History

2011

Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Marcia Stein It Helps to Have a Camera: Finding Photographic Subjects and Using Them in Your Quilts (remember this is a Tuesday night meeting)

Would you like to make quilts inspired by your own photos, but don't know where to begin? Marcia will show us how to find subjects that inspire us, what makes one photo better than another, and simple ways to improve our skills with a camera. Learn why your ability to tell a story is more important than the cost of your equipment, and why enthusiasm for your subject is your strongest ally. Includes small trunk show. http://www.marciastein.com/index.html

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Merrill-Lee West Divide and Conquer - the Quilters' Challenge (remember this is a Tuesday night meeting)

Merrill-Lee is a free-lance designer and teacher, who has been quilting, sewing, and teaching for over four decades. Formerly, she was a Home Economist for a national fabric chain. http://merrill-lee-designs.com/

March 21, 2011 Jill Rixman (remember this will be our first meeting at the Centre Concord)

Jill Rixman has turned to what she loves...appliqué. She self-publishes all her own patterns. Jill is at our quilt show every year in her booth labeled A Designing Woman. She has some of the most stunning floral designs. http://storesonline.com/site/applique

April 18, 2011 Small Group Presentation featuring the Tuesday Quilt Buddies

At this meeting we will learn about small groups, what they are and have an introduction to the groups within our guild, a listing of some other small groups and have a presentation from an established small group that has some guild members. You see some of the things that can be done in a small group. We hope this will inspire you to join or form a small group of your own.

May 16, 2011 Roberta De Luz T-Shirt Quilts

Author of Terrific Tees - I Can't Believe It's a T-Shirt Quilt!! [C&T Publishing] See T-shirt quilts that don't look like any other T-shirt quilt you have ever seen. Beautiful settings, pieced and appliquéd borders. Come be inspired to make your own.

June 20, 2011 Bobbi Finley Tile Quilts: Reinventing a Forgotten Form

Bobbi has been quilting since 1977. Bobbi will talk about and show us this distinctive genre of appliqué quilts made with narrow lines of background fabric showing between the appliquéd pieces. The narrow lines resemble "grout" and the appliquéd pieces "tiles", therefore they are generally called tile quilts. She and Carol Gilham Jones co-authored a book Tile Quilt Revival: Reinventing a Forgotten Form [C&T Publishing] which she will have with her.

July 18, 2011 Sew-In Patriotic Quilt Program

Please join us for our annual sew-in night to be held at Centre Concord. This year’s work is in support of our Patriotic Quilt Program.

Teams will work together on 5 different projects; Appliqué, Each One Teach One Youth Program, Hospital Bags, Piecing Blocks and Piecing Tops.

Bring your favorite “finger food” and we’ll provide the drinks.

August 15, 2011 Sherry Werum Mosaics and the Quilts They Inspire

Sherry and her husband love to travel. When they return from a trip, together they capture the history and depth of the country they visited in a quilt. Mark does the drafting and Sherry does the quilting. Together they bring their mosaic replicas from around the world to share with us. Are there similarities to be found to early American patchwork patterns? Come see. Sherry will give the lecture and Mark will add drafting tips and share a song on his mandolin.

September 19, 2011 It's UFO Time Again!!

We are asking members to hunt up all those UFOs hiding out at your place and convert them to finished projects. If it is something that you feel you won't want to complete, consider packaging it for the Country Store or donating blocks to Quilts to Share or Patriotic Quilts programs. There are contracts on the website [see below], at the farmhouse and at any of the meetings. Please make a commitment to finish 1 or more of those UFOs. Fill out and give us a copy of the contract. Keep a copy for yourself. On the reverse side of your copy keep track of your finished projects and/or donated projects. It was so much fun seeing what everyone completed last time and we are looking forward to lots of completed items in September.

UFO Contract [this is a word document]

UFO Contract [this is the pdf]

October 17, 2011 Quilts to Share Sew-In

Help make quilt tops, tie completed quilts, make bibs and small bears for our Contra Costa community.

November 21, 2011 Meet Some of our Quilt Shops Owners

This is your chance to meet and hear from some of our associate members. Marby Bennett from Wooden Gate in Danville and Carolie Hensley from The Cotton Patch will be here to share with us information about their quilting ventures, how their shops came to be and something about what you will find at their shops. This is Cotton Patch's 33rd anniversary year! We may have another shop as well, stay tuned!!

December 19, 2011 Holiday Celebration

2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Aileyn Renli Ecob and Jean Renli Jurgenson (remember this is a Tuesday night meeting)

These two sisters from a quilting family are former Guild members. What's it like to be from a quilting family. Come see and hear about their progression as quilters. They will bring quilts to share including their latest works.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Sandy Klop “The American Jane Story in Fabric” (remember this is a Tuesday night meeting)

This trunk show concentrates on a collection of small quilts which have been made with blocks, strip sets, or fabrics, that were either "Left" from other projects or made to reduce a fabric stash. Many examples include "Parent and descendent" sets.

Anelie had her beginnings in the Fashion Industry. After moving to Volcano, she began teaching children how to sew. For the last 15 years she has been teaching all levels of quilting. From there she began designing quilts. In 2009, her book "Thoroughly Modern Dresden" was released. Anelie has developed a new way to make and use the traditional pattern. http://www.anelie.com/index.html

Stroll along memory Lane and see the life of the Dresden Plate Design. Learn about its beginning, the variety of designs it has had, and venture into the future with a trunk show of Thoroughly Modern Dresden designs.

Guild of Quilters of Contra Costa County

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