May 2024 (Alex Tsubota)
The May meeting featured Alex Tsubota, speaking on “Landscapes - From Here to There.” Alex shared her stunning quilts and her journey into landscape quilting and what inspires her
The May meeting featured Alex Tsubota, speaking on “Landscapes - From Here to There.” Alex shared her stunning quilts and her journey into landscape quilting and what inspires her
April 2024 (Catherine Redford)
The April meeting was by Catherine Redford, speaking on “Travels Around the World in Folk Art Stitches.” Catherine gave a humorous, educational, and interactive lecture including a game with prizes! Thank you to all the participants and especially for being good sports!
Website: Catherine Redford – Fiber Artist, Teacher, Speaker
(No photos available)
The April meeting was by Catherine Redford, speaking on “Travels Around the World in Folk Art Stitches.” Catherine gave a humorous, educational, and interactive lecture including a game with prizes! Thank you to all the participants and especially for being good sports!
Website: Catherine Redford – Fiber Artist, Teacher, Speaker
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March 2024
The March meeting was the Viewer’s Choice Awards and a party to celebrate the success of the quilt show. See
https://southbayquiltersguild.org/prior-meeting-highlights.html for meeting highlights.
The March meeting was the Viewer’s Choice Awards and a party to celebrate the success of the quilt show. See
https://southbayquiltersguild.org/prior-meeting-highlights.html for meeting highlights.
February 2024 (Anne Sonner)
The February speaker was Anne Sonner, speaking on “Vintage to Modern.” Anne shared her quilts with lots of entertaining and amusing stories! Her trunk show featured a variety of quilts and techniques from antique quilts to baby quilts to appliqué to Hawaiian to friendship quilts, using all sorts of fabrics in addition to cotton. She showed it’s fun to play outside the box! Website: annesonnerquilts.wordpress.com
The February speaker was Anne Sonner, speaking on “Vintage to Modern.” Anne shared her quilts with lots of entertaining and amusing stories! Her trunk show featured a variety of quilts and techniques from antique quilts to baby quilts to appliqué to Hawaiian to friendship quilts, using all sorts of fabrics in addition to cotton. She showed it’s fun to play outside the box! Website: annesonnerquilts.wordpress.com
January 2024 (Reed Johnson)
The January speaker was Reed Johnson, speaking on "Reinventing Yourself, From Trial Attorney to National Known Quilt Designer." Reed shared his quilting journey and how he discovered his creative side. He shared an extensive trunk show that included many quilts of his own design, which is his favorite part of the process.
Website: Blue Bear Quilts – Fun, Easy, Stylish Quilt Patterns
(No Photos available)
The January speaker was Reed Johnson, speaking on "Reinventing Yourself, From Trial Attorney to National Known Quilt Designer." Reed shared his quilting journey and how he discovered his creative side. He shared an extensive trunk show that included many quilts of his own design, which is his favorite part of the process.
Website: Blue Bear Quilts – Fun, Easy, Stylish Quilt Patterns
(No Photos available)
December 2023
No featured speaker. The December meeting was the Holiday Party.
See https://southbayquiltersguild.org/prior-meeting-highlights.html for meeting highlights.
No featured speaker. The December meeting was the Holiday Party.
See https://southbayquiltersguild.org/prior-meeting-highlights.html for meeting highlights.
November 2023 (Karen Brown)
The November speaker was Karen Brown, of Just Get it Done Quilts. She provided an entertaining presentation on “Be the Best Quilter You Can Be.” She talked about recognizing our strengths through an audience participation exercise, and strategies to get through tasks that are less appealing. Karen fills an interesting niche where she offers tips and techniques along with self-improvement and self-care.
Website: https://www.justgetitdonequilts.com/
and her YouTube channel for more information.
(No Photos available)
The November speaker was Karen Brown, of Just Get it Done Quilts. She provided an entertaining presentation on “Be the Best Quilter You Can Be.” She talked about recognizing our strengths through an audience participation exercise, and strategies to get through tasks that are less appealing. Karen fills an interesting niche where she offers tips and techniques along with self-improvement and self-care.
Website: https://www.justgetitdonequilts.com/
and her YouTube channel for more information.
(No Photos available)
October 2023 (Diane Harris)
The October speaker was Diane Harris, speaking on "Taste Test Trunk Show: Unexpected Sampler Quilts." Diane Harris treated us to an interesting trunk show, showing quilts that represented her quilt journey across the years. Website: Stash Bandit - Quilting Shenanigans Instagram: @stashbanditquilts. (No Photos available) September 2023 (Frances Moore)
The September speakers was Frances Moore, Speaking on "Never Say Never...Life Lessons from Quilting." Frances was at the meeting and had some of her friends in the audience. She shared a wonderful trunk show that demonstrated her love of quilting, her easygoing style and her love of color. Website: https://frantastic-stitch witchery |
August 2023 (Carol Ziogas)
The August speaker was Carol Ziogas, whose lecture, “Stitching the Sky - 19th Century Japanese Indigo, Sashiko and Boro Textiles,” included examples of textiles from Japan. Carol has been researching Japanese culture as it relates to textiles for many years and shared her findings with us. Her blog is the Ardent Thread –
website: www.theardentthread.com (which has links to her etsy shop, kimonomomo, and many other resources) (No Photos available)
The August speaker was Carol Ziogas, whose lecture, “Stitching the Sky - 19th Century Japanese Indigo, Sashiko and Boro Textiles,” included examples of textiles from Japan. Carol has been researching Japanese culture as it relates to textiles for many years and shared her findings with us. Her blog is the Ardent Thread –
website: www.theardentthread.com (which has links to her etsy shop, kimonomomo, and many other resources) (No Photos available)