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.
