Reminders for Tuesday's Guild Meeting

• We need one more person for the August Swap Challenge!
• Bring payment and sign up if you haven't already, for the August 3rd Shibori Workshop with Karen Kunc (Two classes, 9:30am-11:30am, and 1:30pm-3:30pm) $30 class fee + $10 materials fee.
• Print out and bring your pattern ideas for the 2025 MQG Community Quilt so members can vote on what we will do this year.
• Bring your Maximalism quilt for the Lux show if you have completed it since the last meeting. Final due date is by the July meeting.
• Bring your quilt label examples!

Interested in a Spring 2025 Retreat?

We would like to gauge your interest in a Spring retreat for the LMQG on March 28-30, 2025. It would be at Camp Carol Joy Holling again. If you are very likely to attend, please email lincolnmodernquiltguild@gmail.com and then save the date on your calendar!

June 2024 LMQG Meeting

 

Agenda:

• Presentation of quilt to Lisa Stirtz, Volunteer Coordinator at Carol Joy Holling Camp
• Announcements
• Discuss possible patterns for the 2025 MQG Community Quilt. Bring your ideas!!
• Quilt Label Program
• Show and Tell - bring your quilt labels too!
• Raffle

Reminders!

• If you are attending, or want to attend the Karen Kunc Shibori workshop on August 3 (morning or afternoon session) bring your cash or checkbooks to make your $40 payment to hold your spot.
• Do you have a technique or talent you want to show the world? We are still looking for people to fill Sew Day workshop slots for July 13, Sept. 14 or Nov. 9.

Thinking about Joining LMQG?

Have you been thinking about joining a modern quilt guild? Did you know that by joining Lincoln Modern Quilt Guild (LMQG) you are automatically a member of the national Modern Quilt Guild (MQG)? There are some great benefits for both!

LMQG/MQG members get QuiltCon discounts & early registration, plus only members can submit their quilts to the largest modern quilt show in the world.

Members get access to the full library of over 200 modern quilt patterns and all of our previous content since the MQG started. This includes tutorials, webinars, make and takes, community news, and more.

You can join yearly challenges like the Make A Difference challenge, or participate in the Community Outreach Quilt Challenge at QuiltCon.

Connect with others in the quilting community through this local MQG-affiliated guild, through the MQG Community space or the Individual Members Coalition (IMC), and through activities like the MQG community sew along.

If all of that isn't enough, check out what's coming up with QuiltCon 2025 in Phoenix, AZ. Member Registration opens Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at 9 a.m. CDT, https://quiltcon.com/ - then come to a meeting and join LMQG!

May 2024 Meeting Recap

 

Meeting Recap Notes

Raffle Winners: Jenny Kuzak, Sarah Maseth, Thom Meyer

Program: Julie Owens: My Journey in Art Quilts

Show and Tell

Martha Turner: “wombat” maximalism figure quilt

Harmonii Allen: purple family tree commission quilt

Kris Jarchow: UFO from Sherri Lynn Wood class, red and grey maximalism

B&W Bee Quilt

First Friday Event Replay

In case you missed it, here are some images of the assembled crowd for the First Friday event, Second Chances: Upcycled Modern Quilts at the International Quilt Museum, and a link to the fabulous presentation by Marilyn Schmadeke Rembolt. Members, check out our community Facebook page to view pictures Nancy J. Goff took of the exhibit!

First Friday Replay

IQM First Friday Event this week!

Join us this Friday, June 7th for a First Friday presentation with our Lincoln Modern Quilt Guild members about their new exhibition "Second Chances: Upcycled Modern Quilts."

Inspired by "Feed Sacks: An American Fairytale," Lincoln Modern Quilt Guild members have created modern versions of vintage quilts using a variety of reclaimed materials. From used clothing to feed sacks and everything in between, these textiles are given new life in the upcycled creations.

First Fridays are FREE events held on the first Friday of each month. Enjoy free access to the IQM galleries from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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No Scrap Left Behind

Sarah Maseth

Dated 2024; Made in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Collection of Sarah Maseth

MQG Community Quilt Submission

Everyone be thinking about a quilt pattern for the 2025 QuiltCon Outreach quilt.  Lines and Bars.  We will choose one at the June Meeting. If you want to send in suggestions prior to next month’s meeting, use the Contact Us email for this site, or pop over to the community Facebook page and comment on the post there! 

Mini Quilt Swap Partners

Here are the pairings for the Swap Challenge. For this one we are revealing the pairings. I suggest contacting each other for the details of what the other would like.

So here is the list in no particular order:

• Harmonii Allen and Sheila Green
• Jean M Cotton and Jennifer McKitrick
• Rhonda Eddy and Tammy Hensley
• Shana Durham and Rosalind Carr
• Jeni Kuszak Ehlers and Vicky Beezley Bedell
• Sue Dewitt and Kris Jarchow
• Kate Honeyman and Tom Meyer
• Kara Sheil and Debby Ebke
• Sarah Steele Maseth and Angela Dutton
• Martha Turner and Nancy J. Goff
• Mary Dittenber and Albie Osborn

LMQG Fall Retreat - Save the Date!

Members, just a quick reminder to save the date for the LMQG fall retreat. October 25th - 27th this year. More details still to come!