The Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild

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.

Board Meeting
2026-05-05 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-03-03 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-02-03 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-01-01 17:00 - 18:30 | KS

Monthly Meeting: Design a Quilt Series: Quilt Exploder
2026-04-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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.

April Board Meeting
2026-03-31 17:30 - 19:30 | KS

Activity & Program Council
2026-03-28 09:00 - 12:00 | Merriam Plaza Library, 6120 Slater St., Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
The next meeting of the Activity and Program Council will be on March 28. This group plans and coordinates all events of our guild beyond the monthly meeting. All members are welcome! All ideas are welcome! Come and help build our vibrant quilt community.

Zoom Happy Hour
2026-03-25 18:00 - 20:00 | KS
You are invited to a Zoom Happy Hour on Wednesday, March 25 at 6 p.m. Grab a drink of choice and get to know your guild mates in a relaxed online atmosphere.
Find the sign up link in the most recent guild newsletter!

Design A Quilt Roundtable: Quilt Design Ideas
2026-03-14 09:00 - 12:00 | Merriam Plaza Library, 6120 Slater St., Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
As part of our Design a Quilt Series, you are invited to share your ideas and discuss them with your peers in a round table format. We will be gathering on the Saturday after guild to talk about and workshop our own ideas around designing a quilt. At this event we will discuss if we want future events to be held on Zoom or in person, and if we would like to break into smaller groups to work together throughout the year. This is a free event.
Please register using the link in the most recent newsletter so that we can plan our setup accordingly.

Monthly Meeting: Design a Quilt Series: Inspiration
2026-03-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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.

QuiltNon 2026
2026-02-22 11:00 - 17:00, 2026-02-21 09:00 - 17:00 | KS
While QuiltCon is happening in Raleigh, join your guild mates for a two-day sewing party in Kansas City. We call this event QuiltNon, and are excited to announce our February 2026 event.
Click here for more information and to sign up!

Monthly Meeting: How to Photograph a Quilt with Lauren Hunt
2026-02-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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.

Zoom Sew Day
2026-01-17 09:00 - 16:00 | KS
Get ready for a relaxing, no-fuss day of sewing with your KCMQG pals—all from the comfort of home! Join us on Saturday, January 17th, for a full day of stitching, chatting, and community at our Zoom Sew Day.
✨No packing. No hauling. No setup stress. No snow concerns.
Just you, your sewing machine, your favorite snack, and your fellow guild members—hanging out and sewing together in real time.
👚Pajamas are welcome.
🧦Soft pants are encouraged.
☕Coffee refills are unlimited.
🎉Good vibes guaranteed.
Pop in for the whole day or just for a bit—9 AM to 4 PM. Whether you’re finishing up a WIP or just want some friendly company while you sew, we’d love to see you there.
Let’s stitch together, apart. See you on Zoom!

Monthly Meeting: Make Up or Break Up
2026-01-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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.

January Board Meeting
2025-12-30 17:30 - 19:00 | KS

Monthly Meeting: Holiday Party
2025-12-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Additional information will be added once we get all the details ironed out.

Board Meeting
2025-12-02 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-04 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-09-30 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-09-02 17:30 - 19:30 | KS

Monthly Meeting: Crystal Manning
2025-11-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Join us on November 13, 2025 for our guest speaker Crystal Manning!
Crystal is a Kansas City fabric and quilt artist who will share a trunk show of her latest and favorite quilts.
After 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.
Since 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.

Workshop: Ashelyn Downs - Minimal Improv
2025-10-11 10:00 - 16:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
Advanced Beginner-Intermediate piecing skills are a prerequisite. In this full-day workshop, you’ll learn tips and strategies to create successful projects and learn the
process of piecing with purpose while using intentional fabric choices instead of scraps, commonly reserved for improv quilting. Get inspired by your fiber selections and let the art of improv quilting lead you to make your one-of-a-kind throw-size quilt.
Sign ups open on July 19th @ 9am – you can sign up here.

