2017 - 2018 Programs

Mark your calendars now for the 2017-2018 program year! We have a great line-up of national and local speakers that you won't want to miss!

September 19, 2017 - Vikki Pignatelli : “Nurturing Your Creative Spirit: Personal Traits That Inspire Great Quilts” http://www.vikkipignatelli.com/

If you have never had the opportunity to attend one of Vikki's lectures or attend one of her workshops in the past, be sure to attend this time. This will be one of her last lectures
before she retires at the end of the year.

September 20, 2017 - Vikki Pignatelli Workshop
Color Your Quilt Beautiful: Essentials and Guidance for Quilters

Are you apprehensive when it comes to working with color? In this class, students will learn basic principles of color and design, especially as they relate to fabrics and quilting. We will cover and explore the different types of contrasts, juxtaposition of colors, color symbolism, mood, and some basic rules of design. The rest of the class will be hands-on and devoted to experimenting with color, obtaining contrasts and balance and interactive discussions and problem solving. Students are given the freedom, encouragement and self-confidence to play and open their minds to the joy of color.

October 17, 2017 - Marianne Williamson http://www.movinthreads.com/

Marianne is an award-winning artist now living in Miami, Florida.  Her work has been exhibited at many quilt shows around the country. She has built an impressive body of work expressing light and movement with her incredible use of thread. Influenced by nature and daily events, her thread paintings focus on landscapes and gardens, water, ethereal light and motion

October 18-19, 2017 - Marianne Williamson Workshop
Don’t miss this fabulous opportunity to take a 2 day workshop with such a talented artist!
Marianne will guide you through a  stimulating two day experience of playing with fabrics of all kinds using photographs and fabrics brought by the student. She will explain and cover her process through visual examples of work at various stages of development. The workshop is designed to be an interactive and educational introduction to omposition, techniques, and specifically how light can be incorporated into textile art.

November 21, 2017 - Carole Harris http://www.charris-design.com/

January 16, 2018 - Mary Hogan http://www.marymhogan.com/

January 17, 2018 - Mary Hogan Workshop CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION FORM

Janurary 24-18, 2018 Winter Retreat

February 20, 2018 - Whistle Stop

March 20, 2018 - Ultimate Guild Challenge

April 17, 2018 - Rita Hutchens will present the lecture " A Journey Through Color and Pattern"http://www.ritahutchens.com/

April 18, 2018 - Rita Hutchens Workshop: Burst Out of the Box. CLICK HERE for more info and registration form.

May 15, 2018 - Annual Potluck

2016-2017 PROGRAMS

September 20, 2016 - Debbie Grifka -- www.eschhousequilts.com

Debbie Grifka is a quilt artist from Ann Arbor. She has been designing and making quilts since 2002. Bold, graphic quilts are her favorites. She will present a lecture and trunk show titled: “What Do They Mean by Modern Quilting”. Learn about the main characteristics of modern quilts, the essential role of the internet in the development of modern quilting and the Modern Quilt Guild, modern fabrics, fabric designers and more.You can visit her website at: www.eschhousequilts.com

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October 18, 2016 - Delphine's Quilt Shop, Delphine Ren-Miller and AnnMarie Rowland. Lecture/Trunk Show: "Sister's Choice"

AnnMarie Rowland and Delphine Ren-Miller, of Delphine's Quilt Shop in Gaylord, MI, will present a Lecture andTrunk Show titled: "Sister's Choice"Delphine, an award winning quilter, designer and shop owner will be presenting a selection of her favorite quilts from among the 300 she has madeor collected over the past 30 years. The quilts range in age from a Jacob's Ladder Quilt made in the 1860s to quilts made by Delphine Ren-Miller in the past 30 years. The quilts encompass everything from "Amish" Miniatures to a King Sized, hand quilted Lone Star surrounded by smaller Lone Stars! AnnMarie is a singer song-writer. Ann Marie Rowland is a songwriter with a Folk style appeal. Several of the songs were written by Ann, whose songs reflect her life-long love of quilts. She will take you back to the era of riding in a wagon to church or sitting around a quilting frame with fellow quilters. Together they bring us color, pattern, and story; quilted together as “Sisters’ Choice.”

November 15, 2016 - Wendy Butler Berns, "I've been bitten by the bug, quilting bug, that is". http://www.wendybutlerberns.com

November 16, 2016 - Workshop, Wendy Butler Berns, "Captivating Coneflower". Click here for registration form. Workshop now open to nonmembers. Please contact me at info@qgmd.org if you are interested in attending.

