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August 2022 Tuesday Meeting – Denise Labadie

Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont, Lawrence, KS, United States

Stone Portraits and Stonescape Denise makes contemporary art quilt portraits of very noncontemporary structures: megalithic Celtic stones and monoliths, and more recent (but still centuries old) monastic ruins. Denise’s "stones" portfolio now exceeds 50 quilts, and she continues to eagerly look forward to discovering and visiting new sacred sites, meeting new stones, and quilting their […]

August 2022 Workshop – Denise Labadie Fabric Painting

Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont, Lawrence, KS, United States

Fabric Painting A two-day hands-on workshop focused on helping students explore and discover new (and oftentimes very surprising) techniques for using multiple layers of sun-reactive transparent color paints to create their own uniquely textured and colored fabrics. The focus is on how best to use and layer paint, how to use various resists, and how to […]

September 2022 Retreat – 45th Birthday Bash!

Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont, Lawrence, KS, United States

KAW VALLEY QUILTERS GUILD 45TH BIRTHDAY BASH/RETREAT The retreat this year will be held September 20, 2022  10am-7pm at the Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence, KS Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont St. Lawrence, KS 66044 This is a change from prior years!!! Please RSVP There is limited space in the church as well as a […]

October 2022 Monday Meeting – Laura Piland

Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont, Lawrence, KS, United States

Laura Piland, Slice of Pi Quilts I’m a quilter, pattern designer, and homeschooling mom. I’m also an ex-math teacher—and with a last name like Piland—there’s a strong love of pi in our house. Both of my grandmothers quilt, as does my mom. My maternal great grandfather was a Singer sewing machine repairman. My grandmothers both […]

October 2022 Tuesday Meeting – Laura Piland

Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont, Lawrence, KS, United States

Laura Piland, Slice of Pi Quilts I’m a quilter, pattern designer, and homeschooling mom. I’m also an ex-math teacher—and with a last name like Piland—there’s a strong love of pi in our house. Both of my grandmothers quilt, as does my mom. My maternal great grandfather was a Singer sewing machine repairman. My grandmothers both […]

Cancelled – October 2022 Workshop – Laura Piland 3 Hour Quilt

Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont, Lawrence, KS, United States

Please sign up here - October 2022 Laura Piland - Quilt as you Go Hydra quilt Quilt-as-You-Go Hydra Quilt It’s true! Participants will create a baby quilt from start to finish during this workshop. Workshop included hands-on instruction for machine binding.

November 2022 Monday Meeting

Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont, Lawrence, KS, United States

Christmas Ornaments for Festival of Trees November meeting will feature the Festival of Trees project.  Kelley Stillings and her sewing group are leading this.  We will work on making & finishing ornaments, garlands, etc at the meeting.  And we'll decorate the tree in preparation for getting it to the Festival Of Trees at the end […]

November 2022 Tuesday Meeting

Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont, Lawrence, KS, United States

Christmas Ornaments for Festival of Trees November meeting will feature the Festival of Trees project.  Kelley Stillings and her sewing group are leading this.  We will work on making & finishing ornaments, garlands, etc at the meeting.  And we'll decorate the tree in preparation for getting it to the Festival Of Trees at the end […]

January 2023 Monday Meeting – Kathy Menzie Threadscapes

Train Depot 402 N 2nd St, Lawrence, KS, United States

New Location!!!!! Kathy Menzie is a quilt artist in Topeka, Kansas. Though she has sewn all her life, she didn’t begin quilting until 2015. After a career in public relations and higher education, Menzie’s new direction took her from making quilts for beds, to making quilts that hang on the wall. Using her own photos […]

January 2023 Tuesday Meeting – Kathy Menzie Threadscapes

Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont, Lawrence, KS, United States

Kathy Menzie is a quilt artist in Topeka, Kansas. Though she has sewn all her life, she didn’t begin quilting until 2015. After a career in public relations and higher education, Menzie’s new direction took her from making quilts for beds, to making quilts that hang on the wall. Using her own photos for scenes […]

January 2023 Workshop – Kathy Menzie Landscaping with Thread, not Dirt – Class 1

Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont, Lawrence, KS, United States

Landscaping with Thread, not Dirt Traditional quilting involves cutting little pieces of fabric and sewing them together in a pattern. Landscape quilting has some of the same elements. We still use small pieces of fabric and sew them together in a pattern. This quilting may involve glue and fusables. But generally it is not a […]