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    • April 01, 2023
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Austin Sewing Machines & Quilting, 1601 S. IH 35, Suite 300, Round Rock, TX 78664
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    Join Gyleen X. Fitzgerald for her Trash to Treasure Pineapples 2 Workshop. Okay isn’t it time to clear the clutter in your life? What about using up all those bits and pieces stuff in nooks, crannies and boxes? Better? Let’s make an old fashion favorite pineapple quilt with a new and contemporary twist; sewn with perfection and totally random; and without paper piecing! This workshop turns trash to a treasured one of a kind pineapple quilt.

    Special Tool: Gyleen's Pineapple Tool ($15)

    Instructions: Trash to Treasure Pineapples 2 book ($23) 

    Gyleen will have the pineapple tool and book available for purchase at the workshop. (If you would like to purchase them and have them shipped to you before the workshop, tool and book can be purchased in a combo for $44 on Gyleen's website. Please note that the prices on her website are higher because shipping costs are included.)

    For workshop supply list, fabric requirements and homework, click on Trash to Treasure Pineapples 2 workshop supply list

    General Supplies:

    • sewing machine with manual
    • ¼” foot without edge guide (if possible)
    • (2) thread colors, one for the top and another in the bobbin and that is visible on the wrong side of fabric
    • seam ripper
    • huge bag or basket that stays open for your strips
    • thread snips
    • rotary cutter
    • ruler and mat
    • extension cord
    • straight pins
    • finger pressing tool
    • batting to use as a design wall (optional)

    Registration Opens: Sunday, January 1, 2023

    Click to view Gyleen's website

    • April 02, 2023
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Austin Sewing Machines & Quilting, 1601 S. IH 35, Suite 300, Round Rock, TX 78664
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    Gyleen X. Fitzgerald It Takes Seven Sisters

    Nothing is more stunning than twenty brilliant stars made from diamonds. "Seven Sisters" block is what makes this quilt sparkle. The power in the sparkle is created by using 20 great fabrics from a narrow color palette. Assembly is not as hard as you think. In this workshop you will learn the Butterfly Seam for perfect set-in piecing. Come ready to relax and chat; you are not expected to finish this in class since there is no speed sewing. This beauty takes time to complete.

    Special Tool: Gyleen's Polygon1 Tool ($14)

    Pattern: Seven Sisters ($10) 

    Gyleen will have the pattern and tool available for purchase at the workshop. (If you would like to purchase them and have them shipped to you before the workshop, click on links above to purchase tool and pattern on Gyleen's website. Please note that the prices on her website are higher because shipping costs are included.)

    For workshop supply list and fabric requirements, click on It Takes Seven Sisters Workshop Supply List

    General Supplies:

    • sewing machine with manual
    • ¼” foot without edge guide (if possible)
    • (2) thread colors, one for the top and another in the bobbin and that is visible on the wrong side of fabric
    • seam ripper
    • thread snips
    • rotary cutter
    • ruler and mat
    • extension cord
    • straight pins
    • finger pressing tool
    • batting to use as a design wall (optional)

    Registration Opens: Monday, January 2, 2023

    Click to view Gyleen's website

    • April 29, 2023
    • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • ZOOM
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    Join Patricia Belyea for a fun 1-day ZOOM workshop featuring her Matchstick Medallion Block.

    Medallions are often considered the most masterful of quilting achievements. In this workshop, you design a 17” medallion block filled with fun modern matchsticks.

    After Patricia demonstrates her technique step-by-step, you make two-colored matchsticks, then insert the matchsticks in a radiating 8-wedge medallion block. Learning to create a square medallion block of your own design opens the door to more medallion possibilities! Patricia also shows you how to make the bright Circus Tent Medallion and the more complex Genesis Medallion. 

    To learn more about Patricia’s Modern Medallion Blocks, visit: https://okanarts.com/blogs/blog/modern-medallions

    Patricia Belyea is an internationally recognized quilter who broadcasts from her log house in the Okanogan Highlands of Washington state. With five cameras in her teaching studio, Patricia gives you a front row seat in your own sewing room. 

