The Flying Geese Quilter's Guild
Meeting, Lecture, and Workshop Schedule
January 2012 through February 2013
Meetings
January 9, 2012-Speaker
Karen Eckmeier – http://www.quilted-lizard.com
Lecture - Happy Villages & Accidental Landscapes
Karen shares her two favorite approaches to playing with fabrics: Fabric collage (Happy Villages) and layered/top stitching (Accidental Landscapes). This lighthearted and informative power point presentation will show you how the techniques evolved and will inspire you to try fabric collage or layered/top stitching in your own creations.
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February 13, 2012-Program
Parade of Presidents Quilts
This month we will be showcasing 8 of our past presidents and their beautiful Quilts. They will each give a brief talk about their quilt. We will also be installing our new board and then presenting our own beautiful presidents quilts to Pam Hadfield. You will all want to be there to thank the old board and cheer on the new.
no workshop
March 12, 2012- Speaker
Charlotte Angotti
Why Aren’t You MAKING More Quilts? I know you have the fabric!
Charlotte Angotti comes to us all the way from South Carolina. Charlotte has been teaching quilt making since 1979 because someone asked her to teach them. Her first quilt was sold right after making it and she has sold her quilts ever since. She owned her own quilt shop in Virginia Beach, Va from 1981-1999. She began teaching nationally in 1991 and has taught for many large shows as well as small groups.
Along with her kit business, Quilt Maker’s Studio, Charlotte now teaches and lectures full time.
Charlotte is known for her humor, way with fabric/color and her pre-cut kits.
Charlotte believes her hobby is quilt making and her job is teaching others to enjoy it as much as she does.
This lecture and trunk show is given in a humorous way. It lets the group know that they are not alone in their collections of fabric, methods of hiding the fabric and wonderful ways to use the fabric. Questions are welcomed during the lecture.
www.charlotteangotti.com & www.quiltmakersstudio.com
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April 9, 2012-Speaker
Rita Verroca
Women and Quilts Through History
Rita Verroca is an award-winning quilter whose quilts have been exhibited in the USA, Europe and Japan. Her Quilts have been on the cover of magazines and have been featured in calendars and quilts books. She has won awards in international competitions and shows. Rita is a passionate teacher with great skill and contagious enthusiasm. In her quilts she combines old heritage quilt patterns with delightful and playful arrangements. Her choice of color is artfully and chosen and arranged to give the overall design a stimulating balance of a harmonious picture. Rita is on the 2012 faculty of the Elly Sienkiewicz Appliqué Academy.
www.ritaverroca.com
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May 14, 2012-Special Event
Challenge Quilts - History Lesson - An Event in American History
A challenge is always fun. You never know what our guild members will dream up next, but it is always worth finding out! The 2012 challenge fabrics are a brown print and a tan floral. Come to the May meeting to see the quilts and the different awards they have won.
For directions on how to make a 4 inch rod pocket or hanging sleeve - click here (this is a pdf file).
Challenge Quilts are due Monday April 30, 2012.
No workshop in May
June 11, 2012-Speaker
Becky Goldsmith
It’s Not a Quilt Til It’s Quilted!
You’ve made a beautiful top, but how do you decide how to quilt it? Becky will share with you what she has learned (both the good and the bad!) from quilting her own quilts over the last 24 years.
Becky and Linda Jenkins started Piece O ’ Cake Designs in 1994. Piece O' Cake Designs is a company specializing in quilt books and patterns. They are especially known for their cute appliqué designs.
Making quilts is interesting, fulfilling, and challenging. Becky has made it a little less challenging by demonstrating some sewing techniques with video lessons on her website.
www.pieceocake.com
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July 9, 2012-Speaker
Karen Cunigan
My Best Ideas
These 10 great tips (and many more), will change your quilting practice.
www.karencunagin.com
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August 13, 2012 -Speaker
Cindy Rinne
Solitude – Where Ideas Begin
Cindy is a quilt artist who believes in experimentation and free
play. Her textile and mixed media art works each begin as a journey
reflecting her experiences and explorations through daily
living and observations. The layering of fabric, threads and additional
embellishments add texture and dimension to her work. Cindy will
provide a lecture of her unique quilt designs and their interpretations.
This lecture title Solitude-Where Ideas Begin will
Take a break from all the busyness and noise. Refresh your soul. We will take a journey to discover
how creativity comes in the quiet places through a beautiful trunk show. Cindy will share about personal retreats she’s taken in solitude. This is the place where ideas begin.
fiberverse.com
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September 10, 2012-Speaker
Nancy Rink
Nancy is an appliqué artist and her stitches are almost invisible, they're exquisite. She makes beautiful use of color and motion in her work.”
Nancy has won several awards for her quilting. At the 2004 Houston International Quilt Festival, Remembrance of Nanny and Desert Star were both given Honorable Mentions. Also in 2004, Dogtooth Violets earned one of the top awards in the Kaufman Quilt Quest. Most recently, Emerald Spring won a first place in Mixed Techniques at Road to California. She has won awards at other national shows including the Pacific International Quilt Festival, the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, and the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show. And Desert Star, the first place winner in the 2002 From the Mills Contest, was on display at the American Textile History Museum.
Topic to be announced
Nancy Rink Designs is a quilt pattern company that can best be described as “eclectic.” The patterns include piecing and appliqué and often combining the two.
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October 8, 2012-Speaker
Laura Nownes
Shared Stitches and Stories
Laura has been quilting since 1979 since taking her first sampler quilt class in Berkeley, CA. She is best known for her first book, Quilts! Quilts!! Quilts!!!, which is often referred to as "the bible" of quiltmaking. She teaches and lectures both locally and internationally.
http://www.lauranownes.com/allpatterns.html
http://www.lauranownes.com/blog.html
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November 12, 2012-Speaker
Stacy Hurt
To be announced - Trunk Show and Lecture
Stacy is a Textile and Fiber Artist who uses a variety of fibers, materials, and fabrics to create art quilts for the walls. Stacy's quilts include machine quilting, painting, hand embroidery, calligraphy and beading. Other items like plastic straws, bottle caps, milk rings, etc. can also be found on Stacy's quilts.
Stacy belongs to Quilts on the Wall and her quilts have been displayed in many quilt shows.
stacyhurt.blogspot.com
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December 10, 2012-Surprize
Christmas Stocking Silent Auction and Lots of Cookies
An informal fundraiser for philanthropy with a silent auction of quilt related items, small quilts, and holiday wares.
no workshop in December
January 14, 2013-Speaker
Lisa Bongean
Working With Wool
Lisa nd her husband Nick Bongean own Primitive Gatherings a quilt business that specializes in hand dyed wool, historical fabrics, flannels and lots of homespuns as well as the latest designer fabrics that replicate their style of quilting. They also carry quilting kits,wool kits, penny mat kits,and all the supplies for punch needle embroidery. Primitive Gatherings is a popular vendor at Road to California.
Lisa enjoys teaching and sharing her quilts across the country with quilting guilds and other shops. Lisa will share what she has learned about sewing with wool from her experience.
primitivegatherings.us/shop
lisabongean.wordpress.com
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February 11, 2013-Program
To be announced.
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