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August 2014 Upcoming Events
A few things our members have in the works: If there’s a man in your life who wants to learn how to sew, sign him up for the Man-Made Sewing Series at Modern Makers, taught by Lesley Latham. This series of classes is for all of the men out there who want to...
KCMQG Showcase at The Star
On Friday, April 4th, 2014, and Saturday, April 5th, 2014, the Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild is hosting The KCMQG Showcase at The Star. The exhibition will feature of 80 quilts made by KCMQG members! The free event is being held at The Kansas City Star Press...
Inspiration of the Week – Chicopee kaleidescope
The last Inspiration Post of the year is a great one! Kati of from the blue chair made a gorgeous kaleidescope quilt using Denyse Schmidt's fabric line: Chicopee. She uses linen to really help the prints stand out. It's a wonderful negative space fabric...
Inspiration of the Week – Wonky Cross Quilt
This week is another entry in the Madrona Road Challenge from earlier this year. Rachel, of Let's Begin Sewing, was inspired by a cross quilt that she saw on Pinterest. She decided to make a wonky cross version for her challenge quilt.Copyright Let's Begin Sewing....
Inspiration of the Week – Single Boy
This week we bring you a boyish take on the Single Girl Quilt pattern. Made by Judith of Needles and Lemons, this is her Single Boy Quilt!Copyright Needles and Lemons. Photo used with permission.We love everything about this quilt! The bright colors are so great and...
Inspiration of the Week – Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilt
This week, we'd like to feature one of our own members: Carla of Lollyquiltz who did a fabulous modern take on the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt.Copyright Lollyquiltz. Photo used with permission.Carla began work on this quilt in June of 2011. She and her friend Cindy...
Inspiration of the Week – Arrow Tail Quilt
In August, Laurel of Sing All You Want started a quilt along based on a design she came up with for her son. She named it Arrow Tail Quilt and we think it's fabulous!Photo by Sing All You Want. Used with permission.For the quilt along, she made another version using a...
Inspiration of the Week – Oh Snap!
Welcome back to Inspiration of the Week! This week we have Emily from Quilts by Emily showcasing her Oh Snap! quilt. It's a fun, Polaroid-themed piece.photo by QuiltsByEmily. used with permission.She used this tutorial to make a bunch of Polaroid blocks. She made hers...
Fractal Radiance – Thank You!
We are holding off on our regular Inspiration of the Week post in hopes that you've found some inspiration with all of the Fractal Radiance Quilts this week. We'd like to express our gratitude to all of our members and friends who worked together to make this pattern...
Fractal Radiance – Small Quilts
We hope your are all enjoying the launch of the Fractal Radiance Pattern Set! We have two more beautiful quilts to share with you today. Both were made using the smaller quilt pattern that measures 36" x 50".Mary Workman created this quilt using calm and cool solids....
Fractal Radiance – Large Quilt
Hello again, KCMQGers! Yesterday we launched the Fractal Radiance Pattern Set and you got to see the pillow and small quilt Katie created that was the inspiration for the patterns. Today we'd like to show you the large version of Fractal Radiance that Paula made (and...
Pattern Launch – Fractal Radiance
Hello KCMQGers! The long awaited pattern launch day is finally upon us! We are so excited to present this pattern set: Fractal Radiance by Katie Larson for the KCMQG!We asked Katie to tell us about her experience creating the quilt pattern and this is what she had to...
