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QAAQG Quilt Along Week 12 – Finishing...
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Mae West How are you? Did you quilt your Aviatrix yet? Well, to be honest, we don’t really expect you did. A week isn’t quite enough time. Did you make any plans, though? Or did you send it to your longarmer?…
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 11 – Quilting...
How are you? Are we done yet? Well, almost, right? What do you do with your quilt top? Do you use a longarmer and quilt by credit card? Do you put your Aviatrix on top the big pile of “I need to quilt these one day”? Do you hand quilt? Machine? And how do…
David Owen Hastings is a very busy guy...
By Arlene Kindel April 20, 2021 David Owen Hastings is a quilter, graphic designer, print and textile artist, and creative coach. He creates textile art through dyeing, painting, collage, stitching, fabric printing and manipulation, and produces richly layered contemporary pieces with lots of texture and depth. He lectures, teaches numerous workshops on design and many…
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 10 – Assembly...
How are you? Assembly. How does that sound? Does it sound like accomplishment and satisfaction? We know, right? It’s this bright grin on your face. But don’t get carried away, let’s finish this nicely. This week’s task The rows get quite long and skinny. In case you really could resist to attach…
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 9 – Butterflies
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” …
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 8 – Squares...
“The soul of an artist cannot remain hidden.” Henri Nouwen How are you? Are you hunting eggs today? Well, we have some sort of square eggs in a square for you. Maybe you whipped up some…
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 7 – Checkerboard...
“I have decided to be happy because it is good for my health.” …
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 6 – Propellers
“Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.” Earl Nightingale Thanks to an incredibly smart quilt-alonger (it was Pat Weber!), we finally realized that the star blocks look like propellers, which makes so much…
QAAQG Quilt Along Week 5 – Rail Fence...
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” Rabindranath Tagore How are you? Do you miss an hour of sleep today? Well, it’s spring forward, fall back time again. Here…
Debbie Maddy’s lecture at the Saturday July 17 Quilt Day meeting is titled “Indigo Shibori Dyeing from Itajime, Arashi, Nui, Komo & Beyond”. 
Take the fear out of curved piecing with two different Improv Circle techniques. There’s no template, no pins, and no matching seams. You’ll be confident with curves in no time! Basic sewing skills and a sewing machine in good working order necessary.
Cindy Grisdela’s lecture at the Saturday September 18 Quilt Day meeting is titled “Free Motion Quilting with Style”. You’ve gotten comfortable with stippling. What’s next? Are you curious about adding interesting motifs to your free motion quilting? Cindy Grisdela shows you how in this fun lecture. Put different motifs in different areas of your quilt or mix it up all in the same space! Cindy uses her quilts as examples to give you ideas you can put to use in your next quilt.
