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February 2022 Schoolhouse: Modern Color Exploration with Lisa Hirsch
February 26, 20229 a.m. - 12 p.m.$30 includes a kit with 60 Paintbrush Studios Solid Charm Squares and an Essential Color WheelKC Maker Studio, 5327 Johnson Drive, Mission, KS 66205 Lisa Hirsch is a KCMQG member and an art teacher at Olathe Northwest. She was the...
February 2022 Workshop: Triple Inset Circles with Lucy Engels
Lucy Engels, our online guest from Edinburgh, Scotland, will present her most-popular "Triple Inset Circles" three-hour workshop beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb.12. The cost is $35. Lucy will host us for a Zoom workshop. She will email the fabric requirements,...
February 2022 Meeting: Chis Jacobs
At the February meeting, award-winning T-shirt quilt maker Chris Jacobs will be showing and telling all she knows about T-shirt quilts. She will start with basic materials and supplies, share several projects illustrating the versatility of this fabric medium and...
Artful Improv with Cindy Grisdela
Learn to create your own original quilts with no pattern using improvisational piecing techniques. Students will learn to let go of the “rules” and piece blocks in an intuitive, free form fashion and may wish to begin with blocks or other elements left over from...
Improv Puzzle Blocks with Cindy Grisdela
Create improv log cabin blocks in a variety of sizes and put them together into a unique composition - like a jigsaw puzzle. There's no measuring or precise cutting and each quilt will be unique. We will discuss color choices and using simple design principles to...
January 2022 Meeting: Cindy Grisdela
We kick off 2022 with Cindy Grisdela, from Reston, Virginia, an an award-winning fiber artist with over 30 years' experience creating eye-catching quilts. She specializes in improv piecing and design and using color fearlessly. According to her website, Cindy comes...
Sew So Many Minis Quilt Show
Over 62 small quilts by many quilters from the greater Kansas City Area chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild are displayed. Each quilt illustrates Modern Traditionalism by using an identifiable traditional block modernized insome way using design techniques of color,...
Sew Kind of Wonderful: Rings Revival Workshop
The Rings Revival quilt pattern makes an absolutely GORGEOUS quilt that provides tons of opportunity to show off your quilting skills. This quilt design packs a sensational punch and would look fantastic hanging as a large wall quilt or as a snuggle quilt on your...
Sew Kind of Wonderful: Diamond Daze Workshop
Sew Kind of Wonderful is very excited about their newest pattern which uses the Quick Straight Ruler! It is all about those straight cuts and seams! KCMQG is delighted to make this 1/2 day workshop available to all. You’ll receive a follow-up email re: supplies,...
July Block Lotto: Little Pops
Join us for another round of Block Lotto! This round we will be creating popsicle blocks. Check the June 2021 member newsletter for the link to the free patttern! You will receive one entry into the lotto for each block you make.Blocks can be dropped off at one...
July Speaker: Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill
Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill, of Whole Circle Studio, will share how she applies her graphic design training and practices to design quilts while showing a selection of her award-winning quilts.
May Speaker: Tessa Williams
Tessa Williams, one of our KCMQG stars, will be presenting her scholarship award work.Tessa used the funding from our Guild to study pattern design. She will be sharing how to design patterns and tips and tricks for all of us.Every scholarship recipient brings back to...
