The Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild

April 2025 Board Meeting
2025-04-02 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | MO
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
Additional information will be added once we get all the details ironed out.

March Board Meeting
2025-03-02 08:00 - 17:00 | MO
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 | MO
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

Board Meeting
2025-01-01 17:00 - 18:30 | MO

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 | MO
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, 2023-03-01 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
If you would like to sign up, you can click here to visit the KCMQG shop.

August 2023 Meeting: Audrey Esarey (Cotton & Bourbon)
2023-08-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
In August, we are excited to welcome Audrey Esarey of Cotton and Bourbon to the KCMQG! She has always identified as a maker, and has sewn for as long as she can remember, but only began quilting in 2005. In 2018, she set a personal goal to exhibit her work in a juried quilt show, which motivated her to design and create a series of original quilts. Since then, her quilts have been exhibited and recognized at Quilt National, International Quilt Festival, and QuiltCon. She shares her creative process on Instagram via @CottonandBourbon You’ll be excited to hear her lecture which focuses on her path to becoming a modern quilter and how she’s applied many traditional techniques in her modern quilts. She’ll discuss the progression of her work and show her Radial Quilts, Watercolor Quilts, and a few others too! She will also share information on design inspiration, favorite artists, and discuss some quilting highs and lows along her journey.
There is a $10 fee for guests which will happily apply to a membership should they decide to join us!

Community Service Project Sew Day
2023-07-29 09:00 - 17:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
We will have a sew day at KC Maker on July 29 to put all the string blocks collected together into quilts. We will also make pillowcases.

July 2023 Meeting: Quilt Stories with Mary Thomas
2023-07-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
We are always excited when we get to enjoy hearing from our very own members. In July we will welcome Mary Thomas. Mary has been a quilter since 1985. Mostly self-taught, she increased her skills in quilting classes, expos and quilt shows. She has tried a large number of techniques and quilt styles from Applique to Watercolor (and most of the alphabet in between.) Mary’s trunk show will include quilts from all the varied techniques and styles that she has worked in. She says that she was making “…improv before I knew what improv was.” Mary has exhibited in local quilt shows and the Missouri State Fair, receiving various ribbons. One of Mary’s quilts hangs in the Missouri Quilt Museum in Hamilton, Missouri.
Mary believes that most quilts tell a story, and she is eager to share with you some of her many Quilt Stories! She plans to inspire you to your next story with over 50 quilts for you to see. Please join us in July!

Camp Quilty Retreat
2023-07-13 - 2023-07-16 | Sew Sweet, 207 E Broadway St, Brunswick, MO, 65236, United States
July 14 – 16 @ Sew Sweet. Bonus day July 13. Additional information will be available soon via the monthly newsletter.

July 2023 Schoolhouse: English Paper Piecing
2023-07-08 09:00 - 13:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
The July Schoolhouse and Sew Day is English Paper Piecing at The Fabric Chic on July 8 from 9 am to 1pm. If you enjoy this technique bring your current project to work on and a finished project to share. If want to learn more about this portable meditative method bring a thimble and we will walk you through a simple project. Everything else you need will be provided. This is a great technique for traveling, waiting for whatever, or when watching television. It’s revival has been inspired by many quilters including Tula Pink. Please plan to join us for a fun day.
If you would like to sign up, you can click here to visit the KCMQG shop.

Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival
2023-06-15 09:00 - 2023-06-17 17:00 | Overland Park Convention Center, 6000 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS, 66211

June 2023 Meeting: Community
2023-06-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
June’s meeting is all about our quilting community. We’re calling this one “Firsts and Favorites”. Please bring your first quilt (or an early in your quilt journey quilt) and your current favorite quilt. We’ll break out into smaller groups and enjoy chatting about our quilts and getting to know one another better. You’ll love this opportunity to spend time with fellow guild members and leave with lots of inspiration!

KCMQG Board Meeting
2023-05-31 18:00 - 19:30 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, 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 KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Dr, Mission, KS 66205 or on Zoom. Meetings will be 6:00-7:30 p.m.

May 2023 Workshop: Lyric Kinard - Abstract-A-Licious
2023-05-13 09:00 - 16:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States

May 2023 Workshop: Lyric Kinard - Playful Portraiture
2023-05-12 09:00 - 16:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States

May 2023 Meeting: Lyric Kinard - Elements of Art
2023-05-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Kick-start your creativity and learn about the basic elements of good design through a series of short, hands-on exercises. Learn why some colors fizz while others explode, why some quilts calm and some excite. A few simple tools from the artists kit will help you take your work, whether traditional or contemporary, to the next level.
Lyric translates the language of ART into delightful and simple to understand concepts and presents them in such an entertaining and practical way that everyone goes home thinking, “I can do that!” She is on a crusade to convince everyone that they can use the principles of art in whatever kinds of quilts they love to create.
May 11, 2023 6:30-8:30pm at Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater, Merriam, Kansas 66206
If you’d like to join us via Zoom, please check the KCMQG Newsletter for the link.