January 17, 2017 - Kathryn Schmidt. Rule Breaking Quilts. https://quirksltd.wordpress.com

From Kathryn: TRUNK SHOW: FROM TRADITION TO RULE BREAKER
A visual journey from my beginnings as a traditional quilter to the way my work is currently created. The steps along that path are available to any quilter and I will show you how to get there. How to begin breaking the rules, why you might want to, and what you should expect when you get there—even what doesn’t work–are all covered in this lecture. 

January 21, 2017 -Workshop, Kathryn Schmidt Click here for registration form.

Are you ready to try Rule Breaking Quilts? With just a few simple unconventional techniques, you will be well on your way to mastering non-traditional quilting. Building on the techniques, you will learn how to put together the pieces into a finished design, all without a pattern, templates, or even pins!  You will enjoy frustration-free piecing, including easy, curvy sewing. The fun is in the process, where there are no mistakes, just alternate design decisions. No need for precision piecing—if a piece doesn’t fit, you just trim it smaller or add a hunk of fabric to make it bigger! Fun, relaxed, and easy as can be, and every quilt is unique.

February 3-5, 2017 - QGMD Winter Retreat. Click here for announcement letter. Click here for registration form.

February 21, 2017 - Whistle Stop

Sheryl Hogan:

Will be demonstrating 2 techniques:

Get the look of hand quilting using your home sewing machine

Marking your quilt top using Glad Press and Seal wrap

Mary Lawson / Renee Steinacker:

Will demo this cute origami Bow-Tie Block for the whistle stop. This block is made from a 5" square. We will provide all supplies. Members will need basic sewing kit, i.e. needle and thread, pins and scissors.

Janet Steele:

No More Pencil Lines for Folded Corners.

Learn how to do away with drawing those pesky pencil lines when making continuous binding, HST's, snowball blocks, and much more!

Nancy Swartz:

Buzz Saw. Quickly make the Buzz Saw block using the Accuquilt strip cutter and 8" squares. See how easily it can be done, with or without the cutter.

Ellie Heinrich / Margaret O'Connell:

Will do a demo of the Easy Pinwheel Block.

March 21, 2017 - Ultimate Guild Challenge & we will be making needle-sharpening Bottle Cap Pincushions. See newlestter for supply list.

Quilts for the Ultimate Guild Challenge are due and will be voted on during the meeting. Click here for more information and rules on entering.

April 18, 2017 - Debbie Danko -- http://www.debradanko.com

Debra Danko of Grand Blanc, Michigan will be joining us on April 18 to speak about her stunning floral quilts and the art and textile techniques she uses to create them. Her award-winning work is seen in international quilt shows, exhibits and quilting magazines. In a slide presentation, she shares her inspiration from her love of gardens and presents how beautiful floral images are reproduced giant size in fabric and thread. She brings with her a trunk show with many colorful quilts. Traditional and contemporary quilters and non-quilters alike will enjoy time spent with Debra. 

April 21-22, 2017 - Quilt Show, Click here for details.Click here for Entry Form.

May 16, 2017 - Annual Potluck; Suzie Parron, "Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail" http://www.barnquiltinfo.com

Suzi travels full time by RV, speaking to quilt guilds, libraries, civic organizations--whoever would like to hear more about barn quilts! Her talk will take you on a journey along the quilt trail, beginning with the very first barn quilt, which stemmed from Donna Sue Groves and her wish to honor her mother's quilting art. The presentation features over one hundred stunning photographs of barn quilts, some of which rival cloth quilts in their intricacy. You will hear stories of some of the individuals who have painted quilt blocks to honor loved ones or their local culture, along with a few humorous anecdotes. The presentation is both informative and entertaining, as we explore the way in which our quilting heritage takes on new
meaning as this movement continues to expand.

May 17, 2017 - Workshop, Suzie Parron. Click here for flyer. Click here for registration form.

2015-2016 PROGRAMS

September 15, 2015 - Monica Johnstone "Seeking the Next Level"

September 27, 2015- Start of special MSU exhibit: "Quilts of Southwest China". Runs from Sept 27, 2015 - Apr 30, 2016. Click here for more information.

