Kansas City Area Events This Weekend

In conjunction with Quilt Market the Modern Quilt Guilds in Kansas City and Saint Louis are hosting a Modern Quilt Guild Meetup on Saturday night, May 19th from 7-9 at the Marriott Tower, downtown Kansas City.

Click here for more:

http://themodernquiltguild.com/     

 
And

The Machine Quilters Showcase is at the Overland Park Convention Center, May 16-19. This show is open to the public

Thursday and Friday, May 17-18 - 10 AM - 6 PM
Saturday, May 19 - 9 AM - 3 PM

http://www.mqsshow.org/

Quilt Show in Kansas City

London Holly by Linda Frost

It's Quilt Market in Kansas City this week. The Kansas City Star is having a quilt show of quilts by their many authors.

 

Dates: Wednesday, May 16th through Sunday, May 20th

Times: Noon to 8 p.m. daily; noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday

Where: The Kansas City Star’s Press Pavilion located at 16th and McGee streets in downtown KC

Cost: FREE!

Street parking is available along McGee, Oak, 16th, and 17th Streets.

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Nine Patch Pinwheels, Designed and Quilted by Carol Staehle from the book History Repeated

Carousel, Designed and Stitched by Jill Finley, Quilted by Peggy Shadel, from the book Stitched Together

Ozark Cobblestones, from the collection of Edie McGinnis,

Pink

Red was the theme and there was a good deal of light red.

Sammie Brought Some Color

Sammie was the featured quilter at the show.

She brought a small slice of her work

Above, a row of more recent pieces

More later

Red

The decorating theme was red

Ferrol brought a few red and white quilts, this antique from her husband's family.

Deb R.'s antique was light red---shocking pink.

An antique with fabulous quilting

And a new one, French Panel by Margaret B with quilting by daughter-in-law Kris.

An antique sort of---begun 30 years ago by Barbara B.

Congratulations to Sheryl

Sheryl S. has a quilt on the cover of the new magazine Modern Patchwork. It's the one on the wall. A nice launch for a new publication.

And she sent a picture of a red quilt she finished for the show. The tulips are from the Legler Barn in Lenexa.

Here's a snapshot of it at the quilt show last weekend

And a Churn Dash quilt from her sketchbook.

Falling Into Place

Her distinctive quilting in a plaid design has to be seen in the cloth.

Quilt Show Pictures

Sammie

The photographers recorded every quilt entered in the main part of the show and the Miniquilt Auction.

You can order a disk for $5 (plus $1 postage if you want it mailed.) As soon as I figure out how to order one I'll put the information over on the left.

Roseanne's quilt

Right now: See Marziah's pictures at her Flickr page.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haizram/sets/72157629513303820/
And we will be posting pictures here over the next few weeks, including photos of Sammie's special exhibit.

Sammie

Shopping At the Merchants' Displays

There's fabric to buy

Antiques from Mary Kay

And Ferroll, Terry and Kathe

Machine Accessories Etc.

More Shopping Ops

The Guild's Boutique is selling all sorts of items, hand-made or sewing related, to benefit Guild Programs

The most impressive item is a Bernina 930 sewing machine

It's worth about $1,000 and bidding started at $450

Bargains to be had.

Quilt Show Shopping

We have well over 100 minquilts for sale for a good cause.

Each has a silent auction bid sheet

And a buy-it now price

So you can pay for your favorite and take it home with you.

Bidding goes on till Sunday afternoon.