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The Beauty of the Baltimore Album Quilt
By Pamela Setla, GAAQG Preservationist, Dec 5, 2019 Imagine a quilt being auctioned by Sotheby’s for $176,000 or one sold by Northeast Auctions for $58,000. These were actual prices paid for a Baltimore Album Quilt, a quilt made during the 1840s. What make these quilts so attractive to both art lovers and quilters? It…
Library Table at November Quilt Day to Feature...
November 3, 2019 By Camie Roper The librarian’s table this month will focus on gifts and small projects. With the holidays around the corner and time quickly slipping away, stop by and check out our supply. You will find books on how to make fabric bowls, batik bags, pincushions, table runners, gifts from small scraps,…
Sharon McConnell Teaching at GAAQG in November...
Color and value and fabrics are what motivate Sharon McConnell. She falls into the modern traditional quilting style. Her love of modern quilting drives her to experiment with new layouts and looks for traditional designs. Sharon is a ruler and quilt pattern designer inspires quilters across our country. With her mother as her teacher and…
Reminder: SafeHouse Sewing Event on Saturday...
By Jan Kosko September 15, 2019 Following our Quilt Day activities on Saturday, September 21, we will be holding a SafeHouse Sewing Event. We will sew, iron and cut fabric for SafeHouse quilt tops. Donated, packaged Jellyrolls will be used in this event. Bring your favorite pattern or use ours. We provide the fabric, pattern, irons…
Kimberly Einmo is teaching at GAAQG in September!
By Raylene Kruger August 8, 2019 Kimberly Einmo is an author, award-winning quilter, designer, international instructor and quilt judge. She has written six best-selling books and she has designed four rulers. Kim writes a monthly column featured in “American Quilter Magazine” and has been included in many quilting magazines. She has also appeared on…
Don’t Miss our Annual GAAQG Garage Sale on...
By Mary Beth Donovan July 10, 2019 Running out of space in your studio? Closets and drawers overflowing with fabric, patterns, notions, and other quilting, sewing, fiber or crafting items you don’t need anymore? Here’s your opportunity to clean out and organize, while also picking up some extra cash to…go shopping for more! At the…
Victoria Findlay Wolfe Teaching at Quilt...
By Nico Laudenberg June 10, 2019 Just cool. When I really, really wanted to take a workshop with Victoria Findlay Wolfe two years ago, I didn’t want the gamble of trying to get into classes at the big quilt events. So I came up with a different strategy: I went to the calendar on her…
How Workshops Work Best
By Nico Laudenberg Leave Your Comfort Zone Sometimes, the best workshops are those you didn’t want to take in the first place. Not my taste, not my thing, I’m not doing this particular technique. Or: I know my stuff anyways, why bother with new hassles? You don’t – like/need/do/you name it – this? How would…
Susan Purney Mark Teaches at 2019 QU
Susan Purney Mark is one of our internationally known teachers who will be in Ann Arbor for the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild 2019 Quilt University (QU). Susan is well known in the art quilt world for her work with mark making and creative textiles. As a textile artist, Susan has embarked on a life…
Appropriate level: Beginner
This hands-on class will teach you the basics of ruler-guided free motion quilting using your home sewing machine. We will cover straight line ruler work and curved ruler work, as well as some free motion quilting designs to “fill-in” the framework we create with our ruler work. We will also learn how to audition your ruler work designs on paper before taking them to fabric. This class will give you the skills to create block and border designs using ruler work. “I will loan you rulers to use during class so you do not need to spend a lot of money to ‘try out’ the technique of ruler work!” Patsy will supply everyone w/a set of rulers (1 straight line ruler and 3 arc rulers) to use during class. The ruler-base courses will require the purchase of a ruler foot. You must have a true ruler foot for your machine to participate in this class. If your machine manufacturer does not yet offer a ruler foot, please seek the assistance of your dealer ahead of class so a foot can be ordered for you. Your machine must be capable of free-motion quilting. You must have an extension table for your sewing machine. You do NOT need to have free-motion quilting experience to take the beginning ruler work class.
This class is designed for the quilter who knows the basics of ruler work on a home sewing machine and is ready to explore more challenging designs using ruler work. This class will focus on ruler work border designs created with basic arc rulers. We will learn how to create a variety of ruler-based border framework designs and then we will fill them in with free motion quilted designs. This class will bolster your ruler work skills, your free motion quilting skills, and your design skills.
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