We had an enjoyable Sew Day with over 20 members sharing holiday gift ideas and participating in the bag sew along!

Here are some of the gift ideas, project links are at the bottom of the page.

 

Top L-R: Julie Karjala with a mug organizer, Linda Crump & Sheila Green showing the Schlep Bag

Bottom L-R: Kristie Jarchow with a portable design wall, Vicky Bedell with a holiday wreath.

For the bag sew along, we had three options, a wine bottle bag, the Sew Together Bag and the Bionic Gear Bag. Thankfully, we had several people who had already made these items and were willing to help out with directions! 

When you finish your bag, share a photo to our LMQG Facebook page or if you're on Instagram, use the #lincolnmqg hashtag so we all can see! Click on the Facebook button in the sidebar to see more Sew Day photos. 

Gift Idea Links

Schlep Bag

Mug Organizer 

Non Slip Sewing Machine Foot Pedal Pad 

Cell Phone/Tablet Holder 

Easy DIY Double Oven Mitt 

Portable Design Wall 

Upcoming Events

Holiday Party

December 4th, 2016

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

NSEA Building

605 S 14th

Lincoln, Ne

Join us for the holiday party! If you didn't sign up at the meeting, email us at info.lincolnmqg@gmail.com so we have an idea of how many people are attending. We are asking members to bring finger foods and treats to share, punch and tea will be provided. We are also asking that everyone bring a fat quarter from your stash for a couple games. Should be lots of fun, hope to see you all there!

October Meeting Reminder

October Program: 

• Elections for 2017
• Make A Statement Challenge quilts due. Please share your inspiration for your creations with the group. A photo will be taken of each challenge quilt after you present.
• Bring your sewing Tips Tools and Tricks to share with the group
• Show & Tell
• Early membership renewal begins. Download the renewal form HERE Dues can be mailed to Sheila Green or we will also be accepting dues at the November Sew Day and the Holiday Party.    

  

Looking Ahead to November

• November Sew Day
  Saturday, November 12th from 10:30am-3:30pm
  Location: International Quilt Study Center and Museum 

       Bring your holiday gift ideas for show and tell. We will be having a sew along for those interested in making the Sew Together Bag, Bionic Gear Bag or a Wine Bottle Holder Bag. You will have to purchase the pattern and supplies ahead of time.

Sew Together Bag

Bionic Gear Bag

For the Wine Bottle Holder you will need:

18" ribbon for tie

12" x 19" fabric for body

3" x 12" fabric for the strap 

• Holiday Party 

          December 4th, 2016
          3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
          NSEA Building
          605 S 14th Street
          Lincoln, NE

September Meeting Reminder

September Program:
"BACK to Basics" with Janeese Olson, Kristina Morrow, Pat Kant, June Pederson and Sheila Green

LMQG's talented members will do a presentation about the back of your quilt. We will see examples of making your quilt sandwich, binding, labels and sleeves. You will get to ask questions about different techniques and what works best for a beautiful quilt back that is as great as the front.

Bring any projects you are working on for Show and Tell!

Looking Ahead to October

• Officer Elections and Membership Renewal 

•  Make A Statement Challenge Quilts Due
  Create a modern quilt containing text or characters of some kind (letters, phrases, foreign or domestic...use your imagination!) Due at our October 25, 2016 meeting. 
  
  
  
  

September Sew Day Reminder

Upcoming Sew Day, Saturday, September 10th from 10:30am-3:30pm at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the NW corner of 33rd St & Holdrege St - 1523 N 33rd St, Lincoln, NE 68503.

The demo theme for sew day will be "What Are You Trying to Say?" Phyllis Higley, Kristie Jarchow and Jennifer Van Dyke will share some tips and different ideas on how to add text to your projects. As always, bring whatever projects you want to work on!
Hope to see you all there!

August Sew Day Reminder

August Sew Day at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, 
August 13th, 10:30 am - 3:30 pm

 

  

Kristie Jarchow will give a quick demo on how to sew a wonky house block. If you want to make one house or a whole village, you will need to bring enough background fabric and several patterned fabric scraps to make an 18" house block. Aren't these houses fun? Can't wait to give it a try! As always, you can bring whatever projects you want to sew and bring show and tell to share.
 