April 2023 Schoolhouse: Joanie Hail - Sew Kind of Wonderful Rulers
2023-04-21 09:00 - 12:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
It’s time for the 1st Schoolhouse for 2023.
Join Joanie Hail at the Fabric Chic on Friday April 21st from 9-noon and learn how to use one of the rulers from Sew Kind of Wonderful. Pick your ruler when you sign up and you will get a link for the free pdf pattern for that ruler. Each pattern provides a simple block that you can turn into a table runner, pillow or a quilt.
You have 4 options:
QCR – Quick Curve Ruler
QCR Mini – Quick Curve Ruler Mini
WCR – Wonder Curve Ruler
QSR – Quick Straight Ruler

April 2023 Meeting: Nina Clotfelter - "Threads - What's the big Deal?"
2023-04-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
This is a FUN lecture on all the things you didn’t know you needed to know about thread! As an educator for WonderFil Specialty Threads, Nina Clotfelter has learned a lot and she wants to share!
Thread is like candy! Sometimes you just can’t get enough…LOL!
When we purchase thread it’s usually the color we buy, or the thread the shop carries. In this lecture you’ll learn about the different wieghts of thread and why the make a difference. Ply, why is that important? Specialty threads like metallic, monofilament, tinsel threads, how do we work with them? Why do metallics give us issues? This lecture is FULL of information you’ll be thrilled you know now!
April 13, 2023 6:30-8:30pm @ Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater, Merriam, Kansas 66202
If you’d like to join us via Zoom, please check the KCMQG Newsletter for the link.

March 2023 Workshop: Timna Tarr Workshop - Stitched Photo Mosaic Quilting
2023-03-11 09:00 - 16:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
Have you ever wondered how to make a photo-realistic quilt? Timna Tarr will share how she makes her Stitched Mosaic quilts. Learn how she arrived at this technique, the basics of the process, and how to get started on your own project. In this class, she’ll use her Rhubarb Leaf pattern from her new book “Stitched Photo Mosaic Quilting”. Timna will supply the pattern. A copy of her book is helpful but not necessary.
March 11th – 9am-4pm @KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Dr, Mission, KS 66205 Class Fee which includes $5.00 for supplies.
Fee $100.00.
This class is sold out but plans change. If you’re interested, get on the waiting list – click here.

March 2023 Workshop: Timna Tarr - O Happy Day, Curves and Circles
2023-03-10 13:00 - 16:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
Learn how to make this very happy quilt while also having a great time! We start the workshop by playing with fabrics and color to help us loosen up our color muscles. Timna will teach five (or more!) techniques on how to make perfect circles, using both hand and machine techniques. Come prepared to play, experiment, and have fun.
March 10, 2023 1-4pm at KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, Kansas 66205
$65.00 fee includes a $5.00 supply fee. We will need 15 participants to hold this class. This class is now open to non-members.
Register Here

March 2023 Meeting: Timna Tarr, Stitched Photo Mosaic Quilting
2023-03-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Timna Tarr comes from a long line of quilters, but did not begin quilting until after studying art history in college. She bought her first longarm in 2001 and began quilting clients’ quilts shortly thereafter. Timna’s own nationally award-winning quilts are in private and corporate collections and can be seen in exhibits, publications, and on The Quilt Show and Quilting Arts TV. Timna is a designer for Studio e Fabrics, the author of Stitched Photo Mosaic Quilting, and is an in-demand teacher and speaker. She lives in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Want to hear more about Timna? Check out her video interview recently with Blair Stocker on YouTube. Click here
Join us for Timna Tarr’s presentation on March 9th, 2023. Meeting will be 6:30-8:30pm at Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater, Merriam, Kansas 66202. Doors open 6pm.
Or on Join us on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 882 4423 9488
Passcode: [REDACTED]

QuiltNon 2023 Sew Day
2023-02-25 09:30 - 18:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
Ready to have some sewing and quilting fun? QuiltNon 2023 is right around the corner. While some of our KCMQG friends are participating in QuiltCon, the annual show for The Modern Quilt Guild in Atlanta, Georgia, we will host a QuiltNon sew day. Save the date for Saturday, February 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Pack a project or two and join in on the fun day of creating and socializing with other KCMQG members. The 2023 QuiltNon will be held at KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, Kansas.
Registration will be available in the January Newsletter. Cost is $25.00. Additional information will be shared in the January and February newsletters, social media, and at upcoming meetings.

