September meeting highlights

Huge "thank you" goes out to our member spotlight on the creative artistry of our very own Kris Khan. (more photos on FB)

 

Quilt Con challenge info for our charity quilt this coming year can be found HERE

You will find the link to the tutorial for the sample blocks and the color palette chosen by the Nat'l guild on that page.

 

The Quilts for Kids design challenge final tonight. Many of the quilt designs were made up into quilts to give to Lincoln Quilts for Kids which provides quilts to local hospitals for sick children.

 

Some of the designs submitted for  quilts:

 

Jennifer

Susan had two

 

Alice had two

 

Kaye made the large size so we made it into a smaller kids size

 

Kristina

 





Emily

 

Kelly had two ideas from her son. One was the shield

and one was a smiley face but with the cat fabric I had it came out as a cat!

 

 

Megan

 

Last but not least MaryAnn with the winning design! Her design was written up and will be made into kits for the Lincoln Quilts for Kids group.

Some of the designs were made up into actual quilts by Kris Jarchow in her own fabric and interpretation as test quilts.  All of the designs submitted were looked over for ease of cutting and use of fabric.  The final determination was not only about ease but also about modern design. Mary Ann's design has so many possibilities. Thanks for all who participated!!!

 

Kim showed off some of the BOM blocks. All blocks and tutorials are on our pinterest page  HERE

 

Some of the Show and Tell:



 

 

"Shades of gray" challenge due October meeting! 

Thank you to everyone that came out to be with us tonight!!!

 Meeting  minutes HERE

June Meeting - Dying to quilt

June 2nd meeting we will be featuring Mary Dittenber and her adventures in dying fabric. 

Mary has been sewing and quilting for over 14 years and progressed into teaching.   Her interest in fabric manipulations started her on the path of dying fabric to use in her works.   I hope you will join us for this trunk show!


This is a picture of some of the dyed fabrics that were made with Mary's instruction.  :)

 

 

Reminder that our guild will be sponsoring a Victoria Findlay Wolfe quilting event at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum on June 14th.  Click HERE

 

Everyone is welcome to attend the IQSCM first Friday June 5 at 3:00. Sherri Lynn Woods will be giving a free presentation from her new book. Click HERE for more Information

Hope to see you in June!

 

 

 

April 2015 featuring quilter/teacher Jean Kritenbrink

April 7, 2015
Omaha Modern Quilt Guild is happy to present "A Quilter's Journey" featuring Jean Kritenbrink from Council Bluffs, Iowa.

 

 

Jean has been a quilt instructor for over 10 years. She began designing her own quilting patterns so that she had new, fresh designs to help her students learn new techniques.  She has extensive sewing knowledge and expertise in garment sewing as well.

Jean is the owner of QuiltinJeanie designs. She has been published in several quilting magazines and teaches quilting classes in Council Bluffs, Iowa. 

 

Publications include McCalls Quick Quilts: April/May 2013, April/May 2014, and June 2014 as well as McCalls America Loves Scrap Quilts Dec 2014.

 

She blogs at Jean's Quilting page: http://quiltinjeanie.blogspot.com/

and can be found on FB at https://www.facebook.com/jean.kritenbrink and

https://www.facebook.com/QuiltinJeanie

 

 

Also at the meeting, we will be checking on your progress of your "Shades of Gray" projects, PHD lists, BOM with Kim, and don't forget your Pin cushions will need to be finished at the May meeting for the swap!! Our Charity quilt is back from QuiltCon and we will talk about the new Modern Guild fabric challenge.

 

I hope to see you there!!!!
Happy Spring

Kristie Jarchow

Quilt Spotlight: QuiltCon Charity Quilt

The  Omaha Modern Quilt Guild will be starting a recurring feature on our blog...a quilt spotlight featuring fabulous modern quilts made by our members! First up is the OMQG QuiltCon charity quilt.

When the idea of making a charity quilt for QuiltCon was presented, members of the Omaha Modern Quilt Guild were excited to participate. OMQG Vice President Katie Roehlk and Secretary Stephanie Jacobson headed up the effort. We decided to use a limited color palette and chose the following colors for members to work with:

We decided to make a star sampler quilt and set up a Pinterest board with links to various star quilt block tutorials and patterns as inspiration for our members. We also posted guidelines for our members. The blocks we received at our November meeting were pretty amazing, and it was fun seeing them up on the design wall.

The blocks were divided among four members (Katie Roehlk, Kristina Morrow, Kristie Jarchow, and Stephanie Jacobson), and each member was responsible for assembling her quarter of the quilt by piecing the blocks together, adding additional fabric or blocks, and quilting the section. Huge thanks to Kristie Jarchow for assembling the 4 parts of the quilt, binding it, and getting it shipped safely to Austin.

We look forward to seeing our quilt displayed at QuiltCon in Austin and donating it to a charity in the Omaha area.

January Meeting

The Omaha Modern Quilt Guild had a great year in 2014, and we're looking forward to an even better year in 2015. Our first meeting of the year will be this Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 7pm at Sunshine Stitches (525 N. 155th Plaza...in the Pepperwood Shopping Center next to Baker's Supermarket). On the agenda for this meeting:

• Dues/Membership: We will be renewing our membership in the Modern Quilt Guild after the January meeting. If you are renewing your membership for 2015 and haven't already paid dues, please bring $35 dues to the January meeting. You may fill out the online membership form ahead of time if you'd like. The Modern Quilt Guild has a lot of great activities planned for 2015 including a spring fabric challenge so be sure to keep your membership active to take advantage of all the MQG has to offer.
• January Activity: Our January meeting activity will be a white elephant UFO (unfinished object) swap. If you'd like to participate, please bring an unfinished quilting item (orphan quilt blocks, pattern, fabric, a kit you never started or started but didn't complete, a quilt top you don't love enough to finish, etc) wrapped/concealed in a bag.
• PHD List: 2015 is the year to earn your OMQG PHD by finishing your Projects Half Done and Piled High & Deep! Start compiling your list of unfinished quilting projects you want to finish (or start/make progress on) in 2015. You can make your own list or print/save this form to keep track of your projects.

We'll see you Tuesday!