January Meeting 2021 Recap

 

It was so great to see everyone! 

Introducing the 2021 Board

• Mary Dittenber and Jeni Kuszak Ehlers - Co-Presidents
• Jennifer McKitrick - Vice President
• Lora Yardley - Treasurer
• June Pederson - Secretary
• Elisa Salas - Social Media Director

 The board shared their journeys to Modern quilting

 

Goals for this year

• 3 National Speakers
  

1. March: Carole Lyle Shaw, What Makes A Modern Quilt and Trends in Modern Quilting. Carole started making quilts for her nieces and nephews and has expanded to design patterns to help quilters dive into modern quilting. 60-minute lecture and trunk show. See more here!
2. May - Irene Roderick, 45 min trunk show. Irene started in painting and moved to textile arts. She describes her technique as "dancing with the wall", starting centrally and expanding outward in an intuitive design. See more at her website. 
3. 3rd TBD

• 2  Virtual Workshops - in planning stages
• Retreat - hopes for in person - Covid pending

 

Announcements

Congrats to the QuiltCon 2021 acceptances!!!

 Guild TOM Quilt! Joined by Kris Jarchow, Jennifer McKitrick, Michelle Cotton and Juliette Karjala. Quilted by Sonya Nelson

 

 

LMQG 2021 Community Outreach Quilt - "Convergence"

Pieced by Nancy Goff, Mary Dittenber, Diane Wilson, Jennifer McKitrick, Tom Meyer, Elisa Salas. Quilted by Jennifer McKitrick and Mary Dittenber. 

 

Liz Thanel's group quilt, partners are Jennifer A. VanDyke, Kris Jarchow, Phyllis Higley, and Judy Crockett. Quilted by Liz Thanel.

 

 

And to the Cherrywood Challenge Finalists!

 

Vicky Bedell

 

Elisa Salas, "Princess of All Our Hearts"

Upcoming Quilt Shows

QuiltCon 2021

When: February 18-22, 2021

Where: Virtual

Who: held by the Modern Quilt Guild

Where to register? Go here, if you haven't registered already.  

Registered already? Check this link to see your signups.

Learn more: https://www.quiltcon.com/ 

 

Kansas City Regional Quilt Show

The Kansas City Regional Quilt show is back on for it's every 2 year show. This year is planned as in person, with measures taken for Covid. If there is need for cancellation, they will refund the ticket prices. See their website for more details. 

 

 

Presentations

Book Report

June Pederson presented a review of the fabulous Fabric Surface Design by Cheryl Rezendes. You can purchase directly from the publisher or from your favorite book seller. 

 

Technique of the Month

Like 2019, we're going to celebrate Pantone's colors of the year, Illuminating and Ultimate Gray

 

See more on our TOM 2021 Page 

The basics: Make 6.5 inch square blocks using the techniques, make one for you and one for the guild quilt.

 

Challenge Quilt

Last year, we had our national speaker, Cindy Grisdela, share her process and trunk show. Using her as inspiration, make a 24 x 24 inch quilt, any color. Due date is April 27th. Please check her Instagram (@cindygrisdelaquilts) or webpage for a refresher. 

Lora Yardley shared a guided improv to get you started. Please see the Challenge Page for instructions. 

Show and Tell

Albie Osborn showed her Singer, newly emerged from storage

And her stunning quilt

Sarah Maseth shared her quilt using Speckled fabric designed by Rashida Coleman Hale for Ruby Star

Jean Cotton shared her 1/2 square triangles, what a wintry beauty

 

Jill Strait's quilt is just in time for Valentine's Day

Tom Meyer shared this quilt creatively using sample fabric from our September meeting

Elisa Salas' guided improv quilt was from the Susie Quilt's Sew Along from this pattern.

Whoops! we misspoke: Next Sewday is the 2nd Saturday of the month. We'll see you February 13th! 

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Meetings: Feb 23, Mar 30, Apr 27, May 25, Jun 22, Jul 27, Aug 31, Sep 28, Oct 25, Nov 30

Please check your email for the Zoom invite

 

SewDays: Feb 13, Mar 13, Apr 10, May 8, Jun 12, Jul 10, Aug 14, Sep 11, Oct 9, Nov 13

QuiltCon Together: Feb 18-22

 

Kansas City Regional Quilt Show: Jun 17-19

Next Sew Day: Feb 13, 2021