SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS
Nov 2024 (Emma Jane Powell)
"Arpilleras: Women's Resistance through Textile Art." Emma shared examples of arpilleras from Chile and Peru, and we learned about the history and significance of this textile art form started in Chile in the 1970s.
"Arpilleras: Women's Resistance through Textile Art." Emma shared examples of arpilleras from Chile and Peru, and we learned about the history and significance of this textile art form started in Chile in the 1970s.
Oct 2024 (Rami Kim)
Aug 2024 (Kena Dorsey)
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
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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 Prior Meeting Highlights page.
The March meeting was the Viewer’s Choice Awards and a party to celebrate the success of the quilt show. See Prior Meeting Highlights page.
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
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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
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December 2023
No featured speaker. The December meeting was the Holiday Party.
See Prior Meeting Highlights page.
No featured speaker. The December meeting was the Holiday Party.
See Prior Meeting Highlights page.
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)
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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)
July 2023 (Meg Cox)
The July Guild meeting featured Meg Cox, speaking on "Quilt Journalist Tells All...A Reporter Inside the Quilt World."Ohio native Meg Cox has been earning her living as a writer since graduating from Northwestern University. Her lecture was entertaining and informative. Her two specialties are family traditions and quilting, two wildly misunderstood topics. Meg shared a behind the scenes look into the quilting industry, putting her journalistic skills into action! She also shared photos of some of her quilts which illustrated her creativity and word art! She engaged the audience with questions related to her lecture and the correct answers were rewarded with a fat quarter! If you have a chance to listen to her lectures, you’re sure to learn something new. In the meantime you can subscribe to her newsletter.
The July Guild meeting featured Meg Cox, speaking on "Quilt Journalist Tells All...A Reporter Inside the Quilt World."Ohio native Meg Cox has been earning her living as a writer since graduating from Northwestern University. Her lecture was entertaining and informative. Her two specialties are family traditions and quilting, two wildly misunderstood topics. Meg shared a behind the scenes look into the quilting industry, putting her journalistic skills into action! She also shared photos of some of her quilts which illustrated her creativity and word art! She engaged the audience with questions related to her lecture and the correct answers were rewarded with a fat quarter! If you have a chance to listen to her lectures, you’re sure to learn something new. In the meantime you can subscribe to her newsletter.