June Meeting Highlights

June Program:

Phyllis Higley presented "Words In Quilts: Giving New Meaning to Journal Quilts."

 Phyllis shared many of her quilted journal pieces, telling us about her process of putting them together, as well as the inspiration for each one. Several of them had the story written out directly on the fabric with a fabric pen, while in others, the quilting told the story. Phyllis encouraged all of us to validate our creativity. Don't be afraid to try new ideas and continue trying until you come up with something that speaks about you! Thank you for the inspiration, Phyllis!

We had a quilt group from Davenport, Iowa join us after their tour of the quilt museum. It was nice to have you ladies! 

LMQG QuiltCon 2017 Group Charity Quilt
Mary Dittenber handed out fabric and instructions for our QuiltCon charity quilt. We are hoping for 100% participation, so if you were not able to attend the meeting, packets can be picked up at
Sew Creative   
5143 S 48th St, Lincoln, NE 68516

Phone:(402) 489-6262

LMQG July-October 2016 Challenge: Make A Statement

Our new challenge is to create a modern quilt containing text or characters of some kind (letters, phrases, foreign or domestic...use your imagination!) Due at our October 25, 2016 meeting. We hope everyone will give this challenge a try! 

#QUILTSFORPULSE
Thank you to all who donated heart blocks for the Orlando MQG quilt drive. We asked for 30 blocks and received over 60! Wow you are wonderful! We will be assembling the quilt and sending it by the end of July. 

Linda Crump already finished a heart quilt for Orlando! Love the heart on the back.

Lancaster County Fair
Enter your quilts for the Lancaster County Fair! Quilt check in is August 8th. Quilts are displayed August 10th-13th and quilt pick up is the 13th and 14th. The Lincoln Modern Quilt Guild will once again sponsor the Best Modern Quilt prize.
If you have questions or want to volunteer to help, contact Mary Jane Kermmoade at mj4quilts@gmail.com.

Check the Facebook page for more pictures!

July Meeting Program: Dr. Robert Hillestad, "Creativity"

June Meeting Reminder

June Program:

Phyllis Higley will present "Words In Quilts: Giving New Meaning to Journal Quilts."

Phyllis will give a trunk show/lecture/demo of her exploration of incorporating words into quilts. 

Phyllis says, "Whereas journal quilts are small quilts made to explore new techniques and story quilts use pictures to tell a story, I wanted to combine words and pictures to tell a more complete story or to enhance a design element. I've used quilting, applique, improv piecing letters, and handwriting on fabric. I will show examples of each. I'll also provide some tips for those who want to give it a try."

Please bring your heart blocks Tuesday night. We will be collecting them for the quilt we are donating to the Orlando MQG for the survivors and families of victims of the Orlando mass shooting. There is still time to sew a block or two before the meeting, you can find the information HERE. Thank you for taking the time to donate to this cause.

We will be announcing a new challenge and there will be an update on our Quiltcon Charity Quilt. Come see what it's all about! 

Remember our new meeting location at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, located at the NW corner of 33rd St & Holdrege St. 

IQSCM

1523 N 33rd St,

Lincoln, NE 68503. 

(402) 472-6549

If you happen to arrive late and the doors are locked, call and we will let you in!

#QUILTSFORPULSE Charity Drive with the Orlando MQG

The Orlando Modern Quilt Guild is asking for rainbow colored heart quilts to be donated to survivors and families of victims of the June 12th mass shooting. Our guild has signed up to send one finished quilt.

We are asking for at least thirty 10" blocks (10.5" unfinished) to make our quilt. The blocks should have a low volume background (light printed or white) with saturated brights fabrics for the hearts. 

To keep things simple, please use this tutorial to make your 10" blocks and press your seams open. 

The heart blocks are due at our June 28th meeting. 

If you share your blocks on social media, use and follow these hashtags: 

#QUILTSFORPULSE 

#lincolnmqg

Questions? Email us at info.lincolnmqg@gmail.com

June Sew Day Reminder

June Sew Day "Help Meet"
Saturday, June 11th, 2016 from 10:30am-3:00pm
Anyone from the community can bring in quilting questions and get advice/suggestions from our guild members. LMQG members, please feel free to bring your sewing machines and supplies to work on your own projects. Hope to see you there!

Location:
Bernina Sewing Studio
1265 S. Cotner Blvd. #27
Lincoln NE
402-423-3108

May Meeting Highlights

May Program: "Designing in the Modern Aesthetic: Quarter Square Triangles," presented by Sheila Green, Kristie Jarchow and Jennifer Van Dyke. We had plenty of room for the activity in our new meeting location, the International Quilt Study Center and Museum!

Mary Ourecky welcomed our group to the IQSCM. Thanks, Mary! We are thrilled to be able to meet in this wonderful space.

This month, we decided on having a group activity focused on design. Each table worked as a team to create a quilt design using the quarter square triangle in it's four variations. We tried to incorporate some modern design elements, such as minimalism, no borders, asymmetry, exaggerated scale, and use of negative space. 

Working in teams to create ONE design proved to be a challenge but the resulting designs were very interesting! It was also fun to get to know one another a little more! 

Special thanks to Jean Larsen and Pam McCallie from the Chattanooga Modern Quilt Guild for sharing your educational exercise with us!  

Hopefully we will see some of these designs made into real quilts!

Here is a tutorial on how to make Quarter Square Triangles.

If you are interested in designing without scissors and glue, check out Pattern Jam for online quilt design. 

We had many people share for Show and Tell, check the Facebook page for photos!

You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

Needed: A committee for the QuiltCon Charity Quilt. If you are interested, contact Colleen James or email info.lincolnmqg@gmail.com.

For more detailed meeting information and links, click on meeting minutes above.


Upcoming Events:
 June Sew Day
"Help Meet" Saturday, June 11th, 2016 from 10:30am-3:30pm
Come in and get advice or help on quilting projects. Please feel free to bring any project to work on.
Location:
Bernina Sewing Studio
1265 S. Cotner Blvd. #27
Lincoln NE
402-423-3108

June Meeting Program:
Phyllis Higley will present "Words in quilts: Giving new meaning to journal quilts"

Phyllis will give a trunk show/lecture/demo of her exploration of incorporating words into quilts. Phyllis says, "Whereas journal quilts are small quilts made to explore new techniques and story quilts use pictures to tell a story, I wanted to combine words and pictures to tell a more complete story or to enhance a design element. I've used quilting, applique, improv piecing letters, and handwriting on fabric. I will show examples of each. I'll also provide some tips for those who want to give it a try."