Class Descriptions
North Carolina Quilt Symposium 2017 Classes See all the classes listed alphabetically by the teacher’s last name below, or print the complete Symposium Class Booklet.
Wrapped in Scrap Bowl
Workshop with Catherine Redford Workshop with Catherine RedfordSunday, February 18, 202410:00am – 4:00pm $50 DOQ Member $55 Non-Member Murphy School,3717 Murphy School Rd, Durham, NC Learn to make a beautiful bowl or table runner from clothesline and fabric on the sewing machine. Start with the basic no fuss techniques, then choose your project and start stitching. Go home with the skills necessary to start your next fabulous piece.
English Paper Piecing Workshop with Tina Craig of Seaside Stitches
Tina has been quilting for 32 years. She specializes in precision piecing (foundation and English paper piecing) and domestic machine quilting. She enjoys learning new techniques and has been stretching her skills to try art quilting Her website is seaside-stitches.com Location: Murphy School, Room 33717 Murphy School Rd, Durham, NC 27705 English Paper Piecing for BeginnersMarch 19, 2023 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM$35 Member – $40 non-memberEnglish Paper Piecing (EPP) is growing in popularity once again as quilters embrace slow stitching, it is portable and offers a great opportunity for fussy cutting. Instruction will include printing your own templates, basting options, and invisible hand stitching. Templates will be provided to get you started. Once you’ve learned the basics in the morning join our afternoon class: Design Your Own English Paper Pieced BlockMarch 19, 2023, 1:00PM – 5:PM$40 Member – $45 non-MemberCreate your own unique 4″ hexagonal block. Instruction includes EPP geometry, color & design basics, basting options, various hand piecing stitches, curved piecing, finishing options. Class handout includes a bonus table runner pattern. Both Classes – Members $65 – Non-Members $70 Use these links to sign up English Paper Piecing for BeginnersMember $35Non-Member $40Design Your Own BlockMember $40Non-Member $45Both ClassesMember $65Non-Member …
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2020 Guild Challenge
2020 has been nicknamed the year of perfect vision. Because it is also an election year we are hearing a lot about candidate’s visions for the future of our country. Your challenge for 2020, then, is to make a quilted representation of “Vision”, however you wish to interpret its meaning. Your interpretation must include 10 stars and 10 flying geese (no more, no less of each of these.)
2020 Block of the Month
Block-of-the-Month is a chance to try making some different blocks. Bring your completed block (or blocks) to the guild meeting for a chance to win them all. The more blocks you bring, the more chances to win! Even though meetings are canceled, keep making blocks — we will have a drawing for each month once we can all meet together again.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Our group donated quilts to Sleep in Heavenly Peace a non-profit group that builds and delivers bunk beds to children and families in need. The new Durham chapter was featured on WTVD. and included quilts that we donated.
2019 Guild Challenge
My Initials The 2019 Guild Challenge is “My Initials.” Take the first letter of your first name, middle name, and last name and incorporate something beginning with each of those letters into your quilt. If two of the letters are the same, you must use something different for each. For example, if your initials are SPP (like Shawn), you could use star-purple-parrot, or sunset-pinwheel-paisley. See Shawn to sign up . It costs $2 to join. Quilts are due at the October guild meeting.
2019 Block of the Month
Bring your completed block(s) to the meeting. Enter your name in the drawing one time for each block you bring (if you make two blocks you can enter your name twice, etc.) The lucky person whose name is drawn wins all the blocks. September Block: Scrappy Pumpkin Colors:This block requires six orange fabrics, one brown, one green and one background. https://shop.mybluprint.com/quilting/article/pumpkin-quilt-block/ August Block: Scrappy Susannah Colors: Background – use a solid or tone on tone white background. Rest of Block – use scraps that are all the same color, as shown in the sample below. (So, all blues, all reds, all purples, etc.) http://www.abrightcorner.com/2014/09/quilt-block-tutorialthe-scrappy-susannah.html July Block: Sawtooth Star http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SawtoothBlock.html Colors: Star – use a white tone on tone or print.Background – use either a red or dark blue tone on tone or solid June Block: Sailboat Colors: Water – use a medium to dark blue fabric Sky – use blue that is lighter than water Sails – solid white or print Boat – use any color you wish Makes a 12 inch finished block https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/twelve-sailboats-quilt-block-pattern-2821213 May Block: Flower Basket (Cactus Pot) Colors: use a white fabric for the background, a medium to large floral print for inside the basket, and tone …
Durham-Orange Quilters Guild 40th Anniversary Quilt Exhibit
March 16 & 17 Chapel Hill Public Library – 100 Library Drive Explore and appreciate more than 50 quilts made by local crafters in recognition of their 40th anniversary. A special section of red and white quilts will mark the Ruby anniversary. All ages can learn the history of the craft and enjoy hands-on opportunities to learn conventional and novel quilting techniques.