Workshop: Ashelyn Downs - City Planning
2025-10-10 10:00 - 16:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
Confident Beginner piecing skills are a prerequisite.
Have you ever wanted to create a modern improv quilt but were unsure of where to
begin? The City Planning Quilt Pattern takes the guesswork and decision-making out of
the process to get you the results of a large-scale minimal improv quilt!
In this full-day workshop, you will sew your City Planning Quilt top while receiving tips
and tricks for batching the process to speed up the sewing!
Sign ups open on July 19th @ 9am – you can sign up here.

Monthly Meeting: Ashelyn Downs
2025-10-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Join us on Thursday, October 9th, to welcome Ashelyn Downs of Urban Dwell Studio!
Ashelyn 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!

Monthly Meeting: Kim Alexis Newton
2025-09-11 18:30 - 20:30 | KS

Monthly Meeting: Sandi Griepenstroh
2025-08-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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.
Be sure to follow Sandi on Instagram at @lonetreequilter

Zoom Sew Day
2025-08-09 08:00 - 17:00 | KS
This sew day will take place via Zoom. Join if/when you can and leave when you must! More details to come soon!

Board Meeting
2025-08-05 17:30 - 19:30 | KS
This meeting will be held via Zoom. You can check your July newsletter for the Zoom link. An email will also be sent out a few days prior to the meeting with an agenda and Zoom link.

Workshop: Luke Haynes - Clothes to Quilt
2025-07-12 09:00 - 16:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
Participants will start with clothes and end with a quilt, with the goal to learn how to use materials that are a bit unusual, create something fun and dynamic, and build a skill set. Luke will show you efficient ways of getting fabric from garments and then we will go through some prompts to create an abstract top that uses the qualities of the fabric to create a small quilt.
Saturday, July 12th
9am to 4pm
The Fabric Chic in Parkville
Members: $125
Spots available: 24

Monthly Meeting: Luke Haynes
2025-07-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Luke Haynes is coming to KCMQG on July 10th for a dynamic lecture about his quilting journey that’s taken him across the globe!
Check out Luke’s quilt art on Instagram and his website!
IG: @entropies
Website: https://luke.art

July 2025 Board Meeting
2025-07-01 17:30 - 19:30 | KS
This meeting will be held via Zoom. You can check your June newsletter for the Zoom link. An email will also be sent out a few days prior to the meeting with an agenda and Zoom link.

Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival
2025-06-14 08:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-13 08:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-12 08:00 - 19:30 | Overland Park Convention Center, 6000 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS, 66211
Visit https://kcrqf.com/ for more info.

Monthly Meeting: Kitty Wilkin - Quilt Your Life: Milestone Quilts for Every Moment
2025-06-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Kitty Wilkin, the Night Quilter, is joining us virtually on June 12th for a memorable presentation called “Quilt Your Life: Milestone Quilts for Every Moment”. Come explore the world of quilts created to mark milestones, and see why these quilts are a fun and meaningful solution to joyful sewing in this busy world. In this workshop, Kitty will share her journey through the world of creating milestone quilts, beginning with the quilt she created for her third child to mark his first year of life, and will explore other life events that can be documented through the creation of a quilt. Together we will talk about the many variables to consider when designing milestone quilts and you will come up with a plan for a milestone quilt of your own. Kitty will guide you through the process so that you leave feeling inspired and ready to dive into creating a positive feedback loop in your life, documenting your days through the creation of a quilt.

June 2025 Board Meeting
2025-06-04 17:00 - 18:30 | KS

Monthly Meeting: Negative Space Challenge
2025-05-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Discover the Power of Negative Space at Our May 8th Meeting!
Join us on May 8th for an inspiring evening as our talented KCMQG members showcase their Negative Space Challenge mini quilts! This is your chance to see how quilters have embraced the challenge, using bold expanses of fabric, intricate quilting textures, and unexpected layouts to transform “empty” space into a striking design element.
Members are invited to create a mini quilt (24″ x 24″ max) that highlights negative space in a unique way. Whether you go for modern minimalism, high-contrast drama, or delicate quilting details, we can’t wait to see your interpretation! Attendees in person and on Zoom will have an opportunity to share their quilts. If you would like to have your mini quilt featured at the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival in the KCMQG Negative Space exhibit, you can leave your mini with Kelly Hubka after the meeting. There will be additional opportunities to deliver your quilt for inclusion in our KCRQF exhibit, so stay tuned for those details.
Mark your calendars, get inspired, and join us for an evening of creativity and conversation. See you there!

