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 ~ March 2, 2010 - Eda Steinman - "Border Patrol"  Boy did we have fun! Photo copyright - Eda Steinman
 More pictures on "At the Workshop" page

                                                                                                           

 

WORKSHOP ~ March 16, 2010 - Cheryl A Taylor - "Pomegranates and Posies"

The class will provide instruction on the Pomegranate & Posies quilt from my book, Deck the Halls. The quilt features pomegranates and roses in rich red tones for holiday opulence. Shades of cream and gold provide a warm background to flowering vines, which together creates an elegant quilt. Some of the techniques that will be covered in the class are fusible web applique, machine blanket stitching, making a dog-tooth border, and creating bias vines.

On her web site, Cheryl says, “Quilting has become a passion in my life, and it gives me great joy to see ideas come to life through the use of color, fabric, and thread. I enjoy sharing my passion with others and have found that most quilters have an instantaneous bond through this same love.”
While Cheryl has only been quilting since 2000, she has become quite “quilt obsessed.” Despite the any patterns she already owned, she always wanted something different, something with a twist or a variation – and soon was designing her own.
Cheryl was on faculty at IQF in Houston in 2008 and IQF in Long Beach in 2009. She travels and teaches as time allows and has taught in NY, NJ, PA, MD, TX, and CA. She is the designer of the Storybook Snugglers pattern series that is published by Martingale & Co, as well as the author of Deck the Halls. Her work has also appeared in Quick Quilts and McCall's Quilting and her apple quilt appeared on the cover of the August 2009 issue of McCall's Quilting. Currently, her quilt, "Sweet and Juicy" is featured on the cover of McCall's Quilting and was quilted by  WVQG's own Cheryl Winslow!

Cheryl can be reached at her web site www.atimetosewquilts.com/designer.htm or at her email. 

PROGRAM ~ March 23, 2010 - WVQG - Schoolhouse Demo

 

The return of a wonderful program! Our host, Ann Sigler, is preparing 5 stations where 5 aspects of quilting will be presented. Attending guild members and guests will have the opportunity to attend each station in a rotating format! There will be a small fee for guests - more as soon as it is all finalized! 

 

There will be a VERY short announcement/ show and tell - bring a bag lunch - the program will start at 10:30!! Bring your notebooks and cameras.

 

Presenters have been announced! (alphabetical)

Martha Hall - Curved Piecing

Michelle Maggs - Hand Quilting

Susan Schweikhart - Transforming Fabric

Eda Steinman - Paper Piecing

Cheryl Winslow- New Binding Technique

 

PLEASE BE ON TIME - demos will start promptly

Demo start times are: 10:30, 11, 11:30 - 15 minute break - 11:45 and

12: 15. Each Demo is 25 minutes with a 5 minute break to change stations. Bring your bag lunch and we can enjoy one another's company when teh emo's are completed at 12:45!

 

 

WORKSHOP ~ April 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 ~ April 27, 2010 -Diane Savona - "Historical Textiles"

Old textiles contain history on a very personal level. Whether it’s colonial samplers or grandma’s embroidery, the fabrics spell out stories –accounts you won’t find in history books. This digital presentation will illustrate how various textiles have been used to convey and preserve information. There will also be several pieces of  the art to see ‘in the cloth’.

 Photo copyright - Diane Savona

My Art

The fossilized impressions in Diane Savona’s art are, in fact, old buttons and buckles sewn between layers of cloth.  Savona’s work is constructed almost entirely from salvaged materials, the art presented as petrified specimens. Deconstructed garments are offered for inspection on taut surfaces. By carefully cutting apart and arranging the garments, their human connection is emphasized. Crochet and lace, showing through the almost transparent garments, appear skeletal. The rigid framing exposes the somewhat sentimental clothing (several are infant christening gowns) in an unemotional perspective, allowing the viewer to examine the clothing as artifacts.

Diane Savona is an artist and collector of domestic artifacts. By incorporating clothing, tools and personal possessions, she connects her work to the people in her community, both past and present. Her work has been shown in galleries and museums, seen in Piecework magazine, and a one woman show in NYC in 2006. She is currently a fellow at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia, and a winner of a 2008 NJ Council on the Arts Fellowship Award. Her one woman show, Closet Archaeology, just opened at the Hermitage Museum in NJ, and her art will be featured in the April issue of Fiberarts Magazine.  

