March 2026 Program

Lisa's talk entailed showing examples of good and bad quilts with detailed and fun descriptions of what went wrong or right!   Here's some photos of her program.

Lisa Erlandson

Lisa Erlandson will be presenting in person the program "Make YOUR Best Quilt" for March. She is a quilt judge and also appraises quilts. She has an excellent program about how to make your best quilt, regardless of your experience in quilting. She will also talk about color, value, quilting and binding. You won't want to miss this program.


Lisa Erlandson is a compulsive quilt collector whose habit has led to several quilt-related specialties. She is an AQS Certified Appraiser of Quilted Textiles, lecturer, quilt show judge, teacher, and quilt historian. She also owns Le Retreat House in Gainesville, Texas. She learned to sew as a child, but considered it punishment (and maybe it was). She re-discovered sewing in the mid-1980s as a drama teacher and made her first quilt in 1991. Lisa is also a quilt maker and has quilts published in "Quilts: Patriotic and Presidential" and "The Quilter's Night Before Christmas: A Treasury of Tradition", both by Sue Reich. Lisa has a Master of Arts degree in Public Communication from the University of North Texas.