October 20, 2018
Charlotte Angotti's "Why Aren't You Making More Quilts? I know you have the fabric!"
Charlotte's lectures are humorous, light, and yet full of information and real quilts. Lights will be up and ideas will be flowing. Bring cameras for ideas and be ready to laugh.
Charlotte Angotti's "Why Aren't You Making More Quilts? I know you have the fabric!"
Charlotte's lectures are humorous, light, and yet full of information and real quilts. Lights will be up and ideas will be flowing. Bring cameras for ideas and be ready to laugh.
November 17, 2018
Shannon Brinkley's "Scrappy Applique"
Shannon will share about herself, her background, how she began quilting, and what led her to develop her techniques to write Scrappy Bits Applique. She will take us through the whole process and provide a lot of ideas and inspiration for how these techniques can be used. Lastly, she will have a trunk show for her different quilts, discussing fabric selections, quilting decisions, and more.
Shannon Brinkley's "Scrappy Applique"
Shannon will share about herself, her background, how she began quilting, and what led her to develop her techniques to write Scrappy Bits Applique. She will take us through the whole process and provide a lot of ideas and inspiration for how these techniques can be used. Lastly, she will have a trunk show for her different quilts, discussing fabric selections, quilting decisions, and more.
December 15, 2018
Officer Confirmation & Guild Luncheon
Come out for some friendship and fun at the annual Guild Luncheon. This event is a potluck, so bring a salad, side dish, or dessert to share. There will be an award ceremony along with fun and games.
Officer Confirmation & Guild Luncheon
Come out for some friendship and fun at the annual Guild Luncheon. This event is a potluck, so bring a salad, side dish, or dessert to share. There will be an award ceremony along with fun and games.
|
February 16, 2019
Angela McCorkle's “Where to Quilt What” Angela will describe various quilting styles, techniques and how to select design elements for quilting. Includes a trunk show. Visit her website here: www.quiltswithaheart.com |
|
March 16, 2019
Gyleen Fitzgerald's “The Art of Color Blending: Explore what the mind sees but the eyes cannot” Gain insight on how to read each fabric’s color to successfully use 50 plus fabrics within one quilt. Even a two color quilt can have over 20 fabrics! Gyleen makes quilts that blend color, pattern, and texture. She uses innovative tools and techniques to simplify complex looking quilts. Visit her website here: www.colourfulstitches.com |
|
April 27, 2019
Carol Morrissey's “Confessions of an Absent-Minded Quilter” A fifth generation quilter, Carol shares her quilting journey. Carol designs her own quilts and has her own pattern company. Includes a trunk show of her work. Visit her website here: www.ocaroldesigns.com |
|
May 18, 2019
Gail Garber's "Quiltmakers and Their Influences on Our Lives: A History Lesson" This light and lively lecture traces through some of Gail’s quilting past, with emphasis on friends who have had a strong influence on her quilts. It shows the progression from Gail’s early quilting days as a traditional quilter, through her experimentation phase, and culminates in her contemporary art quilts of today. Visit her website here: www.gailgarber.com |
|
June 15, 2019
Brenda Jeschke's "Judging Criteria-Thru the Eyes of the Judge" Brenda has been a quilt judge since 1997. She discusses what judges are looking for when they evaluate your quilt. She brings several quilts and discusses the judges critiques. Learn what is a good point and what needs to be improved. Visit her website here: www.brendajeschke.com |
July 20, 2019 - TBA
|
August 17, 2019
Rosie deLeon-McCrady's “Redwork Through the Years” Rosie traces the history of Redwork quilts. Her trunk show includes Redwork quilts from the past and present, including one that is a hundred years old! Visit her website here: www.redworkplus.com |
|
Sept. 21, 2019
RaNae Merrill's “How I Became a Spiromaniac” Get to know RaNae in this lecture/trunk show as she shares her spiral quilts and demonstrates different types of spirals and settings. Includes an easy hands-on demonstration of how to draw a spiral. Photo of Ms. Merrill taken by Dave Cross. Visit her website here: www.ranaemerrillquilts.com |
|
October 19, 2019
Annette Plog' s “Fabric History and Fabric Dating” Annette learned to sew from her grandmother. In 1997, she joined a group of ladies that made reproductions of antique quilts. This started Annette’s quest for information about antique fabrics. She traces the history of blue fabrics in the 1800’s. Visit her website here: www.petitequilts.com |
|
November 16, 2019
Lenore Crawford's “Award Winning Techniques to Create an Art Quilt” Lenore shares how her quilts have evolved into using her own fusing technique with fabric paint to create art quilts with depth and color from photographs. She describes how to create a piece from beginning to end and give secrets she has learned on how to make your design a winner. Visit her website here: www.lenorecrawford.com |
December 15, 2019
The new officers will be confirmed. Afterward, the guild will enjoy a luncheon.
The new officers will be confirmed. Afterward, the guild will enjoy a luncheon.
Previous Programs
September 15, 2018 - M.J. Fielek's "Bucket List of Quilts - the quilts you want to make before you die"
M.J. has been sewing and quilting for over 40 years. Her talent for selecting color combinations and attention to detail are reflected in her quilts. The lecture included a trunk show.
August 18, 2018 - Nova Montgomery's "A Century of Progress: The World's Fair of 1933 and its Quilt contest"
In this program, Nova took us back in time to see the background of our country leading up to the Chicago World's Fair of 1933, including the factors that contributed to almost 25,000 people entering the quilt contest held during the fair, some of the quilts made for the fair, and the people who made them.
July 21, 2018 - Rhonda Dort's "Quilting with Vintage Linens"
Rhonda shared her quilts made with vintage handkerchiefs, dresser scarves, pillow cases, doilies, quilt blocks, dish towels, and any other item she found to create a "new" quilt. Visit her website (rhondadort.com) for more of her quilts.
