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PRAIRIE POINTER July 2020

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KPQG will meet in August! August 10: 9:00

Details in the next newsletter.

NO REFRESHMENTS

BRING YOUR OWN BEVERAGE!

Dear Guild Members,

I have really lost track of time. The year 2020 has been very

memorable and at the same time, forgettable for many of us. I

just realized last week that summer is here and I’m thinking, “I’ve

completely missed spring!” Of course, that’s not entirely true but

it certainly has been a different experience. No extended travel

adventures this spring.

I have been grateful for the fact that we can still visit with all of

our children as well as many extended family members and

friends via Facetime. And I am also thankful that I have several

projects to keep me busy at home, including quilting!. But I do

yearn to see all of you again. Your guild board members have

been working on how we might be able to accomplish that for

our August meeting. Details about how we plan to do this will be

included in the next month’s newsletter. In the meantime, keep

working on your various quilting projects including Block of the

Month, Gifts from the Heart, Pumpkin Patch Little People, the

2020 Quilt Challenge, and your own personal items to share at

Show and Tell. There is lots of time for quilting remaining. After

all, Summer is just starting, right?

Your Prez,

Betty


Happy Birthday

Nadith Reinhardt 07/04

Karen Spaeth 07/11

Carol Pacey 07/18

Livie Olsen 07/19

Judy Marshall 07/25

Patty Garibay 07/19

August 10: Denise Stahl “Conversation With a UFO Queen”

Workshop: 12:30-4:30 “Mini Country” with the Quick Curve Ruler. Denise will conduct a 4-hour workshop to overcome your fear of curved seams by learning to use the QCR by Sew Kind of Wonderful. She will provide patterns for the mini as well as a large curve (for those who aren’t fans of minis). Workshop fee: $20; Pattern and Ruler: $15 = $35 To sign up: contact LuAnn Hoover, [email protected] or Pam Russell, [email protected]. Or sign up at the meeting.

Look Forward to the August Program

• 4 Hour Workshop with Prepwork ( See below)

• Description – Learn to use the Quick Curve Ruler to make this Chic Country also called the Winding Ways quilt. Cut

and sew curves the easy way with QCR. Participants can choose from either the full size or the mini quilt. The Chic

Country is 57 x 57 inches and the Country Mini is 20 x 20 inches. It is a little more difficult to sew the curves on the

mini quilt, but it takes less fabric. So the choice is yours. The process is the same. You might love it so much that

you’ll want to make both!

• Pattern and Ruler (if you don’t already have them) ✓ Full size Chic County Pattern and Ruler - $35 ✓ Mini Country

Pattern and Ruler - $28

• Class materials list – ✓ Machine with quarter inch foot ✓ Neutral or matching thread ✓ QCR or QCR Mini Rulers

(available for purchase at class) ✓ Small (28mm) or medium (45mm) Rotary cutter ✓ Cutting mat (rotating mat is

helpful) ✓ 6 x 12 inch ruler ✓ Fine sharpie or other marker that will show clearly on fabric ✓ Med weight sharpie to

mark ruler with cutting points ✓ Purple Thang or Stiletto ✓ Best press or preferred spray starch ✓ For the Full size

you’ll need 15 light FQ and 15 dark FQ, for Mini Quilt - 8 light FQ and 8 dark FQ. Choose fabrics that that go well to-

gether – tone on tone, solid, or small scale fabrics. You won’t need all of the FQ in class.

• Prepwork – precut some of the squares and rectangles so we can get started with the Quick Curve Rulers right

away. ✓ For the Full size, cut 16 - 5” x 5” (8 light and 8 dark), 16 - 4.25” x 6” (8 light and 8 dark), and 8 - 4.25” x

6.5” (4 light and 4 dark). ✓ For the Mini, cut 16 - 3” x 3”(8 light and 8 dark), 16 - 3.5” x 3.25” (8 light and 8 dark),

and 8 - 3.25” x 4” (4 light and 4 dark).

