Jamie Swartz, our presenter this evening, talked about Quilts in America from 1970 to day. The cultural, social and historical influences as well as current day inspirations for quilt makers from all walks of life in America.

Indigenous influeces 

Living Memorial quilt

Teacher influences: 

and it was Award Night: 

Our QuiltCon Quilt was awarded to Lincoln Literacy Council and was going straight to a family tonight!

And Sheila showed the Award given by Nebraska State Guild for Outstanding Nebraska State Quilt Guild = Lincoln Modern Quilt guild. Wonderful!

Next up Patriotic Show and tell:

So fun to see the variety of Patriotic quilts from guild members.

Next Meeting is a week earlier than usual: August 18, 2026 -- Mark your calendars 

Sew Day is August 8th from 10:30 to 1:30 or there about. Come early and see what others are making. 

Go Geometric Challenge has been extended to September 29, 2026 meeting date. Please label your quilts and send your finished dimensions and short artist statement to lincolnmodernquiltguild@gmail.com by Sept 30th. 

Sheila Greens upcycle jacket class for Aug 1st is full but she has a wait list started that looks like another class is on the horizon. If you are interested contact Sheila Green or guild email. 

Lancaster County Super Fair quilts will be open this week for viewing Thursday  July 30 to Sunday August 2 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. except Sunday 10 - 8 pm. 

May Meeting Highlights: Boro and Sashiko

 

Last night for our LMQG meeting, Sheila Green took center stage and talked about the current Boro exhibit at the IQM. 

So many interesting facts about these ancient textiles. 

Sheila told us about the fronts the backs and the in-betweens of these cloths. 

Some of the stitching upclose:

Now it was time to try some of the sashiko stitching ourselves. 

Samples that were shown:

Each member had cloth and thread and some extra patches to practice stitching. 

Our new challenge due in August:

Go Geometric

Each member drew a shape out of a bag and need to make that the focal point of their quilt. Solid fabrics only for this one. We are only working with three choices of shapes so it should make for some interesting quilts. No smaller than 25" on smallest side. We want you to use one or more of the MQG's design elements. 

If you need a refresher on those look here: HERE

If you were not at the meeting and would like to participate (need to be member of our guild)

then send us a message and we will assign you a shape to work with. These are due at the August meeting. There is a possibility that your quilt could be included in the Lux Exhibition later in the fall. Good Luck!

We multitasked our meeting with our stitching so we had lots to discuss. Our bylaws need updating, we have our last Quiltcon quilt to give and we have a new one to design. Shannon and Ros are heading up that committee so if you would like to help let us know. 

I am sorry to say I missed taking pics of some show and tell so please feel free to post on our community page your lovely completed works. 

Our next meeting is June 30th. 

Diane Gloystein is joining us to talke about Wearable Art!

I hope you can join us.