her improv process\, fabric selection process\, and a demonstration of how she assembles her “blocks”. Learn about and follow Urban Dwell Studio on Instagram!
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-october-2025/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T203000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Crystal Manning
DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 13\, 2025 for our guest speaker Crystal Manning! \nCrystal is a Kansas City fabric and quilt artist who will share a trunk show of her latest and favorite quilts. \nAfter spending a decade as a graphic designer\, Crystal turned her artistic talents toward surface and textile pattern design. In 2015\, she bought her first sewing machine and began teaching herself to sew\, using her custom-printed Spoonflower fabrics. Though she endured the occasional pinprick and became well-acquainted with her seam ripper\, her passion for sewing and fabric design flourished. \nSince 2017\, Crystal has been designing fabric for Moda Fabrics\, inspiring sewists to create with her stylish collections. She also designs quilt patterns to complement her fabric lines.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-november-2025/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251211T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251211T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T183409
CREATED:20250116T173953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250116T180314Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:Additional information will be added once we get all the details ironed out.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-holiday-party/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260108T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260108T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T183409
CREATED:20260104T004049Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Make Up or Break Up
DESCRIPTION:Start your new year by taking stock of the dreaded unfinished projects that are stashed around your sewing room. Bring the projects that you just can’t bring yourself to finish\, and we will break into groups to workshop why you are stuck\, what might get you motivated\, or if you should just ditch the idea altogether.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-make-up-or-break-up/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T183409
CREATED:20260104T004230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260104T004459Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: How to Photograph a Quilt with Lauren Hunt
DESCRIPTION:You’ve finished your gorgeous new quilt and want to share it with the world\, but your photographs aren’t doing it justice. What to do? Lauren Hunt\, who has photographed quilts for pattern designers and publishers like Lucky Spool\, will share her tips for giving your quilt the glamour shot it deserves.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-how-to-photograph-a-quilt-with-lauren-hunt/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260312T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260312T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T183409
CREATED:20260104T005719Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Design a Quilt Series: Inspiration
DESCRIPTION:This month we are launching our Design a Quilt Series\, where we will look at the building blocks of design to give you the confidence to step away from the pattern. Every design starts with inspiration\, and in this meeting we will look at what’s trending in quilting design\, particularly at QuiltCon.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-design-a-quilt-series-inspiration/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260409T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260409T203000
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CREATED:20260104T010808Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Design a Quilt Series: Quilt Exploder
DESCRIPTION:This month\, we are going to talk to some of our own members about their journey designing a quilt. From their initial inspiration to the nitty gritty sewing details\, we will learn about each artist’s process and technique. It’s like we get to pause Show and Tell to get into the how and why of each quilt.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-design-a-quilt-series-quilt-exploder/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260514T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260514T203000
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CREATED:20260104T011008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260104T011008Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: The Complex Composition with Valerie Goodwin
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to welcome Valerie Goodwin to our guild! She will share how she\napproaches composition in creating a commissioned art quilt. The lecture will provide food for thought in terms of how different design disciplines can be combined to create unique ways of thinking about design.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-the-complex-composition-with-valerie-goodwin/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260611T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260611T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T183409
CREATED:20260104T011137Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Color and Design with Tara Faughnan
DESCRIPTION:We are so excited to welcome back Tara Faughnan to the guild! Tara will be joining us\nover Zoom (hooray\, technology!)\, and sharing what she’s learned about color in her 20 years as a designer. She will share some of her approaches to the creative process\, and discuss the importance of value\, proportion and color when designing a quilt.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-color-and-design-with-tara-faughnan/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260709T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260709T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T183409
CREATED:20260104T011318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260104T011452Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Ten Minute Tips
DESCRIPTION:There are over 200 members in the KCMQG\, and we all have little tricks and sewing hacks that we have picked up over the years. Think about how much knowledge there is in our group! This month members will share their 10-minute tips with the group and we will all leave a little smarter than when we arrived.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-ten-minute-tips/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260813T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260813T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T183409
CREATED:20260104T011618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260104T011618Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Concentric Circles with Maday Delgado
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to welcome Maday Delgado to our guild! Maday is a prolific\, bilingual art\neducator devoted to sustainability. She is a published artist\, author\, and speaker who is\ncommitted to bringing innovation and artistry to the forefront of the work she creates. This month\, she is going to share her tips on one of the scariest sewing techniques – piecing with concentric circles.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-concentric-circles-with-maday-delgado/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260910T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260910T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T183409
CREATED:20260104T011820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260104T011820Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Quilts on the Lawn Picnic
DESCRIPTION:This month we’ll take a break from our regular programming to have a picnic party. Pack up your favorite picnic quilt\, snacks\, and handwork to meet us at a local museum  for an evening of camaraderie\, community\, and quilts.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-quilts-on-the-lawn-picnic/
LOCATION:KS
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T183409
CREATED:20260104T011950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260104T011950Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Introduction to Natural Dye with Bess Wilke
DESCRIPTION:We are happy to welcome Bess Wilke to the guild! Bess will join us to share her techniques of that thrilling alchemy that is natural dyeing. She’ll share how to get started in this magical world\, recipes\, and samples. Start saving your marigold petals\, you are going to want them after you hear from Bess!
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-introduction-to-natural-dye-with-bess-wilke/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261112T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261112T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T183409
CREATED:20260104T012123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260104T012123Z
UID:16889-1794508200-1794515400@kcmqg.com
SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Design a Quilt Series: The Big Reveal!
DESCRIPTION:It’s time for the big reveal! After a season of learning the building blocks of design\, we can’t wait to see the quilt you’ve created. Tiny to California King\, we are looking forward to learning how our Design a Quilt Series influenced your work this year.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-design-a-quilt-series-the-big-reveal/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261210T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T183409
CREATED:20260104T012248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260104T012248Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:The days are dark\, but the quilts are merry and bright! Share your holiday creations\, play games\, eat snacks\, and join the merriment that is the KCMQG Holiday Party.
URL:https://kcmqg.com/event/monthly-meeting-holiday-party-2/
LOCATION:Merriam Community Center\, 6040 Slater St\, Merriam\, KS\, 66202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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