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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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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At the Christian Reformed Conference Grounds The ladies had a wonderful and quite productive sewing weekend in December. And great food as usual. Feel free to left click to open an image larger or right click to save.
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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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It was time to return to quilt school on November 11 at Lighthouse Quilt Guild. The meeting was split into 5 groups, each with a “member teacher” leading the group on tips and tricks to make our quilting easier. Barb demonstrated how to add a flange and piping to your binding. Lorelle and Marilyn showed
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