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December 2022 Guild Meeting: Karen Sullivan “Maker Self Care”
Karen Sullivan(@sullysmittenco) is a licensed professional trainer and wool mitten maker. She'll give us great tips on how to take better care of ourselves while "making" with exercises and tips. She'll also tell us about her Wool Mitten company Sully's Mitten Co....
November 2022 Meeting: Mary Fons
Mary Fons lives a quiltful life. You might already know Mary from her lectures at QuiltCon, her work as Quiltfolk magazine's editor-in-chief, her time at Quilty magazine, her appearances on Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting, reading her articles on quilt history...
Mary Fons Lecture – Sold: Quilts in Fine Art
Join speaker Mary Fons for a captivating lecture, Sold: Quilts in Fine Art. Are quilts art? You might have an answer to the question — but what if it’s the wrong question? Fine art that depicts quilts or incorporates actual quilts are exhibited in museums around the...
October 2022 Meeting: Jacquie Gering 2.0
We are thrilled to welcome our guild's founding president and renowned author and educator Jacquie Gering to our October meeting. In her Jacquie 2.0 talk, we'll catch up with Jacquie with examples form her beloved Walk 2.0 book and hear more about what she's whipping...
September 2022 Meeting: David Taylor
Have you ever studied the work of David Taylor of Ft. Collins, Colorado? David was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado. He has been the recipient of the Fairfield Master Award for Contemporary Quilting from the...
August 2022 Meeting: Sheila Frampton Cooper
A very exciting Guild Meeting on August 11, 2022 awaits all of us. Sheila Frampton Cooper will be with us here presenting her very popular lecture: "Spontaneous Creation and Inspiration". This talk goes deep into her process. She discusses color, inspiration and the...
August 2022 Workshop: Sheila Frampton Cooper
This is a very special workshop conducted by Sheila Frampton Cooper herself. It is a two day workshop for 20 very lucky students! In this workshop, students will draw a design, create a full-scale pattern on freezer paper, and assemble the forms by...
July 2022: New Member Sew Day
Free Sew Day on July 16th from 9:00-4:00 at KC Maker Studio in Mission, Kansas. This sew day is an opportunity for our members to get to know each other. Registration is open in the newsletter for new members that joined in 2021 & 2022 and any remaining spots will...
July 2022 Meeting: What is a Modern Quilt? with Carole Lyles Shaw
WHAT IS A MODERN QUILT? THE MYTHS AND THE MAGIC! Carole designs patterns to help beginning and experienced quilters confidently dive into modern quilting. What excites her about modern quilting is bringing individualism and free expression to the way we design...
June 2022 Workshop: All Star Improv with Tia Curtis
Improv Piecing Workshop with Tia Curtis Are you ready to set your artist free with improv piecing? If you are, then join Tia Curtis for an Improv Piecing workshop. She will instruct how to make 8 different traditional blocks in a liberated, pattern free method and she...
June 2022 Schoolhouse: Paper Piecing/FPP Schoolhouse with Sammie Messick
Learn precision paper piecing and freezer paper piecing with Sammie Messick in KCMQG's 3rd Schoolhouse of the year. Sammie will teach both techniques so you can choose when you want to use either of these methods. You'll be using a free pattern from Wombat Quilts...
June 2022 Meeting: Tia’s Improv with Tia Curtis
We welcome one of our own STARS, Tia Curtis. Tia conducts a warm, light-hearted presentation showcasing her quilting journey. Tia has lived all over the world, and having been influenced by so many different cultures along the way it’s such a...
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