QuiltNon 2025 @ The Fabric Chic
2025-02-22 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-23 11:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | 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 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, 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.

Monthly Meeting: QuiltCon A to Z
2025-03-13 18:30 - 21:00 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Additional information will be added once we get all the details ironed out.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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

Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival
2025-06-12 08:00 - 19:30, 2025-06-13 08:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-14 08:00 - 16:00 | 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

Monthly Meeting: Holiday Party
2025-12-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States

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

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.

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!

Board Meeting
2026-02-03 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-03-03 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-05-05 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-06-02 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-08-04 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-09-01 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-11-03 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-12-01 17:30 - 19:30 | KS

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.

QuiltNon 2026
2026-02-21 09:00 - 17:00, 2026-02-22 11:00 - 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: 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.

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.

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!

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.

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

Monthly Meeting: The Complex Composition with Valerie Goodwin
2026-05-14 18:30 - 20:30 | 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.

Workshop: Map Collage Workshop with Valerie Goodwin
2026-05-16 10:00 - 17:00 | KS
5/16/26
10 – 5, 1 hour for lunch
The Fabric Chic
Description: This workshop focuses on creating a simple stitched map of a place that holds special meaning for you —
your home or where you live. Using a combination of hand and machine stitching, along with silk organza, opaque fabrics, and a touch of paint, you’ll design a small fiber art map measuring approximately 8” x 8” to 11” x 11”.
You’ll also learn how to use online resources to find maps that can serve as your creative starting point. As the class progresses, you’ll discover numerous ways to adapt and expand upon the techniques introduced — opening the door to a series or collection of personal stitched maps.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll have gained the inspiration and skills to continue exploring this expressive art form.
Click here to sign up for this workshop!

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.

Workshop: Give and Take with Tara Faughnan
2026-06-13 10:00 - 16:00 | KS
Member Price: $75.00
The Give and Take quilt is an exercise in controlled improvisation. This method of practicing improv within the block and then squaring it up for final construction allows room for a lot of play and exploration both in color and form. We will also discuss how color placement and value can create high impact compositions that move the eye across the quilt. Level: Advanced Beginner and on. Please note This class will be held on Zoom.
Click here to sign up!

Summer Retreat
2026-06-18 11:00 - 2026-06-21 12:00 | Sew Sweet, 207 E Broadway St, Brunswick, MO, 65236, United States
This retreat is at Sew Sweet in Brunswick, MO
Thursday, June 18-Sunday, June 21
$315 per person which includes lodging and most meals
Maximum of 22 participants
Mark your calendars! This year’s guild retreat is going to be one for the books! We’re heading into the summer solstice weekend with a theme that’s as big as the night sky: Celestial Stitches.
THURSDAY, JUNE 18 — Arrival & the Draw
Check in, get settled, and get excited! Our first order of business will be to draw your mystery block pattern to make for our special group project. We’ll be providing a Celestial Color Way to inspire you to dig through your stash and use up your fat quarters for a good cause.
FRIDAY, JUNE 19 — Pour Decisions Under the Stars
In honor of the summer solstice — the longest day and shortest night of the year — we’re taking the evening outside. Grab your glass and your blanket for a night of stargazing, good wine, and great company under the Missouri sky. Brunswick’s dark skies are made for this. I’ll share some celestial knowledge and fun stories about the sky. Plan to stay up a little later than usual.
SATURDAY, JUNE 20 — Last Star Standing & the Charity Quilt Reveal
Think you have what it takes to outlast the group? The Last Star Standing challenge is on — a lighthearted, completely optional late-night endurance contest to see who can keep their eyes open the longest. Check-ins throughout the night, bragging rights forever, and a special prize for the winner.
By day, we’ll be bringing our blocks together for a very special group project — a charity quilt made from every attendee’s star block. Start thinking about your solstice survival strategy — and maybe take a nap in advance.

July Board Meeting
2026-06-30 17:30 - 19:30 | KS

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.

Design a Quilt Roundtable: Pattern and Composition
2026-07-11 09:00 - 12:00 | KS
More details to come!

Zoom Happy Hour
2026-07-29 18:00 - 20:00 | KS

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.

Workshop: Concentric Circles with Maday Delgado
2026-08-15 10:00 - 16:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
Member Price: $75.00
Maximum of 15 participants
Maday has taught curvy sewing for many years in workshops and to guilds throughout the US. This year she is sharing her passion for concentric or nested circles. She will share tips, tricks and favorite tools for sewing these circles with ease and accuracy, to add dynamism and flair to any of your future projects.
Please note! You need to sign up for this class by April 30th so Maday is able to bring the correct number of rulers. The supply list is available on the product page.
After purchasing your spot in the workshop, you will need to purchase the ruler from Maday’s website. Maday will close ruler orders on April 30th.
Click here to sign up!

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.

Design a Quilt Roundtable: Project Check In
2026-09-12 09:00 - 12:00 | KS

October Board Meeting
2026-09-29 17:30 - 19:30 | KS

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.
