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August 2022 Meeting

  • Date: August 20, 2022
  • Program: No Need to Re-Invent the Color Wheel
  • Speaker: Bethany Janssen; The Sewing Center

Our August speaker is Bethany Janssen, owner of The Sewing Center in Wichita, KS. She is a lifelong artist and former high school art teacher.

Bethany has developed arts programming for Wichita’s public school system, worked in costume design for theater, and also managed community art projects. 

In her presentation, Bethany will teach quilters a better understanding of how to unify the three sets of color: primary, secondary and tertiary. Whether you are a self-proclaimed “power clasher” or more neutral in color taste, the color wheel will help better determine what is a complimentary choice.

There will be hands-on activities for those in attendance.

Morning Presentation

Program

The morning presentation is “No Need to Re-Invent the Color Wheel.”

Business

This month’s business portion of the meeting includes:

• Destash Bash: destash: verb. To remove (thread, fabric, equipment, etc.) from one’s collection. Clean those sewing rooms, closets, boxes, totes, and anywhere else you stash your stuff (or stuff your stash). We’re setting up a trade/donate/sell table. Mark each item with your name and price, and have fun with your fellow guild members.

• Show and Share: Bring your finished quilts and/or works in progress.

• Raffle tickets:  Tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for only $5. Bring a visitor and you both get one free ticket!  

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June 2022 Meeting

  • Date: June 18, 2022
  • Speaker: Terri Blaylock, Blaylock Designs, Rosehill, KS
  • Program: Behind the Scenes: From Fabric Manufacturer to the Store Shelf
  • Location: A-1 Singer Sewing Center, Wichita, KS

The June program features Terri Blaylock of Blaylock Designs, Rosehill, KS. The program will highlight Terri’s past experience as a fabric sales representative.  She will take us behind the scenes of fabric manufacturing, printing, dying and shipping.  What are the needs and wants of quilt shop owners to satisfy their customers?  And will it sell?  Are designer or fabric brands important? How may you, the customer, be an influence on what the shop owner purchases? Terri will share a few fabric cards used to represent fabric lines.

Terri is one of KLQ’s longarm quilters for hire. A complete list of those quilters can be featured on this page.

Morning Presentation

Program

The morning presentation is “Behind the Scenes: From Fabric Manufacturer to the Store Shelf.”

Business

The business portion of the meeting includes:

• Destash Bash: destash: verb. To remove (thread, fabric, equipment, etc.) from one’s collection. Clean those sewing rooms, closets, boxes, totes, and anywhere else you stash your stuff (or stuff your stash). We’re setting up a trade/donate/sell table. Mark each item with your name and price, and have fun with your fellow guild members.

• Show and Share: Bring your finished quilts and/or works in progress.

• Raffle tickets:  Tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for only $5. Bring a visitor and you both get one free ticket!  

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April 2022 Meeting

Our April speaker and instructor is Julia Quiltoff of Liberty, MO. She runs her own business, teaches in person as well as through her YouTube channel and is also an Innova Longarm Machines sub-dealer.

Julia says her passion for creating with fabrics has spanned more than 10 years, but buying her first longarm in 2014 transformed her life into a magical journey.

She loves working with different textures, colors, and having the freedom to design and discover different styles and techniques in longarm quilting. She considers herself to be always learning, a curious and inquiring quilter who is always hungry for new ideas, designs and visions.

Morning Presentation

The morning presentation is “Just Talk to Your Quilt” and will feature a trunk show.

Afternoon Workshop

After the morning presentation and a break for a catered lunch, Julia’s conducting a workshop from 1:00-5:00 p.m., combining two of her classes into one workshop!

  • Doodle Quilting: a fun way to create a beautiful texture for background or allover quilting. Learn new shapes and ideas and how to balance different elements, scales, and densities
  • Background Fillers: different quilting fillers, from classic to modern (geometric, curl-based, pebble-based, feather-based, and more)

The enrollment cost of the workshop is $50.00 and includes lunch. KLQ welcomes non-members to enroll at no additional charge if space is available. You may pay the day of the meeting or mail a check, but all attendees need to contact metzholm@att.net ahead of time to confirm enrollment. If mailing a check, an address will be provided when you confirm enrollment by email.

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February 2022 Meeting

  • Date: February 19, 2022
  • Speaker: KLQ Membership
  • Program: It’s All About You, Babe!

