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Our program for Monday, July 21 will be presented by Amanda Murphy of “Amanda Murphy Design.” Amanda is a fabric designer for Blend Fabrics and her lines include Topiary, Holiday Bouquet, Bonjour Mon Ami, Bella, Veranda, Swiss Chocolate and Ambrosia. Her fabrics combine shapes from nature in a variety of scales with a playful modern twist. Amanda teaches machine embroidery and applique for Craftsy and has a book out entitled “Color Essentials: Crisp and Vibrant Quilts.” She also blogs and designs patterns. She lives in Charlotte, NC. Visit her website at Amanda Murphy Designs

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These are not just your Grandmother’s String Quilts! String Quilting has a colorful history and can create exciting elements when mixed with traditional patchwork shapes! String quilts from small to large will fill the listeners with ideas and inspiration to dig into their own stashes and sew up a storm of strings! Quilts from Scraps & Shirttails, Scraps & Shirttails II, Adventures with Leaders & Enders, and my latest book, String Fling will be featured. DOQ members please wear your nametag and sign-in. Non-DOQ members fee for the lecture is $10.

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May will be small group presentations on finishing your quilts for the show. Bev Metz and Sarah Porreca will demo two different techniques for binding. Susan DeSerres will demo blocking your quilts so your quilt will be flat and straight. Judy Corley-Lay will demo making and attaching a sleeve. Labels for your quilts will also be demonstrated by Evelyn Judson. Each demo will have its own table and members will move between tables to see the various items. This is a tradition before our quilt show and even experienced quilters may come away with a new trick or two!

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When: Sunday, June 15, 2014 from 9:30am-3:30pm *CLASS FULL* Where: New Hope Volunteer Fire Department , 4012 Whitfield Rd., Chapel Hill, NC Cost: $40 (DOQ member) $70 (non-DOQ member, if space available), “String Fling” book required. Stars and chains in blues and neutrals are sure to capture any star-lover’s fancy! What a great way to clear out scraps by choosing two color families: A foreground (Blue) and a background (Neutral) Students will learn the basics of string piecing along with learning to use the Easy Angle ruler to create half square triangle units from 2 1/2″ scrap strips. This quilt was a great way for me to use a large variety of blue and neutral scraps for the half-square triangles, and even more scrap fun clearing out a whole box of neutral strings used in the alternate block areas. Jamestown Landing supply list.

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When: Saturday, June 14, 2014 from 9:30am-3:30pm *CLASS FULL* Where: New Hope Volunteer Fire Department , 4012 Whitfield Rd., Chapel Hill, NC Cost: $40 (DOQ member) $70 (non-DOQ member, if space available), Scraps & Shirttails II book required. Smith Mountain Morning is a two-block quilt, with the star block, a 54-40 or Fight variation, in two colorways, and a Chimney and Cornerstones log cabin variation which is rotated to complete the design between the stars. This pattern is found in my book Scraps & Shirttails II which may be purchased from my website at Quiltville.com. Students will learn the use of specialty rulers for half square triangles using the Easy Angle Ruler, Quarter Square Triangles using the Companion Angle Ruler, and the Tri Recs rulers for the tall star points! Smith Mountain Morning supply list.

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Vickie Clontz is a designer, teacher and fiber artist specializing in wool and all things related. Vickie has been sewing since her mother first introduced her to needle and thread at age 5. Her pattern company, Annie”s Keepsakes, has over 75 original designs for quilting, home decor and wearables. Vickie loves creating unique designs and wearable art, and enjoys sharing her ideas, talent and expertise with others through the classes, programs and workshops she teaches across the country

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* Meeting Canceled due to SNOW – rescheduled for August. Have you ever dreamed of owning your own little fabric shop full of beautiful quilting fabrics, patterns and notions too? Vernett Zimmerman of “ABC Quilting with Nana” has a cute store tucked away on Webb Avenue in Burlington. She will speak to us on Monday, March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day, about the trials and tribulations of owning a quilting shop. Please join us and bring your questions for Vernett.

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When: March 29, 2014  9am – 3pm Where: New Hope Fire Volunteer Fire Department, 4012 Whitfield Road, Chapel Hill, NC Cost: $40 + $15 pattern fee Deb Karasik will teach a workshop titled “Batik Wheels”. There will be a foundation pattern fee of $15/student paid to Deb at the class.   This fee will pay for  a complete foundation pattern for the entire quilt, including borders.   Please pay the class fee ($40) at the time of sign-up. To view the quilt that we will be making, go to: http://www.debkarasik.com/classes-detail.php?ID=8. Contact: Cynthia Latta at 919-732-6411 or latta@co.orange.nc.us

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Nicole will describe her journey as a quilter and discuss features of the modern quilting movement, including the online community and different styles and techniques of modern quilting. Nicole Neblett is a modern quiltmaker, designer, instructor, and blogger. Nicole’s quilting life started in 2001 with the first quilt she made, a traditional sampler, but it wasn’t until she discovered the modern quilting movement in 2010 that she embraced modern quilting. Taking inspiration from everyday objects and places, she enjoys crafting quilts with vivid colors and graphic designs. Her work incorporates modern design principles with traditional and improvisational techniques to create quilts that fuse the traditional with the contemporary. Her work has been featured in places such as Sew Mama Sew, Modern Patchwork, Modern Quilts Unlimited, Craft Gossip, FaveQuilts, and QuiltCon. She teaches modern quilting workshops at places like Spoonflower and Thimble Pleasures. You may find what she’s been stitching at her blog, Mama Love Quilts.

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Our January meeting, January 20th, will be our bi-annual guild silent auction. I hope you have sorted through your quilting related stuff and picked out items that you no longer want. Group your items rather than include individual small items. When you get to the meeting, we will have tables set up and forms will be available for you to set the initial price and the bid increment. All of the proceeds go to the guild, so please take advantage of a very fun activity. Once the auction is set up, I will set a timer and let everyone look at everything and bid on items you want. The high (last) bidder at the end of the appointed time will win and will pay for the items at the “cashier”. Anything that does not get a bid will go home with the person that brought it to the auction. You will be able to pay for items you win with a check or with cash. I suggest bringing some singles and quarters as many items will increment at $0.25 with each successive bidder. If you plan to do some serious shopping, you may want to bring tote bags or cardboard boxes …

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