Events

Our 2020 Quilt Show is online through September 30, 2020.

GAAQG is holding its 16^th Biennial Quilt Show, “Celebrate the Quilt From Home” here on our website.  Every even-numbered year, GAAQG members create items to enter into this non-juried show.   This online show features member-made entries and two Special Exhibits.  In lieu of admission, we are suggesting a  $6.00 or more donation to SafeHouse Center.  For more information, check our Quilt Show page.

CLASS FILLED – contact programs@gaaqg.com to be added to the wait list

THIS IS A LIVE, ONLINE CLASS TAUGHT ON THE ZOOM PLATFORM

Skill Level:  Intermediate

Students will use the traditional log cabin quilt block, as well as other linear quilt block shapes, as the starting point for creative and original compositions.  Improvisational piecing, contemporary quilt design and using lines to make shapes are all discussed this class.  NOTE:  See the supply list for class preparation.

The Zoom classroom opens at 8:30 a.m. and students should be online by 8:45 a.m.

Learn more about Maria Shell.    Website       Blog       Bio

CLICK HERE for the Supply List

Registration begins August 20 for active GAAQG Members only.

In 2014, Maria Shell spent two months as an artist-in-residence at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, North Carolina. While there, she worked weekly with a formerly chronically homeless community now living in Moore Place. By teaching basic sewing skills to the residents, she developed a relationship with the residents of Moore Place that eventually led to the making of a community quilt that celebrated the residents and their journey towards finding a home and a community. Since then, Maria has gone on to work with communities and organizations across the US helping them to also build quilts and share their stories.

Active GAAQG members can join us online via Zoom at our Quilt Day meeting on Saturday, November 21, 2020.  The meeting will start promptly at 9:15 a.m. (you should join the Zoom meeting at 9:00).  Maria’s lecture will begin after the business section of the meeting.

Instructions on how to join the meeting will be sent to active GAAQG members in November.

CLASS FILLED:  contact programs@gaaqg.com to be added to the wait list.

THIS IS A LIVE, ONLINE CLASS TAUGHT ON THE ZOOM PLATFORM

Skill Level:  Intermediate

All leftover fabric, UFOs, orphan blocks and random strips of fabric are welcome in this class.  We’ll take those pieces of what not and make them into fun improvisational masterpieces.  The focus of this workshop is on using up leftovers, bit making (creating small improvisationally-cut and pieced traditional quilt blocks) and composition.

NOTE:  See the supply list for class preparation.

The Zoom classroom opens at 8:30 a.m. and students should be online by 8:45 a.m.

Learn more about Maria Shell.    Website       Blog       Bio

CLICK HERE for the Supply List and Class Preparation Instructions

Registration begins August 20 for active GAAQG Members only.