July Meeting!

We are so lucky to have some awesome Quilt Shops right here in Lincoln, NE!! We have invited these wonderful shop owners to come and inspire us with what's NEW, upcoming trends, their favorite tools, patterns and fabrics, and what they are inspired by! This is going to be a great night to get 'in the know' and start preparing those project ideas for the cooler days ahead - we hope!!
Where: BERNINA store - 1265 So. Cotner (Piedmont Center)
When: July 28th (Last Tuesday of Month)
Time: 5:30 - 7 pm
What have you been working on during these long summer days and nights? Bring your projects to share!!

Don't forget to register on the Lancaster County Super Fair website to enter your quilt(s).  Deadline for online registration is July 29th.  Check in of your quilts will start on Monday Aug. 3rd from 1:30 -7:00 p.m.  Quilts go up on Aug 4th and are available for viewing by the public for the rest of the week.
Over $400 in special awards and ribbons!!

 

June meeting in review

First, a BIG "Thank You"  to everyone that came out to the meeting Tuesday night!

Mary gave a demonstration on using the online Spoonflower company to help you design your own fabrics.    If you would like more information on Spoonflower please check out their website HERE.   If you sign up for their free newsletter you will get more information sent to you as well as some helpful tips on how to use their site. One of the questions that was asked at the meeting was whether or not the designer earns a commission if others choose their fabrics and the answer is YES!!    Suzanne made a couple of test samples of our guild logo to show plus samples of Spoonflower blank fabrics.  

 

Show and Share  (lots more pics on our FB page June pics)

 

 

The leadership team revealed the finished Guild Banner.

The Summer is looking good for lots of quilty goodness.  The county fair will be here shortly and we want to remind you that the LMQG will be sponsoring a prize for a modern quilt. Please think about entering something you have made into the county fair.  The Lancaster website to enter your quilt can be found HERE  Note*** the quilts are only up near the end of the fair from Aug 3rd evening until the last day of the fair.
Also this year, a new contest for a Barn Quilt design by the  local 4-H and FFA groups will be fun to see. Read more about it HERE

So Much Fun Tours still has a few seats available for the Hamilton Missouri bus trip on July 11th to see the Missouri Star Quilt Company.  Sign up today HERE

June Meeting

It might be a little warm to snuggle under a quilt, but it is the perfect temperature to DESIGN your own quilt fabric! This month's meeting will be a SPOONFLOWER class on how to create and order your own one-of-a-kind fabric! Get CREATIVE! Start dreaming up those awesome fabric designs and come check out the spoonflower LMQG fabrics!
**Bring your own laptop if you would like to design along. WiFi available.  

Where: The Bernina Sewing Studio @ 1265 So. Cotner (Piedmont Center)
When: June 30th (Last Tuesday of Month)

Time: 5:30 - 7 pm

We want to see your summer projects so bring them to share and we will see you next week!!!

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Here is an example of some fabric that a friend of mine, Lorna, from the blog Sew Fresh Quilts has whipped up.  She made up a few designs and had them printed at Spoonflower. 

 

Once the fabric was received she dove into these sweet watermelon treats.

 

The ant fabric is perfect for these projects. For information on the patterns and fabric you can go directly to Lorna's blog.  Come to the meeting to find out how you can design and print your own fabric.

We hope to see you there!!