PROGRAMS
The third Tuesday of every month we have a program. We will bring in speakers, have parties, or sometimes field trips. Non-members are welcome to our programs for a fee of $5.00.
We are resuming potlucks after the programs. Please bring your own dishes, cutlery, and drinks.
We are resuming potlucks after the programs. Please bring your own dishes, cutlery, and drinks.
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Past Program:
May 21, 2024 - Karen Walker - Laugh Yourself into Stitches
Karen loves everything that has to do with textiles...from designing fabrics, and quilt patterns, piecing quilts, teaching classes and longarming for clients . For more information about Karen, visit her website here.
Karen has taught at the Houston Quilt Show and many others, is a fabric designer for Riley Blake, pattern designer, quilt teacher and a lot of fun!
Information about the Smoochie pattern:
What makes Smoochie different from other X’s and O’x quilts? It’s the border! The pinwheels and half square triangles are made with the leftover trimmings from Corner Triangles used in the X’s and Heart blocks.
The pattern is Fat Quarter Friendly too!
Karen has taught at the Houston Quilt Show and many others, is a fabric designer for Riley Blake, pattern designer, quilt teacher and a lot of fun!
Information about the Smoochie pattern:
What makes Smoochie different from other X’s and O’x quilts? It’s the border! The pinwheels and half square triangles are made with the leftover trimmings from Corner Triangles used in the X’s and Heart blocks.
The pattern is Fat Quarter Friendly too!
Upcoming programs:
June 18, 2024 - Susan Kreps Trunk Show
Though new to northern Whatcom County and Pieceables, Susan is certainly not new to quilting. Encouraged by her mother, she learned to sew during the summer of her 10th year, and began quilting in the late 1990s, looking for a hobby on which to focus to escape the chaos of living with two teen-aged sons.
If Susan had to describe her quilting journey, it would likely be called "Chapters of Quilting". She worked her way, often using trial and error, through many methods and variations of quilting, moving from practice of one skill to another. Sometimes the process is simply enjoyment of fabric and color, sometimes it's a way to maintain her sanity in an often insane world. Her trunk show offers the opportunity to watch the chapters unfold, with at least one chapter that she can say with confidence you are unlikely to hear shared by any other quilter.
If Susan had to describe her quilting journey, it would likely be called "Chapters of Quilting". She worked her way, often using trial and error, through many methods and variations of quilting, moving from practice of one skill to another. Sometimes the process is simply enjoyment of fabric and color, sometimes it's a way to maintain her sanity in an often insane world. Her trunk show offers the opportunity to watch the chapters unfold, with at least one chapter that she can say with confidence you are unlikely to hear shared by any other quilter.
July 16, 2024 - Summer Picnic at Hovander Park
Our annual summer picnic will be held again at Hovander Park in Ferndale. Come around 10:30am - 1 or 2pm. We’ll be by the barn and house under a big tree with several picnic tables pulled together—you can’t miss us!
What to Bring:
* A dish to share *Show & Share
* A plate and utensils * Chair to sit on
* Something to Drink * Plastic Table Cloth
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW
What to Bring:
* A dish to share *Show & Share
* A plate and utensils * Chair to sit on
* Something to Drink * Plastic Table Cloth
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW
August 20, 2024 - Sheila Collins - Celebration of Color and Design
Sheila Collins art is a celebration of color and design. Her artwork came to be by combining her backgrounds in fashion design and graphic design with her love of sewing, and the results are bright, cheerful, and fun. Little did she know that a class in “How to Market Your Art” would put her on this wonderful creative adventure.
Her preferred method for bringing ideas to life is with fusible machine appliqué. It gives her the freedom to design unique compositions. Her fresh designs and bright colors will leave you inspired and smiling. Sheila’s art has been published in Stitch Magazine, and three times her art has been selected by Cherrywood Fabrics to travel internationally with their Challenge exhibits. Sheila had a One Woman Show Special Exhibit booth, Sheila Collins Creative Play With Appliqué at the Pacific International Quilt Festival, October 2021. |
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Guests are welcome to our programs for a $5.00 fee. If you have any questions about attending a program please submit your questions below.
