Holiday Gathering Dec 4
12:00 Best Western Plus, Loveland
Join us for a holiday gathering and end-of-the-year show & tell featuring the quilts from the Fabric Challenge.
Salad lunch. Bring a savory appetizer or salad fixings (last name A-M) or sweet treats (last name N-Z)
No charge, but reservations are required by November 28. Sign up at the November meeting or send an email with your name by clicking the button below.
November 6 Joyce Hughes
Workshop 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Workshop 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Workshop 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Workshop: Dimensional Thread Painting
Learn the basics of raw edge applique, dimensional thread painting and embellishment on this beautiful Hydrangea with Goldfinch wall hanging. Explore the steps, prep work and process of raw edge applique prior to the actual steps of thread painting.
Much of the workshop explores dimensional thread painting, using zig zag and straight stitching. You will use thread as paint and sew with different types of threads and color combinations. You will see the fabric come to life as you sew and layer the threads on top of your design; adding shading, highlighting, texture and definition.
Please read the supply list carefully. You will need a sewing machine and darning foot capable of doing a zig-zag stitch. For Bernina sewing machines, the BSR stitch regulator that you may use for free motion quilting does not work well for these thread painting techniques
Program 1:30
Workshop 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Workshop 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Joyce visits our guild from Asbury, New Jersey. She is an award-winning, self-taught quilter, fiber artist and author. Her first quilt was a tee-shirt quilt, which she enjoyed making, but felt limited in the ability to express her artistic capabilities. Within several months, she began to design pictorial landscape quilts using raw edge applique, thread painting, and a variety of embellishments.
Never knowing the “rules” she broke a lot of them, but with exciting results!
She is the author of two books: Thread Painting a Garden Quilt and Creating Art Quilts with Panels.
Joyce will present a very open and inspiring talk about how she started quilting, leading into art quilts with thread painting. Through many “before” fabric panels with their “after” art quilts, she talks in-depth about how to use dimensional thread painting and embellishments to turn fabric panels into one-of-a-kind art quilts. She hopes you will leave very excited and enthused to try something new with your quilting.
Learn more about Joyce and her work at joycehughesoriginals.com.
Community Sew Day Monday Oct 9
Monday Oct 9 10-3 Quilter's Dream Loveland
Come sew tree skirts for Realities for Children or work on charity quilts.
Feel free to drop by to pick up a kit (or 2) if you can't stay to sew..
Quilter's Dream Suite 281g E 29th St, Loveland
Registration coming August 1!
May 2023 Program
February 6, 2023: Terri Sontra
Workshop: Prefused, Precut and Presto!
Lecture: The History of the Sewing Machine - A tale of Intrigue and Espionage
Lecture: The History of the Sewing Machine - A tale of Intrigue and Espionage
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.
Lecture: The History of the Sewing Machine - A tale of Intrigue and Espionage
Lecture: The History of the Sewing Machine - A tale of Intrigue and Espionage
Lecture: The History of the Sewing Machine - A tale of Intrigue and Espionage
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!
LNCQ's 2023 January Retreat
New Year, New Friends, New Accomplishments
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.