Events

The Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild will host our online July Quilt Day meeting on Saturday, July 18 at 9:15 am. GAAQG members will receive an email invitation with instructions on how to participate in the Quilt Day meeting via GoToMeeting.com. You must be a GAAQG active member to participate in our Quilt Day meeting.

Our guest lecturer is Brenda Ratliff, an influential up-and-comer in the modern quilting world. Brenda is the founder of the Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild and wears many hats: quilt retailer, avid blogger, pattern designer, convention organizer, and RJR Fabrics designer.

Her once small business that began in her basement grew into Pink Castle Fabrics—one of the largest online retailers of modern and Japanese import fabrics. Brenda’s closing Pink Castle Fabrics to focus on new quilting industry adventures.

The GoToMeeting will open at 8:15 am, and the actual meeting starts at 9:15 am.

Learn More About Quilt Days

Our 2020 Quilt Show will be online, beginning August 1, 2020

Beginning August 1, 2020, GAAQG will hold 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 will feature 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.

This workshop has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Appropriate level: BEGINNERS ARE WELCOME IN ALL OF ANN’S WORKSHOPS!

We will make a mosaic-like art quilt using fusible web and free-motion machine quilting. Ann will provide backing and mat board to mount the finished quilt. Students may choose any of Ann’s mosaic designs by looking on her website.

Ann Loveless is a native of Frankfort, Michigan. She attended Michigan State University and received her degree in Clothing and Textile Design. In 2004 Ann fell in love with the art of Landscape Quilting. Ann’s inspiration and designs come from nature and the beautiful lakes and woods of Northwest and Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She works from photographs and has developed three distinctive quilting techniques. Ann is the 2013 and 2015 first place winner of Artprize in Grand Rapids

Supply List

Find Ann at (click on each link):    Website

Registration

Workshops are open to both guild members and non-guild members. Because the cost of the workshops is subsidized by members’ dues, non-members are asked to pay an additional $15 per workshop. Non-members will be able to register for all 2020 workshops after December 1, 2019. Workshop registration policy.

Members: $75 + $2.50 credit card processing fee

Non-Members: $90 + $2.90 credit card processing fee

Online registration is available for members; non-members should contact Brenda Rigdon, V-P Programs, at programs@gaaqg.com to register or be placed on the waiting list. (If you prefer to write a check and mail in your workshop registration, please download our printable form.)

See the complete GAAQG Workshop Registration/Refund Policy for more information.

Questions?

Contact our VP-Programs.

CANCELLED Due to Covid-19 crisis.

Lecture by Ann Loveless

Lecture description: TBD

This lecture follows the business meeting on Quilt Day.

Learn More About Quilt Days

Following our September 19 Quilt Day Meeting and Lecture, please stay for the SafeHouse Sewing Event.  Quilt kits are being made up for your use.  No fabric needed, although you will need to being basic sewing supplies.  Feel free to sew with a friend or group.  If you don’t want to bring your machine, we always need help with cutting and pressing.

All welcome.  Please register in advance – JLKOSKO@hotmail.com

This workshop has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Appropriate level: BEGINNERS ARE WELCOME IN ALL OF ANN’S WORKSHOPS!

We will make a 10 x 14 art quilt using a raw edge appliqué technique, fusible web and free-motion machine quilting. Also includes using non-traditional quilting fabrics such as linens, gauze, sheers etc. Ann will provide some of the specialty fabrics. Students may choose any of Ann’s collage designs by looking on her website.

Ann Loveless is a native of Frankfort, Michigan. She attended Michigan State University and received her degree in Clothing and Textile Design. In 2004 Ann fell in love with the art of Landscape Quilting. Ann’s inspiration and designs come from nature and the beautiful lakes and woods of Northwest and Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She works from photographs and has developed three distinctive quilting techniques. Ann is the 2013 and 2015 first place winner of Artprize in Grand Rapids

Supply List

Find Ann at (click on each link):    Website

Registration

Workshops are open to both guild members and non-guild members. Because the cost of the workshops is subsidized by members’ dues, non-members are asked to pay an additional $15 per workshop. Non-members will be able to register for all 2020 workshops after December 1, 2019. Workshop registration policy.

Members: $75 + $2.50 credit card processing fee

Non-Members: $90 + $2.90 credit card processing fee

Online registration is available for members; non-members should contact Brenda Rigdon, V-P Programs, at programs@gaaqg.com to register or be placed on the waiting list. (If you prefer to write a check and mail in your workshop registration, please download our printable form.)

See the complete GAAQG Workshop Registration/Refund Policy for more information.

Questions?

Contact our VP-Programs.