June 16, 2018 - Karen Kay Buckley's "To Border or not to Border, That is the Question"
Karen discussed whether a quilt needs a border, how to select a border for your quilt, how she designs many of her borders, and how to measure to ensure a flat quilt. As she showed her quilts, she discussed her border choices and shared some fun stories along the way.
May 19, 2018 - Carolyn McCormick's "The Evolution of the Add-a-Quarter"
Carolyn designed the Add-a-Quarter ruler in the beginning to decrease the frustration she was having in making a template-required quilt for a friend. She told us about that beginning step and how the ruler has become the go-to tool for many paper-piecing enthusiasts, as well as the new versions of the ruler.
April 21, 2018 - Doris Rice "X-Block Quilts"
Doris entertained us with X-blocks adventure tales while showing her inspiring collection of quilts. She demonstrated how the X-blocks tool and color placement combine to create new designs from otherwise "ho hum" blocks. See the Photo Gallery for photos from her presentation.
March 2018 - Tana Mueller's "Got Crayons?"
Tana showed us how she adds crayon artwork to 100% quality cotton quilt fabric to create unique artwork designs that can be used for many applications.
February 2018 - Trisha Stuart's the "Color & the Importance of Value"
There's a secret to creating consistently stunning quilts: value. Trisha showed us an assortment of quilts (successful and not so much) and taught a little more about how colors and values work together along with some stories that brought us all together with a little laughter.
January 2018 - The officers and committee chairs explained their plans for 2018. The QuiltFest committee gave a special presentation about QuiltFest 2018, including an unveiling of the donation raffle quilt!
December 2017 - The new officers were confirmed. Afterward, the guild enjoyed a luncheon and sock exchange.
November 2017 - Suzi Parron's “Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement”
Suzi’s took us on a journey along the quilt trail, beginning with the very first barn quilt, which stemmed from Donna Sue Groves and her wish to honor her mother’s quilting art. The presentation featured over 100 stunning photos of barn quilts, some of which rival cloth quilts in their intricacy. See the Photo Gallery for photos from the workshop.
October 2017 - Kim Fauth's “ABCD Quilting Trunk Show”
When Kim came up with the ABCD technique, she shared it with her Monday quilting group. They encouraged her to write a book because the technique was so new and different. Her background in teaching is evident throughout her book. The directions are in white, gray and black with areas of emphasis in blue. Each step is broken down with accurate drawings and hints to make sewing easier. Then the designing and creativity begins!
M.J. has been sewing and quilting for over 40 years. Her talent for selecting color combinations and attention to detail are reflected in her quilts. The lecture included a trunk show.
August 18, 2018 - Nova Montgomery's "A Century of Progress: The World's Fair of 1933 and its Quilt contest"
In this program, Nova took us back in time to see the background of our country leading up to the Chicago World's Fair of 1933, including the factors that contributed to almost 25,000 people entering the quilt contest held during the fair, some of the quilts made for the fair, and the people who made them.
July 21, 2018 - Rhonda Dort's "Quilting with Vintage Linens"
Rhonda shared her quilts made with vintage handkerchiefs, dresser scarves, pillow cases, doilies, quilt blocks, dish towels, and any other item she found to create a "new" quilt. Visit her website (rhondadort.com) for more of her quilts.
June 16, 2018 - Karen Kay Buckley's "To Border or not to Border, That is the Question"
Karen discussed whether a quilt needs a border, how to select a border for your quilt, how she designs many of her borders, and how to measure to ensure a flat quilt. As she showed her quilts, she discussed her border choices and shared some fun stories along the way.
May 19, 2018 - Carolyn McCormick's "The Evolution of the Add-a-Quarter"
Carolyn designed the Add-a-Quarter ruler in the beginning to decrease the frustration she was having in making a template-required quilt for a friend. She told us about that beginning step and how the ruler has become the go-to tool for many paper-piecing enthusiasts, as well as the new versions of the ruler.
April 21, 2018 - Doris Rice "X-Block Quilts"
Doris entertained us with X-blocks adventure tales while showing her inspiring collection of quilts. She demonstrated how the X-blocks tool and color placement combine to create new designs from otherwise "ho hum" blocks. See the Photo Gallery for photos from her presentation.
March 2018 - Tana Mueller's "Got Crayons?"
Tana showed us how she adds crayon artwork to 100% quality cotton quilt fabric to create unique artwork designs that can be used for many applications.
February 2018 - Trisha Stuart's the "Color & the Importance of Value"
There's a secret to creating consistently stunning quilts: value. Trisha showed us an assortment of quilts (successful and not so much) and taught a little more about how colors and values work together along with some stories that brought us all together with a little laughter.
January 2018 - The officers and committee chairs explained their plans for 2018. The QuiltFest committee gave a special presentation about QuiltFest 2018, including an unveiling of the donation raffle quilt!
December 2017 - The new officers were confirmed. Afterward, the guild enjoyed a luncheon and sock exchange.
November 2017 - Suzi Parron's “Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement”
Suzi’s took us on a journey along the quilt trail, beginning with the very first barn quilt, which stemmed from Donna Sue Groves and her wish to honor her mother’s quilting art. The presentation featured over 100 stunning photos of barn quilts, some of which rival cloth quilts in their intricacy. See the Photo Gallery for photos from the workshop.
October 2017 - Kim Fauth's “ABCD Quilting Trunk Show”
When Kim came up with the ABCD technique, she shared it with her Monday quilting group. They encouraged her to write a book because the technique was so new and different. Her background in teaching is evident throughout her book. The directions are in white, gray and black with areas of emphasis in blue. Each step is broken down with accurate drawings and hints to make sewing easier. Then the designing and creativity begins!