2012 Programs
Workshops – Sue Ammerman – (Please read the New Workshop policy at the end of the page.)
Meeting
April 10, 2012
Fran Kordek
Lecture: Stories Told, Lessons Learned
Fran Kordek of Elkins, WV, has been a quiltmaker since 1974. In addition to making quilts, teaching quilt making, and judging quilt shows, Fran has designed a line of Stained Glass Quilting patterns which uses an easy machine technique that applies purchased bias tape and quilts all in one step. Her lecture is a very personal, inspirational and poignant look at what it has meant to be a quiltmaker. Lecture includes a trunk show of work, from very first quilts to more current pieces.
Workshop
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Fran Kordek-Pyrotechniques (Also Known As Farmer’s Fancy)
This is an unusual regional design that surfaced during West Virginia’s documentation project. It’s an explosive design – a twelve point rosette surrounded by three rings of triangles. Foundation piecing is used to construct the triangle rings, faced appliqué for the rosette, and the resulting 21″ circle is sewn into a 24″ background square. Cost: $ 40.00 plus $ 8 kit fee.
Workshop
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Jeanne Riley-Denim Patch
Jeans are good for more than pants! Turn your old jeans into bags, vests, jackets. The ideas are endless! This workshop is back by popular demand! Cost: $ 25.00.
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Meeting
May 8, 2012
Bonnie McCaffery
Lecture: Inspiration and Development of a Quilt Artist
Traveling through time, we will witness the evolution of one Quilter from traditional bed quilts to contemporary wall pieces. You will see what has influenced some of the Quilter’s designs.
Workshop
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Bonnie McCaffery-Painted Face for Beginners
ALWAYS A FAVORITE! Yes you can!!! A guideline drawing under your fabric makes positioning features easy. By the end of the class you will have a painted face ready for the addition of hair and clothing. Once you learn this technique you will be able to paint your own choice of faces – family & friends.
Cost: $40.00 plus $ 25.00 kit fee.
Workshop
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Teresa Fusco-Artful Eye-Quilted Pictures
This class helps you focus on your idea, letting go and just doing it. You and your sewing machine graduate to the next level. Using fabric and thread to express your idea and exploring the design process of art quilts. Each person will be designing a piece suitable for framing. Don’t let the design process stop you from taking this class. I promise you will not be disappointed. Sewing machine with feet capable of free motion, couching, and zig zag. Cost: $ 45.00.
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Meeting
June 12, 2012
Eleanor Levie
Lecture: Quilting Wear-Abouts: Strut Your Stuff!
Ellie has worked as a needlework and crafts editor, author, and book producer, with quilting as a specialty. Her most recent books include Unforgettable TOTE BAGS: 20 designs too cool to leave in your car, and Skinny Quilts & Table Runners II, the sequel to the best-selling collection. Her lecture includes lots of fun as we stage an impromptu fashion show together! Dressed in my own handmade garments and accessories, guild members will strut their stuff a la “Project Runway!” Then, we’ll continue with Show ‘n Tell – including any and all guild members and guests who come to the meeting wearing a quilted garment, or carrying a tote, purse or other accessory. Everyone oohs and ahhhs, laughs and learns. Finally, everyone gets My Top 10 Tips for Quilterly Chic…so each one of you can rock your look with quilting!
Workshop
June 13, 2012
Eleanor Levie-Unforgettable Tote Bag
June 13, 2012 Express your creativity and your respect for Mother Earth, too! Way better than paper or plastic, the SUPERmarket bags are diverse and unforgettable! Eleanor Levie shares her own whimsical designs along with her tote-ally reliable how-to’s. Play with Paint, includes free-wheeling fun (to put you in touch with your inner child) plus sophisticated surface design (to bring out your inner artist). Mix and match features from the various bags, and add your own ideas, UFOs, or orphan blocks, to design your own bag! Easy, and quick, they’ll do you proud. These bags are truly unforgettable! Cost: $ 35.00.
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Linda Hahn-New York Beauty Diversified
Saturday, June 16, 2012 Let’s KICK UP the New York Beauty block and make some dynamic, stunning projects. At the workshop, we will create at least one of each block from the selected quilt so that students can go home and complete the project. All of the blocks are designed to be easily fully or partially paper pieced using Linda’s unique and easy technique! Several different projects are available. Blocks are mix and matchable! Cost: $ 45.00.
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Bonnie McClun-Yes You Can Machine Quilting
Sunday, June 24, 2012 Tips, tidbits, and wisdom will be shared. This is a hands-on workshop. Bring a sandwiched quilt to work on. Emphasis will be on Q & A with one on one coaching while you work on your quilt. You will leave this class with the confidence and the “let’s get er done“ attitude that will launch your quilting career.
Cost: $ 20.00.
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Meeting
July 10, 2012
Stitched-The Film
Stitched is a fun-filled documentary following three quilters racing to complete their entries for the International Quilt Festival in Houston, the largest quilt show in the nation.