February 2023 Meeting - Laura Piland with Slice of Pi Quilts- "Try Something New"
2023-02-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
Laura Piland with Slice of Pi Quilts is a local quilter, pattern designer and ex-math teacher, “With a last name like Piland – there’s a strong love of pi in our house! Just after finishing my very first quilt almost 12 years ago, I decided I would try something new with every quilt I made. I’ve made well over 400 quilts since then, and I still love the thrill of trying new things! Every quilt in this show features a unique and different technique. Bias tape applique, fabric weaving, quilt as you go, prairie points, and 3-D elements are just a few of the many examples included in the show. Be prepared to be inspired and leave ready to try something new in your next quilt!”
Join us February 9, 2023 at 6:30-8:30pm to see Laura’s trunk show and learn about her quilting journey.

January 2023 Meeting: "Color -The Next Steps" with Lisa Hirsch
2023-01-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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

December 2022 Guild Meeting: Karen Sullivan "Maker Self Care"
2022-12-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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.
Thursday, December 8th, 2022 630-8:30pm
Location: Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St in Merriam, KS 66202
or on Zoom

Temperature Quilt Get to Know Ya
2022-11-12 14:00 - 15:00 | MO
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 and the low of that day. Some quilters track a particular year of importance to the quilter and others track the current calendar year. Join in on a group of KCMQG members for a Zoom meeting Saturday, November 12 at 2pm. Laurel Carty will lead us as we learn all about this quilt concept and form a sew along group for 2023. You will learn how to find free patterns or create your own and where to get temperatures. We’ll discuss lessons and words of advice from others who have made one, or started and not completed one. You will learn organization tips and tricks and find out what to do if you get behind. Many say the main key is to not think of how you have to make a block every single day but think of it as a block of the month and bulk your tasks. We connect virtually each month in 2023 to cheer each other on and celebrate our progress. Can’t participate on November 12 but want the resource guide and to join the 2023 sew along group, contact Laurel Carty.
You can click here to sign up!

Mary Fons Lecture - Sold: Quilts in Fine Art
2022-11-11 10:00 - 16:00 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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 Rauschenberg and Romare Bearden were doing it; today, Sanford Biggers, Tracey Emin, and Bisa Butler show us that quilts have a place in the vaunted, exclusive domain of fine art. In this lecture, “quilt nerd” Mary Fons will examine works of quilt-adjacent art, from Amy Sherald’s portrait of Michelle Obama to Judy Chicago’s ‘The Dinner Party’ and many others. These works are inspiring and fascinating, but should quiltmakers be striving for legitimacy in a system that has excluded them for generations? Or is it the highest compliment we can get to be honored in the art world? This lecture will inspire and encourage anyone who loves quilts.
Friday, November 11 at 10 a.m. – in person only
Merriam Community Center
6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS 66202
Free to KCMQG members with RSVP – Link to RSVP – no fee
$10 for non-members – Click here to sign up

November 2022 Meeting: Mary Fons
2022-11-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 66202, United States
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 Quilt Nerd video magazine. She’s known as an engaging and thoughtful speaker at the intersection of quilts and culture — it’s our pleasure to welcome her to KCMQG in November. With a topic as compelling as MYTH: Belief vs. Reality in the American Quilt Story, we are all sure to leave the meeting thinking about quilting just a bit differently.

T-Shirt Silhouette Workshop -Chris Jacobs
2022-11-06 09:30 - 16:00 | MO
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 fee plus $25 pattern fee paid directly to Chris Jacobs
Link to sign up

T-Shirt Not Your Basic Blue Bag Workshop - Chris Jacobs
2022-11-05 09:00 - 16:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
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 will be fun and informative. Join other guild friends for the fun by signing up below.
November 5
9:30am-4pm The Fabric Chic
$40 – plus you must purchase pattern for NYBB in advance.
Capacity – 12
Sign up here

October 2022 Guild Meeting: Jacquie Gering 2.0
2022-10-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Overland Park First Assembly of God Church, 7700 W. 75th St, Overland Park, KS, United States
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, bold, graphic, impactful.” You’ll likely describe it as inspiring. Jacquie is a passionate, engaging speaker– you don’t want to miss out! Join us in person on October 13th 6:30-8:30pm at
Overland Park First Assembly of God
7700 W 75th St, Overland Park, KS 66204
Or
Join Zoom Meeting – please check your KCMQG Newsletter for the link!

