The League of Northern Colorado Quilters
A nonprofit quilt guild providing education, information & inspiration to those who wish to preserve the heritage of quilting
December 2 - Holiday Gathering
11:30 Holiday Celebration Lunchdeon
We are having a Salad Luncheon. Basic Salad ingredients will be provided by LNCQ but you are asked to augment with the following:
Last name A-L: Holiday Cookies/Sweet Treats
Last name M-Z: Savory Appetizer/Salad Fixings
The event is free, however reservations are required by November 22. Sign up by clicking the link below.
Don't forget to finish your UFO for the UFO challenge in time for the party!
2025 Club Challenge - Round Robin
2025 Club Challenge - Round Robin
2025 Club Challenge - Round Robin
LNCQ's 2025 challenge is a Round Robin group project where groups of five will work on each others’ quilts to add borders to a center block. By the end of 2025, each member of the group will have a completed quilt top.
January 13-14 Local Retreat
2025 Club Challenge - Round Robin
2025 Club Challenge - Round Robin
Best Western Plus Loveland
Two days of sewing fun, working on your own projects. Each quilter will have her own table, and can bring a small sewing/auxiliary table.
Monday 9 AM to 9 PM
Tuesday 8 AM to 5 PM
You must be a 2025 member to register, so renew or join now.
Cost $80
Sign up starts Sunday Nov 3 at 8 AM.
February 3 Linda Salitrynski
April 21-24 Spring Quilt Camp Retreat
April 21-24 Spring Quilt Camp Retreat
Award Winning Quilter and Owner of Country Keepsakes, Linda Salitrynski has won numerous quilting awards including: several “Best of Show” awards, other awards in Paducah, Houston and Quilters Expo in Wisconsin.
Linda Salitrynski established Country Keepsakes in 1987, and it has continued to grow and evolve over the past thirty-eight years. In addition to stylish designer fabrics, quilting notions and thread, Linda also offers unique hand dyed 100 percent Pimatex cotton fabrics. Each yard of hand-dyed fabric is unique, just like the projects made from them.
Workshop
Enhance Your Quilt With Thread Color Through Free Motion Quilting
8:30 AM – Noon
Bring your machine and a selection of threads. You will purchase a kit from Linda on which you will practice free motion quilting with different threads.
This can be turned into a cushion top or a small wall hanging.
Proper selection of thread can enhance color in one section of the quilt while alternative color selection will cause another section to recede. Linda will guide us through how to take our quilts to the “next level”. We will leave with a better understanding of how thread color impacts your quilting – something you will use over and over again – whether selecting threads when you take your quilts to the long armer or selecting threads for your smaller pieces that you are quilting at home.
1:30 PM Lecture with LNCQ Guild Meeting
An Exhibition of Linda’s Quilts Showing her Journey from Traditional Quilting to Art Quilts
April 21-24 Spring Quilt Camp Retreat
April 21-24 Spring Quilt Camp Retreat
April 21-24 Spring Quilt Camp Retreat
Enjoy a special time for sewing, eating, hiking and relaxing with friends while looking out on majestic mountain views and meadows.
Details to follow
May 5 The Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji Quilt Guild
May 5 The Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji Quilt Guild
May 5 The Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji Quilt Guild
9:00 Morning Make and Take
1:30 The Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji Quilt Guild from Denver will present their Trunk Show. They also have a choir that will perform. Their purpose is to promote quilting and the African American culture. Some of us had the privilege of seeing them at the Loveland Museum a few years ago and a couple of us saw them again in Denver at the Front Range Contemporary Quilters last month. They have a vast repertoire of quilts and never show the same quilts again! The creativity and energy from the group is simply breathtaking.
June 9-10 Retreat
May 5 The Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji Quilt Guild
May 5 The Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji Quilt Guild
Best Western Plus Loveland.
Two days of sewing fun, working on your own projects. Each quilter will have her own table, and can bring a small sewing/auxiliary table.
You must be a 2025 member to register, so renew or join now.
Cost $80
August 4 Yvonne Phenicie
May 5 The Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji Quilt Guild
August 4 Yvonne Phenicie
We are pleased to announce that Yvonne Phenicie (from California) will be joining us.
9:00 Workshop using the Sew Kind of Wonderful ruler
1:30 Program
Fall Retreat Camp September 22-25
Fall Retreat Camp September 22-25
Fall Retreat Camp September 22-25
Enjoy a special time for sewing, eating, hiking and relaxing with friends while looking out on majestic mountain views and meadows.