May 2025 Board Meeting
2025-04-29 17:00 - 18:30 | KS
All members of the guild are invited to participate in the monthly board meetings. Our May meeting will be held on Zoom on Tuesday, April 29.
Tuesday, April 29 at 5:00 p.m.
Check your April Newsletter for the Zoom link. A reminder email with link will also be sent out a few days prior to the board meeting.

A Different Stripe Sew-Along with Denyse Schmidt
2025-04-12 10:00 - 16:00 | KS
Join Denyse for a hands-on day of sewing and fun, as she shows you how to improvise her A Different Stripe quilt pattern. The motto for this class is “sew more, think less” – learn to trust your intuition, build your creative confidence, and streamline your patchwork process! You’ll easily produce enough blocks for a crib or throw-size quilt, and go home armed with momentum and inspiration to apply to all your patchwork projects.
Date: Saturday, April 12th
Time: 10am – 4pm
Location: The Fabric Chic
There is a $10 supply fee that includes the pattern, payable to Denyse on the day of class.

Improv Theme & Variation with Denyse Schmidt
2025-04-11 10:00 - 16:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
A single block pattern can yield an infinite number of variations. In this workshop, we’ll use improvisational patchwork to explore repetitions and variations on a theme. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of the design elements of structure and composition, while building confidence in working with improvisation to create quilt tops that reflect your own voice. Bring a favorite traditional or original block pattern to work with.
Date: Friday, April 11th
Time: 10am – 4pm
Location: The Fabric Chic

April Monthly Meeting: Denyse Schmidt
2025-04-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States

April 2025 Board Meeting
2025-04-02 17:00 - 18:30 | KS
This meeting will be held via Zoom. You can check your newsletter or the Facebook group for the link to join. An email reminder with the link will also be sent out closer to the meeting date.

Schoolhouse: Gel Printing on Fabric with Cyndi Kuhn
2025-03-19 09:00 - 13:00 | Village on Antioch Church, 14895 Antioch Road, Overland Park, KS, 66221, United States
Workshop open to members of KCMQG and BVQG
Cost: FREE to take class – you must purchase supplies in advance (document attached to this newsletter)
Date: Wednesday, March 19th
Time: 9am-1pm
Where: Village on Antioch Church
14895 Antioch Road,
Overland Park, KS 66221
Limited Space Signs-ups will open in January – click here to sign up!
Printing your own fabric designs opens up an entire new world, especially for quilters
& sewists. Until now, the process of printing on fabric with dyes seemed difficult to
learn and even harder to implement and required lots of “stuff.” But that is not the case anymore. You don’t have to be an “ARTIST” to be successful. This is all about
play and experimenting, the process of letting go. Gel printing is fun and a bit
addicting!! You will create an astonishing array of designs, simply and safely, using
textile paints and a variety of techniques.
Gel printing on fabric uses a gelatin plate to press an image onto fabric. We will begin
with paper and then move to fabric. So you will be able to create your own unique
fabric art and more.

Monthly Meeting: QuiltCon A to Z
2025-03-13 18:30 - 21:00 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States

March Board Meeting
2025-03-02 08:00 - 17:00 | KS
This meeting will be in person. Location and meeting time is still TBD. This event will be updated with further information once we have ironed out the details.

QuiltNon 2025 @ The Fabric Chic
2025-02-23 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-22 09:00 - 17:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
Are you not able to go to Phoenix for QuiltCon 2025???? Come enjoy sewing together with everyone else that is not able to go! Click here to sign up!

QuiltNon 2025 @ KC Maker Studio
2025-02-23 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-22 09:00 - 17:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States

Monthly Meeting: Martin Catenhauser from Missouri Sewing Machine Company
2025-02-13 18:00 - 21:00 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Join us as Martin Catenhauser of Missouri Sewing Machine Co. takes us on a journey to “A Simple Understanding of the Modern Sewing Machine”. You’ll enjoy getting to know the primary tool that makes all of your quilting goals come to life. Missouri Sewing Machine Co. has been a part of the Kansas City area since 1932 and generations of Martin’s family have made it their mission to offer innovative and easier sewing options. With 4 shops in the KC area, their company is dedicated to great customer service and community growth as they look forward to serving their customers in the generations to come.

