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March 2024 Meeting: Merrie Ford
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...
February 2024 Meeting: Everyday Stitches
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...
January 2024 Challenge
Ready to Look for More in 2024. Your new Swaps & Challenges chair Sammie Messick is ready! Do you want more swaps? More challenges? More block lotto? Let’s get started with our first challenge in January. If you attended the holiday party in person, you received a...
January 2024 Meeting: Becky Blades
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...
December 2023 Meeting: Holiday Party
December 14, 2024 6:30pm Merriam Community Center Holiday Party and KCMQG Committee Open House Come celebrate the season and learn more about ways you can get involved with the KCMQG in 2024. Bring a snack to share and we'll supply the drinks. Let's wrap up the year...
November 2023 Meeting: My Top 10
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...
New Member Sew Day
New Member Sew DayShout 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,...
October 2023 Meeting: Dee Bushrod of Pixel Quilts
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...
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...