2019 Programs
February 18 – Nanette ZellerAn Artistic Journey, Finding Your Own Voice In this trunk-show style lecture and slideshow, Nanette shares her journey of discovering her own artistic voice. She describes learning how to quilt with traditional piecing and then switching to mixed-media art. Her journey of self-discovery will provide us with inspiration and confidence to seek our own quilting style. www.nanettesewz.com March 18 – Nicole Neblett (Mama Love Quilts)Less is More: Making Minimalists Modern Quilts Nicole is the mama behind Mama Love Quilts (www.mamalovequilts.com), an online resource for modern quilting enthusiasts. As a modern quilting designer, instructor, and blogger, she provides quilters with the inspiration and information to create their own modern quilts. April 8 – YouLet Your Ingenuity Shine! Bring Your Favorite Tool or Common Object that you use in making quilts or fabric art. Come to the meeting prepared to show and talk about your favorite tool or object. Bring a sample showing how you have used it. These “tools” can be anything – your favorite chair cushion, the ruler you couldn’t live without, the reminder you hang above your sewing machine, the gripper that prevents your foot pedal from leaving the room. We hope this program will not …
Augusta Cole Workshops
Class: Wheel of Fortune — FULL When: Saturday, September 22- 9am-3pm, Location: Hillsborough Presbyterian Church Supply List This quilt pattern has paper piecing techniques and is one of Augusta’s favorites! Pattern is $8.00 for participants ($10.00 for nonparticipants.) Class: Stars, Stars and Then Pinwheels When: Sunday, September 23- 9am-3pm Where: Camp New Hope Conference Center, Dogwood Building. Supply List This quilt can be scrappy or using coordinated colors. You will learn many ways of making stars, pinwheels and stars with a ribbon border using Augusta’s fun, speedy technique for making half square triangles. Pattern handout is $5.00. More ideas on Augusta’s website: augustacolequilting.com Questions? Ask Cynthia at cynthia.latta54@gmail.com
2018 Guild Challenge
In keeping with our year long celebration of the guild’s 40th anniversary, this year’s challenge has two requirements. First, it should be your interpretation of the word Celebrate!, and second, it should incorporate something old and something new. Members are still welcome to join the challenge. The cost is $2 (see Shawn to pay) and the quilts are due at the October meeting.
40th Anniversary Events
DOQ’s 40th Birthday is in 2018! To celebrate, we have a number of new and retro events lined up: YOUR Birthday Month – at the Guild meeting during your birthday month, you get to pick a fat quarter bundle and 2 patterns. It’s the Guild’s birthday present to you! You must be a paid member and present at the meeting to select your bundle and patterns. Bi-Annual Silent Auction in January – A DOQ favorite event to clear out the old and bring in the new (new to you, at least)! The guild hosts this event that helps everyone shuffle their projects and start looking for new ways to inspire them. Bus Trip to Hampton Mid-Atlantic Show Feb 24th– Vicki Childers volunteered to coordinate this – Thank you! Please see her article in the newsletter for more details. National Quilt Day on March 17th – We will have a workshop or demonstration at a library with quilt related crafts for kids. We will definitely celebrate this special day! Workshop with Rosie Summers on April 28th – The Deb Tucker Studio 180 Design workshop will be limited to 8 – 15 people and the Guild will cover some of the cost for …
Workshop: Deb Tucker’s Studio 180 Design with Rosie Summers
Rosie Summers, guild member and certified Studio 180 Design instructor, will teach the Marrakesh Quilt workshop. When: April 28 from 9am-3pm Where: Hillsborough Presbyterian Church Cost for DOQ members: $20 Cost for Non-members: $40 Sign up begins: DOQ January 22nd meeting You must purchase (or bring if you already own) the pattern and tools (Tucker Trimmer I and Wing Clipper I) for the class. You can purchase these when you sign-up and you will get them the day of class. Paid participants will receive cutting instructions when signing up. Questions? Ask Cynthia at cynthia.latta54@gmail.com
2018 Programs
January 22: Silent Auction Out with the old and in with the new – at least new to you! Sort through your sewing room, closets and drawers for fabric, notions, rulers, patterns, orphan blocks, books, etc., for our auction. This is a great way to pass along those quilting items you don’t use or want and make room to bring home some things you do want! Money raised supports the guild. Bids start at $1, and increase in $1 increments, no cents! Bundle items so bids can start at $1. Print out your bid sheets and fill in a starting bid for each item before the meeting. February 19: Deb Johnson – “Journey as a Quilter: Trying to fit a square peg into a round hole and other life’s lessons learned along the way……. (Never say never in quilting!)” I started out in 1988, wanting to be a traditional quilter. I loved antique quilts especially of the civil war era and was a little too uppity in my convictions about color and form. I was never going to hand piece, do applique, do hexies, or anything abstract or modern. Life has a way of picking us up and shaking us out and several years ago, my eyes and …
UNC Hospital NICU Visit
Outreach co-chairs, Carol Holleman and Ruth Brenner, were given a tour of the UNC-Chapel Hill NICU by fellow guild member, Vicki Childers, in December 2017. Bead Bags of Courage were on many of the babies’ metal stands. Upon meeting other NICU staff members, they expressed parents’ feelings of appreciation that someone created these special bags for their babies. In addition, the staff was excited to provide the NICU smocks to the families. It was an amazing visit. If you would like to help, see the Instructions for Bead Bags and pattern for NICU smocks.
