Karen Sullivan joined us from KC to talk about "Preloved to Relove: the Future of Upcycling"

Karen uses all kinds of textiles from curtains and sheers, to table linens, bedding and of course denim. You can read more about her projects and mission HERE

One other thing she talked about is correct sewing posture so you can sew for longer and not be tensed and sore. 

We brought our pieces in for show on the Ad/Color Palette Challenge. 

We had seven takers and some of us tried twice!!

Winners of the raffle:

And finally some show and tell! 

Ros 

Deb's heartfelt memory piece

Martha had 2 finishes

Elisa made something wearable

Kara

Bonnie's front and....

back

So thankful we had so many visitors to the night. 

We hope to see you next month when we are given a tour of the Boro Exhibition at the IQM. 

April 28th LMQG Meeting

 

This month join us for an informative meeting presented by Karen Sullivan of Sully's Upcycled!!!

Visit Karen's website HERE

FB HERE

INSTAGRAM HERE

ETSY HERE

We meet at IQM and meeting starts at 5:30 but you can come a few minutes early to visit.

Program: Karen Sullivan

               Ad/Color Challenge pieces due

               Show and Tell

*****Sign up for "Upcycled Hoodie" class taught by Sheila Green using Karen's pattern on June 6th. Space may be limited so sign up by end of meeting or Contact Sheila More info HERE

Hope to see you all there!

April 11, 2026 Sew Day Recap- Many Hands!

 

Many Hands make quick work!

Today we worked on making some patriotic lap robes and door hangers to be given to local veterans while honoring the 250th birthday of our nation. 

5 finished lap robes and 2 more almost done and 2 more in the sewing stage...awesome work everyone!

Lots of door hangers,

and...... 

lots of red, white and blue!

We had a young helper today put labels on the veteran door hangers.

Show and tell:

Kris made this trippy quilt using a method like she demonstrated last year in a mini workshop "quick charity quilts". 

Sheila found a new obsession: quick color block tunics.

Upcoming workshop on June 6th:

Upcycled Hoodie with Sheila Green get signed up now!

More info can be found HERE

example with a Kantha cloth:

Stay tuned in for our April 28th speaker: Karen Sullivan

Karen's website is HERE where you can read more about her.

Please come and learn all about her upcycling projects. For the June class, we will be making Karen's upcycled hoodie pattern! 

This meeting should be super fun and informative. 

Hope to see you there. 

April 11, 2026 Sew Day

 

Sew Day Sew Day Sew Day

Who: LMQG

What: Sew Day

Where: IQM

When: April 11, 2026

Come one and all! Bring your sewing machines or offer to iron, cut or layout all items the BEE Sew Quilty bee group has been making over the last few months. 

Their project is in honor of the 250th Birthday of our country. Many of the red' white and blue items they have been making will go to various veterans honoring them with little gifts of quilts, placemats, totes or door hangers. 

Come join us or just stop by to see what we are up to. Feel free to work on your own project and bring things for show and tell. 

Don't forget you can sign up for the upcycled hoodie workshop with Sheila Green on Saturday June 6th. 

More info can be found HERE

LMQG March Meeting ReCap

March 31, 2026

Our own wonderful Elisa gave an overview of QuiltCon 2026. How to sign-up, what to take, what to wear, how to take it all in. 

    

Winners can be found here: Winners

Lots of quilty fashions were worn to the event and impromptu fashion show can be seen: YouTube Here

Phyllis showed us an example of her challenge piece where she took an Ad and put the picture into a program that gave her the

 colors of the ad to work with. For the original post on challenge you can look HERE. 

We hope you are giving the challenge a shot. 

Sheila talked about our upcoming April meeting 4-28-26 where we will meet our speaker Karen Sullivan of Sully's upcycled. 

Sheila will be teaching the upcycled hoodie pattern on Saturday June 6th at IQM. Contact Sheila to sign up for class and any information. 

Info on class can be found HERE

Show and Tell...........

 

Jan and Ros were our lucky raffle winners   

Next Sew Day.....April 11 

Meet us at the IQM to finish up some of the patriotic outreach items we started in Feb.  Show and tell what you have been up to or just come to chat.

 

April 28th next Meeting Karen Sullivan on upcycling

June 6th - upcycled hoodie class