October Meeting: Make A Statement Challenge Quilts and Tips, Tools and Tricks

The October meeting marked our final official LMQG meeting for 2016. The slate of officers for 2017 was presented and approved as follows:

President: Sheila Green

Vice President: Linda Crump and Mary Dittenber

Secretary: Kristie Jarchow 

Treasurer: Liz Thanel

Communications/Social Media: Jennifer Van Dyke

Dues for 2017 are now being accepted, please fill out this Renewal Form and include it with the yearly dues of $35. Dues can be mailed to Sheila Green or turned in at the November Sew Day and the Holiday Party. 

July-October 2016 Challenge: Make A Statement

Our latest challenge was to create a modern quilt containing text or characters of some kind (letters, phrases, foreign or domestic...use your imagination!)

The members who participated in the Make A Statement challenge shared their quilt creations and the inspiration behind them with the group. Linda had us smiling and singing along to "This Little Light of Mine," Kristie had us tearing up with remembrances of her mother and Kristina had us all giggling with her "Jack the (seam) Ripper" quilt! A powerful presentation from 14 of our talented members!
Here are the Make A Statement participants.

L-R: Linda Crump, Julie Karjala, Peg Pennell, Sara McCracken

L-R: Vickie Bedell, Phyllis Higley, Colleen James, Sheila Green.

L-R: Kristina Morrow, Sarah Maseth, Brooke James

L-R: Marsha Conley, Kristie Jarchow, Jennifer Van Dyke

Tips, Tools and Tricks: 

Linda started the round of tips and tricks and kept us going with her "Easy Button!" Lots of useful ideas to make sewing and quilting easier!

Show and Tell

L-R: Sara McCracken, Marsha Conley, Maggie Copple

L-R: Liz Thanel, Kristie Jarchow, Phyllis Higley, Tanna Kinnaman

Deanna Larson, Julie Karjala, Sandy Wassenmiller, Pat Kant

 Upcoming Events

• 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 need 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

Join us for the Holiday Party! If you didn't sign up at the meeting, let us know you are coming by emailing 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!
 

August & September Sew Day Highlights

We've enjoyed two sew days in a row at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum,  having one in August AND September!
The focus for the August sew day was "Wonky Houses." The scraps were flying as Kristie Jarchow showed us how to make some fun house blocks! Finished blocks can be made into wall hangings for Habitat for Humanity.

Our guild's latest challenge, "Make A Statement," is to make a quilt of any size that features words. Have you started yet? They are due at the October meeting! 

September's "What Are You Trying To Say?" was focused on adding text to our quilt projects. Phyllis Higley, Kristie Jarchow and Jennifer Van Dyke presented lots of ideas for our "Make A Statement" challenge! Paper pieced letters, fabric paint, thread writing and appliqued letters were shown for inspiration. 

There was a variety of quilt projects being worked on and the lovely ladies of the QuiltCon Charity Quilt team made progress on the charity quilt. 

The next sew day:

 November 12th, 2016

10:30 am - 3:30 pm

International Quilt Study Center and Museum

We'll be sharing holiday gift ideas! 

June Meeting Highlights

June Program:

Phyllis Higley presented "Words In Quilts: Giving New Meaning to Journal Quilts."

 Phyllis shared many of her quilted journal pieces, telling us about her process of putting them together, as well as the inspiration for each one. Several of them had the story written out directly on the fabric with a fabric pen, while in others, the quilting told the story. Phyllis encouraged all of us to validate our creativity. Don't be afraid to try new ideas and continue trying until you come up with something that speaks about you! Thank you for the inspiration, Phyllis!

We had a quilt group from Davenport, Iowa join us after their tour of the quilt museum. It was nice to have you ladies! 

LMQG QuiltCon 2017 Group Charity Quilt
Mary Dittenber handed out fabric and instructions for our QuiltCon charity quilt. We are hoping for 100% participation, so if you were not able to attend the meeting, packets can be picked up at
Sew Creative   
5143 S 48th St, Lincoln, NE 68516

Phone:(402) 489-6262

LMQG July-October 2016 Challenge: Make A Statement

Our new challenge is to 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. We hope everyone will give this challenge a try! 

#QUILTSFORPULSE
Thank you to all who donated heart blocks for the Orlando MQG quilt drive. We asked for 30 blocks and received over 60! Wow you are wonderful! We will be assembling the quilt and sending it by the end of July. 

Linda Crump already finished a heart quilt for Orlando! Love the heart on the back.

Lancaster County Fair
Enter your quilts for the Lancaster County Fair! Quilt check in is August 8th. Quilts are displayed August 10th-13th and quilt pick up is the 13th and 14th. The Lincoln Modern Quilt Guild will once again sponsor the Best Modern Quilt prize.
If you have questions or want to volunteer to help, contact Mary Jane Kermmoade at mj4quilts@gmail.com.

Check the Facebook page for more pictures!

July Meeting Program: Dr. Robert Hillestad, "Creativity"