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May 2024 Meeting: Make Up or Break Up
Maybe it was love at first sight… Maybe you thought that this was the real thing… It was all going so well. Until it wasn’t. Now you’re questioning all the things. Should you have never gotten involved? Is there a lesson to be learned here? Maybe there’s some therapy...
April 2024 Meeting: Minki Kim
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...
April 2024 Workshop: Flying Geese Pouch Trio with Minki Kim
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...
April 2024 Workshop: Allover Project Bag with Minki Kim
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...
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...
February 2024 Workshop: Foundation Paper Piecing with Everyday Stitches
Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024 10am-4pmLocation:The Fabric Chic Sewing Lounge, Parkville, MissouriCost: $68Limited to 18 spaces Spend the day learning all about foundation paper piecing and working on a BRAND NEW pattern from Everyday Stitches! The cost of the...
January 2024 Retreat
Spend a weekend away, quilting for days! Winter Retreat–“Mittens, Cocoa & Cookies, Oh My” will be held at Sew Sweet Retreat in Brunswick, MO. Thursday, January 25th to Sunday, January 28th. Date: January 25, 2024 10:00 a.m. to Sunday, January 28, 2024 12:00...
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...
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