Holiday Party Dec 2021

Hello LMQG members!

We are so excited to be able to meet in person this year to celebrate the upcoming holidays and the close to a successful year! 

There are some changes this year:

Location: This year, we will be holding the Holiday Party at the IQM.

Treats: We'll provide them! Please do not bring food.

Gift Exchange: We'll be doing a White Elephant Gift exchange. Please bring 2 fat quarters in wrapping paper if you'd like to participate.  Here's how it works: 

"Each participant supplies one wrapped gift, usually of similar value. The gifts are placed in a central location, and participants determine in which order they will take turns selecting them. The first person opens a wrapped gift, and the turn ends. On subsequent turns, each person has the choice to either unwrap a new present or to steal another's. When a person's gift is stolen, that person can either choose another wrapped gift to open or can steal from another player. To avoid never-ending circles, each gift can only be stolen twice per game. The game is over when everyone has a present. First player also can steal at the end if desired."

If you're curious, you can learn more here. 

Sign Up: Members, please check your email for the "Sign Up Genius" invitation. Please sign up via this application so that we can prepare treats for you.

We can't wait to see you!

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Meetings: Jan 25, 2022 at IQM 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Recap November Sew Day 2021

 

Nancy Goff working on her icy snowflakes

Sarah Maseth's Needle holder book for Art Market

Impromptu Christmas Party meeting

Sarah Maseth working on her needle holder book and Santa

Nancy Goff's snowflakes coming along nicely

Jennifer McKitrick's cheery pears

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Meetings: Jan 25, 2022 at IQM 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

 

Holiday Party: Dec 4th at IQM

Nov Sew Day 2021

 *** Reminder: We will be on the FIRST floor meeting room (where our meetings are held) as there is a wedding reception upstairs. ***

Hello LMQGers!

We can't wait to see you at our last Sew Day of the season! 

This is a great chance to catch up with friends, sew holiday gifts, or work on projects.

We'll be sewing needle holders to give to the IQM for their Art Market Fundraiser.

Meetings: Jan 25, 2022 at IQM 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

 

Sew Days: Nov 13 (in person IQM, odd months 10:30AM to 3PM) (Downstairs workshop room for Nov 13th)

Art Market: Nov 19 and 20th, IQM

Holiday Party: Dec 4th at IQM

October Meeting 2021 Recap

 

Officer Elections

As a group, the LMQG voted to suspend the Bylaw requiring that a board member be a member for 1 yr prior to assuming a leadership position. 

The slate of officers was voted in with a majority ballot vote: 

Co-Presidents: Jeni Kuszak Ehlers and Elisa Salas

Vice President: Lora Yardley

Secretary: Tammy Hensley

Treasurer: Bonnie Kucera

Social Media Director: Jennifer McKitrick

3 cheers to our board!

Sheila Green gave an overview of our very successful retreat

We had a verbal treasurer's report given by Lora Yardley

Jennifer McKitrick shared the TOM blocks

Lora Yardley shared her kits for making needle holders for donation to the IQM Art Market

If you missed out, join us at our November Sew Day, November 13th at the IQM (at our downstairs meeting room as there is a wedding reception upstairs).

Show and Tell

Vicky Bedell with her Bias Challenge

Tom Meyer's Bias Challenge

Debbie Ebke's block for our Community Outreach Quilt

Her Covid Challenge Quilt

Her backing for her Covid Challenge Quilt

Mary Turner's Quilt in Emiko Toda Loeb's quilts

Vickey Bedell's lovely complimentary angles

Liz Thanel's Retreat bag - self designed fabric!

Nancy Goff's Temperature Quilt, submitted to QuiltCon 2021!

Nancy Goff's Hexi quilt

Martha Turner's Coneflower

Covid Challenge 1

Covid Challenge 2

Rhonda Eddy's Bias Challenge

Thank you to all our members for a fantastic 2021! 

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Meetings: Jan 25, 2022 at IQM 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

 

Sew Days: Nov 13 (in person IQM, odd months 10:30AM to 3PM) (Downstairs workshop room for Nov 13th)

Art Market: Nov 19 and 20th, IQM

Holiday Party: Dec 4th at IQM

October Meeting 2021

 

Sorry about the late post!

