Programs
2025
January 7, 2025: Half Square Triangles, Program Committee
February 4, 2025: Half Square Triangles, Program Committee
March 4, 2025: Flying Geese, Program Committee
April 1, 2025: Quilt Trivia, Program Committee
May 6, 2025: All About Applique, Tina Landskroener
June 3, 2025: Sewing Machine Maintenance, Tim Hoover "Top Stitch Sewing"
July 1, 2025: Carry-in dinner, Challenge Reveal & Bingo
August 5, 2025: Angela Simmons
August 6, 2025: Angela Simmons -- Tamarack Jacket Class
September 2, 2025: xxx, xxx
October 7, 2025: xxx, xxx
November 4, 2025: xxx, xxx
December 2, 2025: xxx, xxx
2024
January 2, 2024: Introduction to July Challenge, Linda Muehring
February 6, 2024: Tips and Techniques in Maching Quilting, Donna McCain
March 5, 2024: Quilt Show Preparation, Lesa Spegal & Cynthia Garner
April 2, 2024: Quilt Show Appreciation 101 & Challenge, Sharon Wasteney
May 7, 2024: Another Way to Marble Fabric, Linda Muehring
June 4, 2024: Quilting Alliance with Anne Cary, facilitated by Sharon Wasteney
July 2, 2024: Carry-in dinner, Bingo & Challenge Reveal
August 6, 2024: Round Robin -- Ideas for Quick Gifts to Make, Program Committee
September 3, 2024: "What If" of Quilts, Tony Jacobson
September 4, 2024: Divergent Pinwheels Class, Tony Jacobson
October 1, 2024: Designing & Printing Quilt Fabric, Ashley Niemyer
November 5, 2024: Longarm Panel, Beryl Richards as moderator
December 3, 2024: Carry-in Dinner & Bingo, Challenge Reveal
2023
January 3, 2023: Introduction to July Challenge, Linda Muehring
February 7, 2023:Color Wheel Social, Beryl Richards
March 7, 2023: Tapestry of Threads, Sharon Wasteney
April 4, 2023: Missouri Quilt Museum Presentation, Bob Hughes
May 2, 2023: Creative Bee Studio, Karla Kiefner
May 3, 2023: Class from 9-3 by Creative Bee Studio, Karla Kiefner
June 6, 2023: Screen Printing Talk, Amy Jackson from the Salty Hippo
July 11, 2023: Challenge Reveal, Carry-in Dinner and Social Activity
August 1, 2023: Amy Jackson from The Salty Hippo, Screen Printing Fabric
September 5, 2023: Color Theory, Ilene Bartos
October 3, 2023: It's Been a Journey, Stacie Spradlin, Seams Divine
November 7, 2023: Trendy Tools, Program Committee
December 5, 2023: Challenge Reveal, Carry-in Dinner and Social Activity
2022
January 4, 2022: Cancelled
February 1, 2022: No Program due to weather.
March 1, 2022: Pre-Quilt Show details.
April 5, 2022: Quilt Show Recap to celebrate the after-action report on the Quilt Show!
May 3, 2022: Bring a stack of 5-inch fabric squares and our Left-Right-Center dice for a game night of fun and fellowship.
June 7, 2022: Trunk Show & Presention by MJ McKinman.
The most beautiful gemstone captures light and reflects it back to us with unique brilliance, revealing its fiery personality. These are the divas and the drama queens of the gem world. Every one of them has a story to tell...just like people. This slide lecture and trunk show chronicle my story -- my 20-year adventure in learning how to create the biggest diamonds in the world in cloth.
During my presentation, I'll discuss how I select gems that qualify as "divas and drama queens" and what they teach us about how to add sparkle to any art quilt. I'll talk about the techniques to create and assemble the hundreds of pieces in each diamond, materials I use to create the wash of color and light across a gem's surface, and the quilting techniques that enhance a gem's facets. And, as so often happens with any artist's decades-long journey, I'll share what I've learned from my leap from the Corporate Life and into the Creative Life.