Details to follow
October 6 Lea McComas
Fall Retreat Camp September 22-25
Fall Retreat Camp September 22-25
Lea McComas will be our guest in October. She will lead a workshop in the morning and present the program at the afternoon guild meeting.
You might notice that October is not typically a month for a LNCQ meeting. Our Executive Board members assessed this opportunity to bring Lea McComas to LNCQ and decided to offer another date in 2025! We are really looking forward to having Lea join us.
November 3 Jackie Vujcich
November 3 Jackie Vujcich
November 3 Jackie Vujcich
9:00 Workshop: “Fun and Done Table Runner”
1:30 Program: "On the Border".
Jackie comes to us from Erie, Colorado. www.coloradocreationsquilting.com
December 1 Holiday Party
November 3 Jackie Vujcich
November 3 Jackie Vujcich
Details to follow
November 4 David Taylor
December 2 - Holiday Gathering
December 2 - Holiday Gathering
LNCQ is pleased to welcome internationally recognized David Taylor for our November programming. David has been the recipient of the Fairfield Master Award for Contemporary Quilting from the International Quilt Association (2006, 2014), the Brother Wall Machine Workmanship Award from the American Quilters Society (2008) and a two-time Best of Show winner at IQA’s Spring Festival in Chicago (2007, 2008), among others. His art quilts hang in numerous private collections. You can check out more of his work at his website https://www.davidtaylorquilts.com/
9:00 - 12:00 Workshop: “Intro to Hand Applique”
1:30 Program “Artistry through Applique”.
For those of us who have been fortunate to participate in one of David’s workshops or lectures in the past we are looking forward to hearing more from David Taylor.
For those who have not previously connected with him you are in for a real treat.
The workshop cost is $40, plus a $15 supply kit fee.
December 2 - Holiday Gathering
December 2 - Holiday Gathering
December 2 - Holiday Gathering
11:30 Holiday Celebration Lunchdeon
We are having a Salad Luncheon. Basic Salad ingredients will be provided by LNCQ but you are asked to augment with the following:
Last name A-L: Holiday Cookies/Sweet Treats
Last name M-Z: Savory Appetizer/Salad Fixings
The event is free, however reservations are required by November 22. Sign up by clicking the link below.
Don't forget to finish your UFO for the UFO challenge in time for the party!
2024 Postcard Exchange (Registration deadline Aug 30)
2024 Postcard Exchange (Registration deadline Aug 30)
2024 Postcard Exchange (Registration deadline Aug 30)
Fall Fun/Happy Halloween is the theme for this year’s postcard exchange. We will exchange with members of Sarah’s Grove Quilting Circle, from Schaumberg, Illinois.
Deadline to register is August 30.
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Fall Quilt Camp Retreat - September
2024 Postcard Exchange (Registration deadline Aug 30)
2024 Postcard Exchange (Registration deadline Aug 30)
September 23-26 Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat, Allenspark.
September 30 Community Sew Day
2024 Postcard Exchange (Registration deadline Aug 30)
September 30 Community Sew Day
Join fellow LNCQ members making Christmas tree skirts for Realities for Children. Kits are provided for you to make on site, or to take home to sew.
Where: Quilter’s Dream Orchards Shopping Center 281 E 29th St, Loveland CO
October 9 Fabulous Fall Fellowship
1:30 - 3:30
Devereaux Room, Rialto Theater Center
228 E 4th St, Loveland, CO 80537
We invite all LNCQ members to join us for fellowship, fall snacks, and sharing of quilts at the Devereaux Room in Downtown Loveland. Small Groups will have the opportunity to share what they are doing. We invite members to bring “fall-themed” quilts to display around the room for fellow members to see.
There is no charge for this event, but we ask you to register so we know how many people to prepare for.
August 5 1:30 PM Rocky Mt Quilt Museum Trunk Show
A representative from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum will bring their “Red and White Quilts” trunk show for our August meeting.
Morning: 9:00 – Noon. Plan to join us in the morning for a fun work session. We will have kits to create a Red Work embroidery tea towel. Members of the Happy Stitchers (hand embroidery group) will be available to assist anyone who is new to hand embroidery. Click below to sign up.
Note that there is no charge for this event, but we need you to sign up so we can plan for the correct number of people. We will have 2 options for you to select from - a sewing theme and flowers theme.
