Join speaker Mary Fons for a captivating lecture, Sold: Quilts in Fine Art. Are quilts art? You might have an answer to the question — but what if it’s the wrong question? Fine art that depicts quilts or incorporates actual quilts are exhibited in museums around the world. In the 1960s, superstar artists like Robert […]
Temperature quilts have been showing up everywhere from our social media feeds and magazine articles, to a special exhibit at QuiltCon 2022, and a workshop at the upcoming MQG Sessions. These quilts are usually where you choose different colors to represent different ranges of temperature and make a block each day to represent the high […]
Karen Sullivan(@sullysmittenco) is a licensed professional trainer and wool mitten maker. She'll give us great tips on how to take better care of ourselves while "making" with exercises and tips. She'll also tell us about her Wool Mitten company Sully's Mitten Co. Karen is funny, entertaining and will share lots of great self care advise. […]
KCMQG member Lisa Hirsch will share her knowledge and incredible color skills with us to step up our Color profiles in 2023. Join us January 12, 2023 6:30-8:30pm in person at Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater Street, Merriam, Kansas or on Zoom
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. […]
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 […]
All are welcome at the upcoming KCMQG board meeting.
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