June 8, 2022: Gems & Joy Workshop 9 a.m. by MJ McKinman
Bite-Size Gems -- Create a Faceted Quilt Block In this fast-paced workshop, participants will create their own singularly beautiful work of faceted light using the same single-foundation piecing techniques I use to create my own "diamond quilts." Participants will choose from one of several pre-selected abstract gem designs based on their skill level. They will then learn how to chart the design onto freezer paper; code each piece for color, location, and adjacency; position template pieces onto fabric to achieve the desired light effects; and ultimately create their own unique study in faceted color. Participants will leave the class with a small block that can later be hand- or machine-quilted at home.
July 5, 2022: Dinner, Graffiti Challenge and Bingo
August 2, 2022: W.T. Johnson of Palmyra, MO will present a first-person interpretation of a runaway slave and the underground railroad quilt.
September 6, 2022:Starches, Gina Janes
October 4, 2022:A Quilter's Stretch, Kai Scott
November 1, 2022 Wear your fur coat! Kathi Moore, withthe Missouri Department of Conservation, will do a short program on Furbearers of Missouri and how fur coats are made.
December 6, 2022 Dinner and Top Gun Challenge
2021
January 5, 2021: Tips and Tricks -- Margaret Brunier
February 2, 2021: Faces Challenge Directions -- Margaret Brunier
March 2, 2021: Video: Learn How to Make Pieced Antique Linen Quilts with Cindy Needham -- Margaret Brunier
April 6, 2021: A video visit with master quilters Leah Day, Gina Perkes, Jacquie Gering and Jenny Lyon. -- Margaret Brunier
May 4, 2021:Video with Alice Wilholt
June 1, 2021:All About Batting -- Gina Janes
July 6, 2021:Challenge Due & Carry-In Dinner
August 3, 2021:Reverse Bobbin Work -- Carol Hark
September 7, 2021:Video by Mel Beach
October 5, 2021:Tools for Quilting -- Margaret Brunier
November 2, 2021:Trunk Show by Sharon Wasteney
December 7, 2021:Circles Challenge Due & Carry-In Dinner
2020
January 7, 2020: Photoshop, Fabrics and Labels, Make it Your Own -- Linda Belford
February 4, 2020: Embellishments -- Sue Winking and Margaret Brunier
March 3, 2020: Bed Turning -- Cindy Heibel
April 7, 2020: (Cancelled) Entering Challenges -- Linda Muehring, Susan Fox, Katie Rupp, Pam Houghtby
May 5, 2020: (Cancelled)
June 2, 2020:Dying and Embellishing Wool -- Sharon Wasteney
July 7, 2020:"From Concept to Quilt" -- Toni Steere from Timeless Treasures. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes lecture on how a fabric collection is created. Toni shares the steps leading from artwork to the finished fabric collection and quilt project. Toni will also display projects from the newest Timeless Treasures collections. She is also the designer of the quilt pattern for our 2020 series quilt, Botanica Park -- As always, visitors are welcome to attend our meetings. There will be a $5 charge for this event, though. Challenges
July 8, 2020: Workshop with Toni Steere
August 4, 2020: "How Batik is Made" -- members. My Journey from Traditional Quilts to Art Quilts -- Karen Grover -- Cancelled
September 1, 2020: Trunk Show -- Robyn Revelle Gragg -- As always, visitors are welcome to attend our meetings. There will be a $5 charge for this event, though.
October 6, 2020: "I Love Chocolate" -- Merrie Ford will present a lecture, "I Love Chocolate." Merrie loves the color brown and will show us how she incorporates this yummy color into her quilts. Think chocolate, coffee, caramel, toffee, nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon. -- As always, visitors are welcome to attend our meetings. There will be a $5 charge for this event, though.
October 7 or 8, 2020: Merrie Ford, certified Laura Heine instructor, will help us make the Vintage Sewing Machine.
November 3, 2020: Joyce Franklin from Piece Works Quilt Shop -- As always, visitors are welcome to attend our meetings. There will be a $5 charge for this event, though.
