We had cake from Rykes, yummy sandwiches and sides from Lakeside Deli in Grand Haven, a little history from Kay (below in blue) and Marianne about how they were involved in starting the Guild 30 years ago. Thank you ladies for thinking ahead and for staying involved. Our co-chairs, Laura and Susan, in our new […]
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June 10 Deb Strain Deb and her husband Scott currently live in their hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio. Scott had a vendor booth set up with Deb’s fabrics on display for us to purchase. Deb has had a life-long passion for art that led her to teaching art classes long before she became a designer. Since 1996, she has designed
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Quick view of our Challenge Quilts for this year Show and Tell Left Click on an image to enlarge it.
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Bus Trip. BUS TRIP. Bus Trip. Each member who attended the March and April meetings received a flyer with details about our trip to the Elkhart County Quilt and Fiber Expo, Elkhart, Indiana. The 31 passengers who were on the bus trip first stopped at Sharon’s Quilts and More in Allegan. Linda purchased colorful panels
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In this lecture, Shae gave an overview of quilt history with a focus on how quilts fit into larger historical events and eras. With quilts spanning from the early 19th to mid-20th century, this presentation highlighted key changes in quilts over the decades, in color, pattern, technique, etc. while also fitting these changes into the
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Thank you Lisa and Karen for organizing the Retreat this April. So nice to be able to sew, talk, eat, repeat. And Karen made us these wonderful zipper bags with several little gifts inside.
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Our speakers Jill Twiss-McFadden of Quilted Memories in Montague, Kelly Kindt of Pressing Matters in Holland and Elizabeth Johnson of Birtles Fabrics of Zeeland. What did we learn from these 3 shop owners? Jill from quilted Memories learned to quilt from her Grandmother and from 4H. The name of her store came from a conversation
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These are the quilts that are in the library. Click on an image to enalrge. Marcia demonstrated hand quilting twice a week Elizabeth and Leslie talked about rescuing antique and vintage quilts They brought several of their rescued quilts, and also helped a few other people identify their quilts. Laura gave a talk on the
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of Quilting Fabrics in Time ART QUILTS MADE EASY –evening presentation includes a hands-on project for everyone. CREATING ART QUILT CARDS –day time class – see blog below We are pleased to have Dr. Susan Kruszynski, a member of LQG, as our speaker in March. She is an award-winning art quilt designer, gallery
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of Quilting Fabrics in Time CREATING ART QUILT CARDS –day time class What a fun day making 5 cards from kits that Dr. Susan prepared for us. She showed us all the tricks and supplies that she uses. Her books are very well written and easy to follow with lots of pictures. We have
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