Library Corner

This book is a must have for quilters!

Using these charts and formulas, one can easily determine

how many strips or squares a fat quarter will make. Do

you know what size to cut quarter-square triangle blocks

or how much fabric you need? No Math Quilt Charts and

Formulas will give you the answers.

No Math Quilt Charts and Formulas

by Jeri Simon

Future Programs September 14: Candy Hargrove

“Do I Have Too Many Churn

Dash Quilts? I Don’t Think So!!”

This program will feature 30 quilts,

new and old, small and large, dedi-

cated to Candy’s love of the Churn

Dash block.

October 12: 2020 Challenge Quilts

Please join this fun challenge! See

directions on Page 3.

Quick Curve Ruler Chic Country and Mini Country

Workshop Info For August 10


Memorial Books

New books have been added to the collection at the Manhattan

Public Library in memory of two of our guild members. Sisterhood

of Scraps was selected in honor of Marilyn Frank. The Complete

Machine Embroidery Manual was chosen in memory of Twila Hoffman. Visit the library when it reopens soon or request a hold to borrow these books and recall with fondness the two guild members to whom they are dedicated.

As they look ahead to Pumpkin Patch 2020, Patty Nelson, Carla Bowman, and

Mary Swisher are focusing on selling the Little People and their sleeping bags

at this year’s Patch, October 2-3. These cute, tactile play people will market

well to grandparents, families, and church daycares. Please do your part to

make this guild fund-raiser a success by making as many as you feel comforta-

ble doing with fun, colorful fabric scraps. If we all made five sets, we would

have a fantastic collection of Littles! Sleeping bags can be made for 2-5 little

people. Plan to sew and stuff and bring your Littles to the September guild

meeting, at which time the co-chairs will be signing up workers for the Patch.

The patterns for the people and sleeping bags were in the June Newsletter

Supplement. Contact Elaine Shannon if you need patterns.

T-Shirt Quilt Update

Congratulations and many thanks

to the T-Shirt Committee! Their

efforts have raised $975 for the

KPQG treasury!

Your completed challenge quilt must measure 20”x20” and must include at least one of each of the following 20

items. Use your imagination and HAVE FUN! Questions? Contact Whitney Short: [email protected]

1. A square 11. A piece of ribbon

2. A rectangle 12. A bead

3. A triangle 13. A button

4. A hexagon 14. A number

5. A circle or something round 15. A word

6. The color red 16. A piece of embroidery floss or fancy thread

7. The color orange 17. A fancy stitch-machine or hand

8. A piece of felt 18. A piece of lace

9. A safety pin 19. A piece of rick rack

10. Applique’- machine or hand 20. A sequin

We extend healing wishes to:

Nelda Elder

Nancy Haldeman

Charlotte Herr

And others experiencing health

challenges. Take care!


Block of the Month-July

Oh, Boy! We are going to have quite a drawing in August! Lynn Colquhoun will be drawing for each month, so keep

making those blocks. You will find the BOM for July on this page and the BOM for August on page 5. You can also find

this pattern at https://www.quilterscache.com/A/AustinBlock.html.

Color 1: Red

Color 2: White

Color 3: Blue


Block of the Month-August

https://www.quilterscache.com/A/AntiqueTileBlock.html

Color 1: Dark Blue

Color2: Light Blue

Color 3: Light Yellow


KPQG website: kpqg.com Look for Konza Prairie Quilters’ Guild on Facebook

The Prairie Pointer is the monthly newsletter of Konza Prairie Quilters’ Guild. Member-ship is open to all interested in quilts and quilting. Yearly dues are $40 which include 12 Opportunity Tickets, admission to all meetings, monthly newsletter, access to library ma-terials, block of the month patterns, and space in additional workshops (additional fees), field trips, and public events. Guests are welcome to attend twice before joining.

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