2024 programs/workshops

This is a do-over for our failed June program -
August 15
​(Zoom)
Speaker:  Pat Speth
Program:  ​Fabulous Nickel Borders
About Pat:  Pat Speth began quilting in 1988 when she purchased a wool quilt batting from her Grandmother's auction. "I checked out a stack of quilt books from the library and fell in love with the patterns and designs, I knew I could not stop with just one quilt."
Pat started working with 5-inch squares as a basis for her quiltmaking in 1993 after attending her first retreat. She was asked to do a program for her guild in 1997 using the 5" squares, which gave her the push to explore new uses and techniques for working with the squares. Pat, while working a full-time job, started on the book, Nickel Quilts in 1998 and was able to have it ready for the publishers in June 2001.
After juggling her full-time job and her quilting for many years, Pat moved into a full time quilting career in July 2003. "I have found my passion in life, and I can't imagine doing anything else."
Pat is currently working on her line of individual patterns, building a creative community on her Facebook Group, and presenting Zoom Lectures to quilt guilds.
Pat lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Fabulous Nickel Borders Lecture 
Turn a nice quilt into a WOW quilt by adding easy-to-piece Nickel Borders.  In this lecture we focus on easy to piece borders that are made from 5" squares.  I will show many of my quilts that have pieced borders and I walk you through my method of “auditioning” borders for a quilt.
We have all been there; the inside of the quilt top is done and now what do I do for a border. This lecture will give you many ideas to choose from and allow you to awaken a whole new level of creativity.  I have loved designing pieced borders over the years and adding them to my quilts. My book, Nickel Quilts & Borders contains 260 pieced border ideas and I look forward to sharing many of them with you during the lecture!
September 20-21
Our Biennial Quilt Show
Come to see the products of the talented quilters from this area, or, better yet, enter a quilt into our show!

​Watch the website for up-to-date information!
9:00 am to 4:00 each day.

​Texas Church of God Gymnasium
2240 Fort Worth Highway
Weatherford, TX​
October 17
​(Live)
Speaker:  Kelly Young
Program:  ​Make Your Scraps Work!
Kelly Young is a Louisiana native living in Germantown, TN. She is the author of Perfectly Pieced Quilt Backs (2023), Scrappy Improv Quilting (2021), and Stash Statement (2018). She is also a pattern designer and blogger, and has traveled to teach her techniques to groups all over the country.
Kelly is a former BERNINA Brand Ambassador and Aurifil Thread Artisan. As a former elementary teacher of 15 years, she loves sharing knowledge and encouraging others in their own creativity, all while keeping her classes light and fun!
Although she often uses fabrics with bold, fresh colors, Kelly’s quilts encompass a wide range of styles. As she says, “I try not to label myself; if I like it, I make it!” Kelly’s quilts and patterns have been featured in several national magazines and digital magazines, including Modern Quilts Unlimited, Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, Quilt-It Today, Modern By the Yard, and Make Modern.
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Program:   “Make Your Scraps Work!  Quilts from my books, Scrappy Improv Quilting and Stash Statement”
This trunk show includes all quilts from my first two books, as well as a few others, and I'll show you just how easy it is to use your own scraps to create quilts with amazing texture and interest.
Workshop:  Scrappy Improv Quilting
                                 
Date:  October 18, 2024
Time:  9:00 am to 3:30 pm
     
You will learn how to piece your own scraps using the three methods for improv piecing outlined in Kelly’s book, Scrappy Improv Quilting. You will be required to purchase the book so you have these instructions and the pattern we will use.
 
These methods allow you to use plenty of larger pieces (even though all of the pieces in the finished quilt appear tiny!). Then, you'll incorporate those happy, scrappy blocks into a fun quilt pattern from the book. We will be making the “Fall Foliage” pattern.  By using your own treasured scraps, you'll create a mini quilt uniquely yours, and you're sure to love it!
 
This fun method is versatile, and with step-by-step patterns to follow, it is doable for every single quilter!  All Skill Levels
November 21
Speaker:  JoLynn O'Neal
Program:  “Family Treasures”
 
Jo Lynn will present a trunk show of quilts made by her, her mother, and other family members.  Although Jo Lynn has shown us her quilts in the past, some of these will be new quilts and newly discovered quilts!
 
Workshop: Machine Quilting with a Walking Foot
                 November 22nd, 9:00 am to 3:30 pm
                 Lakeshore Baptist Church, 200 S. Lakeshore Dr.,                         Hudson Oaks
 
Learn to prepare your quilt to be quilted, ways to mark the designs on your quilt, and practice using your machine’s walking foot.  No free motion involved.  You will be surprised how versatile your walking foot can be!  Maximum enrollment 25.
 
You must make a small, simple quilt top prior to the class, and come prepared with backing and batting for your quilt.  And, don’t forget your walking foot!  Details are in the attached Supply List.
 

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December 19
Our Holiday Party!

previous programs & workshops

2024

January - Speaker:  Linda Neal
            Program: “How to Create an Award-Winning Quilt”

February - Speaker:  Ledine Watson
                   Program: “Lecture and Trunk Show”

March - Speaker:  Carole Lyles Shaw
                 
          Program: “What Is a Modern Quilt? 
                       The Myths and the Magic!”

​April - Comfort Quilt Sew-in
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May - Speaker:  Kim Oleson
​       Program:  Modern Batiks of Java and Bali

June - No program due to technical issues

​July - Speaker:  Cyndi McChesney
       Program:  ​Panel Palooza

2023


January - Speaker: Randy Cole
            Program: “My First 50 Years in the Sewing Machine                                Business”

February - Speaker: Krista Moser
              Program: “Diamonds are a Quilter’s Best Friend”

March - Speaker: Laurie & Mark Cohen
                     Sew Much Love Quilt Store, Granbury
​          Program: “Sewing Love with Every Stitch” 

April - Comfort Quilt Sew-In​

May - Speaker: Sally Brown
       Program: “Every Quilt Has A Story”

June - Speaker: Barbara J. Eikmeier
        Program: “It's All in the Sashings”

​July - Speaker: Linda & Carl Sullivan  Colourwerx 
       Program: Wonky Piecing and Machine Applique

​August - Program:  Schoolhouse!

​September - Guild Auction

​October - Speaker:  Libby Ashcraft
            Program:  “Cut and Stitch—Crafting with your Digital Cutter”

​November - Speaker:  Doris Rice
​              Program:  X-Block Quilts

​December - Program:  Our Holiday Party!
2022
January - Speaker:  Lisa Erlandson
            ​Program:  Make Your Best Quilt
February - Speakers:  Anita Ruthenberg, Donna McGibboney and
​              Becky Klein
              Program: Our Favorite Quilts
​​March - Speaker:  Karen Brow-Meier
          Program:  Movin' On - Creating Movement in Our Quilts
April - Comfort Quilt Sew-in
May - Schoolhouse
June - Speaker:  Jane Bromberg
        Program:  Finishing Up!
​July - Speaker:  Melinda Stanton
       Program:  English Paper Piecing
​August - Speaker:  Charlotte Angotti
​          Program:  Your Stash – My Stash (Stories and Quilts)
​September - Quilt Show
​              Program:  Quilt Show
October - Speaker:  J. Michelle Watts
            Program:  The Beauty of the Southwest
November - Speaker:  Doris Rice
              Program:  Collage Quilting Trunk Show
December - Program:  Holidays Are Here!