February Board Meeting
2025-02-05 17:00 - 18:30 | KS
This board meeting will be held via Zoom. You can check your guild newsletter or the Facebook page for the link to join. A reminder will also be sent out via email closer to February 5th.

Retreat at Art Nest
2025-01-23 10:00 - 2025-01-26 16:00 | Art Nest Retreat Center, 10425 95th Road Southeast, Agency, MO, 64401, United States
What do the words ubuntu, wabi-sabi, and hygge have in common?
They’re all about simple, cozy, and contentment.
Come join us on our next guild quilt retreat where we bring you a simple
and cozy weekend away and focus on what you want to quilt.
We will honor the new year with a bit of out with the old and in with the new
with our Bring-A-Pattern/Take-A-Pattern exchange.
As we hibernate away, you can join in with our Bear Paw Block Challenge
using the free Redford Pattern from Then Came June.
Come snuggle away with your quilty friends and join us at the Art Nest
January 23rd thru 26th.
Click here to sign up!

Monthly Meeting: Tia Curtis
2025-01-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States

December 2024 Meeting: Holiday Party
2024-12-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States

Pieces of Home Quilt Show
2024-12-07 08:00 - 17:00 | KS
In conjunction with the Pendleton Heights Neighborhood Association Holiday Homes Tour
KCMQG has been invited to hold a quilt show during the Pendleton Heights Neighborhood Holiday Homes Tour- what better theme is there than House Quilts?!?!?

November 2024 Meeting: Mary Thomas
2024-11-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States

October 2024 Workshop: StarQuar with Diane Harris
2024-10-12 09:30 - 15:30 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
StarQuar Workshop!
We asked, you voted! The Star Quar workshop is an opportunity to learn all the scrappy happy tips and tricks you’ve been wanting to know. Diane Harris, the Stash Bandit, will lead us through the discovery of scraps and how to make them work together to create a beautiful scrappy quilt. She’ll talk about all the things you need to consider as you work with scraps and you’ll leave motivated to create an amazing scrappy masterpiece. The Star Quar block is simple in its construction and mighty in its versatility providing you with a beautiful but easy to master block that can lay out in MANY different configurations. Join us for a day of colorful blocks and learning that will influence your quilting for years to come.
Saturday, October 12 9:30-3:30
KC Maker Studio
Class Fee $50 with 20 seats available

October 2024 Meeting: Diane Harris - Stash Bandit
2024-10-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
October 10, 2024 6:30pm Merriam Community Center
October finds us jumping into the world of all things ScRaPpY and our fearless leader for the adventure will be Diane Harris of Stash Bandit. Diane Harris is a quilter who loves everything about the process and enjoys sharing it with others. She’s been sewing for almost 50 years and quilting for three decades. She can’t imagine ever running out of ideas.
For 11 years, she was an editor for Quiltmaker magazine where she wrote patterns, product reviews and how-to articles. Her quilt designs can still be seen regularly in the pages of Quiltmaker, McCall’s Quilting and Quick Quilts.
Her trunk shows and classes are lively, inspiring entertainment. We can’t wait to see her quilts and be inspired to dive into our scrap bins to create beautiful quilts. You can learn more about Diane by visiting her on Instagram @stashbanditquilts or her website StashBandit Website

October Retreat 2024
2024-10-03 - 2024-10-06 | Sew Sweet, 207 E Broadway St, Brunswick, MO, 65236, United States
Come join your hosts, Dorothy Pope and Patty McKiernan, for a great time at the Fall retreat. They will be motiving you to focus and finish those quilting projects. Also, you will be able to enjoy the Pecan Festival that is right outside the retreat doors.
Location: Sew Sweet Retreat Center, 207 E. Broadway Street, Brunswick, MO 65236
Date: Thursday, October 3rd 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, October 6th 12:00 p.m.
Spots Available: 22
Cost: $315 which includes your room and some meals (# of meals to be determined)

