MEETINGS
Guild meetings are the fourth Monday of each month at 9:00 am and 6:30 pm (except for October and December) at the American Legion Hall, 625 31st Street, Marion, Iowa. Guests are welcome to attend one meeting at no charge.
Guild meetings are the fourth Monday of each month at 9:00 am and 6:30 pm (except for October and December) at the American Legion Hall, 625 31st Street, Marion, Iowa. Guests are welcome to attend one meeting at no charge.
2019 Meeting Presentations
January 28 - Garage Sale; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
February 25 – Laura Wasilowski, Art Quilter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Artfabrik/
Website: http://artfabrik.com/artfabrik-store/
Laura creates Artfabrik extraordinary hand-dyed fabrics and threads. She is a contemporary quilt maker, instructor, and author of 3 books on creating fused art quilts.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Artfabrik/
Website: http://artfabrik.com/artfabrik-store/
Laura creates Artfabrik extraordinary hand-dyed fabrics and threads. She is a contemporary quilt maker, instructor, and author of 3 books on creating fused art quilts.
9:00 AM "Chicago School of Fusing Guided Tour"
Take a campus tour of the famous Chicago School of Fusing. This mythological university is devoted to the promotion of the fine art of fusing, a non-traditional method of assembling quilts with fusible web. Laura Wasilowski, Dean of Corrections at the School, guides you around the campus buildings, introduces you to the fascinating fusing curriculum, and shows you the exciting campus life of the student fuser. Included in the presentation is a review of the fusing processes, a display of actual fused art quilts, and Laura’s own rendition of the Chicago School of Fusing fight song. Press on! (A trunk show of hand dyed fabrics and threads from the Artfabrik dyers is included.)
Take a campus tour of the famous Chicago School of Fusing. This mythological university is devoted to the promotion of the fine art of fusing, a non-traditional method of assembling quilts with fusible web. Laura Wasilowski, Dean of Corrections at the School, guides you around the campus buildings, introduces you to the fascinating fusing curriculum, and shows you the exciting campus life of the student fuser. Included in the presentation is a review of the fusing processes, a display of actual fused art quilts, and Laura’s own rendition of the Chicago School of Fusing fight song. Press on! (A trunk show of hand dyed fabrics and threads from the Artfabrik dyers is included.)
6:30 PM "Stitcher-tunities"
Delight in the stitch! From the hand-dyeing of her pearl cotton threads to the final stitch, Laura tells all about her colorful hand-embroidered fused art quilts. Learn how she makes the quilts, dyes the thread, and selects the stitches to use on the quilt tops. Placement of stitches and other helpful tips will inspire you to add hand embroidery to your own work. The program includes a set of catchy tunes sung about the art of embroidery like “Glory to the Stitcher.” You’ll see an exhibit of her small stitched art quilts and an array of hand-dyed threads and fabrics in a trunk show from the Artfabrik dyers .
Delight in the stitch! From the hand-dyeing of her pearl cotton threads to the final stitch, Laura tells all about her colorful hand-embroidered fused art quilts. Learn how she makes the quilts, dyes the thread, and selects the stitches to use on the quilt tops. Placement of stitches and other helpful tips will inspire you to add hand embroidery to your own work. The program includes a set of catchy tunes sung about the art of embroidery like “Glory to the Stitcher.” You’ll see an exhibit of her small stitched art quilts and an array of hand-dyed threads and fabrics in a trunk show from the Artfabrik dyers .
March 25 – Ilene Bartos
Website: http://www.ilenebartos.com/
Ilene discovered quilting a number of years ago when a friend invited her to a guild meeting and she has been hooked ever since. When Ilene was in school (eons ago) art classes were her favorite because they were so much more fun than math (ugh) or history. Ilene also learned to sew when she was young and enjoyed clothing construction until she lost interest when she went back to work full time in 1991. Ilene now spends her days working on new designs for her pattern line. Quilting combines Ilene's passion for color with her love of fabric and gives her infinite possibiliites for creative expression. It is a wonderful medium and Ilene can't imagine ever losing interest. She is happy to share her story with all of you.
9:00 AM “My Quilting Journey” trunk show including art quilts. Discussion on how I went from traditional quilting to making art quilts – which is a continuing journey.
6:30 PM "Borders, Sashings and More" trunk show with discussion on how to add interest to your blocks by your choice of borders and sashings. Come prepared to take home some ideas for your next quilt or bring finished blocks to discuss alternate sashing/border ideas.
