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Programs and Workshops
March
March 4, 2010 – General Meeting - 6:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Frances Moore: "Getting Those Tops Quilted”
In March, Frances Moore will have us bring tops of quilts for which we don’t know what pattern to use for quilting the quilts. She will give us ideas of how she would quilt them, and we will be able to discuss alternatives. So please bring any quilt tops that you have completed but haven’t yet quilted.
March 6, 2010 - Workshop - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Frances Moore: "Making Fabric From Scraps and Then Turning It Into A Quilt”
Frances teaches the student how to machine piece usable yardage from the very smallest pieces of fabric. They can be as small as 2”x2”. Unused half square triangles, rectangles, strips, left over blocks, selvage. Bring lots to class in plastic bags. By lots I mean several stuffed gallon ziplocks or more. If you have a favorite color or motif fabric, bring small pieces of this as well. For example, everyone knows most of my quilts have some black and white in them, so every few inches of created fabric has a piece of black and white. Perhaps your signature is dots or flowers. The basic pattern creates a quilt that measures approx 60 in x 75 in. This does not include any borders. The “accent” fabric is approx 2 &¼ yds. This can be all one fabric or several coordinating colors. Fat quarters work well.
April
April 1, 2010 – General Meeting - 6:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Shawnie Miller and Phyllis Binkley: "Thread, Stabilizers and Thread Painting”
April 3, 2010 - Workshop - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Phyllis Binkley: “Thread Painting 101”
This workshop teaches you how to do free motion stitching around all the parts of the landscape. Instead of just straight stitching around each piece of fabric, you will learn how to enhance the design my using your free motion stitches in a variety of ways to add interest, textures, and details. These techniques are also useful for the traditional appliqué quilter.
This is a practice only workshop to learn the various techniques. A small kit will be provided with about 12 items to stitch on and around for details. These items include a sky, mountains, hills, bushes, pine trees, animals, grasses, a flower, water, etc. You will learn how to totally thread paint a pine tree and then over stuff it to show more dimension. You will also do a winter branching tree with mostly thread.
May
May 6, 2010 - General Meeting - 6:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
TBA
May 8, 2010 - Workshop - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sonia Das: “Quilt In A Day”
June
June 4, 2010 - General Meeting - 6:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
“Acacia’s 6th Birthday Celebration”
Acacia’s new year begins with installment of our new officers. We will be having a potluck dinner celebration. We will update with more information as June gets closer.
June 6, 2010 - Workshop - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
TBA
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