    Learn more about Patricia and Okan Arts at okanarts.com

    • May 01, 2023
    • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Zoom

    AAQG May General Meeting will be a ZOOM meeting – due to Westminster Presbyterian Church of Austin not being available for our meeting. 

    Patricia Belyea Spirit Quilts: When a Quilt is More Than a Quilt Pictured left: Family Guy

    Patricia Belyea takes joy in creating Spirit Quilts for families who are celebrating a life or mourning a loss. Listening to their stories and incorporating the clothes of a loved one, Patricia has learned how stitching memories into quilts completely transforms their meaning and power. Patricia includes an overview of Spirit Quilts she’s made over the past decade.

    6:30pm Arrive in-person or on Zoom; 6:45pm Show and Tell; 7:00pm Meeting; ~7:30pm Lecture and Q&A.

    A creative quilt maker, speaker and teacher, Patricia co-owns Okan Arts with her

    daughter Victoria. The small family business imports vintage Japanese textiles for adventuresome quilters. Patricia teaches online quilting workshops focused on curved piecing to students around the world.

    Learn more about Patricia and Okan Arts at okanarts.com.

    • May 19, 2023
    • 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    • Oak Hill Community Center, 8656 State Hwy 71, Austin, TX 78735

    Open Sew Day

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    The retreat is full. But please email membership@aaqg.org sign up for the waitlist!

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    Get those summer projects finished!

    Bring your machine and a project. Or hand work if that is your groove.

    New and beginning quilters are all welcome!

    No charge. 

    Bring a sack lunch, if desired.


    • May 31, 2023
    • 9:00 AM
    • June 04, 2023
    • 4:00 PM
    • Austin Sewing Machines & Quilting, 1601 S. IH 35, Suite 300, Round Rock, TX 78664
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    Join award winning fiber artist Andrea Brokenshire in her 5-day in-person workshop, Floral Painted Appliqué on Silk – Dippity Dots!

    Andrea is inspired by the natural world. Won’t you join her in her paint box to learn Andrea's technique for painting realistic floral imagery onto silk. This workshop is divided into two sections. To make it easy, all materials you will need will be provided. In addition to painting your beautiful flower, she will also demonstrate how to create her highly textural confetti backgrounds and her technique for turning the edges of the finished applique’ for a clean finish. So let’s have some fun in Andrea's paintbox!

    This is a great opportunity to try a fabric painting technique without making a large investment in brushes, textile paints, silk, etc. on your own!

    Project Kit Fee: $225. Payable to Andrea Brokenshire the first day of class (mandatory).

    Click here to download workshop itinerary, supply list, and project kit information.

    Workshop Itinerary:

    SECTION I: (Days 1-4) We will be paint this beautiful Phalaenopsis Orchid that I call “Dippity Dots”.

    SECTION II: (Day 5) Then, on the last day of the workshop, we will practice how to quilt your flower with free motion quilting your image using a pre-printed panel of “Dippity Dots”.

    To make it easy, most materials you will need to paint this orchid will be provided in a mandatory project kit that is yours to keep. Any additional supplies you will need to bring will be listed in the supply list (click here for supply list). In addition to painting your beautiful flower, I will also demonstrate how I create my highly textural confetti backgrounds, and my technique for turning the edges of the finished applique’ for a clean finish. Free motion quilting is required.

    Registration is open. This workshop was rescheduled from its original dates of February 1-5, 2023 due to severe weather. 

    Check out the latest from Andrea on her Facebook page, AMG Fiber Art and Design. 

    • June 05, 2023
    • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Westminster Presbyterian Church of Austin, 3208 Exposition Blvd, Austin, TX 78703

    AAQG June General Meeting will be a HYBRID meeting – in-person at Westminster Presbyterian Church of Austin and virtual by ZOOM. 

    6:30pm Arrive in-person or on Zoom; 6:45pm Show and Tell; 7:00pm Meeting; ~7:30pm Lecture and Q&A.

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