Workshops & Speakers

Members and nonmembers are invited to attend. Workshop fees are $35 for members and $45 for nonmembers. For more information regarding supplies, time, and place contact Julia Bowden at johnjuliabowden@yahoo.com. Workshops are held at South Community Center located at 2235 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, TX 77380. Classes are from 9:00 am until 3:30 pm. There is a refrigerator and microwave to store and heat your food for the 30-minute lunch.

*Important Message from Workshop Folks*

Please read the supply list/instructions from the instructor fully and in time to do supply gathering and machine set-up before the workshop! Your cooperation is appreciated and ensures that we can spend more time sewing and learning.

Please join us in February for a lecture "My History with Quilting and When I Finally Figured it Out" and workshop "Laura Heine 'Teeny Tiny' Patterns: Dress, Elephant, Fish" by Kathy Tucker kandsquilting.com

Please join us and Patti Chevalier for a 

Lecture: Heirloom Quilt Restoration

Please join us and Lisa Erlandson www.lequilts.com for a 

Lecture: The Old Lady Who Swallowed the Fly Was a Quilter and 

Workshop: Quilt History: Dating Fabrics and Quilts

Please join us and Kim Oleson QuiltaholicsAnonymous.com for a

Lecture: Batiks of Java and Bali &

Workshop: Beach Glass Quilts.

Kim Oleson is an award-winning quilter, longarmer, fiber artist and teacher

from the DFW area. She has been quilting since the late 1990’s and has been teaching since the early 2000’s. Kim studied textiles, design and printed surface design in college, and her style has continuously evolved since then. She has won numerous awards in quilting, including an AQS Choice Award and the National Association of Certified Quilt Judges’ Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement in Quiltmaking. One of her quilts was juried into IQF Houston last year. Kim takes inspiration from nature, particularly the colors of the ocean and tropical flowers.

June 4th - Have you ever wondered how quilting batiks are made? In this lecture, I will share my experiences making and buying batiks in Java and Bali through video, pictures and samples. 1 hour +/- with time for Q&A

June 5th - Beach Glass Mini Quilt Workshop:
In this fun, easy full-day workshop, learn my methods and technique for

Beach Glass quilts. No fussing with fusibles! You will have several color options to choose from. Techniques include collage, machine quilting and facings. Leave with a finished project! Kit Required

Your kit will include everything you need to complete your mini quilt. You will have a choice of colorways, and the kit also includes background fabric, batting, facing fabric, glue pen, tweezers, and quilting thread. Kit price: $56

You will need to bring:

• ●  Karen Kay Buckley perfect scissors or similar
• ●  Sewing machine with basic sewing tools
• ●  Bobbin filled with white thread

Thanks for accepting the 2024 President’s Challenge to create donation quilts and tote bags for the Montgomery County Women’s Shelter. 

Details:

·  Kits are available at meetings from July 3rd until gone.  

·  Completed projects are due March 5th 2025.

·  All quilts should be quilted and bound when turned in.  

·  Size:  

o  No smaller than 45” x 60”.

o  No larger than 60” x 80”.

·  Quilts can be created by one or more quilters.  

·  A complimentary tote bag is encouraged if fabric allows.  It should be simple- not with a lot of hardware, etc.  A pattern is available at www.pellonprojects.com called Simple, Sturdy Tote Bag.  (The only change I would recommend to this bag pattern is to add some kind of interfacing to the handles.) Here is the link for the pdf instructions. 

·  If you still have additional fabric, consider adding a simple cosmetic bag. 

·  Quilts will be shown at the March 5th meeting and membership will vote for Viewer’s Choice- 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 

Supplies:

·  Each kit contains a variety of fabrics.  You can use fabric from the kit plus any additional fabric.

·  Review your fabric carefully- some of the fabrics are seconds and have flaws.

·  Batting will be available at the October, January and February meetings.  Please email Karen Estalella (kkpayne52@gmail.com) the size of batting you will need a week in advance so you can pick it up at the meeting.

·  Your kit may not contain enough fabric for backing.  If you require backing, please email Karen with the amount you require and a picture of your quilt a week in advance, and we will try to supply a backing from the guild stash.  

Questions- Contact Mary Ellen Wahlheim or Karen Estalella. 

Join your quilting sisters at our annual quilting retreat at Camp for All in Burton, TX.  Retreat is a fun time to enjoy sewing and fellowship with both old and new guild friends. If you are new to the guild, come meet members and start to build friendships.  It’s also a time to learn from each other.  We solve lots of quilty problems together!

Camp for All is a very special place that provides children with special needs and challenging illnesses and their families with opportunities for independence, increased self-confidence, and community living skills.  WAQG members have supported CFA for many years with donations of quilts, wheelchair quilts, creation of quilts with blocks made by campers, and curtains for some of the cabins.  While at camp, you will have the opportunity to tour the camp and appreciate all that they have to offer.  Check out their website at www.campforall.org.  

We sew in a large room with large wooden tables with room for 30 quilters.  Bring your sewing machine, sewing supplies, and several projects.  Lighting is not the best, so you might want to bring extra lighting.  Chairs are provided, but are a bit low.  Many members bring their own sewing chairs.  You can sew at your own schedule….get up early, sew all day until the bell rings for meals, and sew into the night if you like.  

All meals are provided by CFA’s very talented chef and kitchen staff.  They will cater to any special dietary needs.  

There are three choices for lodging.  The camp cabins sleep 6-8 in dormitory style with community bathrooms.  Campers in the cabins bring their own bed linens.  All bathrooms at camp are handicap accessible.  Retreat houses have four bedrooms and a common living room.  Each bedroom sleeps two campers.  There are two bathrooms that serve two bedrooms each.  The health center rooms are right next to the room we sew in.  Guild members with mobility or health issues that desire to be close to our sewing area can choose the clinic rooms.  Bed linens and towels are provided in the retreat houses and health center rooms.

Sign up for retreat by contacting Amy DePan.  Registration will be limited to the first 30 who register.  Fees for camp will be announced later in the fall when CFA sets their meal fees for 2025.  Contact Amy DePan for an approximate price.