WORKSHOPS

October 11, 2024  Crazy About Crazy Quilts by Cathy Glover 

Cathy is an AQS Certified Quilt Appraiser, quilt historian, a member of several national and regional quilt and fabric study groups. As a national speaker, she provides various lectures and workshops on polyester, hexagons, crazy and inscribed quilts and others. Cathy was a reenactor specializing in women’s studies and quilt history. She loves to teach beginning quilting, hand piecing, applique and crazy quilting. Cathy is the owner of Prairie Quiltings, LLC., which provides long-arm quilting services, custom t-shirt or memorabilia quilts, and commissioned quilts. She also sells vintage trims/textiles, crazy quilting and sewing supplies. As a quilt artist, she has over 40 years of quilting knowledge and experience.

Even though crazy quilts “heyday” started in the 1870’s, they were occasionally seen prior to this and continues today.  Silks, satins, wools, cottons and anything in between, you will see a wide variety of old and new. You will learn about crazy quilt stitches and embellishments.    We will walk through time and explore the uniqueness of crazy quilts yesterday and today.

November 15, 2024 Go Wild with Prints By Cindy Griselda 

Color and texture are the driving forces behind my contemporary art quilts. I believe that each one of us has the ability to be creative–we just need to allow our creativity space to grow. Improv is a great way to give yourself permission to play with no rules and no patterns. I encourage my students to explore their own ideas using my techniques as inspiration to design their own original art quilts. We talk about color, about simple design principles to keep in mind as you create, explore improvisational techniques that I use in my work, and discuss ideas for quilting and finishing. I enjoy teaching and my classes can be successfully adapted to different skill levels.