Welcome!
We're glad you're here. There are several opportunities you can get involved in when you join the Omaha Modern Quilt Guild. Here you will find information about what opportunities you can get involved in throughout the year at the guild.
Monthly Meetings:
Find the schedule and additional information here -
Block of the Month (BOM):
In
January each year, the guild presents a Block of the Month Sew Along.
Each month a new block is revealed and by the end of the year there are
12 blocks to be used for a completed quilt. For 2024, Heather
Akerberg with Glad Hand Sews has created our 2024 block of the month
titled "Junket". Below is the link where Heather will release each new
block at the beginning of every month.
Quarterly Challenge:
Each
Quarter we present a challenge to the guild. The purpose is to provide
an opportunity to the guild members to try a variety of techniques and
challenge their creative process.
The first quarter challenge for this year is:
Use a Jelly Roll and a free pattern or create a pattern (Due in March)
The second quarter challenge for this year is:
Pop Culture Inspiration - Pick a book, movie, music album
or band... etc! Make a quilt inspired by something in pop culture - the
rest is up to you. (Due in June)
Block Lotto:
Roughly
each quarter we strive to host a block lotto using a free block
available to all members! For each block made you will receive entry to
win either the entire lot or enough to make a throw size quilt based on
how many blocks were entered.
Our next Block Lotto is due in May.
In Person and Online Sew Days:
Watch for the dates to be posted throughout the year to participate in Sew Days.
Retreats:
We typically offer 2 retreats each year, watch for updates in your emails and on social media for more information.
2024 Spring Retreat - Fri, May 3rd --> Sun, May 5th
Location: Hazel Dillon Lodge @ Carol Joy Holling in Ashland, NE
Cost: $195 member / $230 non-member - main meals and lodging included
Additional day-only sewing spots available this year - $65/day (member) or $85/day (non-members)
This option will include meals for the day, but no overnight lodging.
2024 Fall Retreat - Fri, Oct 18th --> Sun, Oct 20th
Location: Winterset, IA
Cost and details to be communicated after spring retreat
Workshops:
We offer a variety of workshops throughout the year.
Community Engagement Opportunities:
We have three partnerships for our Community Engagement Opportunities.
“Our
staff, patients, and families LOVE the bags made by the quilt guild.
During EEG procedures, patients have electrodes placed on their head and
these electrodes are then connected to a small box.
This
box has to stay by the patient’s side throughout their entire stay or
else the electrodes will risk being pulled off. For our young patients,
this can be very challenging since they are constantly on the move!
Having these bags makes this process so much easier for the patients and
families. The patients are always so excited for their cool new “back
pack” and wear the bag with the box inside while they move and play
throughout the room. Thank you all SO much for making these procedures
easier on our patients and families by adding this helpful resource and a
spot of sunshine in their day!”
Kindness for Kennadi - Donate quilts to the NICU at Children's Nebraska
“One act of kindness can change a life forever. Your donation of blankets given in memory of your daughter Kennadi will touch more lives than you can imagine. Every day, miracles are happening at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center and it is because of the kindness and support of people like you that help those miracles along. Thank you again for caring about our young patients and for making an important difference in their lives. On behalf of the countless families and children who benefit from your generosity, we thank you for your kindness.”
Kindness for Kennadi is an initiative started in 2023 to provide comfort to children and families in the NICU at Children’s Hospital in Omaha. The initiative is in honor of the Schmidt Family’s late daughter, Kennadi Joelle. Quilts are donated to the hospital twice yearly in June and December. In 2023, fifty-three quilts were donated to Children's Hospital. Below is a pattern that can be used to create NICU quilts.
Other patterns can also be used and accepted. Quilts can be anywhere in size from 30x30 - 48x48. Minky and flannel fabrics can also be used. Quilts are collected at any time throughout the year and held for the next donation date. Quilt tops are also accepted and will be completed by committee members.
Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy Pattern
Girls Inc. Quilts :
“Long
term positive outcomes require long term positive supports. Protégé
House provides a safe, encouraging home for young women. Our mission is
to put young women solidly on the path to independence and
self-sufficiency. Up to 16 women can reside at Protégé House at a time.
Protégé House is open to all young women ages 19 to 28 who are able and
willing to work and/or attend college, trade school, or other
post-secondary training. Girls Inc. alumnae do receive priority when
accepting applicants for the program. Girls who face barriers to
independent living, such as girls aging out of foster care, sex
trafficking or girls from some refugee populations, also receive
weighted consideration.”
The Omaha Modern Quilt Guild has been making quilts for the women of Protégé House since its November 2018 opening.
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