Monthly Meeting: The Complex Composition with Valerie Goodwin
2026-05-14 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
We are thrilled to welcome Valerie Goodwin to our guild! She will share how she
approaches 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.

Monthly Meeting: Color and Design with Tara Faughnan
2026-06-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
We are so excited to welcome back Tara Faughnan to the guild! Tara will be joining us
over 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.

Monthly Meeting: Ten Minute Tips
2026-07-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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.

Monthly Meeting: Concentric Circles with Maday Delgado
2026-08-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
We are thrilled to welcome Maday Delgado to our guild! Maday is a prolific, bilingual art
educator devoted to sustainability. She is a published artist, author, and speaker who is
committed 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.

Monthly Meeting: Quilts on the Lawn Picnic
2026-09-10 18:30 - 20:30 | KS
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.

Monthly Meeting: Introduction to Natural Dye with Bess Wilke
2026-10-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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!

Monthly Meeting: Design a Quilt Series: The Big Reveal!
2026-11-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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.

Monthly Meeting: Holiday Party
2026-12-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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.
