We had five very interesting presentations this month. Marilew talked about making the Friendship Braid Quilt. Leslie explained how to embroider your label on your binding. Marcia taught us how to make flying geese with a special wing clipper ruler from Deb Tucker. Susan gave us a quick explanation on how she stores fabrics to […]
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I hope those of you who were able to attend the joint meeting of Lighthouse Quilt Guild and PALS Guild last night enjoyed Cindy’s lecture on the Anatomy of Improv Quilting. It was a great turnout and the room seemed full of great quilting energy. https://cindygrisdela.com/ Check out her website, lots of great pictures, how
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The Chicago World’s Fair of 1933 and Its Quilt Contest A great exposition was held in Chicago in 1933 to celebrate the city’s 100th anniversary. “A Century of Progress” was selected as the theme of the Fair to highlight advances in science and technology during the previous 100 years. Scientific exhibits of all kinds were
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Names to be added soon. Left click to enlarge image. Arrow back to return. Right click to save image. Place quilt # Quilter Quilt NameLarge Quilts1 – 109 – Post, Barbara – Snapshots From The Big Day2 – 137 – Katje, Karen – Somewhere Over The Rainbow3 – 106 – Allen, Annette – Great Grandmother’s
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“Stitched Stories” is our theme for this year. Set Up The Quilt Show begins with Elizabeth and Barb talking to Todd at Fox 17 News. If you would like to listen https://www.fox17online.com/morning-mix/lighthouse-quilt-guilds-annual-quilt-show-returns-to-grand-haven . The ladies did a great job promoting our guild and our show. Tuesday night we bring all the racks from storage to
Before we start with the program information, here is a picture of Elizabeth who made and designed this wonderful quilt that instead of raffling it off this year we are just donating to the Grand Haven Lighthouse Conservancy for them to raffle. Check out the blue blocks, they should be familiar to many of you.
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Sue Cortese is a talented artist who has specialized in dyeing her own fabrics with chemical and natural indigo dyes. Her award-winning quilts have been accepted in regional and national shows. She has been trained and certified as a judge since 2014 for quilts and that aspect of her career was the subject of her
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The May 12th meeting featured Cathy Jones from New Era. Cathy presented a wonderful trunk show of her quilts and stories of her travels to go with the quilts. From her website: “A member of the liberated school of design, I cut fabric up in pieces and sew them back together creating quilts. Be it
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Karen treated us to a wonderful view of her many quilts (but not all). So many different designs and fabrics, this was a very fun trunk show. She has been a longtime member and former Chairperson. Karen has been a quilter since the early 1980’s. She delved into her adventure with long-arm quilting in 2018,
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Click on an image to enlarge or save. What a wonderful time away from normal at the Retreat at the Christian Reformed Conference Grounds in Grand Haven. Pat and Lisa are great at organizing this retreat and our home cooked delicious meals are all provided by Lynn from the Conference Grounds. Thinking about joining us
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