September 2023

Meeting: 21 September 2023

Member Show and Tell
Member's show their latest creations to the guild!
(Hybrid Meeting)

October 2023

Meeting: 19 October 2023

David Owen Hastings
Minimal Design, Maximum Impact
This talk gives an overview of my process for coming up with simple graphic quilt designs, starting with stitched paper models (called maquettes). I show examples of how to translate an architectural photo into a quilt design, and have many samples of mini quilts I created using this process. The techniques I present are also great for making unique modern quilt block designs. I also talk about walking foot quilting and how to break free from stitch in the ditch.
(Meeting is Zoom Only)

Workshop: 21 October 2023
Rescheduled: 4 November 2023

David Owen Hastings
Inspired by Art Starting with a favorite work of art, develop your own unique modern quilt design. Be inspired by shapes, colors, structure, or the feeling you get and design a block or whole quilt with an eye on modern minimalism.
12 - 6 pm
(Zoom Workshop)

November 2023

Meeting: 16 November 2023

Margarita Korioth
The Odd Couple - Paper & Fabric in Quilts
Paper with fabric? This peculiar blend can generate interesting works of art. In this informative lecture, Margarita will share her journey of combining paper and quilting. She will also give tips on how to incorporate mixed media into your art.
(Hybrid Meeting - Speaker via Zoom)

Workshop: 18 November 2023

Margarita Korioth
Dinky Town
Let’s create together our own whimsical town with recycled magazine clippings, fabric scraps and tulle. This is an environmentally friendly class. We will be experimenting with a layering technique of paper and cloth. When our Dinky Town is ready the stitch begins. Margarita will show you how to mark and sew easily on paper by hand. This is an ideal workshop for individuals who wants to explore something playful and different.
9am to 4pm
(Zoom Workshop)
Open

January 2024

Meeting: 18 January 2024
3:00 PM (special time!)

Rosalie Dace
Dizzy Circles
Add vitality and energy to your work with eccentric circles. Used symbolically in all cultures, circles are a strong design element and focal point. Now discover what happens when you move from perfect whole circles to the unexpected excitement of eccentric circles.
(Meeting is Zoom Only)

Workshop: 20 January 2024

Rosalie Dace
Dizzy Circles
Add vitality and energy to your work with eccentric circles. Used symbolically in all cultures, circles are a strong design element and focal point. Now discover what happens when you move from perfect whole circles to the unexpected excitement of eccentric circles. Learn to use them confidently by fusing, appliqueing, piecing or stitching them to add movement and direction to your work. Working with a variety of spirals, helixes and other broken circles, you will learn how to add a new graphic quality by stitching or overlapping eccentric circles to make an individual free-wheeling composition. You may choose to work by hand or machine or both.
9am to 4pm
(Zoom Workshop)
1 space left

February 2024

Meeting: 15 February 2024

Julia Graves
No Scrap Left Behind
Do you have scraps but don’t know how to use them? Julia will let you in on the secrets of how she uses scraps of all sizes and types to create great quilts. We will cover sorting and storing scraps, how to combine them into a lovely color palette and how to use them to make quilts with more richness and depth than can be achieved with just a few fabrics. This lecture will have you digging out those scraps and putting them to good use! Includes a slide show and trunk show.
(Meeting is Zoom Only)

Workshop: 17 February 2024

Julia Graves
Amazing Abstracts
Create an abstract quilt that has amazing movement and drama. Go from inspiration to a simple sketch, then have fun “coloring” your sketch with bits of fabric to create a mock-up of your design – see before you sew! The design is gridded and blocks are foundation pieced using an easy sew and flip method with room for creativity and improvisation. Lots of discussion of design principles and how to use color and value to create the drama and desired effects. Based on the techniques of Ursula Kern (with her permission of course!).
For 1 day classes, students will start with a base pattern of spiral or a star burst and add their own coloration and value choices. Most participants will complete several blocks in class.
9am to 4pm
(Zoom Workshop)
2 spaces left
Registration Deadline:
Jan. 29, 2024

March 2024

Meeting: 21 March 2024

Hillary Waters Fayle
Embroidery on Alternate Surfaces
Hillary Water Fayle artwork combines materials and processes that express our union with the physical world, most often textile traditions in collaboration with botanical material. In a presentation of her work, she will discuss her journey as an artist, the inspirations for her embroidery,and share insights about her process and the materials she chooses to work with.
(Hybrid Meeting - Speaker via Zoom)

Workshop: 23 March 2024

QC Spring Free Workshop
QC members teaching members.
Teachers and classes TBD
(In-person Workshop)

April 2024

Meeting: 18 April 2024

Lee Sproull
Two Questions, Many Answers: Building My Quilt Repertoire
When people look at my quilts, they often ask two questions: Where do you get your ideas? And, How do you make it? In fact I ask myself the same two questions over and over with each quilt I make. The questions don’t really change over time, but my answers change and develop with each piece I make. In this talk I illustrate two different answers to the question: where do you get your ideas? And I illustrate four different answers to the question: how do you make it? My finished quilts serve as case examples of each answer (a different quilt for each case example).
(Hybrid Meeting - Speaker In-Person)

Workshop: 19 April 2024

Lee Sproull
Seamed Scraps
When you cut off extra fabric from a quilt block or top, the cut scrap is often a seamed-scrap—two or more pieces of fabric connected by one or more seams. These seamed scraps make great components for scrap minis. In this workshop you will cut small pieces of scrap fabric, including seamed scraps, arrange them in an improvisational design, and sew them up. The magic of using seamed scraps in your design is that it will look like you’ve sewn tiny pieces into your project.
9am to noon
(In-person Workshop)
Open

Workshop: 20 April 2024

Lee Sproull
Squiggles
A squiggle begins with seven to ten strips of striped or printed fabric, cut with wavy edges and sewn together with wavy edge to wavy edge. The sewn fabric is then cut crossways into straight or curved shapes that become elements in a larger composition.
9am to 4pm
(In-person Workshop)
Open

May 2024

Meeting: 9 May 2024

Marge Tucker
Improv & Abstraction in Antique Quilts
Some of our quilting ancestors were ahead of their time! We are not the first generation of quilters to discover improvisational quilting; but we may be the ones who have embraced it and made it mainstream. In this trunk show, I display antique and vintage quilts that are improvisationally constructed. So much inspiration and some great lessons can be learned from these graphic and abstract “antiques.”
(Hybrid Meeting - Speaker In-Person)

Workshop: 10 May 2024

Marge Tucker
Improv Dresden Plate
Learn how to piece improvisational Dresden Plate blocks! This is an incredibly versatile technique with many exciting variations to explore. This results in contemporary looking circles and a great example is my multi-award winning quilt “Burst”.
Circles are a magical shape with no beginning and no end and the creative possibilities in this class are endless!
9am to 4pm
(In-person Workshop)
2 spaces left

QC Quilt Show: 18-19 May 2024

>Daffodils and Scillas
2024 Quilters Connection Quilt Show
Arlington Town Hall
730 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA 02476