April 20, 2021 at 6:30 PM.   ON LINE - Zoom Meeting

​Award winning artist Leo Ransom will present a program entitled Silhouettes & Layers at our April Meeting.   

 Leo is an art quilter who wants to turn his passion into a reality. He wants to travel and teach sharing his passion with the world.   Classes are held at Home a la mode.   www.homealamode.com .   Go to classes to sign up. Leo has designed "John Lennon" in beautiful artist fabrics and this piece is traveling the United States. It is on display in several venues.   

Join us in our March meeting to learn all about Scrappy Applique from Australian born Janelle Schwartz
She will show us all various techniques for Scrappy Applique by Shannon Brinkley. 

In addition she is offering our Guild a discount in her store Dotty & Grace, ​https://dottyandgrace.com/
For live zoom workshops, I have April options available. Here is the link included with the discount code, this discount will be added to any promotional pricing, so it is a great time to book - FW Discount code – FW15%
 
The creator of Scrappy Appliqué, Shannon Brinkley, has a Scrappy Appliqué School and Library
The registration fee includes access to all Scrappy Appliqué patterns, access to the online workshop, ebook, access to all current and future patterns and so much more.
To find out more -  Click here
 
Individual Scrappy Appliqué PDF Patterns are of course available, through this link – Click here
 
If you are interested in keeping up to date with special offers and new workshops you can sign up for my newsletter at Dotty & Grace, I promise not to spam you and you can unsubscribe at any time – Click here
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Join us for a program with Carol Morrissey.  We scheduled Carol last year, and due to Covid had to cancel so we are thrilled to have her back.   Carol has been featured on The Quilt Show with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson.   We are looking forward to the program.


We also will have a workshop with Carol on Sat. 2-20-2020 at 9 AM where we will learn her method of making cute and colorful fabric postcards.  They are 4" x 6".  (Fused Applique)  Pick from Postcards from the Southwest, Texas Wildflowers or Postcards from Florida.   Sign up on our Workshop Sign up page.

Carol Morrissey is a fifth-generation Texas quilter who embraces that heritage with enthusiasm. Her work reflects her love of photography, gardening, nature, and painting. Carol began sewing clothing as a child but didn't make her first quilt until she was in her thirties. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally, and is in many private collections. She enjoys providing programs and workshops to quilt guilds and other groups, sharing her love of quilting, her inspirations, and her techniques with others. 
Carol's favorite quote: "If you like something, what's so bad about doin' a lot of it? You never know when it's going to end."

Carol Morrissey
www.ocaroldesigns.com

FORT WORTH QUILT GUILD
Invites you to our
ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY

December 15th, 2020 at 6:30
ONLINE – ZOOM PARTY
Members Receive a Surprise Christmas Package

Join the barn quilt movement by creating your own painted quilt block. You will begin with a pre-primed board and go through each step—drafting, taping, and painting, with careful attention to detail. The workshop lasts about 4 hours.
You will have a finished quilt block or with one last color (which will be provided) to add at home. Ready for show and tell at your next meeting! The finished product will be two-by-two feet and is the perfect size for mounting on smaller buildings.
​Supply List:
Supplies provided:
~Pre-primed 2 by 2 foot board
~Pattern
~Paint
~Foam brush
~Paint stick and snap knife

YOU WILL NEED ▪ Painter’s tape--partial roll or two can share. Green “Frog tape” brand is best, but blue Scotch brand is fine. Narrower tape (about 1 inch) is preferred ▪ Yardstick or 24-inch Ruler ▪ Pencil and eraser NOTE you need a separate eraser; a pink or white block eraser is fine. ▪ Blow dryer for every 3-4 people ▪ Coverings for tables

IMPORTANT:  BEFORE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 •
Select your pattern from the sheet provided. 
Each pattern is numbered, to correspond with the different colored areas to be painted. • Select one color choice for each number. Be sure to match the color to the numbered area for your pattern so that you will have the correct amount of each paint. 

REGISTER by email -and You will receive a link to PAY YOUR REGISTRATION FEE
Be sure to provide:
Your name
Your pattern choice
Each color you would like
Any questions
​When registration closes November 2nd, we will notify everyone where to pick up your supplies.  

Claudia Lash will be presenting a lecture and trunk show for our program this month.  After quilting for a long time, Claudia decided to write a pattern for one of her quilt designs.  After one pattern became three or four, Claudia started a small business in her house on Presto Avenue called Presto Designs .   Presto Avenue Designs was located on a tiny street in a tiny town surrounded by a big city and although she's moved to a bigger house, she's more excited than ever to create quilt patterns, teach and lecture.
Claudia loves most all types of quilts, most all colors, and many quilting techniques. Sometimes she enjoys traditional design with complicated piecing and other times she is more thrilled with a contemporary style. Sometimes she likes to use paper foundation piecing. Sometimes she uses hand appliqué and sometimes machine appliqué.  Claudia loves most all types of quilts, most all colors, and many quilting techniques her lecture and trunk show is sure to have something for everyone! 

Quilt Any Design with Six Basic Shapes

Skill Level: All levels
Materials: Download Material List

LIVE ONLINE through the Zoom platform.
Six basic shapes make the building blocks of all free-motion quilting patterns. Learn what they are, how to embed them in your muscle memory BEFORE you go to the sewing machine, and how to combine them to create any pattern. Quilters of all levels can use this technique for either domestic or longarm machines. Based on my book Free-Motion Mastery in a Month: A Block a Day to Machine Quilting Success.
Fort Worth Quilt Guild presents RaNae MerrillOur online speaker for August is RaNae Merrill.

Please visit the www.ranaemerrillquilts.com to purchase any of RaNae’s books and
products.

Information about the meeting and a link to the zoom session is in the first PDF attachment below. (RaNae Merrill Welcome Letter)

The second attachment has hints and tips for using ZOOM
(Using ZOOM Tips sheet)

Jackie Lehto will present a program on Using Scraps. Don't throw away any more of your scraps and see what you can do with them in this fun & entertaining program!

Stay tuned for details on the July meeting!   We are looking forward to getting to see each other again via a zoom meeting.