Getting Started with OMQG

 

 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 - 

 

Monthly Block Study:

In 2025, we are doing a Monthly Block Study.  Each month a block will be announced and members are encouraged to explore different variations of that single quilt block design.  At the end of the year, members can make a quilt out of their blocks, or donate blocks or completed tops for a Girls, Inc. community engagement quilt.

 

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 February. 

Find additional information here: Block Lotto Information


In Person Sew Days: 

Watch for the dates and details 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. 
 

Workshops: 

We offer a variety of workshops throughout the year. 
Find our current workshop information here: Workshops 2024

 

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 2024, one-hundred quilts were donated in honor of Kennadi. Any pattern can be used for the quilts. Quilts can be anywhere in size from 30x30 - 48x48. Quilts do not have to be square. Minky and flannel fabrics can be used as backings. Quilts are collected at any time throughout the year and held for the next donation date. Quilt tops of the appropriate size are also accepted and will be completed by committee members. 

 



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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