The 2018 AAQG QuiltFest is just a few short months away. During this meeting our Show Chairs and QuiltFest Committee members will preview this exciting event. The presentation will include everything you want to know about the QuiltFest but forgot to ask; dates, location, quilt categories, and specialties for sale this year and more information to make your QuiltFest experience the best yet. We will also have several QuiltFest stations set up! You will be able to enter your masterpiece into the show, see the Raffle Quilt and pick up your raffle tickets, preview the American Doll collection for the Boutique, donate to the Silent Auction, and VOLUNTEER for the show. This will be your opportunity to purchase the specialty items to include the show pin or T-shirt. There will be several prizes. We hope to see you there
6:45 pm Show and Tell, 7:00 pm meeting
Membership table will be open, and the library will accept books being returned.
The other tables, including Baby Bundles, Red White & Blue, and Free Table, will be closed.
Modern Update of an old Favorite
Leftovers you don't know what to do with? Traditional blocks from another era? Experiments that didn't work? Get them out of hiding and go Modern!!
Make your rotary cutter into a magic wand! Slice, insert, add, subtract, and transform these old blocks and tops into exciting new work you can put into a fresh, modern setting!
Registration Starts: March 2, 2018
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You'll fall in love with these modern versions of the string quilt! Combine strips with negative space and be ready for a surprise or two! Your granny wouldn't recognize these new versions of the classic string quilts!
Modern and contemporary ​or wild and funky! Choose the size and color og your background; add strings in all solids, prints, or a combination. Use a limited palette or go wild with scraps. No two blocks or quilts of alike!
Registration Starts: March 4, 2018
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6:45 Show 'n' Tell, 7:00 meeting
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https://www.studio78.net/
In this workshop, you will first learn how to paint images with Procion dyes on cotton. Learning to control the dyes will be emphasized. Among other things, we will cover blending, layering, special effects and painting without bleeding. All of these techniques can be used to create images a complex as portraits or as simple as a line on a scarf. We will explore new ideas about how to use quilting to enhance the look of your painted cloth. The main objective is to use quilting lines to create depth, texture, tension, or shadowing which will give a new dimension to your quilt. The workshop is based on free-motion machine quilting but the design techniques can be adapted to hand quilting. Experience in machine quilting or hand quilting is required.
Additional $40 Supply Fee (not included in workshop fee) is required and payable to Hollis on 1st day of class, July 6, 2018. Please come prepared.
Registration Starts: April 7, 2018
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07062018SupplyList.pdf
Click here to visit Hollis Chatelain's beautiful website
Morning 10 am Show and Tell, 10:15 am meeting
Come, see Hollis' beautiful trunk show of textiles from Africa. In this presentation, Hollis will help the audience understand the importance of the cloths in West Africa and how much the everyday life revolves around them. She will also show a variety of hand-woven, industrial woven and printed textiles from Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Niger, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. West Africa has an extremely rich culture in textiles. It produces some of the most beautiful fabrics in all of Africa and is known worldwide for its traditional weavers, dyers and the elegant dress of the people. Don't miss this meeting and the opportunity to see each again!
Click here to view Hollis Chatelain's beautiful website
Don't miss this meeting! During this lecture, Hollis will using her large quilts and photos of her work and life in Africa. She will take us on a voyage starting with her discovery of African cloth on through the evolution of my artwork. Leaving the USA with the Peace Corps just after college and living 12 years in West Africa has had a major impact on her artwork.
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Visual depth has fascinated artists for centuries, Karen has developed a quick and easy rotary technique that allows you to make quilts with a 3-D look. This is Karen's favorite class because it is so easy to create truly amazing quilts of illusion. Let Karen share her secrets, so you may become a master of illusion!
Additional supply fee $16 to be paid to Karen. Please come prepared.
Registration Starts: July 8, 2018
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How did you do that?! This is what your friends will ask after you take this class. Create this truly stunning 3-D quilt with Karen’s special rotary cutting techniques, along with tricks and tips. A perfect class for a quilter with sewing experience.
Additional supply fee $18 to be paid to Karen. Please come prepared.
Registration Starts: July 9, 2018
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Explore the world of optical illusions with Karen as she shows you some of the wonderful quilts that she has created. A beautiful and inspiring trunk show.
Description coming soon
Registration Starts: Sept 1, 2018
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Click here to view Susan Shie's web site
Lecture and Quilts with Susan Shie
Workshop description coming soon
Registration Begins: October 5, 2018
Supply List will be provided
Visit David's beautiful quilts hand appliqued and machine quilted.
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10 am Show and Tell, meeting and lecturer follow
Click here to visit David Taylor's site
Program description coming soon.
Workshop description will be provided
Registration Starts: Dec 2, 2018
Click here to view Valerie's site
Program description will be provided
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Students will create units that are cut from long strips and then sewn together and remade in a Seminole pattern. The strips can be very colorful and are suitable to be used in a small quilt, wall hanging, or as accent to brighten up a garment. American Indians originally developed the Seminole technique. Please note: this class will focus on Seminole techniques, as opposed to Seminole piecing.
Registration Starts: February 3, 2019
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Students will create a small quilt or garment that will "speak" for them. Using a traditional or a contemporary pattern each student will be encouraged to create a one of a kind work that is reflective of the creator's personality or ethnicity or expresses a social or political sentiment and/or express a sense of humor. A variety of construction and embellishment techniques will be explored. Students will be encouraged to mix contrasting prints, explore ethnic fabrics, colors and textures and to add buttons, ribbons, beads or whatever is necessary to make the quilt into a personal statement.
Registration Starts: Feb 4, 2019
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Description will be provided
*Models will be needed
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