This is a very special workshop conducted by Sheila Frampton Cooper herself. It is a two day workshop for 20 very lucky students! In this workshop, students will draw a design, create a full-scale pattern on freezer paper, and assemble the forms by Appli-piecing, which is part appliqué and part piecing. Sheila will guide students […]
Have you ever studied the work of David Taylor of Ft. Collins, Colorado? David was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado. He has been the recipient of the Fairfield Master Award for Contemporary Quilting from the International Quilt Association (2006, 2014), the Brother Wall Machine Workmanship Award from the […]
We are thrilled to welcome our guild's founding president and renowned author and educator Jacquie Gering to our October meeting. In her Jacquie 2.0 talk, we'll catch up with Jacquie with examples form her beloved Walk 2.0 book and hear more about what she's whipping up in her studio. She describes her style as "simple, […]
Chris Jacobs is our T-shirt Queen. She has showed us many ways to use that never-ending pile of t-shirts. This class is focused on using the Not Your Basic Blue Bag pattern by Kelly Lautenbach. Chris will teach you how to turn those t-shirts into a very usable bag. As always with Chris' classes, it […]
T-Shirt Silhouette Quilt Workshop By popular demand, Chris Jacobs is back for an additional t-shirt class but with a very specific design in mind. She'll be teaching the Silhouette Workshop. Your t-shirts will be become an amazing silhouette quilt. Join your guild friends for this fun class. November 6 9:30am-4pm The Fabric Chic $40 class […]
Mary Fons lives a quiltful life. You might already know Mary from her lectures at QuiltCon, her work as Quiltfolk magazine's editor-in-chief, her time at Quilty magazine, her appearances on Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting, reading her articles on quilt history and culture in all your favorite quilt magazine, or tuning in to her […]
Join speaker Mary Fons for a captivating lecture, Sold: Quilts in Fine Art. Are quilts art? You might have an answer to the question — but what if it’s the wrong question? Fine art that depicts quilts or incorporates actual quilts are exhibited in museums around the world. In the 1960s, superstar artists like Robert […]
Temperature quilts have been showing up everywhere from our social media feeds and magazine articles, to a special exhibit at QuiltCon 2022, and a workshop at the upcoming MQG Sessions. These quilts are usually where you choose different colors to represent different ranges of temperature and make a block each day to represent the high […]
Karen Sullivan(@sullysmittenco) is a licensed professional trainer and wool mitten maker. She'll give us great tips on how to take better care of ourselves while "making" with exercises and tips. She'll also tell us about her Wool Mitten company Sully's Mitten Co. Karen is funny, entertaining and will share lots of great self care advise. […]
KCMQG member Lisa Hirsch will share her knowledge and incredible color skills with us to step up our Color profiles in 2023. Join us January 12, 2023 6:30-8:30pm in person at Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater Street, Merriam, Kansas or on Zoom