 

 

Hope to see you there! 

• Just a reminder that the 13th is the last day of the county fair. Volunteers may be needed to take down quilts at 7:30 pm. Quilt pick up times are Saturday night, August 13th from 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm and Sunday morning, August 14th from 9:00 am - noon.

July Meeting Reminder

July Meeting:

Dr. Robert Hillestad will present a talk on Creativity.

• Bring your QuiltCon 2017 Group Charity Blocks! If you cannot attend the meeting, the blocks can be dropped off at Sew Creative, 5143 S 48th, Lincoln Ne (402) 489-6262
• Bring your show and tell!
• Remember our new meeting location, IQSCM, 1523 N 33rd Street, Lincoln, NE 68503. (402) 472-6549. If you arrive late and the door is locked, call and we'll let you in!

May Meeting Reminder & New Location

May Program:

"Exercise In Design" 

Want to branch out and learn how to design your own modern quilt? Sheila Green, Kristie Jarchow and Jen Van Dyke will help us put the modern aesthetic into practice as we work in teams, creating designs using the quarter square triangle and it's four variations. All supplies will be provided.

Remember to bring your projects for Show and Tell! We love to see what everyone is working on. 

Remember our new meeting location. We will meet at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, located at the NW corner of 33rd St & Holdrege St. 

1523 N 33rd St,

Lincoln, NE 68503. 

(402) 472-6549

If you happen to arrive late and the doors are locked, call and we will let you in!

Other Reminders:

• The MQG Riley Blake fabric challenge pieces are due May 31st

• Be thinking of ideas for the QuiltCon 2017 Charity Quilt Challenge

• June Sew Day  

          Saturday, June 11th, 2016 

          10:30am-3:30pm

          Bernina Sewing Studio

          1265 S. Cotner Blvd. #27

          Lincoln NE

          402-423-3108

April Meeting Highlights and New Meeting Space

Did you know that 8750 tons of textiles go into our local landfill every year? That's a lot of fabric! Our April program focused on upcycling fabric items for quilters. Upcycling means taking an an item that has fulfilled it's useful life and processing it to make something better than the original. Some reasons for doing this would be to keep unwanted items out of a landfill, to express creativity or to make a special memorial keepsake. 

To explore this topic further, we had four demonstration tables set up.

Marsha Conley showed us quick ways to deconstruct shirts to make usable pieces of fabric. Isn't her quilt made from men's striped shirts wonderful?

Roxanne O'Hare had all kinds of different clothing items including pants and linen dresses that she cut up and made into quilt blocks. After cutting up the various textiles, she sorts them into categories by weight so they work well together when she wants to use them.

 Suzanne Rose had many fun creations made from selvages! She showed several ways that selvages can be sewed together to make a made fabric.

Carolyn Garner talked about using t-shirts to make memory quilts. Here she is showing the interfacing she uses to prepare the t-shirt fabric.

We had a great time going around to each demo and learning useful information about upcycling from these ladies!

Our guild has grown rapidly in the last few months! We are now up to 50 members and are bursting at the seams in our current meeting location. We are so thankful to Derek Geise and the staff at the Bernina Sewing Studio for providing the space for us to have our meetings and for hosting our first modern guild quilt show. 

And so, as we have outgrown our original meeting space, we are pleased to announce our new meeting location. The board of directors has accepted a proposal from the International Quilt Study Center and Museum to hold our monthly meetings in their first floor seminar room from 5:30-7:30 on the last Tuesday of each month, beginning in May and continuing through October. This is very exciting for our guild and we are thrilled to be invited to meet in that space! 

May Program:

"Exercise In Design" 

Want to branch out and learn how to design your own modern quilt? Sheila Green, Kristie Jarchow and Jen Van Dyke will help us put the modern aesthetic into practice as we work in teams, creating designs using the quarter square triangle and it's four variations. All supplies will be provided. 

This exercise is an educational offering from Jean Larsen and Pam McCallie of the Chattanooga Modern Quilt Guild.

For more information on upcoming challenges, click on the meeting minutes tab above, links are there in the April minutes.

Visit our Facebook page for the April Show and Tell photos!

April Sew Day!

