Coastal Quilters Guild of Santa Barbara & Goleta

2010 Programs

Workshop information and supply lists will be published in Coastlines newsletter and posted here as they become available. The fee for one-day workshops is $35. Sign-ups for each workshop begin two months prior and we expect these excellent teachers to sell out fast. Workshops not filled two months in advance will be opened to non-members for an increased fee. Enroll by providing a check payable to Coastal Quilter's Guild to the workshop Chair. All programs are subject to change.
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List of Teachers Who Have Presented at Coastal Quilters Guild - 1990 to present: Alpha by Last Name || By Year

September 9

Norah McMeeking

Landscape Quilts, Designs and Techniques
This presentation both informs and teaches several principles of landscape design used by quilters here and abroad. Norah will also be offering a trunk show of her quilts.

No Workshop this month.
It's Show-time!

You can view Norah's work at www.bellabellaquilts.com

October 14

sashiko

Nancy Ota
Nancy will present us with a Trunk Show on
"How's and Why's of Quilting".

October 15 Workshop: Sashiko
Learn to hand embroider the beautiful stitching patterns used in Japan. You will begin by stitching on a small traced pattern which is provided. Then you can select the provided six other patterns or create something on your own. An optional kit for $20 will provide premarked fabric, thread and a pattern. It is available for viewing at the Workshop Sign-up table.

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Check out Nancy's work at: www.nancyota.com

November 11

tonye

Tonye Phillips
A Hint of Tradition - A Hint of Whimsy
or
Tonye’s Appliqué “Trip

November 12 Workshop: Applique Pot Luck
We will create one of Tonye’s potted plants, baskets or window boxes from her book “Hand-Appliquéd Quilts/Whimsical Designs and Simple Techniques”. Using simple shapes and your favorite fabrics, Tonye will share with you the fun and creative energy you’re sure to find when playing with hand appliqué.

See her work at www.tonyebelindaphillips.com

December 9

frosty

Guild Annual Holiday Party

Surprise Guests?
Hmmmmmmm....

2011

January 13

Sandy Turner, “I Love the Fabric But What Do I Do With It?”
My love of pictorial fabric has taken many directions over the years. A trunk show of pictorial quilts, showing the use and quilt designs most appropriate for those hard to use fabrics, is the focus of this lecture.

Sandy Turner is a National Quilt Association Certified Teacher who has been teaching for 20 years.

January 14 Workshop: “Birds in the Air”.
This workshop emphasizes the use of pictorial fabric in the construction of "Birds in the Air" blocks. The design possibilities are endless and so much fun.

www.sandyturner.com

February 10

Jean Wells, “Sticks and Stones: Pattern and Color”. Jean is the owner of the Stitchin Post Quilt Shop in Sisters, OR, member of the Quilters Hall of Fame and founder of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. CT Publishing’s most prolific author.

February 11 Workshop: “Outside the Lines”.
Explore color and design and discover your own inner artist.

www.jeanwellsquilts.com

March 10

Coastal Quilters Challenge

This could be our most popular meeting each year. Members present their skill and creativity in response to our annual design challenge.

March 12, 2011 Saturday Open Sew: TBD

April 14

Wendy Butler Berns, “Capering with Creativity and Our Quilts”. Wendy will guide you through an eclectic collection of traditional and contemporary quilts all with a common thread – Captivating Color.

April 15 Workshop: “Liberate Your Logs”.
What fun and endless possibilities with Wendy’s freeing, spontaneous, no-rule approach – odd size strips and odd size centers to the liberating log cabin.

www.wendybutlerberns.com

May 12

Karla Alexander, “Lift the Quilts Out of Your Stash”. This is a way to look at your stash in a whole new way and actually start using your fabric rather than just admiring it!

May 13: Workshop: “Stack a New Deck, Bent Out of Square”.
Windows of luscious color that entice your eyes from block to block from her new book Stack a New Deck.

www.saginawstreetquilts.com

June 9

Cindy Needham, Superior Threads, “Thread Fact or Fiction”.
Information packed lecture about how to distinguish quality of all types of threads including decorative and regular.

June 10, 2011 Workshop: Cindy Needham, “Open Thread Bar”.
Hands on instruction for students with regular and specialty threads.

www.cindyneedham.com

July 14

Annual Guild Potluck, Picnic & Book Sale

August 11

Live and Silent Auction.
Great auction items and look for the surprise guest.

September 8

Mickey Depre, “Tips, Tricks and Other Stuff”.
Powerpoint presentation of various techniques, ie…machine appliqué (Mickey’s way), binding, machine quilting etc.