
The League of Northern Colorado Quilters
A nonprofit quilt guild providing education, information & inspiration to those who wish to preserve the heritage of quilting
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A nonprofit quilt guild providing education, information & inspiration to those who wish to preserve the heritage of quilting
9AM - Noon Best Western Plus Loveland
Members $25 + kit fee ($15-$26 depending on kit)
Guests $35 + kit fee ($15-$26 depending on kit)
Register by January 18, 2023
Has this ever happened to you? You forgot a gift giving occasion or
you’ve been invited to a friend’s and need a quick hostess gift?
Terr iwill show you how to use pre-cut, pre-fused products to get the
job done lickety split. Not only will you complete (yes, COMPLETE!)
a project during class but you’ll learn all the ins and outs of the various
products available. She’ll also cover how to make your own pre-cut, pre-fused items. You’ll never be caught unprepared again!
There are four kits to chose from for this class -- details on the registration page.
1:30 PM Best Western Plus Loveland
This is not your ordinary history lesson! Terri will talk about the more humorous and salacious bits of the past that brought our beloved machines to us today.
She will bring along antique machines and other sewing items from her personal collection for folks to look at and play with. And, don’t worry, there’s no test at the end!
Terri Sontra, of Purple Moose Designs
Lecture: The History of the Sewing Machine: A Tale of Espionage and Intrigue
Workshop: Three Peas in a Pod: Prefused, Precut, and Presto!
Terri is a quilt pattern designer from Colorado Springs, CO.
Barbara Yates Beasley, fabric artist
Lecture: Llamas, Lions and Bears Oh My!
Workshop: Wool Applique Make and Take
Artist Barbara Yates Beasley of Boulder, Colorado, captures the beauty of animals, both domestic and wild, in unique fabric and paper collage.
LNCQ Member Presentation:
How to make Temperature Quilts
Workshop: TBD
Joyce Hughes, Joyce Hughes Originals
Lecture: My Journey into Quilting
Workshop: Dimensional Thread Painting
Joyce is an award-winning self-taught quilter, fiber artist and author of Creating Art Quilts with Panels and Thread Paint a Garden Quilt.
January 9-10, 9 AM - 9 PM
Best Western Plus Loveland
Please join fellow LNCQ members for our first in-person event of 2023!
Details:
- We have reserved our Best Western meeting rooms for two full days. That gives us generous space to accommodate up to 30 participants.
- As with past sewing events, each attendee will have a table to herself and use of several group cutting and ironing stations. We do encourage everyone to prepare a “project kit” in advance to make it easier for all to share those cutting and pressing stations.
- Registrations will be first-come, first-serve for those who have paid their 2023 LNCQ membership dues.
Take a peak at what we've done in the past.
Based in Denver, CO, Jennifer Rapacki is a tech-savvy fabric artisan specializing in combining traditional quilting techniques with technology driven designs and inkjet printing on fabric. She has been sewing since she was a child and her adult work life involved may jobs with computers. The two worlds merged in 2008 when she started printing her own fabric at home for her quilts. Her quilts have been juried into many major quilt shows. Today she shares her skills with other quilters by lecturing about Modern Technology for quilters, and teaches both computer quilt design and more traditional quilting techniques of fabric weaving and reverse applique.
Members: $25 (includes $5 kit fee)
Guests: $35 (includes kit fee, workshop and program)
Learn this technique by creating a unique textured background for a small wall quilt (20” x 14”) that looks pieced but isn’t! The technique involves weaving 1-inch wide raw edge strips of fabric on the diagonal along with raw edge applique. No piecing required, thus no Y-seams. In this 3-hour class the background can be woven and layered for stitching at home. (No lugging a machine to class.)
Deadline to register: October 18, 2022
Not a member of LNCQ but want to attend our meeting to see the program? Attend as a guest for $10
Click here to view or print the supply list for the November 2022 workshop.
The secret to successful quilting is in the planning and preparation. I’ll guide you through the steps I take to make each quilting experience fun and stress free. Once you see my methods, you’ll feel empowered to quilt your own quilts! Learn how I baste my quilts, make a quilting plan, choose thread colors, divide and conquer each task, and apply rich texture with little to no marking of the quilt. I’m also excited to share my quilts and answer any questions you may have.
Learn to stitch beyond the ditch and unleash the power of your walking foot to quilt modern or traditional designs. Walking foot motifs to be taught include: wavy lines, decorative stitches, irregular grids, large continuous spirals, several straight line variations, and more!
Embrace perfectly imperfect free-motion quilting! That means little to no marking, and a whole lot of gorgeous texture. Ease into free-motion quilting with asymmetrical wavy lines, then move onto loops, traditional and modern stippling, plus curvy fillers like wishbones and cursive l’s that can expand to fit any space. Finish it off with several swirl variations, and you’ve got a toolbox of motifs to try on your next quilt!
You’ll be transported to a tiny island — just 13 acres — in the central Philippines as you enjoy images and stories of the colorful quilts and the more than 100 quiltmakers of Caohagan Island. You’ll see photos of more than 50 of these handmade, one-of-a-kind quilts plus be introduced to the unique techniques developed by these quiltmakers whose tools are simply fabric and scissors, needle and thread. I spent more than a month on the island, quilted with the residents, went fabric shopping with them on nearby Cebu Island, and snorkeled the reef that surrounds Caohagan. Those who view the quilts come away smiling, inspired by the creativity of these women and men.
This improvisational cutting and piecing technique created by Pam Rocco, formerly a columnist for Quilters Newsletter, is fun and quick. Each student’s quilt will be a unique creation. Pam used stripes and plaids because she wanted a quilt that looked like a rag rug. You can follow her lead or use any fabrics of your choosing. Cutting out this quilt is simple. You’ll freehand rotary cut 1”-3” wide strips with gentle curves without using rulers. Then you’ll stitch the strips together with no pinning. The end result is a high energy quilt that you can hang or drape over a couch or chair. It can also be used as a table or bed runner. The choice is yours!
Tap into how Laura pulls fabrics for a quilt project and how to look at color, value, tone, and texture in order to create quilts that glow. Get to know Laura and how her mind works when designing a show quilt, why her fabric philosophy is more is more, and where she looks to find inspiration. View her virtual trunk show, come with questions for a Q&A discussion, and learn more about her love of quilting.
Come prepared to learn big stitch hand quilting with a hands-on demo lesson. Find out which needles to use and what threads are recommended. Laura will walk you through step by step the easiest approach to learning how to let go and embrace the imperfections of big stitch quilting. We will discuss how to decide on a quilting design and the benefits of adding hand quilting to your project. All guild members welcome.
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