Programs at Monthly Guild Meetings
Each month we either host a speaker with well-researched credentials, or we present a mini-workshop where participants go home with a project well on its way to completion. The ratio of speaker-to-activity is typically 50/50. Guild meetings also feature a show-and-tell segment as well as refreshments which are provided by various guild members on a rotating basis.
Programs for 2012 Guild Meetings
A summary of the plans for the 2012 is listed below. Please note that these are subject to change.
| February – Members' Fabric Sale with a Twist run by Donna Raymond and Chris Candello. See the newsletter for details. |
| March – "Quilt As Desired..." Using lots of quilts, Michelle Scott will show the many ways you can machine quilt your completed tops. Feel free to bring tops along for a group or private consultation. Michelle Scott is an award winning quilt artist who specializes in teaching, lecturing, designing and one-of-a-kind hand painted fabrics. She is also a faculty member of Quilt University, the online quilting community. Check out her website at www.piecefulquilter.com. |
| April – Presentation by Cynthia and Jan from the Quilt Block. |
| May – Meg Cox, quilt journalist. |
| June – Annual Picnic and lecture by Pat Sloan. Reminder: The meeting starts at 6 p.m. |
| July – Ice cream Social and wool project with Jackie and Beth. |
| August – Designer Jackie Paton, of Red Rooster fabric, lecture "From Beginning to Now". |
| September – Silver Challenge and 25th Anniversary dinner. Reminder: The meeting starts at 6 p.m. |
| October – Check in quilts for the guild's Quilt Show. |
| November – Program to be determined. |
| December – Holiday dinner and gift exchange. Reminder: The meeting starts at 6 p.m. |
Previous 2012 Programs
|
January – Our favorite, Steve Chubin, from Steve's Sewing Vacuum and Quilting, will talk about maintaining your machine and answer any questions. Are you wondering if your sewing machine could use a little cleaning before starting that next project? Not sure where to being or have a couple of questions about technique?
|
 |
2011 Programs
December – This year's holiday party and gift exchange will begin at 6 p.m. This is an evening of fun and prizes and tasty food!
|
 |
|
November – Round Robin of quilting skills: Sandy Darlington explains how to prepare a quilt for the longarm quilter. Jackie Gauker has a wonderful wool surprise demo...great for gift giving. Donna LaBlanc demonstrates paper piecing. Try this technique during the meeting if you wish! See Sandy's handout Working with Your Longarm Quilter to Obtain the Best Results for Your Quilt. |
 |
|
October – Susan Shively will be our speaker for the evening. Susan started quilting about 15 years ago. She loves to design her own patterns and can often be found doodling designs and wondering what they would look like in a quilt. She enjoys buying fabrics and loves to see which fabrics would express her designs best. To achieve the look she wants, of course, she has to buy a lot of fabric. Some fabrics and designs work, and some do not. Perhaps this would explain her large stash and UFO's. As you know, Susan has designed a special pattern for our guild members. At her workshop on October 22nd you may make any size quilt, from a table runner to a throw to a bed quilt. |
 |
|
September – The 2010/2011 Annual Challenge Quilts will be displayed, members will vote, and ribbons will be presented. | |
|
August – Pat and Arlan Christ will be the guest speakers at our August meeting. Their topic for the evening is "Pennsylvania Quilts – Folklore and Superstitions". Even if you saw Pat and Arlan Christ's quilts at Quilt Odyssey in Hershey last year, you haven't seen them all. At our guild they will show their quilts from Pennsylvania which highlight our state's folklore and superstitions. |
 |
|
July – Ice Cream Social with Gail Kessler. Gail will explain the whole process of creating her beautiful and unique Andover fabrics from conceiving the idea to producing it on cloth. As you know, she is the owner of Ladyfingers Sewing Studio where we have spent many happy hours browsing and buying. Don't forget to bring your buying power, i.e. money, so that you may once again this month add to your shrinking stash. Ice Cream Sundaes are the treat of the evening as well, come and enjoy! |
 |
|
June – Enjoy our wonderful annual picnic while Nancy Bills provides a trunk show of her quilts, as well as selling fabric and patterns. Reminder: The meeting starts at 6 p.m. |
 |
|
May – Fitting Techniques and Remaking Your "Too Big, Too Boxy" Art-To-Wear and Quilted Garments with Pamela Leggett of Steve's Sewing Vacuum and Quilting. Come and learn what changes need to be made to your patterns before you make your next art-to-wear or quilted garment. Let Pamela give you the courage and knowledge to remake them into something more fitted and wearable! If you are taking the Quilted Jacket workshop, you will be measured for your custom made pattern after the lecture. We will also have the introductions of the candidates for the guild officers for 2011-2013. Remember due to Primaries, our meeting will be in the Sanctuary of the Church. |
 |
|
April – Need a new project? We will have a follow-up to our yo-yo demo. Chris Candello, with yo-yo expert Beth Quigley, will work with us to create a table runner using yo-yos. So bring an assortment of fabric scraps ranging from 5" to 8", needle, thread, scissors, and yo-yo makers if you have them. There will be demos of making yo-yos with a template and template plastic will be available to make the size circle needed for a yo-yo. We will have yo-yo makers for sale, so bring your cash, if interested in purchasing. | |
|