Welcome to our first meeting of 2022!  February is busy, busy, busy! $25 membership dues will be collected, as well as signups and partial or all payments for the April 15 afternoon class and the April 22 quilt shop hop. More information on those at our meeting.

Our program for February is all of YOU!  Everyone please bring a (new) longarm quilt idea or an idea related to quilting or sewing.  We all have so much knowledge to share!! Help us get to know you better through a spool of thread. . . . color, weight, size, etc. 

• Bring your quilts for Show and Share.

• Raffle tickets:  Tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for only $5. Bring a visitor and you both get one free ticket!  

• Destash Bash: (swap sale) of fabric, patterns, &/or tools of our trade.  So bring your goods and your “moola!” destash: verb. To remove (thread, fabric, equipment, etc.) from one’s collection. Each meeting, we’re setting up a trade/donate/sell table. Mark each item with your name and price, and have fun with your fellow guild members.

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December 2021 Meeting

  • Date: December 18, 2021
  • Program: 2021 Christmas Party and Gift Exchange (optional)
  • Location: A-1 Singer Sewing Center, Wichita, KS

From Anita Brozik, VP/Programs

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, how much fun it is to ride into our December 18 social!   

Program

First things first, there is no actual program or Destash Bash this month. Instead, this meetup includes merry making with food, raffle, games, a gift exchange and show & share!! 

We will meet at our regular meeting place,  A-1 Singer at 1012 Oliver, Wichita, KS.  A-1 opens at 9 AM for your perusing pleasures with our gathering beginning around 10 AM. 

• Gift Exchange:  (bring one get one) is optional but part of the fun! Your gift can be a tool, pattern, ruler, anything that you have two of in your sewing/quilt area or, if you decide to buy a gift, maximum dollar amount is $10. No fabric allowed!  Please bring your item wrapped.            

• Show and Share: Bring your finished quilts and/or works in progress.

• Raffle tickets:  Tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for only $5. Bring a visitor and you both get one free ticket! 

Mark Your Calendar!

Bus Shop Hop  =  Friday, April 22, 2022

Northern KS towns (LaCrosse, Hays – shop & lunch too, Bennington and/or Minneapolis, Concordia (2 shops) & McPherson if one Concordia shop is not open to the public & time allows).   Cost $75 (includes gratuity).  Leaving Village Travel & Tours at 7 AM-ish.  Arrival back into Wichita 8-9 PM.  More details will follow closer to April.  Payment can be made anytime to our treasurer.         

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October 2021 Meeting

  • Date: October 16, 2021
  • Speaker: Kalisa Brewer-Crombie, Derby, KS
  • Program: Journey of a Quilter
  • Location: A-1 Singer Sewing Center, Wichita, KS

From Anita Brozik, VP/Programs

Hello fellow quilters,

Fall is upon us, mostly. . . . . (if the 90 degree weather will leave us)! Our October meeting will be at our regular meeting place, A-1 Singer at 1012 Oliver, Wichita, KS. A-1 opens at 9 AM for your perusing pleasures.

Program

The program this month is Karlisa Brewer-Crombie from Derby, Kansas. She is a retired educator (USD 259) & a novice quilter. Karlisa shared that quilting is her therapy and something she has admired and desired to do for as long as she can remember, however, she did not begin her journey as a quilter until 2010.

This love for quilting comes from her deep appreciation of her family heritage of quilting. Karlisa’s paternal grandmother was a very accomplished and avid quilter. She is delighted to share her journey and love for this artful expression, through her quilts, her processes & the stories behind them.

Business

This month’s business portion of the meeting includes:

• Tips & Tricks: From our members

• What Thread are You: Be adventurous & help us get to know you better through a spool of thread. . . . color, weight, size, etc.

• Destash Bash: destash: verb. To remove (thread, fabric, equipment, etc.) from one’s collection. Clean those sewing rooms, closets, boxes, totes, and anywhere else you stash your stuff (or stuff your stash). We’re setting up a trade/donate/sell table. Mark each item with your name and price, and have fun with your fellow guild members.

• Show and Share: Bring your finished quilts and/or works in progress.

• Raffle tickets:  Tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for only $5. Bring a visitor and you both get one free ticket!  

Meeting Minutes
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