October 20, 2015 - Ruth Ann Berry Lecture

October 21, 2015 - Bargello Workshop - Ruth Ann Berry

November 17, 2015 - Cookie exchange and Lecture with Ann Loveless, "Landscape Art Quilts"

January 19, 2016 - Kwilt Art Kathleen Andrews

Janurary 23, 2016 Kwilt Art workshop, Celtic Layers or Celtic Diamonds. Click here for registration form.

February 5-7, 2016 - Winter Retreat. Click here for announcement letter. Click here for registration form.

February 16, 2016 - Carol Loessel Lecture Scrap Quilts Old and New

March 15, 2016 - Laura Rodin T-Shirt Quilts

April 19, 2016 - Pam Achatz Lecture

May 17, 2016 - Year End Potluck and Lecture Cathy Miller "The Singing Quilter" and her husband John Bunge

May 18, 2016 Workshop, "MOCK MOLA" APPLIQUÉ: Raw Edge Machine Reverse Appliqué by Cathy Miller "The Singing Quilter", Click here for registration form

2014-2015

September 16, 2014 Linda McGibbons

October 21, 2014 Donna Slater

October 18, 2014 - Little Twister Workshop by Irene Coermann. Click here for more information.

November 18, 2014 Cookie Exchange and Movie night: Quilt of Belonging 

January 20, 2015 - Whistle Stop

January 29- February , 2015 - Winter Retreat. Click here for Announcement Letter. Click here for Registration Form.

February 17, 2015 - Storybook Quilts presented by QGMD

March 17, 2015 Tim Latimer

April 17 -18, 2015 QGMD Quilt Show, Click here for more information

April 21, 2015 - Carolyn Vagts and Annual Pot Luck Dinner

May 19, 2015  Maggie Ball with workshop the following day

2013-2014 PROGRAMS

September 17, 2013           

Sherry Scharra - trunk show/Jackets

October 15, 2013

Nancy McNally - pattern designer; lecture and trunk show

November 19, 2013

Cookie exchange and handmade Christmas ornament exchange

January 21, 2014

Colleen Mertz - Pattern designer, Northwater Quilts - trunk show

Janurary 31 -February 1, 2014

Winter Retreat. Click here for announcement letter and registration form.

Click here for mini brochure

February 18, 2014

Monique Dillard – Open Gate Quilts
Monique will bring her love of all things quilting to our February meeting. Monique is a quilter, designer, lecturer, teacher,
blogger and published-author. She has designed six rulers and is the proud author of three books. Fat Quarter Winners, Traditional Fat Quarter Quilts and just published in 2013, Diamond Traditions.

March 15, 2014

National Quilt Day

March 18, 2014

Carole Carroll – Miracle Quilts

Miracle Quilts is group of quilters, sewers and hard working women of all ages who come together once a month at Independence Village in Oxford. Their mission is to create patriotic quilts to present to our wounded troops at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C.,for our Michigan VA hospitals and for our homeless vets and for Troops currently serving our
great country!!

April 15, 2014

Beatrice Hughes - presentation on color (has a book to go along with this)

May 21, 2014

Annual Pot Luck

Jackie Bennett - Legacy Batting - lecture and sale on batting

2012-2013 PROGRAMS

September 18, 2012           

Donna Kooistra will be back with a new lecture: "Quilts Through Time"

September 19, 2012

Donna Kooistra will be appraising quilts. She charges $45 for a written appraisal which includes a financial valuation. Verbal consultations are $30. To schedule your appointment, please call 586-465-1507

October 16, 2012

Dan Burke will be with us with a trunk show and his lecture: “The History of Foundation Piecing”

October 20, 2012

Workshop:

Dan Burke will teach us to make a foundation pieced table runner sized quilt called “Positive/
Negative”. He will have kits available for $21, plus the pattern. You will only need two contrasting fabrics for this project. Registration forms will be available at the meetings in September and October and posted on the website. Click here for registration form.

November 20, 2012

In November we are asking our guild members assistance with the program. We want all of you to pull out all your Christmas/winter holiday quilts early, for a guild wide Winter Holiday Quilt Trunk show.

January 15, 2013

In January we will have a Whistle Stop with various members demonstrating different techniques.

Click here for instructions and pattern for the wool mittens that Joan C. demonstrated.

February 19, 2013

In February we will enjoy an evening of relaxing with a sit and stitch with a project provided by Pat Quenneville and her Sit and Stitch group. There will probably be a small kit fee involved.

