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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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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Remember to left click on a picture to enlarge. Jen showed us many quilts and explained how she used the color in each quilt. Her zoom lecture was very informative. Following are a few of her slides, many of her quilts can be found on her website, link below. February 12, 2024 Jennifer Houlden of
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We had an all day class with Beth Ann Williams, our speaker for the evening. The class was learning to to make a Celtic type design using her technique. The pictures show the basic steps of drawing, making the strips, gluing the strips (over-under, over-under we all muttered to ourselves), putting on the borders, adding
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Workshop Lone Star Quilt There were 13 guild members who took the class from Andrew Lee, the Combat Quilter, and learned a great deal regarding a Lonestar Quilt. Andrew gave them very specific information as to the cutting, placement and sewing of the 36 strips each measuring 2 1/2 inches. The choice of
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September was our joint meeting with PALS. Sally was a delightful speaker and gave a wonderful slide show presentation of all her many techniques. https://www.sallymanke.com/ Please check out Sally’s website and etsy page for lots of ideas and patterns. So many items for sale also. Remember to left click on a picture to enlarge. Right
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We learned so much in this class. Many of Sally’s pictures are shown here. She taught us the use of DerWent Pencils and doing the flower centers using confetti fabric and tulle. So many hints and tips. A lot of concentration going on. https://www.sallymanke.com/ Check out Sally’s website for lots of patterns and ideas. She
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Terry Watson owner of ThreadTales Quiltworks for the past 19 years located in Grandville Michigan. She is a professional machine quilter, custom quilt maker, longarm machine quilting instructor, author and also owner of Simply Handwoven. Terry helping us Figuring out how to quilt. Make your Point Challenge Blocks Show and Tell Paper Piecing Class led
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Remember to click on a picture to see it larger. Always a lot going on at our meetings. Following are pictures from the “Make Your Point Challenge”
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