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September 2023 Meeting: Robin Ruth Design
Robin Long of Robin Ruth Design will be joining us in September and introducing us to her amazing line of revolutionary rulers, books, patterns, and technique for making STRIP PIECED mariner’s compass blocks and projects – that’s right, NO PAPER PIECING! Robin has...
2024 QuiltCon Community Outreach Challenge Quilt
Each year our guild participates in the QuiltCon community outreach challenge. We design, create, and exhibit an original quilt at the Quiltcon national modern quilt show in February. The theme for the 2024 challenge is "symmetry" and the color palette is shown above....
July 2023 Community Service Sew Day
On July 29, we will gather to sew all our string blocks into quilts. The event will be held at KC Maker Studio from 9-4. There is no charge for this event but we ask you to please sign up on the website for this event so we know who to expect. Hope...
July 2023 Meeting: Quilt Stories with Mary Thomas
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...
June 2023 Meeting: Firsts and Favorites
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...
May 2023 Meeting: Lyric Kinard – Elements of Art
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...
Crushin’ It Block Lotto!
Friends, our next Swaps & Challenges activity will hopefully be a popular one. Everyone likes a block lotto, right? So please allow me to introduce to you the Crushin' It Block Lotto! The Guidelines There aren't many because we'll be doing 10" square improv blocks...
March 2023 Meeting: Timna Tarr, Stitched Photo Mosaic Quilting
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...
2023 Color Challenge
At the January Guild meeting, we announced a new challenge. We want to share it here and in the newsletter so folks not at the meeting can participate. The name of the game is Cell Phone Shoot Out! When you have a moment, whip out your cell phone or get ready to take...
QuiltNon 2023 Sew Day
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”
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...
Thoughts on the 2023 Cell Phone Shoot Out Challenge
Greetings, friends! I had some requests for additional resources on some of the keywords in the challenge. I'll elaborate some of my thoughts below. Please bear in mind that these are only my thoughts... feel free to use Google or any other resources too. I'd like to...
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