Quilting legend Caryl Bryer Fallert was the first to win a major prize for her quilt made with a sewing machine. She mentored Hollis Chatelain who caused a stir when she won an award for a painted quilt. And Hollis mentored Randall Cook who sparked controversy with his quilt of a male nude. In this 72-minute documentary, these quilters create their pieces to compete in the 2010 quilt show. Stitched reveals a story of friendship, passion and art. It also highlights the divide between traditional and art quilters. Other quilting rock stars including Ricky Tims are interviewed in this film. Karey Bresenhan, Nancy Puentes O’Bryant, Jake Finch, Meg Cox, Libby Lehman and Mark Lipinski also make appearances.
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Meeting
August 14, 2012 The Annual Quilting Auction
Workshop
Nancy Straub-Wool Felt Penny Rug
Saturday, August 18, 2012 Button Rugs have their roots dating back to the early 1800′s when they were called Penny Rugs. Learn to work with wool felt and appliqué using wool to make this adorable table runner.
Cost: $ 20.00.
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Meeting
September 11, 2012 Charity Quilt Workshop with Beckie Fry
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Kathy Iacovelli-Landscape Quilt
Saturday, September 8, 2012 Landscape quilts are stylized interpretations that combine reality with the quilter’s imagination. Use your imagination and stitch what feels right. Cost: $ 20.00.
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Bonnie McCaffery-Doodle Zen Dot Z
Saturday, September 15, 2012 This class is TOO MUCH FUN! Everyone loves to doodle. We’ll play with a couple of doodle exercises. One of the designs will be done in bobbin embroidery. Next we’ll explore painting dotz on the fabric. Then add color and texture to your bobbin embroidery design with lots of DOTS of paint… It is soooo relaxing AND beautiful. Cost: $ 40.00 plus a $ 7 kit fee.
Doodle Zen Poster This is a PDF file
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Workshop
Jean Simmons-Civil War Sampler
Saturday, October 6, 2012 Admiring those lovely civil war fabrics but did not know how to use them? Learn to use the lovely civil war reproduction fabrics to make this adorable wall hanging. Cost: $ 20.00.
Meeting
October 9, 2012 Carol Taylor
Lecture: Working In a Series
Internationally known, award-winning quilt artist, Carol Taylor, approaches her quilt making with intensity and a seemingly boundless energy. Vibrant colors, striking contrasts, use of value, as well as heavy machine quilting and embroidery distinguish Carol’s quilts. She has created over 500 quilts since she began quilting in 1993. Carol has won six “Best of Show” awards in her career…with six different quilts! Her lecture describes how to create work in a series, showing the process of how Carol made the 39 quilts in her Gong Series, and then went on to her Confetti, Linear, and Arc-i-Texture Series.
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Carol Taylor-More Free Motion Quilting Patterns
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Here’s a brand-new class for those of you who have taken the basic Free Motion Quilting class or already have basic free motion skills and want to learn more patterns and enhance your free motion quilting skills. Carol will introduce and pass out drawings for 30-40 different quilting patterns not shown in the original Free Motion Quilting class. She will show you how to use “meandering” designs, “filler” designs and border designs. You will receive a class handout of many pages of Carol’s drawings to take home and use as ideas on your own quilts. So, come and try some of these new designs and improving your free motion quilting abilities. Cost: $ 50.00.
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Carol Taylor-Arc-i-Textures
Thursday, October 11, 2012 Want to create a small (15 x 15) unique quilt of your very own and learn something about composition, textures, and circular quilting? Then this is the class for you! This is a chance to use some of those fancy and unusual fabrics that you’ve been attracted to, but didn’t know how to use. We will tame them by fusing, and learn to mix them with other textured looking fabrics. And you won’t need much of any one fabric…even scraps will do. You’ll learn a bit about composition and how to balance it with both color and size. You’ll learn about fusing and how to finish your quilts with facings as opposed to bindings. And Carol will also teach you how to quilt and couch those “perfect” circles that have almost become a trademark on her quilts. You’ll be thrilled with the resulting small quilt, which you can do in many different color schemes, and hang in your own home or give as a gift. Cost: $ 50.00.
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Meeting
November 13, 2012 Linda Hahn
Lecture: Stashbusters
Quilters leave this lecture raring to go home and begin cutting into their precious stash! Linda shows many quilts made from the fabric from her stash – no additional purchase needed. She shows how to look at a piece of fabric and imagine the possibilities. Linda will also discuss a new way to look at quilt patterns so that you can use your stash instead of purchased yardage.
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Linda Hahn-Junk to Gems
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 A STASHBASHER project! Workshop from Linda’s best selling pattern of the same name. This quilt is a great project to learn how to USE IT UP, MAKE IT DO OR DO WITHOUT! J2J helps you use up what is currently in your stash (not necessarily scraps, but your stash. This can also be done using Jelly Rolls, Bali Pops or Tonga Treats. Cost: $ 45.00.
Meeting
December 11, 2012 Annual Christmas Party
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Workshop Policy:
Workshop signups are open to members of the Red Rose Quilters Guild first.
The workshop class fee must be paid in full at the time of signup to reserve a spot.
RRQG members interested in a workshop but unable to commit to the class in advance may place their names on the workshop waiting list, with the understanding that full payment will guarantee them a spot in the class if one is still available.
If a workshop has openings two weeks before its date, it will be opened to non-members of the Guild to sign up, as long as they pay the workshop fee plus a $5.00 non-member fee to reserve their spot.
If you have any questions please contact Sue Ammerman:
finishlinewesties@comcast.net