April 22 – Five of Our Own
9:00 AM and 6:30 PM. Trunk show of Five of Our Own Quilters. They will bring 5 of their quilts. Using the quilts they will share with us their quilting journey’s.
Tuesday, May 28 – Dawn Heese, Linen Closet Designs
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LinenClosetDesigns/
Website: https://linenclosetdesigns.bigcartel.com/
Dawn grew up in a family of quilters and stitchers and have been doing some kind of needlework her whole life. Dawn really got into quilting in 1999 and set out to teach herself everything she could about the process. In 2008 Dawn partnered with Kansas City Star Quilts and published her first book, Geese in the Rose Garden. Dawn went on to produce 4 more books with KC Star. Book publishing led to magazine work and she started her own design company, Linen Closet Designs in the fall of 2010. Dawn's work can be seen regularly in magazines such as Primitive Quilts and Projects, Quiltmania and Simply Vintage and her company releases new designs twice a year. Dawn is pleased to announce that her sixth book, published by Quiltmania, made it's debut in April 2017. Dawn feels blessed to be able to work doing what she loves.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LinenClosetDesigns/
Website: https://linenclosetdesigns.bigcartel.com/
Dawn grew up in a family of quilters and stitchers and have been doing some kind of needlework her whole life. Dawn really got into quilting in 1999 and set out to teach herself everything she could about the process. In 2008 Dawn partnered with Kansas City Star Quilts and published her first book, Geese in the Rose Garden. Dawn went on to produce 4 more books with KC Star. Book publishing led to magazine work and she started her own design company, Linen Closet Designs in the fall of 2010. Dawn's work can be seen regularly in magazines such as Primitive Quilts and Projects, Quiltmania and Simply Vintage and her company releases new designs twice a year. Dawn is pleased to announce that her sixth book, published by Quiltmania, made it's debut in April 2017. Dawn feels blessed to be able to work doing what she loves.
9:00 AM and 6:30 PM Trunk Show includes new fabric line. Dawn grew up in a family of quilters and stitchers and has been doing some kind of needlework her whole life. She really got into quilting in 1999 and set out to teach herself everything she could about the process. In 2008 Dawn partnered with Kansas City Star Quilts and published her first book, Geese in the Rose Garden. She went on to produce 4 more books with KC Star. Book publishing led to magazine work and Dawn started her design company, Linen Closet Designs in the fall of 2010. Dawn’s work can be seen regularly in magazines such as Primitive Quilts and Projects, Quiltmania and Simply Vintage and her company releases new designs twice a year. Dawn feels blessed to be able to work doing what she loves.
June 24 – Lisa Bongean, Primitive Gatherings (6:30 PM Meeting Only)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primitivegatherings.quiltshop/
Webbog:: https://lisabongean.com/
Website: https://www.primitivegatherings.us/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primitivegatherings.quiltshop/
Webbog:: https://lisabongean.com/
Website: https://www.primitivegatherings.us/
6:30 PM Trunk Show. Lisa has hand-dyed wool, created patterns and wool kits for wholesale and retail, taught wool appliqué and hand embroidery, designed fabrics, invented a tool for making tiny triangles, and written books. Today, all those things are done under the auspices of Primitive Gatherings, a retail store, a 12,000-square-foot warehouse, and a studio in Menasha, Wisconsin. She also has a store in California
July 22 – Sew Day with Picnic Fun
August 26 – Ruth Green
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Green-Glass-Designs-934372139934516
9:00 AM and 6:30 PM Trunk Show.and Quilt Journey. Ruth Green of Green Glass Designs has created a unique quilt pattern. Her patterns use quilting techniques to produce wall hangings that look like stained-glass windows. She will share her quilting journey and how she developed this technique. You can see more of her designs on her Facebook page.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Green-Glass-Designs-934372139934516
9:00 AM and 6:30 PM Trunk Show.and Quilt Journey. Ruth Green of Green Glass Designs has created a unique quilt pattern. Her patterns use quilting techniques to produce wall hangings that look like stained-glass windows. She will share her quilting journey and how she developed this technique. You can see more of her designs on her Facebook page.
September 23 – EIHQ Quilt Show Winners
Quilt show winners will be showing their quilts
October 28 – “Fun and Games” & Annual Meeting
November 25 – Charity (Wounded Warriors)
