May Meeting Reminder

May Meeting: Curves Ahead Challenge Reveal!

It's time to reveal your Curves Ahead Challenge pieces! One entry per person, please. When you arrive on Tuesday, you will be greeted at the door and a number will be placed on your quilt. The quilts will be displayed in our meeting space and everyone will have a chance to view and vote on their favorites. After the voting, each person who entered will present their creation to the group and then Jen will take your picture. There will be prizes awarded for the top three. Can't wait to see what everyone came up with! 


To make sure we have enough time for the Curve Challenge, there will NOT be regular Show and Tell at this meeting. You can bring your modern Show and Tell to the June 3rd Sew Day!

If you are going on the KC quilt show road trip, Sheila will be collecting payment at the meeting. 


Looking forward to seeing all of you on Tuesday!

April Meeting Highlights

From the April 25th Meeting  

"Technology in a Modern Guild" presented by members Kristie Jarchow and Jennifer Van Dyke. "iKristie" helped us navigate our own Lincoln Modern Quilt Guild blog and the Modern Quilt Guild website and showed us many places of interest for quilters on the web. 

The LMQG blog has all the information you will need for upcoming guild activities. This information is also shared on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, so be sure to like and follow us on those social media platforms. You can find them by clicking on the buttons in the sidebar!
Meeting Minutes/Links from the program HERE 

Our LMQG Modern Quilting Continuum.

April Show and Tell  

Top Row: Taura
Middle Row: Maggie, Shelly
Bottom: Sara, Jan (visitor)

Top Row: Jane (visitor), Phyllis
Middle Row: Jo, Rhonda, Vicky
Bottom Row: Cheryl, Linda

Curves Challenge  
Completed Curves Ahead Challenge pieces are due at the May meeting. There will be prizes for the top three viewers choice. We will NOT have regular Show and Tell in May as we would like to view the submissions for the challenge. You can bring your current Modern show and tell to the June Sew day for sharing! Please bring your ideas for future programming.


Upcoming Opportunities  

May 2 - June 18 “Modern Quilts” exhibition by Lincoln Modern Quilt Guild members at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Beavers Terrace Gallery

June 3 Sew Day at IQSCM, 9:30-3:30 for LMQG members only.  
Open sewing or make wallhangings and pillowcases (pillow case kits provided) for Habitat for Humanity

 June 15 & 16th: LMQG Road Trip! 

Road Trip to the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival. LMQG members only.  Reservations due by June 1.  Contact Sheila Green for details

 June 27   LMQG Meeting - Leah Sorenson-Hayes “Taming Color: A Personal Approach”

From the IQSCM  

"Hearing the Quiet: Soft Focus Painted Fabrics Workshop" with Linda Colsh
Sunday, June 11, 2017

9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wool Rug Hooking with Polly Minick

Sunday, June 11, 2017

12-4 p.m.

"My Doll and I Get Groovy" by Sheila Green

Saturday, June 17, 2017

10 a.m.-Noon or 1:30-3:30 p.m.

"Featherweight Frenzy" & Nova Montgomery by Friends of the IQSCM

Thursday, June 22

9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

"Featherweight Frenzy" & Nova Montgomery by Friends of the IQSCM
Saturday, June 24

9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

"When Quilts Speak" with World of Quilts Travel

Thursday, August 10-Saturday, August 12, 2017

Barn Quilt Painting Workshop with Suzi Parron

Sunday, August 13, 2017

12-4 p.m.


From the Modern Guild 

April Block of the Month: Layered Triangles

 




 
 

April Meeting Reminder

Are you not sure how to find the information you need from the Lincoln MQG? Does the world of social media seem #complicated and #confusing? Do you want to know how to connect with the online quilting community as well as our own members? What about quilt alongs, block clubs and challenges? 

Come to our meeting next Tuesday, April 25th! Kristie Jarchow will help us navigate our own blog and social media sites as well as show us some great online inspiration! Bring your best modern quilts for Show and Tell, we love to see what everyone is making. Hope to see you there!

Dyeing Class and Sew Day Highlights

April 8th was a busy Saturday for the Lincoln MQG!

From the Dyeing Workshop with Mary Dittenber 

The dyeing workshop was held at the Bethany Park shelter. Not only were many colorful fabrics created, a fun time was had by all. A big thank you to Mary and all her helpers for a great workshop!
 

From the Sew Day at the IQSCM

Ten members were present for Sew Day. Four learned how to sew a pillowcase for the first time! Thank you to Kristie Jarchow for showing us how! The ten pillowcases sewn will be donated to Habitat for Humanity. A few kits are still available. We do not need any more fabric donations for this project at this time. 

