August 26, 2008
Picnic
September 23, 2008
Susan Cleveland
 My Eclectic Quilt Pageant
With careful fabric and thread selection and attention to detail, simple quilts can pack a punch and become special. Using simple designs, innovative products, and special binding techniques, Susan has created eye-catching simple quilts in days rather than months. When these techniques are combined with precision piecing, fabulous show quilts are born. Susan will share simple but special quilts, several award winning quilts, and some of her best secrets!
Susan's enthusiasm for quilting is said to be contagious! Students enjoy her upbeat attitude, well-written instructions, and one-on-one attention included in every workshop. Her quilts have been shown in international-level competitions since 1997 and have received many awards. Judges comment on her fine workmanship and appreciate her original style. She bases her designs on traditional patterns then adds specialty threads,prairie points, piping, and great binding techniques. She is the inventor of the Groovin' Piping Trimming Tool which is used to trim piping seam allowances and author of Piping Hot Curves. Susan is passionate about sharing quilts and teaching her techniques! She lives on 70 acres in southeastern Minnesota with her husband, son, daughter, 2 dogs, and several cats. Susan's Classes are 9/24 and 9/25: "Piping Hot Curves" and "Piping Hot Binding" http://www.piecesbewithyou.com
October 28, 2008
Claire Favro
At the Heart of Every Quilt: The Words that Turn into Art
Join Claire for story time-because there's a good one behind each of her pieces. She'll let you in on the secret of her success with
custom-designed quilts, the fun of group collaborations, and a few of her personal stories that made their way into her quilts. Digital
slide show followed by a small trunk show.
Bio:
Claire began sewing at 12 on a foot-powered Singer treadle machine while living in Japan as a young teenager. Back in the states, she continued to sew, designing and constructing over 150 period costumes during high school and college. In 1990, she was introduced (by Lura Schwartz-Smith) to the possibilities of using quilting techniques for making wall hangings, and she’s been hanging things on walls instead of in closets ever since.
Her formal training is in Counseling and English. Claire is currently an instructional designer and project manager for Web-based training programs. In former lives she was a career counselor, foreign student advisor, cultural diversity consultant, and instructor of English as a Second Language in classrooms with adults from over 40 countries.
Claire has two grown children married and out in the world, but two loving cats needing almost as much attention. Kitsap County has been her home since 1994.
November 18, 2008
Reynola Pakusich
Ways to use ethnic- (Japanese, African and Indonesian) and hand designed fabrics in quilts...lecture suggests a variety of answers to the questions:
What will I do with this beautiful fabric? How can I bear to cut it?
December 16, 2008
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2009
 January 27, 2009
Rosemary Eichorn
rosemary@sewjourn.com
RENEWING THE CREATIVE FIRES
..........Lecture, Trunk & Fashion Show
A brief slide presentation begins with a visual description of the techniques that Rosemary uses in creating her fabric collages. Then you'll visit her studio and the gardens surrounding it for design and color lessons using nature's illustrations. You'll see how these lessons are translated into her sumptuous collaged quilts and garments. Her enthusiasm for her craft shines through as she shares the "threads" that have shaped her collages. Rosemary's mastery of color, design and sewing skills and her zest for life are further illustrated by a trunk show of her quilts and garments. Included are her garments from the Fairfield/Bernina Fashion Shows and other award winners which will be modeled by members of your group. Rosemary peppers her presentation with personal anecdotes and poems, promising to inspire the artist in anyone who treasures a fabric stash.
Speakers May 26, 2009
Beth Wheeler and Lori Marquette
"Altered Photo Artistry"
Website www.threadography.com
Beth Wheeler (a.k.a. "Muttonhead") is a free-lance artist, product-development specialist, author, and instructor. In the past 16 years, she has written more than 44 books for sewing, quilting, craft, and collecting audiences; hundreds of articles for trade and consumer publications; and published her own line of Muttonhead® quilting patterns and products. Beth has been a crafter since age five and a quilter since age 16. She credits her mother and maternal grandmother with inspiration and introduction to early techniques' and access to a Singer featherweight sewing machine. A passion for discovery led her to develop processes for analysis of technique and design. These skills are the basis for her artwork, workshops, articles, books, and products.
Beth lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana with husband Geoffrey, son Jake, and dog and Sydney in a house happily crowded with a jumble of fabrics, computers, printers, artwork and projects in progress, and treasured "stuff" too precious to actually use.
Lori Marquette (a.k.a. "Sassy") is a free-lance artist and certified massage therapist with a growing passion for art, photography, and graphic design combined with fabric, threads, and technology. She has worked with Beth, providing balance and marketing her designs for 16 years. During this time, Lori has renewed her childhood appreciation of quilting and crafting from the many hours spent watching her maternal grandmother hand-quilt and embroider as she was growing up. She brings life-long passion of the healing arts, unique perspective, and a healthy sense of adventure to artistic creativity. This facilitates therapeutic persuasion in her
technique and design. It is a privilege for her to share this energy with you.Lori lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana with sons Tyler & Ryan, and toy poodle Cody.
June 23, 2009
Lorraine Torrence
Presentation: On The Road To Quiltmaking, A Personal Journey
Lorraine holds a BFA in Art and an MFA in Sculpture but started making quilts in 1971. She has been
teaching quilting since 1972 and now teaches on the national circuit as well as in other countries. Her
love of clothing mixes with quilting skills and results in wearable art that has been exhibited in 3 Fairfield
Fashion Shows, 3 Bernina Fashion Shows and 7 AQS Fashion Shows. She has won numerous awards
on the AQS Fashion Show and has judged that show and other wearable art shows several times. She
owns two lines of garment patterns, has written 2 books, contributed to others and in 2001 designed her
first line of fabric for Clothworks.
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