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February 2025

From photo to quilt

Art to save memories

Quilt Show - The basics

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We’re happy to welcome guests and new members to our meetings, which can be held either in-person or online (see the Calendar for details). Whether you’re joining us for the first time or returning, you’re always welcome! (Guest fee is $10.00.) Membership forms are available at each meeting, or you can conveniently join online. We look forward to meeting you!

In Person: Grace United Methodist Church (244 East Center Avenue) in Lake Bluff, Illinois
(enter through the parking lot doors)
Online: via Zoom (meeting info is emailed)
Date: Always on the third Tuesday of the month
Time: 6:30 p.m. social time, 7:00 p.m. meeting followed by the program program

 

Upcoming Programs

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Annette Kennedy – From Photo to Quilt, and Enhancement for Visual Depth and Details
Feb 18
Online Program
Annette Kennedy – From Photo to Quilt, and Enhancement for Visual Depth and Details
Online Program

Since 2003 Annette has been creating pictorial art quilts that incorporate hand dyed, painted, commercial fabrics, and paint and thread, based on photographs she has taken. Her work focuses mainly on nature, including landscapes and flora, but also includes some architectural pieces. Her goal is to express her personal experience with a place or subject in a way that gives beauty, peacefulness and a sense of awe to those who view it.

Online Program
Quilt Like an Artist — Pat Bishop
Mar 18
In-person Program
Quilt Like an Artist — Pat Bishop
In-person Program

Pat Bishop makes art because she loves to create! Her art is based on a memory of things that mean a lot to her; she feels that with her art she is saving memories.

In our guild presentation, Pat will share some tips and her experiences as an artist and share some quilts she has made as a reflection of her artistic endeavors. She will also tell us a bit about her background and a unique Wisconsin/Illinois group of which she is a part, called Women Who Run With Scissors.

Please join us on March 18th when she comes to our regular guild meeting, to meet this creative, artistic speaker! (Don’t you want to learn about making art that saves your memories? Yes, you do!)

In-person Program

Upcoming Workshops and Events

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Fall Foliage — Krista Moser Online Workshop
Feb 22
Online Workshop
Fall Foliage — Krista Moser Online Workshop
Online Workshop

Krista Moser is BAAACK! After our delightful Zoom lecture with Krista back in February 2024, we’re bringing her back for a whole day Zoom workshop! Krista is the creative force and inspiration behind Krista Moser, The Quilted Life, and we already know just how creative and inspirational she can be! She designed the 60-degree diamond rulers for Creative Grids and has published dozens of patterns using the rulers. She loves symmetry, clean lines and bold colors! Don’t miss it!

More Info and to Register →

Online Workshop
Abstraction Distraction 2.0 With or Without a Pattern – Pat Bishop Workshop
Mar 19
In-person Workshop
Abstraction Distraction 2.0 With or Without a Pattern – Pat Bishop Workshop
In-person Workshop

Pat is creating a special starter class for us to experience working abstractly! Either bring your own meaningful photo, or magazine inspiration, or use one of Pat’s two composition options to make your very own abstract collage.

You will learn how to think abstractly and expand your creativity with no rules or rulers. What?? NO RULES OR RULERS?? YEP! NONE!

More info and to Register →

In-person Workshop
Spring Retreat 2025
Apr 4
Retreat
Spring Retreat 2025
Retreat

Registration opens ast 8:00 am on March 1, 2025.

Retreat
 

From the July 2024 meeting