Appropriate level:   Beginner to Advanced

Learn several variations of our most popular improvisational piecing technique and make one of the six projects in Magic Inch Quilts. Endlessly flexible and fun, this technique allows you to customize easily any of the patterns to any size.

Due to scheduling considerations, Bill Kerr will be teaching the November workshops originally to be taught by Weeks Ringle. For those of you unfamiliar with Bill, he and Weeks are partners and co-founders of the Modern Quilt Studio.

From Weeks:

“We make the same number of quilts, teach the exact same classes the same way and he had very successful classes at your guild when we were last there 13 years ago. In addition, Bill is a tenured professor of design and a beloved teacher so I know your members will enjoy his classes.”

In 1999, Weeks Ringle co-founded Modern Quilt Studio along with her husband, Bill Kerr. Weeks and Bill wrote the first book on modern quilting, The Modern Quilt Workshop, as well as Quiltmaker’s Color Workshop, Quilts Made Modern, Transparency Quilts, and several other publications.

Their joint biography can be found on their website, modernquiltstudio.com,

Supply List

Find Bill at (click on each link):    Website      Facebook      Pinterest      Instagram      YouTube

Registration

Workshops are open to both guild members and non-guild members. Because the cost of the workshops is subsidized by members’ dues, non-members are asked to pay an additional $15 per workshop. Non-members will be able to register for all 2020 workshops after December 1, 2019. Workshop registration policy.

Members: $75 + $2.50 credit card processing fee

Non-Members: $90 + $2.90 credit card processing fee

Online registration is available for members; non-members should contact Brenda Rigdon, V-P Programs, at programs@gaaqg.com to register or be placed on the waiting list. (If you prefer to write a check and mail in your workshop registration, please download our printable form.)

See the complete GAAQG Workshop Registration/Refund Policy for more information.

Questions?

Contact our VP-Programs.

Doors open at 8:15 am, and the meeting begins at 9:15 am.

Lecture by Bill Kerr

“Details Matter”

Lecture description: Bindings, thread selection, batting loft, block size-such details can make or break a piece. Learn how designers in a wide variety of disciplines, from product design to landscape architecture to quilting, refine details to make compelling work

This lecture follows the business meeting on Quilt Day.

Due to scheduling considerations, Bill Kerr will be giving the November lecture originally to be presented by Weeks Ringle. For those of you unfamiliar with Bill, he and Weeks are partners and co-founders of the Modern Quilt Studio.

From Weeks:

“We make the same number of quilts, teach the exact same classes the same way and he had very successful classes at your guild when we were last there 13 years ago. In addition, Bill is a tenured professor of design and a beloved teacher so I know your members will enjoy his classes.”

Learn More About Quilt Days

TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK! PLEASE EMAIL programs@gaaqg.com TO BE PLACED ON THE WAIT LIST!

Appropriate level:  Adventurous Beginner to Advanced

Gain color confidence and plan creative ways to use your stash in one day! Mix a big dose of color theory with an in-depth discussion of combining patterns and a pinch of working with large-scale fabrics and you’ll end up with a plan for projects that you want to make from the fabrics you already have. In addition, you’ll have consultations about how to freshen up your stash while learning how to use fabrics that you love.

Due to scheduling considerations, Bill Kerr will be teaching the November workshops originally to be taught by Weeks Ringle. For those of you unfamiliar with Bill, he and Weeks are partners and co-founders of the Modern Quilt Studio.

From Weeks:

“We make the same number of quilts, teach the exact same classes the same way and he had very successful classes at your guild when we were last there 13 years ago. In addition, Bill is a tenured professor of design and a beloved teacher so I know your members will enjoy his classes.”

Their joint biography can be found on their website, modernquiltstudio.com,

In 1999, Weeks Ringle co-founded Modern Quilt Studio along with her husband, Bill Kerr. Weeks and Bill wrote the first book on modern quilting, The Modern Quilt Workshop, as well as Quiltmaker’s Color Workshop, Quilts Made Modern, Transparency Quilts, and several other publications.

Supply List

Find Bill at (click on each link):    Website      Facebook      Pinterest      Instagram      YouTube

Registration

Workshops are open to both guild members and non-guild members. Because the cost of the workshops is subsidized by members’ dues, non-members are asked to pay an additional $15 per workshop. Workshop registration policy.

Members: $75 + $2.50 credit card processing fee

Non-Members: $90 + $2.90 credit card processing fee

Online registration is available for members; non-members should contact Brenda Rigdon, V-P Programs, at programs@gaaqg.com to register or be placed on the waiting list.  (If you prefer to write a check and mail in your workshop registration, please download our printable form.)

See the complete GAAQG Workshop Registration/Refund Policy for more information.

Questions?

Contact our VP-Programs.