March 19, 2013

Sherrie Jacqua, Asymmetrical Block Quilts

March 20, 2013

Workshop: Sherrie Jacqua’s Tilted Triangle **** Workshop has been cancelled**** 

April 5-6, 2013

Quilts From the Heart Quilt Show

April 16, 2013

African Quilts Trunk Show with Garnet Smalley

May 21, 2013

Annual Potluck and Installation of Officers

2011-2012 PROGRAMS

September 20, 2011

Kathy Conner of Smith Street Designs will give a lecture accompanied by a Power Point
presentation on including machine embroidery in your quilts. She will have her digitized patterns for
sale at our meeting. They are beautiful.

October 8, 2011

Loose Threads Quilt Guild is pleased to host Sue Holdeway-Heys for their October 8th workshop (10 a.m. – 5 p.m).  Registration for non-members has begun. Click here for registration form with additional information on it regarding the workshop. Workshop will be held at the Richmond Community Center.

October 18, 2011

we are planning on having a garage sale. So start accumulating sewing and quilting related
items you have decided you no longer want or need. You will be responsible for your handling your own sales and taking home the items that do not sell.

October 22, 2011

The Great Lakes Heritage Quilters Studio Tour. 9 am to 4 pm. Click here for flyer/order form. Orders must be postmarked by October 7th to guarantee the tickets will arrive on time.

November 15, 2011

Donna Kooistra, an AQS Certified Quilt Appraiser, will lecture to us on “The Price is
Right”. She will be available to appraise your quilts by appointment that day. Appraisal fees are $45 for a written appraisal and $25 for a verbal appraisal. There are many reasons to have your quilts appraised, but insurance is one of the most important. Call Pam Thompson to schedule your appointment on Monday afternoon, November 14, or any time on Tuesday, November 15 until the time of our meeting.

January 17, 2012

Willie Pfeiffer, from Romeo, will present a trunk show with the emphasis on how she changes
patterns to make a quilt easier to construct. She will be teaching a workshop on curves on January 21. Think about joining us on a Saturday to learn the easy way to sew curves.

January 21, 2012

Curved Piecing Workshop by Willie Pfeiffer. Click here for Registration Form.

February 21, 2012                

Movie Night: "Stitched the film, Behind every stitch is a story".

March 1-4, 2012 ..... Quilting Retreat

Click here to see announcement. Click here for Registration Form.

March 20, 2012                    

Barbara Allen will lecture on the Journey of an Eclectic Quilter

March 31. 2012                   

Workshop with Barbara Allen on Double Cut Circles. Click here for registration form.

April 17, 2012                      

Beth Donaldson from the Michigan State University Museum “Quilting in Detroit in the 1930’s” a Power Point lecture.

May 15, 2012                       

Annual Meeting with installation of officers, potluck, BLOTTO drawing, UFO prize drawing, games.

2011 PROGRAMS

January 2011

1/11/11 Board meeting, 7:00 p.m. @ the church.

1/12/11 Sit & Stitch: Click here for more information.

1/15/11 Sit & Stitch: Click here for more information.

1/18/11 Lecture and trunk show by Mary Bajcz from Milford. She will present her lecture
"What's in Your Stash? Taking a Fresh Look at Your Raw Materials". Mary also has great items for sale.

February 2011

2/9/11 Sit & Stitch: Click here for more information.

2/15/11 Lenore Crawford from Midland will present her lecture "Fusing, Fabric Painting and Stitching to Create Your Own Art Quilt".

Lenore's website is www.lenorecrawford.com Lenore's quilts are beautiful. She just received a second place in the Art-Pictorial division at the Houston IQA show last week.

2/16/11 9:30 - 4:30. Lenore Crawford Workshop, entitled "Blended Fabric Art Collage".

The workshop was SO MUCH FUN! We all actually left the workshop with a FINISHED project! When does that ever happen? And some of us started on a second project. Click here to see what we made.

2/19/11 Sit & Stitch: Click here for more information.

March 2011

3/15/11 Sue and Gina from Sew Together Quilt Shop in Richmond have agreed to be with us for a demo on new products and techniques.  It's always a pleasure to have them at our meetings to share their enthusiasm for quilting.

3/19/11 Sit 'n Stitch (more info to come)

April 2011

4/7/11 Set-up for Quilt Show.

4/8-9/11 Quilts From the Heart Quilt Show at the Roseville Recreation Center.

4/19/11 Whistle Stop. Three 20 minute demos will be featured---Paper Piecing by Ruth McCormick, Cathedral Window by Chantal Anderson and Innovative Piecing by Mary Bacjz

May 2011

5/17/11 Annual Potluck.

