QC Happenings

Quilters' Connection has monthly schedule General Meetings and Events that are scheduled during the year.
These consist of QC-sponsored events, such as the Winter Workshop, and the Biennial Auction.
There are happenings such as the Yard Sale and a Get-Away weekend, which may be offered during the year.
There are also events that are important to our members and non-members alike, such as Comfort Quilt Workshops
and other happenings our members share.
Below you will find the information and links to these and past event photos.

QC-Sponsored Events

Quilters' Connection Grand Show and Tell
The 2022 Grand Show and Tell in Power Point Format to download:
2022 Grand Show and Tell (Power Point)
The 2021 Grand Show and Tell hosted via Zoom September 23, 2021 photos ,
description of process and September 17, 2020 photos ,
(September 2019),
(February 2019),
(February 2018).
Winter Workshop 2022 - Saturday, March 5, 2022
Photos (February 2019)
Photos(February 2018)
What happens at a Winter Workshop.
Biennial Auction - Thursday, December 2, 2021: Quilters' Connection Biennial Auction - 6pm Thursday evening meeting in Keljik Hall
Photos for the 2020 Auction
Photos from Auction: (April 2018)

QC-Sponsored Happenings

Bookmarks for the QC November Lecture and Quilt Display at the Watertown Library.
And Lecture, Hatch Classes, Quilt Exhibit, and Auction Flyer.

See the list of Classes with Photos and Description
These fall and winter Library programs are funded by a grant from the Watertown Community Foundation
to Quilters' Connection and in collaboration with the Watertown Free Library and HATCH.
- Schedule:
     October 4, 2021 - Kick off: all about LOVE - sewing blocks that spell out the word.
     November 16, 2021, 7:00-8:30 pm - Lecture "Connected Threads: Traditional Quilting to Modern Mayhem"
     Month of November 2021, QC Exhibiting Quilts in November See the sample
     All the Classes, Hatch Class list

Membership Growth Committee Happenings (2020-2022)
See the list of Classes with Photos and description
See the photos of the first Hatch class of Fall 2021.
Yard Sale - (October 2017)

Open Events

Comfort Quilts - Comfort Quilts Workshops are fun! Do Come and Participate.

Other Happenings

The Museum of Fine Arts Exhibit in Boston

Credit
The museum will be hosting a Quilt Show: MFA Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories beginning October 10, 2021 through January 17, 2022. This show will be very inclusive with quilters voices often not seen in national shows together such as Bisa Butler, Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi as well as early quilters such as Mary Fifield Adams (1694-1748) and Harriet Powers.
Of special treat will be the showing of two quilts by Harriet Powers: Pictural Quilt and Bible Quilt. This will be the first time that these two quilts will be shown side by side. You can read about the exhibit Fabric of a Nation American Quilt Stories MFA (pdf)

Past Happenings

QC Quilters on Display at Library and Hear from Speakers at Lecture November 16, 2021

Watertown News about the QC Lecture and Quilt Display HERE

Watertown Faire on the Square 2021

The weather forecast said rain and there wasn't a drop!
QC had a second booth at a Watertown event on September 25 at Faire on the Square. Our colorful quilts certainly stood out and garnered lots of interest and compliments. QC members talked to lots of people and handed out materials about QC, the HATCH classes as well as the upcoming lecture and exhibit at the Library.
Thank you QC members Athila Jarrah, Pam Nourse (a new member as of September!), Deborah Rocha and Karen Hohler.

Here is a photo of Karen (MGC Chair) at the QC display

QC August 2021 Picnic

First Annual QC Picnic on August 14.
Read all about it and see the photos.

Watertown Faire on the Square 2019

The Membership Growth Committee (MGC) made its first outreach to a wider community at the Watertown Faire on Saturday, September 28. Members of the committee showed their quilts and womaned the table for the day, We spoke to many people from Watertwon and St. James Church who had no idea we existed! We gave out postcards and member applications. The biggest surprise of the day was the donation of two 1920's era twin size wedding ring quilts for the QC auction in April 2020. Thank you to Watertown resident Cynthia Taylor.

A Collaboration between Quilters' Connection and Old North Church

Quilting Workshops
Saturday, March 9 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sunday, March 24 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
193 Salem Street, Boston, MA

Learn piecing and contribute to a community-created quilt! Before there were sewing machines, quilts were made by hand. Talented members of a local guild, Quilters' Connection, will be on hand with pre-cut squares to show you how to begin piecing a quilt by hand. Your hand-sewn pieces will be combined with others to create larger quilts. Members of Quilters' Connection will quilt, bind, and finish them before they are donated to local charities in the Boston area. Participation in this workshop is automatically included with admission to Old North Church & Historic Site. It will be held in Patriots Corner, where the current Piece-ful Voices exhibition is on view.
On Saturday February 9th, visitors at Old North Church try their hands at piecing.
Julie Fei-Fan Balzer TV show Make It Artsy

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer: I host the TV show Make It Artsy. It is produced by the same people who do Quilting Arts TV.
Make It Artsy airs on PBS Create on Tuesdays at 11am and 5:30pm, beginning January 15, 2019. I hope you will tune in!
QC Kudos to Julie Fei-Fan
Check out the interview of Julie by Diti Kohli, Globe correspondent