New Member Sew Day
2024-09-14 10:00 - 16:00 | Harper Fabrics, 7918 Santa Fe Dr, Overland Park, KS, 66204, United States
Welcome to all of the new members in 2024! We are so glad that you’ve joined the KCMQG. Our hope is that, in addition to our monthly guild meetings, you are joining in on some extra days with guild members—like speaker workshops, schoolhouse days, community service events, guild sew days and retreats, etc. These are the best ways to meet other guild members and find new friends, possibly find your niche within our larger guild.
Also we are offering a free New Member Sew Day to those members who have joined in 2024! Harper Fabrics in Overland Park has graciously offered a sewing room for us to join together to meet one another. The first twelve new members to sign up at no cost will have a fun day of sewing on Saturday, September 14, 2024 from 10am-4pm. So don’t wait to sign up!
You can click here to sign up! (Note: Sign ups don’t open until June 22nd)

September 2024 Meeting: Kelly Ashton
2024-09-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
On September 12 the KCMQG will welcome our own Kelly Ashton.
As a self-described “pragmatic quilt maker”, Kelly approaches quilt design and construction with a knowledge of and an appreciation for the theoretical and a penchant for the practical. Her mid-life realization that she truly may not live long enough to use all of her fabric stash has propelled her into “turbo quilt making mode”! Join us as Kelly shares her quilts and her latest publication Spinners, Spirals and Stars and see her creative use of shape and color to create fabulous quilts. Follow her on Instagram @kellyaquilter and visit her website at kellyquilter.com

Community Outreach Berry Jamboree Sew Day
2024-09-07 10:00 - 16:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
Saturday, September 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Fabric Chic in Parkville

Build community
Create the community outreach quilt
Craft your own Berry Jam quilt or other projects
Celebrate all things berry

The cost for the day of creativity and fun is $15. If you intend to create your own Berry Jam quilt, please note that an individually purchased copy of the pattern is required. You can order it from https://www.tiacurtisquilts.com, or ask it for it at your local quilt shop. A detailed supply list will be available later in the summer.
You can click here for more info and to sign up! (Note: Sign ups don’t open until June 22nd)

August 2024 Workshop: Folk Flower with Anna Maria Horner
2024-08-24 10:00 - 17:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
Saturday, August 24 10am-5pm
The Fabric Chic Sewing Lounge
25 Students, $60 – SOLD OUT BUT WAITLIST AVAILABLE!
You can click here for more info and to get on the waitlist!

August 2024 Workshop: Color Fluency with Anna Maria Horner
2024-08-23 10:00 - 17:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
Friday, August 23 10am-5pm
The Fabric Chic Sewing Lounge
25 Students, $60 – SOLD OUT BUT WAITLIST AVAILABLE!
You can click here for more info and to get on the waitlist!

August 2024 Meeting: Anna Maria Horner
2024-08-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
The one and only ANNA MARIA HORNER is coming to the KCMQG!
*** THURSDAY AUGUST 22 @ 6:30pm PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE!!! ***
Fine artist, fabric designer, quilter… all words used to try to describe the incomparable Anna Maria Horner.
Join us for an amazing guild meeting where we will enjoy Patchwork Pathways: An auto-biographical presentation of Anna Maria’s quilts from the beginning.
You’ll revel in the opportunity to see Anna Maria’s quilts up close and personal and leave inspired to create a beautiful and artful world.
Scroll Anna Maria’s amazingness on Instagram @annamariahorner @craftsouth and @conservatorycraft

August Board Meeting
2024-08-15 17:00 - 19:30 | Merriam Plaza Library, 6120 Slater St., Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Date: August 15, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
Location: Merriam Plaza Library, 6120 Slater St., Merriam, KS 66202 or via Zoom (Zoom link available in the July newsletter)
First topic will be Board discussion regarding next steps regarding MQG membership based on the comments during the Special Guild Meeting on July 14th.
Second topic the Board will begin review of the 2025 budget.
Remaining topics will be taken in order on the agenda.
If you have any items that you would like to add to the agenda, please submit your request by August 9th at 5:00 p.m. An agenda will be emailed and posted to Facebook 48 hours in advance.