L-R Kristie Jarchow, Sue Meyers, Julie Karjala, Linda Gale, Rhonda Eddy, Phyllis Higley

Show and Tell

Top L-R Linda Gale, Kristie Jarchow, Julie Karjala
Middle L-R Rhonda Eddy, Julie Karjala
Bottom L-R Sue Meyers, Julie Karjala, Sheila Green

The next Sew Day will be June 3rd at the IQSCM. 

Sew Day Reminder

 
Hello Quilty Friends! We hope you will join us for Sew Day! We're looking forward to a fun day of sewing and social time with you. 

Bring your works in progress and if you have a finished project, bring that for show and tell. 

If you are interested in sewing pillowcases for Habitat for Humanity, there will be a few kits available on Saturday. Also, you can bring fabrics you would like to donate from your stash! Remember that we are in need of "boy" fabrics. 

Pillowcases are quick and easy to make. You will need approximately this much fabric to make one pillowcase: 

body=27" x 42"
cuff = 9" x 42"
piping = 2 " x 42"

If you've never made one before, here are a couple links to pillowcase tutorials.

Pillowcase Video Tutorial

Pillowcase pattern PDF HERE

See you on Saturday!

March Meeting Highlights

From the March 28th Meeting
An Evening with Peg Pennell: How to enter quilt contests and what quilt judges look for when evaluating your quilt. 

A huge thank you to Peg for all the great information about entering quilts in contests and challenges! Some things judges look for when evaluating quilts are:

• Design (Visual Impact)
• Technique (Does the piece lay flat, edges hang correctly, are the corners square, is the quilting appropriate, are the quilting stitches even, is the binding well attached and filled and are the mitered corners sewn shut)

Here are some of Peg's tips for entering contests and challenges:

• Read the Rules
• Enter in the correct category
• Take quality photos of your quilt
• Label your piece with the name, size and contact information
• Enter SOMETHING and share it with people! 
• Learn from the judges comments to improve your workmanship. Realize that those comments and ratings are one judges opinion on that day.

• Quilt what you love! 

Thank you, Peg! 

Peg Pennell showing some of her quilts

2016 President, Colleen James, being presented with an improv quilted wall hanging made by the 2016 board. L-R Kristie Jarchow, Nancy Goff, Jennifer Van Dyke, Linda Crump, Colleen James. Not pictured, Sheila Green

March Show and Tell

Top L-R: Linda Crump, Rhonda Eddy, Sheree Brown, Marsha Conley, Julie Karjala

Top L-R: Linda Gale, Pat Kant, Maggie Copple, Colleen and Brooke James, Chris Taylor, Jennifer Van Dyke 

Check the Facebook page for more photos!  

Curves Challenge 
Have you started your Curves Ahead Challenge pieces yet? 
Check out our Pinterest board for inspiration!

Upcoming Opportunities

April 8th:  Dyeing Workshop with Mary Dittenber
Where:  Bethany Park Shelter, 10 am-2 pm
More details HERE 

 April 8th: Sew Day 10:30 am - 3:00 pm at the IQSCM

April 25th Meeting: Kristie Jarchow on Technology in a Modern Quilt Guild 

June 15 & 16th: LMQG Road Trip! 
Road Trip to the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival. 
Contact Sheila Green
More details HERE

At the IQSCM

June 11: Hearing the Quiet: Soft- Focus Painted Fabrics with Linda Colsh 
9 am - 4 pm $85 members, $100 non-members
 
June 11: Wool Rug Hooking Workshop with Polly Minnick 
12-4 pm $85 for members, $100 non - members

June 17: My Doll and I Get Groovy with Sheila Green 
10 am - noon & 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm 
$16 for members, $20 for non - members.


From the Modern Quilt Guild 
The Joy of Quilting by Thomas Knauer. 

Thought You'd Like
Free Ezine: Modern By the Yard 

March Meeting Reminder

Have you ever wanted to enter a quilt in a show or contest but didn't know where to start? Join us on Tuesday for An Evening With Peg Pennell.  She will be talking about how to enter a quilt contest and will give us tips on what judges look for when evaluating your quilt.  

Bring your best modern quilts for Show & Tell, we love to see what everyone is making. Remember to keep it brief though, we always have lots of people who want to share and we don't want our meeting to run past 7:00 pm! 

Hope to see you Tuesday at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, in our regular meeting space.