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival Bus Trip
When: Saturday February 24, 2018 Where: The bus will leave from and return to the St. Thomas Moore (STM) parking lot for the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival. Time: The bus will arrive at STM at 5:45 am and depart promptly at 6:00 am sharp – Planned arrival at Hampton is 10:00 am – Planned departure from Hampton 5:00 pm, sharp – Arrival back to STM is planned for 9:00 pm Cost: $36.00 per person for DOQ members (We have room for 55 people, so it is only open to members at this time) and your payment is your confirmed reservation, no reservations taken without payment. Please note: Checks (made out to the DOQ) are HIGHLY preferred over cash, so please bring your checkbook. ONE check per seat is accepted. Cost includes: Bus to and from the show Admission to the show Tip for the bus driver Snacks Door prizes Important Notice – There are no refunds once you make your reservation! You are welcome to sell your seat to a friend or other DOQ member, but Vicki can’t be involved in any of these transactions, she only needs to be notified of the name of the person sitting in the reserved seat if it is different from …
Smocks for UNC Hospital NICU Patients
Introducing a New Project! Guild members, Vicki Childers and Gail Kleimnan, brought this wee little project idea to the Outreach Committee. The UNC Hospital NICU needs smocks for neonatal babies. Since clothing for the smallest ones are virtually nonexistent, we hope our members will make tiny and preemie smocks. The pattern comes in 4 sizes…micro (1-3 lbs), tiny (3-5 lbs), preemie (5-8 lbs) and newborn (8-11lbs). The smocks require minimal fabric and are quick to make. We will have samples at the Outreach table and a limited number of paper patterns. The free pattern can be ordered from the website Everything Your Momma Made and More www.eymm.com/product/free-nicu-friendly-smocks or you can get the pattern here. NOTE: Pattern piece C is flipped backwards on this file, they are working on updating it ASAP as well as updating some of the directions from when it was originally designed 8 years ago. So either cut 2 mirror image for piece B or flip the pattern piece C over before tracing/cutting. PRINTING: If you have trouble printing the correct size please check out this blog post to make sure you are using the correct settings www.eymm.com/2013/08/27/printing-pdf-patterns-in-windows-8/ FABRICS: Use 100% Cotton Flannel or 100% Cotton Knit. You can use Cotton/Lycra Knits if they are soft. Holiday or …
Beads of Courage – Bead Bags
Beads of Courage is a resilience-based intervention designed to support and strengthen children and families coping with serious illness. Through the program children tell their story using colorful beads as meaningful symbols of courage that commemorate milestones they have achieved along their unique treatment path. Making a Bead Bag You will need: Two – 9” x 12” pieces of focus fabric Two – 9” x 12” pieces of lining fabric Two – 26” long pieces of thin cording or ribbon One – Beads of Courage label Instructions: If available, sew label in middle or lower right corner to RS of one piece of focus fabric. Focus Fabric – with RS together sew 1/2″ seam on both long sides making a tube. Press seams open. Lining Fabric – repeat Step 2. Turn lining right side out and place inside focus fabric (RS together). Line up seams and sew a 1/4″ seam around top of tube. Turn right side out. Press seam towards lining. (You now have 1 long tube.) Tuck lining back inside and press top seam flat. Sew a seam 2″ from top. When you get to each side seam, back tack 1/4″ across seam. Sew another seam 2 ¾” from top, …
Stitching North Carolina: The One Hundred County Quilt Project
Update! Our guild had been making some blocks for the 100 count NC quilt. As of July 1st, we are only missing 13 counties. The coordinators have contacted guilds and shops in those counties to help us, so we don’t need any others from our guild. During World War II, more young men from North Carolina were rejected from serving in the military because of health reasons than any other state. Not surprisingly, the state’s number of doctors and hospitals ranked near the bottom. North Carolina needed a state hospital! Centralized Chapel Hill, where a two-year medical school, opened in 1879, was expanding to a four-year program, and was seen as the logical setting for the state hospital which would serve all of its people regardless of ability to pay. North Carolina Memorial Hospital opened for business on September 2, 1952, and has grown into five hospitals in the years since. Before celebrating the opening of the N.C. Women’s and N.C. Children’s Hospitals on September 8, 2001, Joy Javits was tapped to lead a project that would represent all 100 counties served by the Hospitals. The response was enthusiastic and along with drawings of their county flag by children, and writings by …