Agenda

• LMQG Fundraiser Raffle Quilt: TOM Outburst
• Tickets available to members
• Top sellers will be eligible for prizes
• Due March 2022
• LMQG Dues for 2022: $40
• Treasurer's report
• Sew Day: Nov 13
• Art Market: 
• 7th Annual Friends of IQM Art Market Nov 19th and 20th at IQM
• Sign up to station the table
• Donation items:  Art work, décor items, fabric, notions, aprons, quilts, quilt tops, quilt blocks, quilt kits, sewing machines, knit or crochet items
• NO books, NO magazines, NO patterns
• Art Market at Home: Nov 16th to the 20th
• Holiday Party: Dec 4th 1-3:30 PM at IQM
• Sign up for planning, set up and break down
• Next meeting January 25, 2022
• Retreat Recap
• Mark your calendars for next year: Oct 21-23 2022
• TOM Blocks: Review the techniques and collect blocks
•   COVID and Bias Challenges
• Elections

Program: 

• Needle holders for donation to the IQM Art Market         http://writeyourmom.blogspot.com/2015/02/quick-stitch-sewing-staples-kit.html?m=1

• To Bring: 
• Scissors, Pinking shears, rotary cutters, embroidery needles

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Meetings: Oct 25 @IQM 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

 

Sew Days: Nov 13 (in person IQM, odd months 10:30AM to 3PM)

Art Market: Nov 19 and 20th, IQM

September Meeting 2021

 

Amy Friend Meeting

We are so excited to offer a workshop this meeting with Amy Friend!!

We'll discuss guild business then get right to the main talk

Amy will share her trunk show of her Improv Paper Piecing, getting us ready for the Saturday Workshop, on October 2nd. 

We'll send a Zoom meeting link. 

To learn more about her, please check out her blog, During Quiet Times.

The workshop will be based on her new book, "Improv Paper Piecing". 

Volunteers needed!!

• Are you going to Threads Across Nebraska, the Nebraska Quilt Guild Show in Kearney? If so, we need you! Volunteers needed October 8th and 9th - only 1-2 hours at a time to help relieve board members at the table. Please volunteer at the September Meeting.

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Meetings: Sep 28 (Amy Friend) virutal, Oct 25 IQM  IQM 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

 

Sew Days: Nov 13 (in person IQM, odd months 10:30AM to 3PM)

Workshop: Oct 2 $25 Improvisational Paper Piecing by Amy Friend. Limit 20 people

Threads Across Nebraska: Kearny October 8th and 9th. 

Retreat: Oct 22-24 Hazel Dillon Lodge @ Camp Carol Joy Holling

August Meeting 2021 Recap

 

(whoops, forgot Show and Tell - please see below!)

We had a fabulous time selling our items and chatting with friends! The weather was perfect after the morning rain.

Announcements:

Retreat: Sign up for the October Retreat!  It's almost a month away. You can pay via mail or PayPal. Please check the link for more details. We will be closely monitoring masking and other Covid guidelines as we negotiate this pandemic together.

Amy Friend Guild meeting September 28 is a virtual meeting. We'll send the Zoom link. You can watch alone or with your guildies!

Amy Friend workshop October 2:  Spots still available for this virtual workshop. For more details and to sign up, please check this link.

Threads Across Nebraska – Kearney, October 8-9. Bring your labeled Cindy Grisdela quilts for the show no later than the September 28 meeting. If you still have your quilt, please contact Jennifer McKitrick to submit your quilt. Please check your email for the sign up sheet.

Covid quilts should be brought to Guild meeting no later than October 26. We will collect them to photograph them for consideration by the IQM.

The Bias Challenge quilts (20” x 20” minimum size) are due at the October 26 meeting.

 

QuiltCon Community Outreach Quilt: This year's theme is Angles. We want as much participation as possible. This Sew Day, September 11th, we'll have the materials to make your own block. The angles should NOT be 90 degrees (right angles)- all other degrees are fair game! The colors and more details can be found at the MQG Community Outreach 2022 website.

    PLEASE BRING: 

• A 16.5 inch square WHITE block
• Invisible thread (we may have extra)
• Pins
• Your machine  
  

No TOM this month.

SHOW AND TELL

Chris Taylor's Cindy Grisdela Quilt

 

 

Debbie Ebke's Bias TOM

Elisa Salas' Cindy Grisdela Quilt

 

Jennifer McKitrick's Blue Bricks

Maggie Copple's Half Hexies

 Nancy Goff's Covid Quilt

 

Tammy Hensley's Pot holders

 

 

Her quilt with Lake Superior designs printed via Spoonflower

French Roses

 

And Wedding rings with Two Hearts

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Meetings: Sep 28 (Amy Friend), Oct 25, Nov 30 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

 

Sew Days: Sep 11 (community outreach quilt), Nov 13 (in person IQM, odd months 10:30AM to 3PM)

Workshop: Oct 2 $25 Improvisational Paper Piecing by Amy Friend. Limit 20 people

Retreat: Oct 22-24 Hazel Dillon Lodge @ Camp Carol Joy Holling