December 1, 2020: Carry-in Dinner and Challenges
2025
January 7, 2025: Half Square Triangles, Program Committee
February 4, 2025: Half Square Triangles, Program Committee
March 4, 2025: Flying Geese, Program Committee
April 1, 2025: Quilt Trivia, Program Committee
May 6, 2025: All About Applique, Tina Landskroener
June 3, 2025: Sewing Machine Maintenance, Tim Hoover "Top Stitch Sewing"
July 1, 2025: Carry-in dinner, Challenge Reveal & Bingo
August 5, 2025: Angela Simmons
August 6, 2025: Angela Simmons -- Tamarack Jacket Class
September 2, 2025: xxx, xxx
October 7, 2025: xxx, xxx
November 4, 2025: xxx, xxx
December 2, 2025: xxx, xxx
2024
January 2, 2024: Introduction to July Challenge, Linda Muehring
February 6, 2024: Tips and Techniques in Maching Quilting, Donna McCain
March 5, 2024: Quilt Show Preparation, Lesa Spegal & Cynthia Garner
April 2, 2024: Quilt Show Appreciation 101 & Challenge, Sharon Wasteney
May 7, 2024: Another Way to Marble Fabric, Linda Muehring
June 4, 2024: Quilting Alliance with Anne Cary, facilitated by Sharon Wasteney
July 2, 2024: Carry-in dinner, Bingo & Challenge Reveal
August 6, 2024: Round Robin -- Ideas for Quick Gifts to Make, Program Committee
September 3, 2024: "What If" of Quilts, Tony Jacobson
September 4, 2024: Divergent Pinwheels Class, Tony Jacobson
October 1, 2024: Designing & Printing Quilt Fabric, Ashley Niemyer
November 5, 2024: Longarm Panel, Beryl Richards as moderator
December 3, 2024: Carry-in Dinner & Bingo, Challenge Reveal
2023
January 3, 2023: Introduction to July Challenge, Linda Muehring
February 7, 2023:Color Wheel Social, Beryl Richards
March 7, 2023: Tapestry of Threads, Sharon Wasteney
April 4, 2023: Missouri Quilt Museum Presentation, Bob Hughes
May 2, 2023: Creative Bee Studio, Karla Kiefner
May 3, 2023: Class from 9-3 by Creative Bee Studio, Karla Kiefner
June 6, 2023: Screen Printing Talk, Amy Jackson from the Salty Hippo
July 11, 2023: Challenge Reveal, Carry-in Dinner and Social Activity
August 1, 2023: Amy Jackson from The Salty Hippo, Screen Printing Fabric
September 5, 2023: Color Theory, Ilene Bartos
October 3, 2023: It's Been a Journey, Stacie Spradlin, Seams Divine
November 7, 2023: Trendy Tools, Program Committee
December 5, 2023: Challenge Reveal, Carry-in Dinner and Social Activity
2022
January 4, 2022: Cancelled
February 1, 2022: No Program due to weather.
March 1, 2022: Pre-Quilt Show details.
April 5, 2022: Quilt Show Recap to celebrate the after-action report on the Quilt Show!
May 3, 2022: Bring a stack of 5-inch fabric squares and our Left-Right-Center dice for a game night of fun and fellowship.
June 7, 2022: Trunk Show & Presention by MJ McKinman.
The most beautiful gemstone captures light and reflects it back to us with unique brilliance, revealing its fiery personality. These are the divas and the drama queens of the gem world. Every one of them has a story to tell...just like people. This slide lecture and trunk show chronicle my story -- my 20-year adventure in learning how to create the biggest diamonds in the world in cloth.
During my presentation, I'll discuss how I select gems that qualify as "divas and drama queens" and what they teach us about how to add sparkle to any art quilt. I'll talk about the techniques to create and assemble the hundreds of pieces in each diamond, materials I use to create the wash of color and light across a gem's surface, and the quilting techniques that enhance a gem's facets. And, as so often happens with any artist's decades-long journey, I'll share what I've learned from my leap from the Corporate Life and into the Creative Life.