January 8-9 Retreat - Best Western Plus Loveland
January 8-9 Retreat - Best Western Plus Loveland
January 8-9 Retreat - Best Western Plus Loveland
Two days of sewing fun, working on your own projects. Each quilter will have her own table, and can bring a small sewing/auxiliary table.
You must be a 2024 member to register, so renew or join now.
Cost $60
February 5, 2024 Quilt Appraisal
January 8-9 Retreat - Best Western Plus Loveland
January 8-9 Retreat - Best Western Plus Loveland
The focus for our February, 2024 meeting is Quilt Appraisal. Cindy Brick and Gina Klepppinger, both certified quilt appraisers, will join us for the day.
During our morning time Cindy and Gina will be available to complete professional quilt appraisals. Watch for an opportunity to sign up to have one or more of your quilts appraised. They have agreed to a lower/special fee for quilt appraisals that they complete that morning. Join our team of volunteers and make a difference in your community. Whether you can give a few hours a week or a few hours a month, your time and skills are appreciated.
Cindy and Gina will be our guest speakers for the program portion of our afternoon LNCQ guild meeting. We will be using a panel format for the program so there will be excellent opportunity for all LNCQ members to ask questions. There are many ways to get involved with LNCQ, from volunteering and donating to attending our events and spreading the word. Join our community today to make a difference.
March 11 Community Sew Day
January 8-9 Retreat - Best Western Plus Loveland
March 11 Community Sew Day
If you are working on your own charity quilt or want to come work on one of the many kits the Community Service Committee has put together, we’d love to see you! We may have quilts that need binding, if you like to do that. Or you can stop by and pick up a kit to work on at home if that works better for you.
Where: Quilter’s Dream Orchards Shopping Center 281 E 29th St, Loveland CO
March 14-18 Hollis Chatelain Workshop
March 14 Hollis Chatelain Lecture The Emotion of Color
March 14 Hollis Chatelain Lecture The Emotion of Color
Dye-Paint Your Images / Bring Them to Life with Quilting
You will leave this workshop with your own original piece painted with the thread painting/quilting started to bring it to life.
In this workshop, you will first learn how to paint images with Procion dyes on cotton. Learning to control the dyes will be emphasized. Among other things, we will cover blending, layering, special effects and painting without bleeding. All of these techniques can be used to create images as complex as portraits or as simple as a line on a scarf.
Each student is asked to bring two or three 18"x 20" designs or drawings that they will transfer onto cloth and then paint. These drawings can be fruits or rounded objects, still life, animals, faces, or anything you would like to paint. Any image can be used as long as it has been made into an 18" X 20" black and white line drawing. It would also help to have an example or an idea of your color choices.
In the second part of the workshop, we will explore new ideas about how to use quilting to enhance the look of your painted cloth. The main objective is to use quilting lines to create depth, texture, tension, or shadowing which will give a new dimension to your quilt. Lines can be inspired by an endless variety of things (nature, architecture, technology, etc.) to add visual interest and reinforce your overall design. Even straight lines can become a design in themselves. You will be working with the images you have painted during the first part of the workshop. This workshop is based on free-motion machine quilting but the design techniques can be adapted to hand quilting. Experience in one or the other is required
March 14 Hollis Chatelain Lecture The Emotion of Color
March 14 Hollis Chatelain Lecture The Emotion of Color
March 14 Hollis Chatelain Lecture The Emotion of Color
March 14 6:30- 7:00 Reception
March 14 7:30 - 8:00 Lecture
Open to the public at no cost
Hollis writes - Since 2000 my work has progressed into monochromatic. Working in just one color has been an interesting and exciting adventure. Art can carry a strong emotion and specific colors reinforce these emotions. I will be speaking about the evolution of color, the significance of colors in our society, and how we can use different colors to emphasize what we want to say in our art.
Devereaux /Hach Room of the Rialto Theatre Building
222 E 4th St. Loveland
Please enter through the door marked “222” and proceed to 2nd floor.
April 15-18 Spring Quilt Camp Retreat
March 14 Hollis Chatelain Lecture The Emotion of Color
April 15-18 Spring Quilt Camp Retreat
Enjoy a special time for sewing, eating, hiking and relaxing with friends while looking out on majestic mountain views and meadows.
April 15-18, 2024
Highlands Presbyterian Camp & Retreat Center
28 slots available
Costs:
- Quad Room: $290/per person
- Triple Room: $305/per person
- Double Room: $340/per person
- Single Room: $515/per person
Price includes 3 dinners, 2 lunches and 3 breakfasts
Online registration only! You can pay online or by check.