J Minyard

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September 15 – Arlene Velis

Lecture only. Color Confidence for Quilters.

Arlene Velis is an artist and instructor based in California. She was born and raised in Southern California where she grew up visiting local art galleries, museums and libraries which inspired her love of art. She received her MA in Fine Arts from California State University Northridge.

Arlene is inspired by nature and texture. She enjoys quilting, embroidery, painting, and ceramics to name a few. In her free time she enjoys sewing her own clothes, gardening and cooking. She currently works as an Adjunct Professor and presents to quilting guilds. Arlene is certified to teach both Scrappy Applique and Color Confidence for Quilters.

Sunday, September 15. Meeting: 1:30 pm. Lecture: approximately 2:00 pm.

August 18 – Jenny Lyon

Jenny is a fiber artist, author and teacher. Her work focuses on free motion quilting on whole cloth and has juried into international quilt shows, art shows and galleries. Jenny teaches and lectures on free motion quilting wherever she is invited. She claims the title “Encourager-in-Chief” as she believes that every quilter has the skills to free motion quilt some of their own work. She lives in northern California with her husband and Australian Shepherdess. Her boys have left the nest and she now has a fine 2-room studio.

Jenny will present her lecture “My Tippy Top Tips for Successful and Joyful Free Motion Quilting”.

Sunday, August 18. Meeting: 1:30 pm. Lecture: approximately 2:00 pm. (No workshop this month.)

July 21: Elizabeth DeCroos of Epida Studio and Designs

Elizabeth will present her workshop AFTER our business meeting. All events are on Zoom. Meeting opens at 1:30 pm; workshop starting approximately 2:00 pm. (3 hours)

Pojagi is the ancient Korean textile art of making wrapping cloths. Some were custom made with special cloth and others were pieced together with scraps left over from sewing clothes. Today these techniques are used to make many different things.

The name of my sudio is Epida Studio and Designs. I have been asked about the word “Epida” (pronounced EE-pid-ah). It is a made up word inspired by the Korean word for beautiful. It’s my tribute to the Korean culture and beauty that influences many of my designs.

No, I am not Korean and am not related to anyone with Korean heritage. In 2009, my husband was offered a job in Korea, so we packed up four small kids and moved there for two years. It was a wonderful experience and we love the country. It was during that time I began my study of pojagi.

Glimmer window hanging workshop
https://www.epidastudio.com

Join us Sunday, July 21, to learn about Pojagi.

Upcoming August program: Jenny Lyon. Machine quilting.

April Program/Workshop

25 x 25 inches

Sunday, April 21, 10:30 am

Tina Curan https://www.tinacurran.com/

Whimsical Garden: My most popular workshop, this pattern uses two techniques — regular piecing to make the background and raw edge appliqué to make the foreground. What’s fun about these quilts is they all come out differently, based on what students bring to class.

Whimsical Garden Supply List

Quilting Day

World Wide Quilting Day, International Quilting Day, National Quilting Day. Three names for the same day/event. It’s all about celebrating the world of quilting. March 16, 2024.

Past-President Sue dropped off 2 quilts to Sierra Vista Hospital to be given to two babies. We were a little late in getting them delivered in time for World Wide Quilting Day, but the babies won’t care!

What did you do to celebrate?

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