May  2023 -   Living Color
Our own, Jonquele Jones will be our presenter.  Some color combinations are more exciting or calming or elegant than others.  Learn a little about the properties of colors so that your next quilt speaks what you want to say.  There will be a workshop. 
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April 2023 -   All about the Show 
We will have several speakers telling us all about

• what kind of quilt should you enter, how to register a quilt, how to prepare your quilt for submission, what to expect from a review
• all about minis for the auction at the show
• all about the booth

March  2023 -   Scrap Magic and Scrappy Quilts
We are welcoming Connie Sliger   She will be giving us ways to control the scraps and ideas for using them.

February  2023 -   Hollis Threads
Hollis Threads will be presenting Qulted Hearts: an interactive program.
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​January 2023 -   Lilo Bowman
We will be welcoming Lilo Bowman to our meeting.  She will be sharing her expertise in organizing.  This will be quilting/sewing organizing ideas!

April 2022 Program - 
FWQG member Dorene Augustyn as she shares her program: Joy in the Journey – Get Your Creative Hat On!
​Dorene has won artistic awards and her quilt "Jumping for Joy'' won 1st place in the Art Quilt Tahoe student challenge. Jumping for Joy is now on tour with Hoffman Media for their Best of North Texas 2021 Exhibit. Dorene will share how quilting has brought her much joy in her journey. In the program she will share quilts from her trunk show and talk about finding her Artistic Voice in quilting. She will share tips and techniques and she will discuss the methods and materials she has used in her art quilts. This talk will center around learning & growing as a quilter no matter what your favorite type and will encourage quilters to let go of their fears and try a little creativity!

Dorene's Undersea Creatures Workshop will be available on Sat. April 30th from 9 am to 2 PM. We'll discuss fabrics, adhesives, stitching & painting techniques. This class covers a lot of fun and useful information, all while creating an Underwater Sea Creature. Once you learn the basics your creations will be limitless! The class incorporates applique and other artistic mark making methods. This class is a creative, crafty and expressive style of Art Quilting, where you will learn a variety of easy and fun ways to create your very own Art Quilt! Supply list to be sent upon paid registration.

Cost of the workshop is $35. A list of materials that you will need to bring will be supplied with your registration. You will get to try some fun methods for creating your sea Creature. Select from an assortment of animals. (Breaching Humpback Whale, Sea Turtle, Blue Crab, Whale Shark, Manta Ray and others available at the workshop.)

March 2022 Program -  We will have a live and in person program by the world renowned Texas quilter Barbara McCraw!!!
I first met Barbara at the Houston Quilt Show where she had her own display. I was totally captivated by her work, which has such a personal quality. Some of you may have taken her Baltimore Album classes some years ago; the classes were based on her own very personal Baltimore Album Quilt that depicts events and places in her grandparents lives.
She is a marvelous presenter and now her husband participates since he has taken up quilting himself. This is a Do Not Miss presentation! It's also one that we would love to have you bring your friends! Because she is a nationally known quilter there will be a $5 fee for guests and I feel quite certain that they will say it was worth it!!
February 2022  Program -  

 "Running with the Big Dogs," a hilarious account of Sherri Worley's experience being part of a very competitive quilting bee. Come to our next meeting on the 18th to learn how things could be much worse in your life!!


In February, quilter Terry Mosher will present a lecture called the History of Male Quilters, based on his touring exhibition of quilts by men. Terry has a 30 year history of quilting and other forays into fabric manipulation including teaching sashiko, the Japanese method of decorative surface stitching and his perfection of the millefiore method of English Paper Piecing. Terry will teach this at our February workshop on Saturday, February 19. He promises that, depending on your interest, you can make a table topper or a king sized quilt! Sign up for the workshop at our January meeting!!

January  2022 Program -

Join us for our Annual Garage Sale!   Lots of quilting supplies, fabric and such will be available for sale!

August meeting:  Officer elections will be completed in a short online session.

September meeting:  Officer induction ceremony.  overview of committees.

Combined with humor, and her passion for quilting, Laura educates her audience on the process of producing an amazing memory quilt from start to finish. Laura will be bringing a variety of quilts from her Trash to Treasure, Low Down on Leather, On Point quilts and table runners made with on point grid interfacing, a few unique T-shirt quilts will also be shown. This is a unique trunk show that will give you a glimpse of  what goes on Behind the Seams with Laura. Come and hear her story! Owner Quality Quilts by Laura
254-681-8239 (Direct)
http://qualityquiltsbylaura.com
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Meeting date:  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