Speakers + Workshops + Other Activities

Workshop 3/20 (Sat) and 3/28 (Sun): Only One. Make a stunning, modern and artful quilt using a simplified stack-and-whack technique. On the first day, students cut and sew pieces to create blocks. Then on the second day, you finish sewing blocks and compose your quilt. By the end of day two, many students will finish their quilt top. The class features several fast sewing techniques, in addition to the stack-and-whack method, as well as information about value composition and layout.

The best fabric for this pattern need has a large repeat (ideally 22″ to 24″ but a 15″ repeat can also work), a fairly large and varied print (a small print does not work), a good amount of negative space and a limited number of colors. For more info on Dory Cary’s class click here.

• Zoom workshop: 9am to 4pm each day, with a one hour lunch break
• Only One pattern available here in both printed and PDF formats
• Dora recommends taking a look at her 3 1/3 fabric packages with pattern, as she knows these fabrics work well with the pattern

Workshop 4/17: Making the Lancaster Diamond Sampler Quilt. In this workshop you learn how to cut, piece and create your own Lancaster Diamond Sampler, which is done using a versatile diamond shape. The quilt is made using fabrics, as well as both recycled orphan blocks and tops. The quilt squares are inspired by the Lancaster Diamond Sampler made in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the mid-1800’s by a group “called “girl cousins.” This was a group of friends, family, young and old, new and experienced quilters who shared knowledge, fabric and patterns as they worked on quilts. For more info on the Lancaster Diamond Sampler click here.

• Zoom workshop: 9am to 4pm
• Take a look at the workshop supply list
  • Note: The Lancaster Diamond Acrylic Template ($15) is required for the workshop so be sure to purchase it ahead of time.

Workshop 5/15: Infrognito. Frogs come in crazy colors, so jump into your stash! It’s true: frogs come in fantastic colors and patterns so just about anything goes. We’ll create these frogs learning a surprising trick for saving time and effort on smaller pieces and go over two methods for creating the contrasting appliqué fellow. Choose a soft pallette for the backgrounds and a variety of colorful prints for the frog (very stash-friendly.) You’ll be amazed how quickly this quilt jumps to life.

Eyes can be fused or traditionally appliquéd. We’ll cover several techniques to create them from fabric, with textile markers and with pencils.

• Zoom workshop: 9am to noon
• Infrognito pattern available from Java House Quilts

Workshop 6/19-20: Easy Stained Glass Quilts. Use any stained glass pattern (or one of Phyllis’) or create your own. Then make a quilted piece that not only looks like real stained glass but requires no fussy edge treatments, no bias tape, no fussy quilting and is quick, easy and fun! This class is appropriate for beginners and an entire quilt can be completed in your two-day class. For more info on Phyllis Cullen’s class click here and then scroll down to Easy stained glass quilts.

• Zoom workshop: 10:30am to 4:30pm each day
• Supply list for Easy Stained Glass

Program at 10/18 Meeting: Driven to Abstraction. Brenda creates textile works made from a rich palette of her hand-dyed fabrics, complemented by intensive stitching. Much of her work is inspired by the color and patterns of the natural world with a focus on her surroundings at the “other” Copacabana in Australia and her New Zealand homeland. Using a process of abstraction, Brenda strives to capture the essence of her subjects in simplified form.

• Zoom meeting
  • Social time 6:15pm
  • Evening program 6:30pm

Workshop 10/16: FUNdamentally Circles. Focus on the core technique of freeform piecing circular designs without pins and templates. It’s liberating and FUN! After skill-building exercises, students start on their own compositions with confidence.

• • Zoom workshop: 1pm to 4pm
  • Supply list for FUNdamentally Circles