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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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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Make It Monday What’s Going on This Month Jessica from Lemon Quilts on Battings Show and Tell
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“I Grew Up in a Cotton Field” Nova took us on a whirlwind world history tour following this wisp of fiber through time, including tales of enslavement, revolution, and industrial espionage. Then she took us into the cotton fields. From the fuzzy seed to harvest, we got an up-close look at cotton, which includes experiencing planting on
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Peter is a published, National & International Award-winning, Modern Quilter/Designer/Teacher with a deep passion for innovation and design. He explained how he loves making quilts, and teaching others how to quilt within my workshops. He is definitely known for taking a fresh approach to quilt construction and design. This was a wonderful presentaion. “Recently I
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Don’t forget you can click on an image to enlarge it or save it. Sometimes in order to make pictures fit better they end up cropped. We started out with a feast, so many wonderful foods, both savory and sweet. We also a wonderful table of fabric at $2.00 yard. And a free table so
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