February 2020 Meeting Recap

National Quilting Day, March 21: Please email or talk to Sheila Green for volunteer opportunities. We need your help to make this day great! sheilagreen@windstream.net

Modern Quilt Guild Events: Regional MQG Sessions on Denver May 7-9 - learn handwork. See more here.

Retreat: The Omaha Modern Quilt Guild is having a retreat in Fremont, NE at Calvin Crest, April 3 - 5, 2020. Please see more information on our community page.

We welcomed our new member: Jim Baker

Make it Modern:

We had people take the old blocks and roll with it:

Rhonda Eddy showing off her blocks

 Mary Sedlak showing her star point made modern

Keep your art quilts coming! We'll accept them up to September for display at First Friday, November, at the Lux Gallery.

Mentor - Mentee: 

Add your name to the list to share your experience with someone and have a shared quilt technique journey. More info to come!

Technique of the Month 1: 

We learned our first technique of the month, demonstrated by Mary Dittenber. See supplies list and instruction on our TOM page here.  We'll build on 6 total techniques for you to make a completed quilt to reveal in Oct-Nov.  

Quiltspiration

Elisa Salas overviewed valuable sites, hidden gems on the sites and apps and where to get some new ideas. 

Here are some hyperlinks:

• LMQG
• MQG
• Pinterest
• Facebook
• Youtube
• Instagram: look us up: #lincolnmqg

Show and Tell: Our quilters were busy!

Tricia Curtis showing her Kona Colors

 Rhonda Eddy completed her asymmetrical quilt

 Albie Osborn and red, white and yellow quilt

 Vickie Bedell completed her Quilt of Valor

 Pink & black houndstooth

 Scrappy and multicolored

 Tom Meyer shared his cyanotype and indigo quilt

 Maggie Rose Copple and her brown French braid

 and her Elizabeth Hartman quilt

 Linda Gale remade her daughter's Batman quilt

 Jim Baker showed his first quilt, a raw edged applique

 Michelle Cotton made 2 sew-along bags 

Ellen McCoy, our guest from Omaha MQG shared her map of Paris

Nancy Goff Shared a catalog from Nancy Crow's curated show

 Sheila Green shared the Quilt Con Magazine

We'll see you again in March!

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Next meeting: TBD

Sew Days: Every other month at the IQM - April 11, Jun 13th, August 8th: 10:15 am to 3 PM. October date pending.

National Quilting Day at IQM March 21, 2020 - Virtual- See Sheila Green for details

Modern Quilt Guild Events: Regional MQG Sessions on Denver May 7-9 - learn handwork. See more here.

February Meeting

February Meeting

We can't wait to see you next Tuesday!

Agenda

Old business: 

• National Quilting Day: Please contact Sheila Green to volunteer for this wonderful opportunity to share our passion and skill with the community 
• Long Arm Workshop:  Class on the 20th and the next class is on Wednesday, February 26, 2020. 
• Dues: Please bring cash or check payable to LMQG for $40 for dues
• We are accepting Art Quilts through October

New Business: 

• Welcome new members!

• Modern Makeover: Share your flipped blocks that you've made from traditional to modern

• Mentor-Mentees - We're still accepting members to lend a helping hand and work on a technique you'd like to learn with your mentor

• TOM
• Technique of the month: Co-President, Mary Dittenber
• Use the monthly techniques to make a quilt reveal in our last meetings of the year
• 1st: Surface Design Demo

• Finding your Quiltspiration: LMQG Social Media Director, Elisa Salas. 
• She'll share her experiences on social media, using social media to help your quilting on applications including: Facebook, Instagram, our webpage, MQG webpage, Youtube, and Pinterest. No supplies necessary for this class. Please find more resources here: Social Media for Quilters.

We'll wrap up with raffle prizes and Show and Tell.

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February 2020 Sew Day Recap

It was a sunny day at the International Quilt Museum! 

Members worked on their own colorful projects ranging from blocks, to improv pieces, bags and repurposed shirts. The best parts were learning from each other and enjoying each other's company!

We had a small meeting with mentors/mentees and brainstormed. We're hoping to expand it to more members at February's meeting. More info to come.

Here's our show and tell from the meeting:

Kris Jarchow
Showed her published black, white, and gray quilt and her new colorful quilt - Great job!

Nancy Goff  

Valentine candy pockets and a crib quilt

Vicki Bedell  

with her scrappy quilt blocks and lovely bag

Mary Dittenber

Flying geese

Sheila Green

Showing the Make and Take for National Quilting Day

Linda Gale

Colorful bags and quilts

Brooke James

Showing her fine piecing work

Rhonda Eddy 

with her great color choices

Colleen McGuire James

showing her Bee Trees

We hope to see you all again next meeting and the next sew day. Till then, happy sewing!

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Next meeting: February 25th

Sew Days: Every other month at the IQSCM - April 11, Jun 13th, August 8th: 10:15 am to 3 PM. October date pending.

Quilt Con: Austin, Texas. February 20-23rd. Find out more here.

March 2020: National Quilting Day at IQSCM - See Sheila Green for details

Pop up workshops: Long Arm Quilting with Mary Dittenber. This amazing opportunity is space limited, so Mary kindly offered 2 classes. Chose one of the following (space limited to 5 for each session): Saturday, February 22nd 9-11AM OR February 26th 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Follow up with Mary Dittenber for more details:  marydittenber@gmail.com

February Sew Day

Time to sew with your fellow members, get to know each other, and share ideas!

Own projects: Bring your own projects you'd like to work on

Make it new again: Continuing from our January meeting, bring your orphan block(s) or block(s) you'd like to have help making modern.

Supplies

You may be asking, "What should I bring?" We'll have a station with ironing and cutting mats. What people often bring are:

• Usually
• Fabric and material for your projects
• Machine (if needed -  don't forget your foot pedal and power cord)
• Scissors
• Rotary cutter
• Extra needles
• Pins
• Good to haves
• Power strips
• Extension cords
• Iron
• Small cutting mat, rotary cutter, rules

Bring a lunch (refrigeration and microwave are available) or eat at local restaurants. 

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Next meeting: February 25th 5:30 - 7:00 at IQSCM

Sew Days: Every other month at the IQSCM - February 8th, April 11, Jun 13th, August 8th: 10:15 am to 3 PM. October date pending.

Quilt Con: Austin, Texas. February 20-23rd. Find out more here.

March 2019: National Quilting Day at IQSCM - See Sheila Green for details

Pop up workshops: Long Arm Quilting with Mary Dittenber. This amazing opportunity is space limited, so Mary kindly offered 2 classes. Chose one of the following (space limited to 5 for each session): Saturday, February 22nd 9-11AM OR Wednesday February 26th 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Follow up with Mary Dittenber for more details.