August 2022 Meeting: Sheila Frampton Cooper

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 […]

August 2022 Workshop: Sheila Frampton Cooper

The Fabric Chic 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 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 […]

$150

September 2022 Meeting: David Taylor

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 […]

October 2022 Guild Meeting: Jacquie Gering 2.0

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, […]

T-Shirt Not Your Basic Blue Bag Workshop – Chris Jacobs

The Fabric Chic 170 English Landing Dr #111, Parkville, MO, 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 […]

T-Shirt Silhouette Workshop -Chris Jacobs

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 […]

November 2022 Meeting: Mary Fons

Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 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 […]

Mary Fons Lecture – Sold: Quilts in Fine Art

Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 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 […]

Temperature Quilt Get to Know Ya

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 […]

December 2022 Guild Meeting: Karen Sullivan “Maker Self Care”

Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St, Merriam, KS, 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. […]