September 2022 Meeting: David Taylor
2022-09-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Overland Park First Assembly of God Church, 7700 W. 75th St, Overland Park, KS, United States
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 American Quilters Society (2008), and a two-time Best of Show winner at IQA’s Spring Festival in Chicago (2007, 2008), among others. His art quilts hang in numerous private collections worldwide.
He is an amazing artist and an expert at appliqué! David’s quilts are all award winners! Join us for a fabulous array of artistry at its best and meet David for yourself!
Thursday, September 8, 2022
This is a hybrid meeting that can be attended in person at Overland Park First Assembly of God Church, or via Zoom. If attending via Zoom, you can find the meeting link in the KCMQG Newsletter or Facebook group.

August 2022 Workshop: Sheila Frampton Cooper
2022-08-12 - 2022-08-13 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
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 in composing a simple or complex design, and encourage that the process is undertaken with openness and ease. Students will play with shape, scale and movement. We will also discuss creating a value study, and then choosing your palette. Students will be provided with small compositions to assemble and become comfortable with the technique before they start designing.
Fee: The two day workshop fee for each student is $150.00/per person. Please note, a one day workshop with Sheila at Stitchin’ Post in Sisters, Oregon this year is $360. We are happy to offer this two day class at such a reduced cost to our members.
August 12-13, 2022
Maximum Students: 20
Location: Fabric Chic in Parkville, Missouri
Class hours will be announced in July Newsletter.
Registration opens June 18th at 9am.

August 2022 Meeting: Sheila Frampton Cooper
2022-08-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Overland Park First Assembly of God Church, 7700 W. 75th St, Overland Park, KS, United States
A very exciting Guild Meeting on August 11, 2022 awaits all of us. Sheila Frampton Cooper will be with us here presenting her very popular lecture: “Spontaneous Creation and Inspiration”. This talk goes deep into her process. She discusses color, inspiration and the various approaches she uses when doing this type of work. She will share a variety of student work as well as a few other artists and discuss what makes a piece successful. This is a fun talk full of eye candy.

This is a hybrid meeting that can be attended in person at Overland Park First Assembly of God Church, or via Zoom. If attending via Zoom, you can find the meeting link in the KCMQG Newsletter or Facebook group.

July 2022: New Member Sew Day
2022-07-16 09:00 - 16:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
Free Sew Day on July 16th from 9:00-4:00 at KC Maker Studio in Mission, Kansas. This sew day is an opportunity for our members to get to know each other. Registration is open in the newsletter for new members that joined in 2021 & 2022 and any remaining spots will be open to existing members in the July newsletter.

July 2022 Meeting: What is a Modern Quilt? with Carole Lyles Shaw
2022-07-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Overland Park First Assembly of God Church, 7700 W. 75th St, Overland Park, KS, United States
WHAT IS A MODERN QUILT? THE MYTHS AND THE MAGIC!

Carole designs patterns to help beginning and experienced quilters confidently dive into modern quilting. What excites her about modern quilting is bringing individualism and free expression to the way we design and make quilts today. It is her desire that patterns will inspire you to find ways to let your own creative voice shine.
This is a ZOOM talk that will be broadcast at the Overland Park First Assembly of God Church.

June 2022 Schoolhouse: Paper Piecing/FPP Schoolhouse with Sammie Messick
2022-06-25 09:30 - 13:30 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
Learn precision paper piecing and freezer paper piecing with Sammie Messick in KCMQG’s 3rd Schoolhouse of the year. Sammie will teach both techniques so you can choose when you want to use either of these methods. You’ll be using a free pattern from Wombat Quilts called Twisting Star. You’ll have time to make more than one star that you may turn into a pillow, table runner or small quilt.
When: June 25, 2022 from 9:30am–1:30pm
Place: The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr, Suite 111, Parkville, MO 64152
Cost: $20, limited to 20 participants

Summer 2022 Retreat: Sizzling Summer Sew Days @ Sew Sweet in Brunswick, MO
2022-06-16 - 2022-06-19 | Sew Sweet, 207 E Broadway St, Brunswick, MO, 65236, United States
Sizzling Summer Sew Days 2022
We invite you to sign up for hot times at the KCMQG Summer Sew Sweet Retreat in Brunswick MO
June 17, 18, 19 PLUS Thursday Option June 16 2022
$230 includes Friday and Saturday night’s lodging and sewing room access thru 12:00 Sunday. Five meals are included. An additional BONUS sewing day and Thursday night’s lodging is available for $70 more.
It’s going to be hot hot hot! Join us!
Registration will be live Saturday, April 23rd at 9am. The registration form will include an opportunity to name a chosen roommate (if you have one) or an option to be assigned to a new friend. Members only. One registration per person.

