Speaker

April 2025 Meeting

  • Date: April 19, 2025
  • Program: “Tia’s Journey”
  • Speaker: Tia Curtis; TiaCurtisQuilts.com; Leavenworth, KS

Our April speaker is Tia Curtis, an internationally acclaimed quilter, teacher, and pattern designer. She has won multiple awards for her quilting and her quilt work and patterns have been featured in many publications. She has worked as a freelance quilt maker, quilter, and pattern designer for fabric manufacturers, fabric designers, books, and magazines.

Tia’s morning presentation showcases her quilting journey. Tia has lived all over the world and her view of quilting has been influenced by so many different cultures. Her love of Welsh-Style quilting and respect for quilt masters like Susan McCord and Gwen Marston is evident in her work.

Her presentation includes a trunk show of her custom quilts and she shares her process for creating one-of-a-kind quilts that range from traditional to whole-cloth to ultra modern pieces. All designs are Tia’s original work and are personally quilted in her home studio.

Morning Presentation

PROGRAM

“Tia’s Journey” by Tia Curtis.

BUSINESS

This month’s business portion of the meeting includes:

• 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 2024 Meeting

  • Date: April 20, 2024
  • Program: “Hand-Dyeing: The Relationship Between Chemistry and Color Theory”
  • Speaker: Sara Kovacic; SaraKovacic.com; @sarakovacic

Our April speaker is Designer and Textile Artist Sara Kovacic of SaraKovacic.com, who is also the Operations Manager of The Sewing Center in Wichita, KS. In her morning presentation, she will show several of her hand-dyed pieces and discuss what worked, what didn’t, and what she learned along the way.

Sara is a screen-printer and hand-dyer living in her own world of shapes and colors. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Textiles with emphases in industrial design and art history from the University of Kansas. 

Her corporate design career began in New York as a pattern designer for Martha Stewart followed by several years traveling and freelancing. She returned home to Wichita and began her position at The Sewing Center in June 2023.

Sara is partnering with YBG Studios and Ponder This for a fashion show at the Wichita Art Museum, June 21, 2024. Her custom-dyed fabric and prints will be used in the clothing line, as well as having some of her own finished work displayed in the Museum. 

Her personal, freelance work is centered on pattern design, screen printing, and the chemistry and color theory of hand-dyed textiles.

Morning Presentation

PROGRAM

“Hand-Dyeing: The Relationship Between Chemistry and Color Theory”

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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October 2023 Meeting

🧵🌟 Calling all quilting enthusiasts! Are you looking for creative ways to showcase your beautiful quilts? Join us for a presentation at our October meeting, where Sondra Davison will be sharing some ideas for unique, fun, and practical ways to display your quilts.

Sondra is the webmaster for Kansas Longarm Quilters, as well as owner of Out of the Blue Quilts.

She grew up surrounded by quilts and creativity, having a grandmother who was an avid quilter and a mother who loved sewing. Sondra share their passion but took a long break from all of it when she went to college and started her career(s) in journalism and education.

A decade passed before she returned to her Wichita-area roots, where she ventured into a quilt store one day with a friend. They were both bitten by the quilting bug! They attended every class and sale they could find time for and eventually even made a few quilts.

Over the years, Sondra developed her own quilt patterns and started blogging and working with several quilt shops, locally and online. Between her own quilt models and store models, the quilt stack started to grow and coming up with creative (and easy) ways to display became a must.

One of the signature features of Sondra’s work is her innovative approach to quilt display. “How’s It Hangin’?” is a program showcasing creative ways to display your quilts. This isn’t just about hanging a piece of work on a wall but about incorporating it into your living space, allowing it to tell its own story and reflect your personal style. Whether you’re an experienced quilter or a beginner, this program will inspire you to look at quilts in a whole new light.

Morning Presentation

Program

The morning presentation is “How’s It Hangin’?”

Business

This month’s business portion of the meeting includes:

• 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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August 2023 Meeting

  • Date: August 19, 2023
  • Program: Creativity
  • Speaker: Bethany Janssen; The Sewing Center

In August, we’re welcoming back 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 explores with the students how to take fiber art to the next level.  Use creativity to think outside the “kit.”  

Beth will take you through several exercises to spice up your ideation and take you from a maker to a creator. There will be hands-on activities for those in attendance.

Morning Presentation

Program

The morning presentation is “Creativity.”

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!  

Meeting Minutes
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June 2023 Meeting

  • Date: June 17, 2023
  • Program: Quilt 2 End ALZ (Alzheimer’s)
  • Speaker: Ashli Montgomery; Quilt 2 End ALZ, Inc.
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Our June speaker is Ashli Montgomery of Quilt 2 End ALZ, Inc, a non-profit organization connecting quilters with the fight to end Alzheimer’s. She runs her own business, teaches in person and can also be found on her YouTube channel, just to name a few places!

According to Ashli, the mission at Quilt 2 End ALZ is to connect quilters with the fight to end Alzheimer’s disease. “The more quilters we reach, the more education, support, and awareness we create. We are quilting to mend the mind, and we’d love for you to join us!”



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Quilt 2 End ALZ, Inc. offers many opportunities to be involved with fellow quilters.

There is a free Block of the Month program. The pattern is called “Sugar & Spice” and is a fun, modern take on a classic sampler quilt. Sign up by email to participate.

On the web site, you’ll also have the chance to join the monthly membership, The Q2EA Clubhouse, a program that gives members access to an exclusive library of video tutorials, free pattern and project downloads, and a community of fellow quilters committed to the fight to #ENDALZ.





Morning Presentation

Ashli’s talk is a unique combination of lecture and trunk show, lasting 30-45 minutes with time for Q&A, and focus on three key topics:

  • What is Alzheimer’s disease, and what can we do about it?
  • How is Q2EA using quilting as a platform to encourage, educate, and support our quilting community as advocates to end ALZ?
  • Who can get involved, and how do we help?

The trunk show highlights projects that our Q2EA family has created over the years as well as current fundraising projects.

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April 2023 Meeting

  • Date: April 15, 2023
  • Program: : “A Funny Thing Happened to Me When I Moved to Utah”
  • Class: Crayon Quilts
  • Speaker: Patricia Beaver, Leavenworth, KS

Our April speaker and instructor is Patricia Beaver of Leavenworth, KS.

Hear Patricia’s quilting journey! She spent her teenage years in Utah, where she began sewing and quilting, An avid quilter, Patricia enjoys all styles of quilts and tries to learn most new techniques.

She works on original pieces in order to inspire her students to create their own unique quilts. She is a quilt guild past president, has completed a course on judging quilts and wearable art and is currently active in the judging arena.

Morning Presentation

The morning presentation is “A Funny Thing Happened to Me When I Moved to Utah” and will feature a trunk show.

Afternoon Workshop

After the morning presentation and a break for lunch, Patricia’s conducting a workshop from 1:00-5:00 p.m.

  • Crayon Quilting: This workshop is designed for beginners to advanced quilters. It will begin with a demonstration by Patricia, followed by a hands-on session for students who will each receive a practice kit. No sewing machines are required, but a supply list will be available at enrollment. Students will also receive a booklet to take home.

The enrollment cost of the workshop is $25.  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.

Click here to download a supply list for class. One will also be available with pre-enrollment.

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