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Thursday, February 27, 2020

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:

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.

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