March – Cheryl Lynch began to quilt in earnest after a corporate career and some child rearing. It didn't take long before she started to design her own quilts. At the request of her students, she developed her own line of Judaic quilt pattern. She was fascinated by the color and texture of fabric and discovered that she could create art and folk art without knowing how to paint with a brush. Inspiration for her quilts comes from the emotions she feels for her family as well as her love of nature and cycling. Visit Cheryl's website to see some of her quilts. | |
|
February – Get ready to enjoy a special evening featuring our yearly fabric/book/pattern sale spearheaded by Sally Rapp. As with many of the things we do in our guild, Sally also suggested having this sale, and it has been quite popular. You may sell all those fabrics, kits, etc., that you have concluded you will not use. Someone else may love the very fabric you no longer want. We also welcome our own Beth Quigley, resident yo-yo queen. Beth will teach you the technique to make easy and perfect yo-yos using Clover yo-yo templates. See more pictures on  |
 |
|
January – Nancy Cosmos' love of quilts began at an early age. In seventh grade, she pieced her first quilt, a log cabin, using all sorts of fabrics, including polyester double knits and used clothing. In 1992 she took up quilting again. Today, the Malvern resident's quilts include not only traditional bedcovers but one-of-a-kind pieces reflecting her artistic expression, embodying bold colors and textures and visual illusion. By the way, her quilts are for sale, all but the yellow log cabin quilt with rounded edges that she made with her mom in seventh grade. You will enjoy seeing this quilt artist's stunning array of quilts. |
 |
2010 Programs
December - Holiday Party. Our annual holiday party includes a gift exchange, loads of terrific food, gifts, surprises, and great fun for all.
| November – Anna Faustino – Woven Quilts Anna Faustino moved to the U.S. about 10 years ago and became interested in quilting. With two degrees in art history, she once taught and designed stage backgrounds and costumes. Within the past few years she has become well-known for a technique she developed based on traditional and innovative quilting, which she calls “shredded blocks.” It is a woven technique. Anna will sell her books, etc. at our guild meeting. You may see her quilts on her website: www.newtechquilts.com (See Barb Jones’ Peacock quilt based on Anna’s technique.) See more pictures on |
 |
October - Quilt show preparation - Quilts collected for show. Members bring your quilt entries (which you will have previously registered by August 15th). Each quilt should be contained in a separate cloth bag (e.g., pillow case) with a label securely taped on which includes your name, and other info which will be specified a little later.
September - Challenge and Annual Fabric/Book Sale. On this night, the entries for the quilt challenge will be exhibited and voted upon; and the next challenge will be announced. In addition, our fabric and book sale will offer members an opportunity to sell fabric and quilt books they no longer want and for other members to find fabric and books they’d like to have.
August – Linda Pool – Applique
If you think you know every appliqué technique there is, here’s still another one. Linda poole, who has taught at many quilt shows, locally (Lancaster and Oaks), throughout the U.S., and internationally, will show us many quilts which demonstrate her unique appliqué technique. Her books, etc., will be sold at both her lecture and appliqué class the following day. Don’t miss learning this appliqué technique from the International Outreach Coordinator for the Applique Society. You may view Linda’s quilts on her website: www.lindampoole.com (See Patti Fulton’s wallhanging entitled Water Lilies made in Linda’s class at the AQS quilt show in Lancaster.)
July – Linda Hamel – Wool Pincushion
Did you know that if pins and needles are in a wool pin cushion, they maintain their sharpness longer? This is your chance to make one in an evening. Bring basic sewing tools: needle for embroidery thread, scissors, etc. The guild will provide the wool fabric, the stuffing, and embroidery thread.
June - Polly Mello - Quilts That Go Bump In the Night. This is not about Halloween quilts. It's a trunk show of quilts representing unusual events, including historical disasters. Recommended by Dawn Heefner and all of us who met Polly at Quilt Odyssey I understand there will be a rather unique, humorous presentation by Polly and Dawn.
May - This Quilt, That's Me or This Quilt, That's Not me. Member participation. Members will bring in a quilt that they feel is most like them or not like them. We all have them, Quilters. (Because of Primary Elections we will meet in the Sanctuary this night.)
April - Didi Salvatierra - All About the Baskets. This is a trunk show featuring a variety of vintage basket quilts and blocks as well as Didi's new basket quilts. Tips and inspiration for making baskets easy.
Recommended by Sally Rapp.
March - Linda Hahn - Margarita Madness and Other Cool Quilting Techniques. This is a machine quilting class without a machine. Using a unique technique to audition designs, attendees will draw and design along with Linda as she demonstrates numerous background, block, sashing, and border quilting designs.
Recommended by Gail Dovalofsky.
February - Jackie Gauker, of Quilters' Palette, inherited many antique quilts from her family members. She will present these to us and offer many goodies for us to purchase. She titles her lecture "Antique Family Quilts.
January - Terry Kramza, fiber artist - trunk show of her contemporary quilts and a demonstration of her unique method of assembling finished blocks to make a quilt. Recommended by Jean Hayden and Gloria Clark.
Past Program: Fabric Boxes – See the Fabric box instructions.