Hot on the heels of our March meeting, is our April Sew Day!  It will be this Saturday, April 2nd from 10:30-3:30pm at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum.  There will be a demonstration at 11am by Shizuko Kuroha who has a solo exhibition at the Museum right now. If you are a guild member and would like to attend this Sew Day, please send an email to <info.lincolnmqg @ gmail.com> to be put on the list.  Because of the demonstration, everyone needs to be finished setting up to sew by 10:45am.

March Meeting Highlights: 
Everyone presented their finished Try-Angles challenge piece, there were 24 quilts in all!  Our youngest guild member, Miss Brooke, was the winner of the popular vote with her very cool quilt!

Sheila Green gave an overview of this year's QuiltCon, giving us a peek of how fun the event is, and showing quilts that won awards, and talking about the different trends she noticed in the modern quilt exhibition.   She brought back lots of fun swag, and I think everyone received a little goodie!

A big thank you to the Bernina Sewing Studio for having our ever growing guild meetings, and thank you to Sew Creative for donating fat quarters for our raffle!

Our show and tell keeps getting better and better, head on over to our Facebook page to check out the whole gallery of Try-Angles Challenge, and all the show and tell pieces.  Tag yourself or your friends if you see them, you don't have to have a Facebook account to look at photos!

National Quilting Day

The Lincoln MQG was invited to be a part of the National Quilting Day this year, at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum last Saturday, March 19th, 2016.  With over 600 visitors, we had a blast talking with people at our booth about modern quilting, and demonstrating different techniques unique to modern quilting.

Marilyn demonstrating scrappy improv blocks to visitors.

Julie hand binding one of her quilts at our booth.

Nancy talking about her original paper pieced tessellation design.

Colleen showing improv curves.

Sheila gave her "Modern Quilting" lecture to a full house two times during the day.

With the help of guild members, she showed and discussed 44 modern quilts.

Our booth at the end of the day, with some of the great volunteers!

Colleen and Liz admiring the machines at the Handi Quilter booth.

Roxanne from Cosmic Cow/Udder Store demonstrating a curve ruler.

Mary at the Sew Creative booth demonstrating the Sashiko machine.

Sarah and Taura doing hand work at our booth.

Calico House had a fun booth:)

Nancy and Linda in front of our booth

Phyllis at the Cosmic Cow booth

Sheila and Kristie at our booth:)

National Quilting Day March 19 and Feb. recap

Saturday March 19th is National Quilting Day at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum  from 9 - 3. Our guild will be on the second floor demonstrating improv piecing and cutting throughout the day. Nancy Goff will be demonstrating tessellations and Sheila Green will be giving a talk at  11:00 and again at 2:00 on What is Modern?  Lots of fun activities and admission is free so bring your family and friends!!!!



Feb. meeting highlights:
---Taura Horn gave us information about photographing your quilts. What to do and what not to do to have successful quilt photographs. Once you master a few tricks you can enjoy prints of your works, share them or keep them in an archive. You might even be interested in entering a contest or show with your beautiful quilt photograph!

---Our wonderful exhibition of members works hanging at The Bernina Sewing Studio slowly came down. We had a huge turnout as far as visitors to our show. Great big "Thank You" to all who participated to make this happen!!! 
---Photos from Show and Share

--- Hmmm, needing some lessons in photographing happy children? ( I just had to stick this one in here of a member taking a pic of our Taura Horn).

---and finally....Habitat for Humanity family received the quilt our guild made. This was such a wonderful experience to see our quilty hard work go to a lovely family! Thank you again to all who participated in the making and sharing of this quilt!

Reminder that the Try Angles challenge will be due at the March 29th Meeting! I hope you gave this a TRY and made something with some type of angle and maybe you tried some of the Modern elements to make this come together?  Prizes will be awarded so it is not to late to get started!!! Any questions contact us at info.lincolnmqg@gmail.com

March Meeting: Sheila Green will share all about QuiltCon. Come join us and learn about the International Modern Quilt show. Don't forget about the Riley Blake Challenge "Sashing Stash" fabric. If you have some to share see if anyone else wants to do the challenge. 

Exciting event coming up: Victoria Findley Wolfe will be here on June 9th and is teaching a class at  Quilt House. If you would like to sign up you can read about it in my link and call the IQSCM to sign up. 

Thanks for stopping by!