Community Service Sew Day
2024-07-27 10:00 - 15:00 | Art Nest Retreat Center, 10425 95th Road Southeast, Agency, MO, 64401, United States
Saturday July 27th
10am – 3pm
Art Nest Retreat Center
The cost to join this sew day is 1 finished Not Your Basic Blue Bag for Journey House
You can click here for more info and to sign up! (Note: Sign ups don’t open until June 22nd)

July 2024 Workshop: Pride and Joy Quilting
2024-07-13 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-12 10:00 - 17:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
July Workshop with Veruschka Zarate: Heartland- Capturing Memories
Date: July 12th & 13th
Time: 10am-5pm (with a lunch break) on Friday and Saturday
Location: KC Maker, 5331 Johnson Dr, Mission, KS 66205
Cost: $100 for both days
Seats available: 25
You can click here for more information and to sign up!

July 2024 Meeting: Pride and Joy Quilting
2024-07-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States

July 2024 Board Meeting
2024-06-27 18:00 - 20:30 | Merriam Plaza Library, 6120 Slater St., Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Regular Board Meeting
Date: Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. Earlier due to the 4th of July Holiday.
Location: Merriam Plaza Library, 6120 Slater St., Merriam KS 6620 or via Zoom (link in your newsletter)
If you have any items that you would like to add to the agenda, please submit your request by June 24th at 5:00 p.m. An agenda will be posted to Facebook 48 hours prior to the meeting. If you do not have access to Facebook, you can email requesting a copy of the agenda at kcmodernquiltguild@gmail.com.

Double the Fun Schoolhouse
2024-06-22 09:00 - 16:00 | Blue Valley Library, 9000 W 151st St, Overland Park, KS, 66221, United States
Date: Saturday June 22, 2024
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Perle Cotton Hand Stitching with Stephanie Dodson & Rosie Frey
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Hand Applique – Little Astra Block with Tia Curtis
Location: Blue Valley Library Classroom, 9000 W 151st St, Overland Park, KS 66221
Cost: $12 per class or $20 for both *** If you would like to take both classes, add both to your cart, then use coupon code doublefun2024 on the cart page to drop the price to $20.
You can click here for more info and to sign up!

June 2024 Meeting: My Top 10
2024-06-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States

May 2024 Meeting: Make Up or Break Up
2024-05-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States

April 2024 Workshop: Allover Project Bag with Minki Kim
2024-04-13 09:00 - 13:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
This fun project bag can be made in two different sizes and is a perfect introduction to many of the fabulous tips and tricks that you’ll recognize in many of Minki’s patterns. You’ll leave this class more comfortable with bag construction and a fabulous project bag that you’ll be proud to say you made. The Allover Project Bag pattern required for class is available in pdf format here: Allover Project Bag Pattern
Date: Saturday, April 13, 2024 9am – 1pm
Location:The Fabric Chic Sewing Lounge, Parkville, Missouri

April 2024 Workshop: Flying Geese Pouch Trio with Minki Kim
2024-04-12 13:00 - 19:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
This amazing pouch pattern comes with three size options and a fun flying geese accent that you’ll learn to construct as part of the bag construction process. Minki will spend the day with you and will tell you all her secrets to making beautiful bags that you’ll be proud to claim as “me-made.” She’ll make sewing a zipper in a curved application fun and easy, and you’ll learn about her creative zipper installation technique that you can apply to many different projects in the future. There are three sizes in the pattern which means you can choose the one that’s “just right” or construct all three for a super fun nesting set. The Flying Geese Trio pattern required for class is available in pdf here: Flying Geese Trio Pattern
Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 1pm – 7pm
Location:The Fabric Chic Sewing Lounge, Parkville, Missouri

April 2024 Meeting: Minki Kim
2024-04-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
On April 11, 2024 at the Merriam Community Center come meet Minki Kim.
Minki Kim is a fabric and pattern designer with her own whimsical style. As a formally trained sculptor and self-taught sewist, she found that designing fabrics and creating art with fabric and thread were natural steps in her evolution as an artist. Her program will take us all on her journey as we learn about “How Sewing Changed My Life”. She’ll share lots of photos and will be bringing lots of her projects for us to enjoy.
Minki discovered sewing as a creative outlet when her children were small. She wanted to capture the beauty of ordinary moments, first with hand embroidery and later recreating them with her sewing machine and fabric—literally drawing with thread. Capturing ordinary moments in beautiful sewing illustrations to make keepsake snapshots of daily life has become her signature style.
The author of Sew Illustrated, Diary in Stitches, Zakka from the Heart and Zakka Wool Applique (all by C&T Publishing), Minki has also designed several fabric collections for Riley Blake Designs.
Check out her Instagram @zeriano and her website Sewing Illustration
Two of her books, Zakka from the Heart and Zakka Wool Applique, are available in our library if you’d like to check out a bit more inspiration!
Kelly Lautenbach – VP of Programming