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Quilts for Independent Animal Rescue
At the June 19 Guild Meeting, the Outreach Committee presented quilts and quilted items to Independent Animal Rescue for their Painted Chair Fundraiser. Included among the creations donated were: appliqué and pieced quilts, a quilt painting, and a purse. Thank you to all who participated. Submitted by: Ruth Brenner Outreach Committee
Blue Line Kids HALOS Program
At the May 15, 2017 DOQ Guild meeting, the Outreach Committee presented Krystal Paylor, the North Carolina Assistant Director and East Coast Quilt Distributor of the National Alliance for Law Enforcement Support, with a collection of quilts made for the BLUE LINE KIDS HALOS Program. This program supports children and teens that have lost a parent in the line of duty. The quilt designs were chosen by the quilters who created them with sizes ranging from large lap quilts to twin size quilts. Specials thanks to the Donation committee and Tuesday Morning Quilters at the Senior Center in Hillsborough. Submitted by: Ruth Brenner Outreach Committee
Upcoming 2017 Programs
June: “Sharp Points the Easy Way.” Trunk show by Rosemary Summers, Certified Instructor for Deb Tucker’s Studio 180 Design. The trunk show will feature quilts made with Studio 180 Design Tools and highlight how to use the tools with any quilt pattern. Selected tools and patterns will be available for purchase. Checks or cash only. July: “Every Quilt Tells a Story” Trunk show of mini quilts based on Civil War events, trips to historic places and family history, by Susan Pierce of High Point. Patterns will be available for purchase. Check her out on Facebook at Miss Susie Quilts. August: “Finishing UFOs” Lecture by Karen Comstock. Karen loves to come visit guilds to talk about quilting and finishing UFO’s. By showing samples of her work and discussing the creative process she poignantly and humorously illustrates with stories from her own life, emphasizing the role of her friends and family in her quilt design. http://www.quilttricks.com September: “A Behind the Scenes Look at Quilt Judging” Ever wonder what goes on behind closed doors when you submit a quilt for judging? Curious about what the judges are looking for? Want to know what makes a winning quilt? Evelyn Judson and Suzan DeSerres …
April Program: Adam Ard – Sewing Machine Maintenance
Our April program was on sewing machine maintenance and simple techniques to keep your machine clean and running smoothly. Adam (adard.5000@gmail.com) does sewing machine repair at: Studio Stitch in Greensboro 336-288-9200 and Sew Original in Winston Salem 336-760-1121 This site had a good review of the points Adam made at the meeting: Spring Cleaning for your Sewing Machine.
Vickie Clontz
Vickie’s love of fibers, wool and folk art is apparent in each of the 80+ patterns she has designed for her company Annie’s Keepsakes, which celebrated their 24-year anniversary in 2014! Vickie’s unique projects have appeared in magazines across the nation and abroad, and she brings her easy-going style and award-winning expertise to each of her lectures, classes and workshops. Vickie began sewing and creating at the age of 5 when her mother began teaching her how to make doll clothes. She started her company, “Annie’s Keepsakes” (named after her mother and daughter), in 1990 to continue her love of designing and staying home with her children. Annie’s Keepsakes has been growing steadily and is now distributed throughout the United States and abroad. She regularly appears at both local and national trade shows. Vickie is vending at Symposium 2017 and is offering a 3-hour class on her wool felting process. Class: Wool Bead Earrings (3 hours — Sunday morning) Learn to wet-felt beautiful beads of wool fibers and create a couple of pairs of wool bead earrings to coordinate with your favorite ensemble. Instructor will bring wool fibers and sparkly Angelina fibers to add a bit of bling to your wooly …