Warwick Valley Quilters' Guild

Workshops are open to members and non-members alike! - first come, first accepted!  Please contact the WVQG if you are interested in a particular workshop.

    Take advantage of a great selection of diverse areas of learning         
and join a workshop soon!  
Pre-registration is required,
contact the Program Chairwoman  for supply lists  

WORKSHOP ~ FEBRUARY thru NOVEMBER 2010  - EDA STEINMAN - COLOR 101 - class closed 

In this 9 month workshop, color master Eda will take participants through the color wheel, learning about the color combos that make the difference between a nice quilt and a successful one.   

 

WORKSHOP ~ July 20, 2010 - Diane Johnson  - "Penny Rugs and Rug Hooking"

Rug hooking and Penny Rug appliqué, two wonderful wool techniques popularized in the second half of the 19^th Century are considered sister crafts to quilting. With a few simple tools and some great tips from Diane, they’ll be wonderful additions to your fabric crafting repertoire. Try one or both in our all day workshop with Diane Johnson.

We’ll begin the day with a demonstration of each technique so that everyone gets an overview of both! Then we’ll break into groups to begin a hands-on exploration of the process. We’ll switch gears in the afternoon so that those who would like to may try both. Other participants may continue work on the morning project.

 Original kits may be ordered up to three weeks in advance for either technique for $30 each. The Penny Rug kit is for a pumpkin and crow design and includes felted wool fabric, cotton backing fabric, matching embroidery threads, needle, tulle and pattern for a 15” X 20” wall hanging. The rug hooking kit includes felted wool fabric, burlap, tulle, pattern, binding and rug hook for an 8” mat with flower basket design. Or, if you have your own kit for either technique, feel free to use that. Participants can contact Diane via her email, dianejohnson@optonline.net 

 Penny Rug - photo copyright - Diane Johnson

Rug Hooking

Diane lives in Rhinebeck, NY with her husband, Eric and wacky Siamese cat, Tasha. A former high school English teacher, she  brings over 30 years of quilting and teaching experience to her classes and lectures and has been invited to speak at more      that 30 quilt guilds in the New England and Mid-Atlantic                   states. Her talks and workshops are always illustrated  with many of the quilts and accessories created during her prolific career.                                                        
 
 

PROGRAM ~ July 27, 2010 - Dalen Keys -

"Just A Quilt?"

Just A Quilt? is a delightful story about a six-year-old boy and his imaginative uses for his prized quilt that his mother made for him. This tale explores and integrates the creativity of a child and the security of home. Enjoy the youthful freedom when imagination is not limited and his quilt becomes so much more than Just a Quilt. This is the first children?s picture book by Dalen Keys who collaborated with Kim Sponaugle on the beautiful illustrations. Just A Quilt? has a colorful dustcover over a blue hardback with gold lettering. Just A Quilt? is for children ages 4 to 8. ISBN 978-1-886068-34-6

• ISBN: 978-1-886068-34-6

http://shop.dalenkeys.com/product.sc?productId=1

 

WORKSHOP ~ August 17, 2010 - Leslie Lacika - "Paper Doll Fun"

Remember as a child cutting those chains of dolls from the newspaper? Apply that same technique to quilt block creation. Using freezer paper patterns and a quick blanket stitch appliqué technique, create delightful girls and boys. With added clothes and/or embellishments the personalities of your dolls spring to life.

You will see how simple it is to create a variety of patterns and stitch up a diverse selection of wall hangings. You can use the provided patterns or draw your own. You will make two (or more) paper dolls and can plan for something bigger. Not a “do once” activity -we will discuss techniques and designs for other projects in your future.

Get ready to create your own pair, trio, four-some, or more. 

You can contact Leslie at her website: http://lacika.org/~leslie/home/ or email. 

 All Aboard     Photo copyright - Leslie Lacika

 

 

 

 

 

                                               

                                                          At The Ballet   Photo copyright - Leslie Lacika

  Boys and Girls   Photo copyright - Leslie Lacika
                 

Leslie is a self-taught seamstress, learning to sew on her own as a child. Even in those younger days, she changed and adapted patterns in her clothing designs and other projects, and rarely worked straight from a pattern.  She has been quilting for more than twenty-five years.  Her quilting passions extend from the traditional to contemporary.  She loves to reshape ideas and incorporate new and unusual materials into her works.  She enjoys all types of quilting, including piecing and appliqué, machine and handwork.  In addition to quilting, Leslie has a wide range of artistic talents (including woodworking, tiling, embroidery, knitting and crocheting).  She often thinks out-of-the-box in her design approach and employs unusual methods and includes unique items in these works as well as in her quilts. 
Leslie is an active member of the Milford Valley Quilters Guild.  She has chaired committees, taught fellow guild members, and participated in numerous guild activities - including challenges, shows, community service, and workshops.
She lives with her husband, Mike, in the lovely Pocono Mountains of northeast Pennsylvania.  Moving on from a career in education as a school librarian and teacher, she continues to expand her quilting horizons, teaching others and learning from those she teaches.
 

