2020-2021 Workshops and Events
Quilt Trek Shop Hop. July 14, 2020. CANCELLED.
Quilt Trek Workshop. July 18, 2020. ZOOM Event.
Come join us for a day of sewing the patterns you picked up during the Quilt Trek Shop Hop or patterns (and UFOs) from past years of Row by Row Experience. This workshop will be on ZOOM and an invitation will be sent out to participants prior to the workshop date. This workshop is FREE; 9:00 AM-NOON. We encourage workshop participants to pick up your pattern or kits prior to the day of the workshop. An email invitation to this event will be sent out 48 hours prior to the start time.
"Schoolhouse Rocks" Workshop. September 19, 2020. ZOOM Event. Registration Required.
Come join us for a morning of learning 2 great techniques: Quilting in the hoop and English Paper Piecing. Teachers from our Guild: Kelly Arnett and Mary Frankle will each demonstrate a technique, provide a small project and handouts, and answer any questions you may have. This workshop is FREE; 9:00 AM-NOON. Registration is required and is available through Eventbrite. An email invitation to this event will be sent out 48 hours prior to the start time.
"Diamond Divas & Drama Queens: Colored Gemstones as Design Inspiration" Trunk Show. MJ Kinman. October 16, 2020. ZOOM Event. Registration $10.
The most beautiful gemstone captures light and reflects it back to us with unique brilliance, revealing its fiery personality. These are the divas and the drama queens of the gem world. Every one of them has a story to tell…just like people. This slide lecture and trunk show will chronicle MJ Kinman’s story – her 20-year adventure in learning how to create the biggest diamonds in the world in cloth. She will talk about how she selects gems that qualify as “divas and drama queens'' and what they teach us about how to add sparkle to any art quilt. She will also talk about the techniques to create and assemble the hundreds of pieces in each diamond, materials she uses to create the wash of color and light across a gem's surface, and the quilting techniques that enhance a gem's facets. 7:00PM-8:30PM. Registration is required. Tickets may be purchased online through Eventbrite.
An email invitation to this event will be sent out 48 hours prior to the start time to all persons who have registered.
An email invitation to this event will be sent out 48 hours prior to the start time to all persons who have registered.
"Quilt Freedom" Workshop. Joe Cunningham. October 17, 2020. ZOOM Event. Registration $35.
We will join Joe Cunningham in his San Francisco studio for a 3-hour live event, designed to add another way of thinking about quilts and what they can express. Joe Cunningham has been a professional quilter for over 40 years. He is an accomplished author having written the first book about men quilters "Men and the Art of Quilting" and the definitive work on marking quilts for quilting "Quilting with Style". He has studied with the quilters of Gees Bend in Alabama, and has appeared in the PBS series "Crafts in America", Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson, and The Quilt Show with Ricky TIms and Alex Anderson. Cunningham has performed his musical quilt show, Joe the Quilter, for guilds and theaters nationwide. Joe Cunningham has an extraordinary enthusiasm for quilts and traditional quilting techniques. Join us for this entertaining and educational experience. NOON-3:00PM. Registration is $35 and will open soon. An email invitation to this event will be sent out 48 hours prior to the start time to all persons who have registered.
Christmas Sewcial Workshop. November 21, 2020. ZOOM event. Registration encouraged.
Come join us for a morning of finishing up (or starting) those Christmas projects and interacting with your friends. Whether you have a project or need some inspiration, it should be a fun time. Patterns for small projects such as No Sew Folded Fabric Ornament, The Moravian Star Ornament, Folded Fabric Ornaments, Bag-mas Bag, Charm Pack Christmas Tree Skirt, Charming Christmas Tree Quilt) are available or work on your own project. 9:00 AM-NOON. FREE. Registration is encouraged.
Kids Charity Quilt Workshop. January 16, 2021. ZOOM Event. Registration encouraged.
Come join us for a morning of piecing quilt tops for donation quilts. Holly and Bonnie will be providing kits and patterns for this workshop. Materials will be distributed prior to the date of the workshop so all you have to do is join us on Zoom and sew and chat with your friends. 9:00 AM-NOON. FREE. Registration is encouraged.
Bead It Like You Mean It: The Basics of Beading on Fabric. Lyric Montgomery Kinard. March 20, 2021. Online Workshop. Registration $29.99.
Be inspired and get creative as fun-loving artist Lyric Kinard guides you through the basics of beaded embellishment on cloth. Make straight or curved solid lines, split or join them, or simply add one bead at a time. Cage a beautiful cabochon, or get silly with stacks, the perfect finish for your favorite funky flowers. Learn about the best materials to use, seed beads, bugle beads, stacks, beaded bezels, chunky beads, and beading from the top of a finished quilt with no knots or mess on the back. All of these video based lessons will be yours to access permanently in this open-access course. Registration is required. Use your own supplies or purchase a kit for $30.
Free Motion Quilting with Beth Heal. November 2021.
Beth Heal is a teacher, pattern designer, an award winning quilter and the current President of the Coastal Carolina Modern Quilt Guild. Learn how to use your home sewing machine to create several basic free motion quilt designs. You must have machine with a free motion quilting foot and the ability to drop your feed dogs. An extension table for your machine is recommended. Registration is $35. This workshop will be rescheduled once group meetings can be held at Fort Benjamin.