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August 2019 Speaker: Tia Curtis
Tia Curtis is an award winning, professional long arm quilter and quilt designer. She has taught the quilt-making process on both hemispheres of the planet. Her quilts, patterns and designs have been featured in numerous books and magazines.
Community Service Update
Last chance for Down Syndrome Guild Quilts will be at the August meeting. Bring your FINISHED quilts to this meeting. If you have a challenge with meeting that, contact Kristin Stegegna or Julie Wright and we will see what we can do! The response has been really...
2020 QuiltCon Charity Quilt Challenge
It’s time to get excited! The 2020 QuiltCon Charity Quilt Challenge has been given and we as a guild are gearing up to show what we’ve got. The theme this year is TEXT and the color scheme is a neutral set of white, grays and black. We’ll be making a quilt together...
Community Service Gift Quilt
How beautiful is this quilt!?! For those who did an extra “modern” sample block as part of our 100 Modern Blocks project, here’s the result of your work. We’re delighted with how well it turned out. Chris Jacobs has quilted it, part of her pay-it-forward efforts after...
July 11, 2019: All Day Sew Day
KCMQG members filled the Fabric Chic Sewing Lounge with laughter, creativity, fabulous door prizes and tons of fun!
June 2019 Recap: Maria Shell & More!
Between the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival, our monthly guild meeting, and Maria Shell’s “Circle and Curve Sampler” workshop, June has been a whirlwind of quilty fun!
June’s Guild Meeting!
Please join us as we welcome Maria Shell to the Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild! Quilt Artist Maria Shell will share her work from her first stitches to her most recent pieces along with some fun stories about trying to quilt while raising three boys in the wild lands...
May 2019 Recap: Jane Bromberg, Grants & Scholarships Winners, & More!
The colorful quilts and delightful conversation at May’s meeting brought some needed cheer to the dreary KC weather! The Historian Committee was back with another look into the guild’s past—so funny to hear the guild’s concerns about needing a larger meeting space in...
May’s Guild Meeting…
Come to the May meeting to hear all about bindings, edge finishes and accents for your quilts. Jane Bromberg will be giving her presentation, Finishing Up!, a trunk show that includes over 40 quilts that showcase many different ways to finish the edges of your...
April’s Guild Meeting- Special Guest!
Our April meeting will be held Thursday, April 11 at 6:30pm at Abdallah Shriners 5300 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS. Please join us for a special evening with our guest, Tara Faughnan. Tara will be speaking on the Process of Design- from initial spark to the finished...
March Meeting Details!
February’s Meeting!
Merrie loves the color Brown – a rare choice for a Modern Quilter! In her words, “What could be wrong with fabric that is the color of chocolate, coffee, caramel, toffee, nutmeg, ginger or cinnamon?! Be sure to bring your finished quilts and projects to share at Show...
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