Special Board Meeting - Budget
2024-04-06 09:00 - 13:00 | Lenexa Library, 8778 Penrose Lane, Lenexa, KS, 66219, United States
Special Board Meeting
We are having an additional in-person only Board Meeting in April to start discussing long term budget concerns. We would love to have members come and give input.
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Lenexa City Center Library, 8778 Penrose Lane Lenexa, KS 66219

April Board Meeting
2024-04-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Cedar Roe Library, 5120 Cedar St, Roeland Park, KS, 66205, United States
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Location: Cedar Roe Large Meeting Room – Cedar Roe Library, 5120 Cedar St,, Roeland Park, KS 66205 or via Zoom; check your March newsletter for the Zoom link!
Main Topic: Future of Zoom
If you have any item that you would like to add to the agenda, please submit your request by March 29th. An agenda will be posted to Facebook 48 hours prior to the meeting. If you do not have access to Facebook, you can email requesting a copy of the agenda at kcmodernquiltguild@gmail.com.

March 2024 Meeting: Merrie Ford - Series Work
2024-03-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
On March 14th, Merrie Ford, a KCMQG member and national speaker, will talk to us about Working in a Series: Motivation & Inspiration. This lecture is the result of a lifelong love of a specific subject matter, a desire to explore creative possibilities, and many changes in her life and the world over the past few years. Drawing from personal interests, a small book by an artist of the 50’s, and her process of planning and creating a series of works, she will give both practical and unusual inspiration to help us all move forward with our own creative lives.
A little bit about Merrie. She began sewing in 8th grade and primarily made clothing for years. She caught the quilting bug at age 22 and began with traditional quilts and hand quilting. Her creative journey would take her into utility quilts, modern quilts, collage, and original designs. After 20 moves, she landed in Kansas City, MO, and credits the KCMQG with much of her growth and creativity as a Quilter. She now splits time between Missouri & her home state of Montana. Merrie teaches at shops, guilds, and retreats all over the nation, loves the color brown, and never gets tired of buying fabric at any shop she can find while traveling!
Cannot wait to see what Merrie will inspire us to do in 2024!
Kelly Lautenbach, VP of Programming

QuiltNon
2024-02-25 09:00 - 18:00, 2024-02-24 09:00 - 21:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States

February 2024 Workshop: Everyday Stitches
2024-02-10 10:00 - 16:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024 10am-4pm
Location:The Fabric Chic Sewing Lounge, Parkville, Missouri
Cost: $68
Limited to 18 spaces
Spend the day learning all about foundation paper piecing and working on a BRAND NEW pattern from Everyday Stitches!

February 2024 Meeting: Everyday Stitches - Paper Piecing
2024-02-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, 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 favorite technique!
Kelly Lautenbach – VP of Programming

KCMQG Board Meeting
2024-01-31 18:00 - 19:30 | The Darby at Briarcliff, 1600 NW 38th St, Kansas City, MO, 64116, United States
All are welcome at the upcoming KCMQG board meeting. Our monthly board meeting will be the first Wednesday of the month. They will be in person at The Darby at Briarcliff, 1600 NW 38th St, Kansas City, MO 64116 or on Zoom. Meetings will be 6:00-7:30 p.m.

January 2024 Meeting: Becky Blades - Start More Than You Can Finish
2024-01-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, 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 you wish to learn more about Becky Blades prior to our January meeting, visit her webpage: www.beckyblades.com
I cannot wait to start more than I can finish in 2024. How about you?
Kelly Lautenbach – VP of Programming

December 2023 Meeting: Holiday Party
2023-12-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, 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 run by all volunteer help and we need you to make it happen! Holiday refreshments, a chance to talk and get to know other members, and a introduction to the committees will give you a reason to look forward to the 2024 KCMQG season. Join us, won’t you?