 PROGRAM ~ August 24, 2010 - Susan Sato - "Japanese Quilting Techniques"

Susan's program will discuss how quilters can incorporate Japanese Shibori dyeing techniques into their quilts as well as Sashiko quilting techniques. Susan will bring along examples of her work to demonstrate these techniques. Susan will also be bringing along Sashiko stitching supplies for purchase along with pre-cut fabric kits in Asian and Contemporary fabrics. If members want specific kits they can go on my website and send me an email and I will bring them to the lecture. Visit Susan's web site, www.easypiecing.com - if there is a particular kit you might be interested in, please contact Susan by email, and she will bring it along that day, or you may purchase it through the web site.

 

 Asian Table runner photo copyright Susan Sato 2010

 

Shibori Samlple photo copyright Susan Sato 2010

 

Third-generation Japanese American, Susan Sato has been sewing since age 14. The oldest of five children, she started by sewing her own clothes and later made clothing for her daughter, Jana. She moved from Connecticut to Brooklyn in 1986 and became a quilt-maker in 1994.

While going through an old trunk at her mother’s home about ten years ago, Susan found her grandfather’s kimono and obi with his kamon, the family crest, on it. She knew then that sewing in the traditional Japanese style was the path she wanted to follow for her quilting inspiration. Susan started quilting with Japanese fabrics, incorporating the sashiko form of hand sewing. When her own work inspired her to teach, she began with basic quilting classes in Japanese free-form design classes and branching out into Shibori and silk dyeing.

In celebration of its newly refurbished entrance, the Brooklyn Museum of Art commissioned Susan to create photo pillows for their gift shop. Her line of Japanese handbags and pillows have been sold in Brooklyn shops.

Susan teaches handbag classes for beginners that can be finished in a day. She finds this to be a great way for beginner quilters to learn how to work with a pattern and construct a bag. “I enjoy teaching beginners and the advice I have for them is patience and practice. The Brooklyn Bridge wasn’t built in a day.” 

 WORKSHOP ~ September 21, 2010 - Martha C. Hall -  "Wish You were Here - Postcards to Send or Save"

Fabric postcards are totally fun to make – addictive even! You will learn techniques for making these small works of art and get design tips for working on a small ‘canvas’. Your imagination is the only limit to what you can do – well, that and a couple of minor postal regulations! You should be able to leave the workshop with two or three finished postcards, which can then be mailed to delighted recipients. Or you may just want to save them to enjoy yourself!

 

Martha C. Hall is a fabric artist and quiltmaker working in northwest New Jersey. Martha’s intuitive love of color is evident throughout her work. Dyeing much of her own fabric allows her to create new color palettes as ideas evolve. Each piece or series starts with an initial concept and develops spontaneously and abstractly to express ideas about art process, and reflections on life and spirit.
 
Martha’s fascination with quilts started with an attraction to the traditional patterns and designs of a previous era. From that early interest eventually emerged a desire to create something unique and non-conventional. Art quilts allow her to indulge her inherent yearning to work with fabric and textiles and expand that passion to create art that moves beyond prescribed definitions.
 
Martha received her B.A. in Studio Art from Montclair State University, NJ. Her art and quilts have been exhibited nationally in galleries and juried shows. A member of the Warwick Valley Quilters' Guild since 1990, she was honored as a featured artist at the 2008 Stars of the Valley Quilt Show. Several of her quilts hang in private collections.
 
You can view more of Martha’s work at www.marthahallart.com
      

 WORKSHOP ~ October 19, 2010 - Jane Davila -  TBA

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 PROGRAM ~ October 26, 2010 - Meg Cox - "Quilt Journalist Tells All"

Full of stories, humor and quilts, this lecture is about how a former Wall Street Journal reporter became obsessed with quilts and put together a 600-page resource guide for modern quilters. Crafters Choice Book Club bought 34,000 copies of The Quilter's Catalog: A Comprehensive Resource Guide, which Publishers Weekly called "a classic." Meg Cox talks about what the quilt world looks like through a journalist's eyes and shares some of the scoops she has uncovered. The scoops keep coming, as she writes a gossip column, Megabites, for Quilter's Home magazine and has a regular feature called "Look Who's Quilting Now" in the new Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson publication The Quilt Life. Show and tell will include most of the quilt projects from Meg's book, plus selected quilts from her personal collection, some by well-known art quilters.

Meg Cox, who is also president of the nonprofit Alliance for American Quilts, will lift the curtain and give an insider's view of the quilt world like you've never seen it. She'll also reveal how the amazing online projects of the Alliance can inspire your next quilt. If you want to see what this quilt reporter is covering now, sign up for her free monthly e-mail newsletter, Meg Cox on Quilting Now! Just send a blank e-mail message to quilters-join@megcox.com.  http://www.megcox.com/index.htm

 WORKSHOP ~ November 16 , 2010 - Sally Davis-  TBA

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