June 8, 2022: Gems & Joy Workshop 9 a.m. by MJ McKinman
Bite-Size Gems -- Create a Faceted Quilt Block In this fast-paced workshop, participants will create their own singularly beautiful work of faceted light using the same single-foundation piecing techniques I use to create my own "diamond quilts." Participants will choose from one of several pre-selected abstract gem designs based on their skill level. They will then learn how to chart the design onto freezer paper; code each piece for color, location, and adjacency; position template pieces onto fabric to achieve the desired light effects; and ultimately create their own unique study in faceted color. Participants will leave the class with a small block that can later be hand- or machine-quilted at home.
July 5, 2022: Dinner, Graffiti Challenge and Bingo
August 2, 2022: W.T. Johnson of Palmyra, MO will present a first-person interpretation of a runaway slave and the underground railroad quilt.
September 6, 2022:Starches, Gina Janes
October 4, 2022:A Quilter's Stretch, Kai Scott
November 1, 2022 Wear your fur coat! Kathi Moore, withthe Missouri Department of Conservation, will do a short program on Furbearers of Missouri and how fur coats are made.
December 6, 2022 Dinner and Top Gun Challenge
2021
January 5, 2021: Tips and Tricks -- Margaret Brunier
February 2, 2021: Faces Challenge Directions -- Margaret Brunier
March 2, 2021: Video: Learn How to Make Pieced Antique Linen Quilts with Cindy Needham -- Margaret Brunier
April 6, 2021: A video visit with master quilters Leah Day, Gina Perkes, Jacquie Gering and Jenny Lyon. -- Margaret Brunier
May 4, 2021:Video with Alice Wilholt
June 1, 2021:All About Batting -- Gina Janes
July 6, 2021:Challenge Due & Carry-In Dinner
August 3, 2021:Reverse Bobbin Work -- Carol Hark
September 7, 2021:Video by Mel Beach
October 5, 2021:Tools for Quilting -- Margaret Brunier
November 2, 2021:Trunk Show by Sharon Wasteney
December 7, 2021:Circles Challenge Due & Carry-In Dinner
2020
January 7, 2020: Photoshop, Fabrics and Labels, Make it Your Own -- Linda Belford
February 4, 2020: Embellishments -- Sue Winking and Margaret Brunier
March 3, 2020: Bed Turning -- Cindy Heibel
April 7, 2020: (Cancelled) Entering Challenges -- Linda Muehring, Susan Fox, Katie Rupp, Pam Houghtby
May 5, 2020: (Cancelled)
June 2, 2020:Dying and Embellishing Wool -- Sharon Wasteney
July 7, 2020:"From Concept to Quilt" -- Toni Steere from Timeless Treasures. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes lecture on how a fabric collection is created. Toni shares the steps leading from artwork to the finished fabric collection and quilt project. Toni will also display projects from the newest Timeless Treasures collections. She is also the designer of the quilt pattern for our 2020 series quilt, Botanica Park -- As always, visitors are welcome to attend our meetings. There will be a $5 charge for this event, though. Challenges
July 8, 2020: Workshop with Toni Steere
August 4, 2020: "How Batik is Made" -- members. My Journey from Traditional Quilts to Art Quilts -- Karen Grover -- Cancelled
September 1, 2020: Trunk Show -- Robyn Revelle Gragg -- As always, visitors are welcome to attend our meetings. There will be a $5 charge for this event, though.
October 6, 2020: "I Love Chocolate" -- Merrie Ford will present a lecture, "I Love Chocolate." Merrie loves the color brown and will show us how she incorporates this yummy color into her quilts. Think chocolate, coffee, caramel, toffee, nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon. -- As always, visitors are welcome to attend our meetings. There will be a $5 charge for this event, though.
October 7 or 8, 2020: Merrie Ford, certified Laura Heine instructor, will help us make the Vintage Sewing Machine.
November 3, 2020: Joyce Franklin from Piece Works Quilt Shop -- As always, visitors are welcome to attend our meetings. There will be a $5 charge for this event, though.
December 1, 2020: Carry-in Dinner and Challenges