November 2023 Meeting: My Top 10
2023-11-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Join us for the November meeting- “My Top 10”
You’ll hear from four of our KCMQG members and take a tour of their top 10 quilts. Lori Lange, Angel Prisock, Sue Tuttle and Carla Timberlake will inspire you to create quilts that bring joy. You won’t want to miss this chance to see their sewing adventures up close and hear the “behind the seams” stories of their quilts.

New Member Sew Day
2023-10-21 09:00 - 16:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
New Member Sew Day
Shout out to all our new members since October 2022. You are invited to join us for a new member sew day. This is an opportunity for you to meet other new members and formulate great quilting relationships. If you are an eligible new member, you received a special invite on July 27th.
Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Fabric Chic, Parkville, MO
Fee: Free for our new members only.
Limited to 23 individuals

October 2023 Schoolhouse: Binding Techniques
2023-10-14 09:00 - 16:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
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October 2023 Workshop: Pixel Quilt Block with Dee Bushrod
2023-10-13 10:00 - 13:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
Join us at the Fabric Chic for this half day class and learn 2 different techniques you can use to create your own pixel quilt. We will practice techniques of pixel quilt cutting, learn the two different methods for piecing a pixel quilt, using fusible grid interfacing, working with 1.5″ squares, ironing, and creating a block as it is broken down in a pixel quilt. This specially priced class will give you the opportunity to learn from Dee of Pixel Quilts as she debuts this class for the first time!
$37 class fee plus $10 materials fee paid to instructor.
Materials supplied: fabric, grid interfacing, block pattern
Other supplies you’ll need: Sewing machine with foot pedal and power cord, thread, straight pins, rotary cutter, ruler, cutting mat, iron, ironing mat, parchment paper or silicon pressing mat
Skill Level: Beginner

October 2023 Meeting: Dee Bushrod of Pixel Quilts
2023-10-12 18:30 - 20:00 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, 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 making and gifting these amazing quilts.
Check out her social media and website links below and get ready for an exciting evening.
Website: www.pixelquilts.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/pixelquilt/

Fall Retreat
2023-10-05 - 2023-10-08 | Sew Sweet, 207 E Broadway St, Brunswick, MO, 65236, United States
October 6 – 8 @ Sew Sweet. Bonus day October 5. Additional information will be available soon via the monthly newsletter.

September 2023 Workshop: Robin Long Mariner's Compass Basics - Strip Pieced
2023-09-16 09:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-15 14:00 - 20:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States

September 2023 Meeting: Robin Long - Robin Ruth Designs Modern Mariner's Compass
2023-09-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States

August 2023 Workshop: Mobius Radial with Audrey Esarey
2023-08-12 10:00 - 16:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
Come learn Audrey’s curvy ways in the Mobius Radial Workshop. Mobius Radial is a wall hanging made using paper piecing, curved piecing, and partial seam techniques. This workshop covers the basic concepts of paper piecing on an arc, curved piecing, and precision piecing. We will also discuss quilting ideas. Students will learn the concepts of paper piecing on a curve. There will be a focus on curved piecing and partial seam construction. The students will complete a portion of the quilt during class. The Mobius Radial Quilt finishes at 30 x 30 inches. Pattern sold separately.
Skill level: Intermediate (Foundation paper piecing experience is recommended)
5 hours of hands-on instruction and classroom time

August 2023 Workshop: Exploring Curves with Audrey Esarey
2023-08-11 15:00 - 21:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
This class begins with lecture and drafting exercises on Audrey’s methods for drafting quilts with complex and irregular curves. We’ll discuss how she assembles quilts from the drawings, and she’ll share the best practices she follows for this process. The class will continue using the Exploring Curves Quilt as practice for sewing complex curves. This quilt is a wall hanging made from one large block that uses curved piecing to create the illusion of transparency from overlapping circles. We’ll discuss building a palette and tips and tricks for stress-free curved piecing. Take the guesswork out of color selection by using one of the published color palettes inside the pattern! The Exploring Curves Quilt finishes at 24 x 24 inches. Drafting Complex Curves Booklet sold separately.
Skill level: Intermediate
5 hours of hands-on instruction and classroom time
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