Visit Diane's  website: http://www.dianesavonaart.com/index.html


Visit the Hermitage, Ho Ho Kus, NJ, Diane's One Woman Exhibit



                   


photo copyright - Diane Savona                                                  

 WORKSHOP ~ May 18, 2010 - Susan Schweikhart -  "Dyeing Fabric 101"
 Photo copyright - Susan Schweikhart

Susan is a WVQG member and has been quilting for 30 years and teaching for 10 years.  She has been dyeing fabrics for 8 years and has worked with a variety of methods of dyeing of dyeing and fabric surface transformations.Susan is an award winning quilter in both machine piecing and in appliqué.  Her work has been shown in WVQG's Stars of the Valley; Milford Quilt Guild Show (PA); Country Quilters (NY); Quilt    Extravaganza; Quiltfest of New Jersey; Quilters Heritage Celebration (Pa); HMQS Quilt Exhibit; NJ Quilt Convention; National Quilters' Association; AQS Show, Knoxville; Quilters by the Lake; and Electric Quilt Company Challenge. She has also been seen in Quilters Newsletter.   
You can follow some of Susan's experiences on dying and her    wonderful art quilting on her blog:   http://susanschweikhart.blogspot.com/    

 PROGRAM ~ May 25, 2010 - Susan Ball Faeder - "Japanese Textiles"

Japanese Traditional Textiles Trunk Show: Most people know what a kimono is, but here’s a chance to see how a kimono is made... and more especially how are the materials made? Is it printed or woven? What is kasuri or katazome? How do you tell the difference between real tie-dyed shibori and machine made? With walk-around examples that you can see and touch, selected from my 40 year’s of traveling to Japan and collecting fabric, you will learn the basics of Japanese textile identification in an hour-- complete with vocabulary list in Japanese (if you wish) !

                                                                          A colorful obi in the BINGATA style

                                                                              from Okinawa. Purchased 1989.

                                              photo copyright - Susan Ball Faeder

Susan Ball Faeder is an American quilt artist who has been traveling to Japan for 40 years. In 1988, over 20 years ago, she combined her love of Japan and her love of quilting to create her own business called "Quilters' Express to Japan" ... and through this vehicle she has led (and translated for) 18 textile tours to Japan, introducing not only the world of Japanese quilting-- but also the Japanese culture itself-- and more specifically the textiles indigenous to Japan. Her next tour, called "Cloth & Clay" scheduled for November 2010, will focus on the textiles and pottery of Okinawa.  She has designed 5 fabric collections and is a well-known vendor at select merchant malls at top quilt shows around the nation.  The company's mail order "Japanese Fabric Club" is now in its 15th year. Her own artwork - comprised of quilts, collages, and sashiko stitching - has been juried into several shows, both nationally and internationally.  In August 2005 she moved to central PA where she opened a small retail shop and occasionally teaches classes from her home. 
 
Visit Susan's Website: www.QEJAPAN.com


 

 PROGRAM ~ June 22, 2010 - Charlene Frable
- "Quilt as Desired "

Quilt as desired – as a beginning quilter, I always wondered what that was supposed to mean!  I had the “desire” to quilt, but didn’t have a clue how to get started.  I felt like my first pattern ended before I got to the finish line!  Fortunately, Charlene C. Frable, the author of Quilt as Desired, had the same experience – and DID something about it!

She wrote the most concise spiral bound book that is full of pictures, tips and hints – another fine example of the quality books that are being published by Krause these days!   It will arrive in the quilt stores sometime in May.

This book is not written for long-arm quilters – it was written for those of you who want to quilt on your own sewing machine.   Charlene starts with the basics and holds your hand every step of the way.  ”Setting Up the Machine” isn’t even mentioned until Page 31!  First she explains what sewing machine feet, battings, threads, and notions you will need to complete your project AND what the advantages are of each!  She takes the time to provide the detail to make you an educated machine quilter!

In Section Two, she not only teaches you several different techniques, Charlene tells you why you may want to choose one design over another.   She is a professional educator turned quilter – and it shows.          by Penny Haren                                    

 

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
      

 PROGRAM ~ October 26, 2010 - Meg Cox - " A Quilters' Catalog"

Lecture and bio info to follow - Meg's web site is : http://www.megcox.com/index.htm