Lecture by award winning quilter Betty Ekern Suiter. She will present "Stitched by Hand". http://www.bettyekernsuiter.com

From Betty's website: "Discover how my quilts come to life. This is a digital presentation on how I get ideas, design, dye fabric, hand appliqué and hand quilt. "

5/18/11 "Bloooming Flowers" Workshop on Hand Applique by Betty Ekern Suiter. 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. The cost of the workshop is $40 and the kit fee is $20.

All Levels
6 Hours
12" x 12" Finished Size

Learn how to make perfect needle-turn curves and sharp points. You will learn Betty's method for skinny 1/8" stems the easy way. Flower centers are stuffed to add dimension to the flowers. Embroidery enhances the flowers.

2010 PROGRAMS

There are several opportunities listed below to take a class with your friends.  Michelle Mitchell and Dianne Hire will be offering workshops.  If you have not attended a workshop in the past, we hope you will do so.  We are very fortunate to have Michelle in our guild, as Edyta Sitar and Dianne Hire will be traveling from a distance.

May 18, 2010

Annual Pot Luck and Whistle Stop

The doors will open at 5:30 pm for set up and dinner will begin at 6:30. See the newsletter for details.

Whistle Stop: There will be 3 different demonstrations:

Shiva Paint Sticks by Linda Brown
Angelina Fibers by Michelle Mitchell
Foiling by Sue Goeddeke

You will have the opportunity to stop at all 3 demos for approximately 20 minutes before rotating to the next one. We haven't had a whistle stop in quite awhile and they are always fun and informative.

April 20, 2010

Speaker: Sue Holdaway-Heys. Lecture: "Sources of Inspiration".

Workshop: "Step by Step to a Landscape". Click here for supply list.***Update 4-3-10: Workshop has been CANCELLED***

From Sue:

"These are 2 random examples. I am teaching a technique but these represent 'my style' and I encourage everyone to work in their personal color palette and we discuss how to translate an image to be your own personal voice...."

Visit Sue's website for more pictures and informaton: www.sueholdaway-heys.com

You can email Sue if you have any questions about the workshop.

March 10, 2010 - Workshop "Starry, Starry Nights”.  The workshop fee is $45.  If you are interested in taking this class call Michelle or e-mail her with your name,  phone number and e-mail address.

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Click here for supply list

March 9, 2010 - *****Please note of the change in the meeting date due to sharing our speaker with the Great Lakes Heritage guild.

Dianne Hire will present her lecture "Discovery of Quilting". Dianne, a 20-year transplant from Tennessee to Belfast, Maine, is an award-winning fiber artist, quiltmaker, teacher, lecturer, and international exhibitor.

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February 20, 2010 - Michelle Mitchell will present a workshop on the reversible Circle Game Quilt as shown atour 2009 quilt show. This workshop is for all level sewers and is good practice for free motion quilting. (A supply list including the sign-up is enclosed in the newsletter)

Update: The workshop was a lot of fun! Thank you Michelle! Click here to see pictures.

February 16, 2010 - Carol Loessel will be joining us and signing her new book entitled "Start With Scraps". The book is priced at $8.95.

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Michelle will be bringing hand beading kits to make a pin or button. You should be able to get a good start on these during our meeting. The kits include the beads, pin back, background fabric and Peltex form. Bring a beading needle or the smallest quilting needle you can thread (size 10, 11 or 12), Silamide or Nymo beading thread or hand quilting thread, scissors, a 4" hoop and a beading mat or square of cotton batting to hold your beads while you work. The kit fee is $4.00. She'll be bringing samples to the January guild meeting.

Click here to see other examples and close up views.

January 19th - Edyta Sitar will present her lecture "Reasons for Quilting".  She had her new book "Hop to It! Appliqué Blocks & Projects" reviewed in the Oct/Nov 09 issue of Quilter's Newsletter.

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Past Programs:

2009 Programs:

Sept 22 - "Thread Jazz for Quilting and Embellishing - Needle and Thread Know-How, by: Eric Drexler, a reperesentative of Sulky of America.

Oct 20 - Janet Dolan will present a lecture on the Gee's Bend Quilts. www.quiltsofgeesbend.com

Nov 17 - Mary Andrews of Grand Blanc will share her MI Quilt Artist Invitational trunk show and lecture.