Summer 2023 Retreat: Camp Quilty @ Sew Sweet

Join the mini vacation getaway and enjoy taking time for yourself as well as spending quality time sewing (lots of it). Don’t worry about cooking or cleaning, just take time for your love of all things quilty. Hope you will meet us at Sew Sweet Retreat Center in...

July 2023 Community Service Sew Day

On July 29, we will gather to sew all our string blocks into quilts.  The event will be held at KC Maker Studio from 9-4.  There is no charge for this event but we ask you to please sign up on the website for this event so we know who to expect.  Hope...

July 2023 Schoolhouse: English Paper Piecing

The July Schoolhouse and Sew Day is English Paper Piecing at The Fabric Chic on July 8 from 9 am to 1pm.  If you enjoy this technique bring your current project to work on and a finished project to share.  If want to learn more about this portable meditative method...

July 2023 Meeting: Quilt Stories with Mary Thomas

We are always excited when we get to enjoy hearing from our very own members. In July we will welcome Mary Thomas. Mary has been a quilter since 1985.  Mostly self-taught, she increased her skills in quilting classes, expos and quilt shows.  She has tried a...

June 2023 Meeting: Firsts and Favorites

June’s meeting is all about our quilting community. We’re calling this one “Firsts and Favorites”. Please bring your first quilt (or an early in your quilt journey quilt) and your current favorite quilt. We’ll break out into smaller groups and enjoy chatting about our...

May 2023 Meeting: Lyric Kinard – Elements of Art

Kick-start your creativity and learn about the basic elements of good design through a series of short, hands-on exercises. Learn why some colors fizz while others explode, why some quilts calm and some excite. A few simple tools from the artists kit will help you...

May 2023 Workshop: Lyric Kinard’s Playful Portraiture

Learn the secrets of making quilted portraits, from whimsical and cartoon-like silly selfie postcards to accurately proportioned quilted portraits. You will discover that it isn’t nearly as hard as you imagined. Learn to choose your photo, draft a pattern, and create...

May 2023 Workshop: Lyric Kinard’s Abstract-a-licious

If you’ve looked with secret longing to the world of art quilts but don’t know where to start,this is the class for you. Lyric will gently guide you through concrete exercises designed tohelp you create ideas for original abstract quilts. Doodles will be...

Crushin’ It Block Lotto!

Friends, our next Swaps & Challenges activity will hopefully be a popular one. Everyone likes a block lotto, right? So please allow me to introduce to you the Crushin’ It Block Lotto! The Guidelines There aren’t many because we’ll be doing...