Summer Retreat @ Sew Sweet
2022-06-16 - 2022-06-19 | MO
Save the date for another fun weekend of Sewing!!!
June 16-19, 2022 @Sew Sweet
Watch the newsletter for more information and signups.

June 2022 Workshop: All Star Improv with Tia Curtis
2022-06-11 09:00 - 16:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
Improv Piecing Workshop with Tia Curtis

Are you ready to set your artist free with improv piecing? If you are, then join Tia Curtis for an Improv Piecing workshop. She will instruct how to make 8 different traditional blocks in a liberated, pattern free method and she will show various ways to combine the blocks to incorporate modern and whimsical borders. You will leave the class with an imagination filled with possibilities and at least 8 finished quilt blocks and the start to some borders. All the pieces can go together to make a wall hanging or you can add to it to make a larger quilt.
June 11, 2022
9am – 4pm
KC Maker Studio
Sign up opens on April 23rd at 9am CDT

June 2022 Meeting: Tia's Improv with Tia Curtis
2022-06-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Overland Park First Assembly of God Church, 7700 W. 75th St, Overland Park, KS, United States
We welcome one of our own STARS, Tia Curtis. Tia conducts a warm, light-hearted presentation showcasing her quilting journey. Tia has lived all over the world, and having been influenced by so many different cultures along the way it’s such a treat to connect with Tia’s view of quilting. Her love of Welsh-Style quilting and respect for quilt masters like Susan McCord and Gwen Marston is evident in her work. The Trunk Show will be one to be remembered!

Workshop: Channeling Your Inner Kandinsky with Mary Kay Fosnacht
2022-05-14 09:00 - 13:00 | The Fabric Chic, 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 64152, United States
In this workshop, come make your own modern masterpiece! We will discuss color & design and look at examples of early modern artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Mondrian and others. Then we will design our own modern work of art by using geometric shapes and lines onto a background fabric! Sewing Machine is NOT required!
Maximum 20 students. Supply list will be furnished separately.

May 2022 Meeting: Journey of a Modern Art Quilter with Mary Kay Fosnacht
2022-05-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Overland Park First Assembly of God Church, 7700 W. 75th St, Overland Park, KS, United States
Mary Kay , a renowned award winner for her contemporary work. She is known for her detailed work with color coordinated design implementation nationally. Mary Kay will be showing her work and explaining how she has been so successful. There is definitely a nod to Wassily Kandinsky, improvisational art, in her creative genius.
Here is improvisational quilt making at its best:

This is a hybrid meeting that can be attended in person at Overland Park First Assembly of God Church, or via Zoom. If attending via Zoom, you can find the meeting link in the KCMQG Newsletter or Facebook group.

Last Day to Turn in Sew Powerful Purses
2022-05-12 | MO

April 2022 Meeting: Hometown Trunk Show
2022-04-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Overland Park First Assembly of God Church, 7700 W. 75th St, Overland Park, KS, United States
Our April Guild Meeting features two of our multi-talented members. Sammie Messick and Lynn Pias will be showcasing their Hometown Trunk Show! This promises to be full of laughter, fun and a trip showcasing every color in the rainbow. We have all admired the enormous amount of work that Sammie posts to our Facebook page weekly and wonder how does she do it? We’ll find out! Lynn Pias, a fiber artist and exquisite quilter will move beyond the pieced quilt blocks and show us all what a little imagination can produce. This promises to be a terrific evening!
This is a hybrid meeting that can be attended in person at Overland Park First Assembly of God Church, or via Zoom. If attending via Zoom, you can find the meeting link in the KCMQG Newsletter or Facebook group.

April 2022 Schoolhouse: Quilted Postcards with Nikki Woolsey
2022-04-09 09:00 - 12:00 | KC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS, 66205, United States
Signups begin February 19th
KCMQG member Nikki Woolsey has been twice published in Curated Quilts magazine and has a quilt juried into the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Virginia.
Nikki designs her own intricate quilts and combines improv and paper pieced construction. In addition, her longarm quilting is pushing new, modern surface motifs.
Along with design, Nikki’s primary focus is on building community. For her, the postcard is a way to get together and build relationships, while playing with fabric.
