January 11, 2020 Meeting

Our speaker in January is Tonya Alexander, quilter, designer, and fabric lover.      She is the author of Stash Lab: Simple Solutions for Scrap Quilts and her popular Stash Lab Manual Series featuring a contemporary and creative approach to string quilts.   www.stashlabquilts.com

Note the change in meeting location!  Meeting is Saturday, January 11, 2020 at the First Baptist Church, 511 State Street, Sedro-Woolley, WA.  Registration starts at 9:30 am, program starts at 10 am.  Guests are $7, members attend free.

Bring a sack lunch, Show & Share and cash for the Auffle.

Remember membership is due. Make sure you get your newsletter, bring your $25 to the meeting.

Next meeting November 16

NORTHWEST QUILT CONNECTION NOVEMBER 16, 2019

WHEN:  Saturday, November 16, 2019

HOSTS:  EverGreen Quilters

WHO:   Jenny Pedigo

WHERE: WECU, Ferndale, WA

TIME:   Registration starts at 9:30 a.m.  Program starts at 10:00 a.m.

PROGRAM:  Sew Kind of Wonderful

WECU FERNDALE, 5659 Pacific Highway, Ferndale WA. 98248

Take Exit #262

Continue straight onto Pacific Rd for 364 feet

Turn R for 151 feet

5659 Pacific Highway.

Please do not park directly in front of the building.  These spots are saved for banking customers.

 

SPEAKER:

Jenny Pedigo / Sew Kind of Wonderful

How it All Started

The Quick Curve Ruler was the brain-child of Jenny when she wanted to find an easier way to consistently cut curves that would be easy to sew.  The first Quick Curve Ruler and pattern Urban Escape were sold in 2011.  Since then thousands of Quick Curve Rulers and QCR patterns have been sold worldwide to quilters who have fallen in love with curved piecing using the easy techniques of the Quick Curve Ruler.  There are over 35 patterns which all use just one ruler – the Quick Curve Ruler!  Spring 2013 was significant with the release of our easy double wedding ring best selling quilt pattern – Metro Rings and in 2014 the release of our first book Contemporary Curved Quilts published by Landauer Publishing.

We love combining curved piecing with straight line piecing to give variety and beauty to the project.  We developed the Quick Curve Ruler (QCR) to make cutting curves fast, easy and consistent.  Our QCR techniques of Cut-Sew-Square-Up allow for working with the bias, and the square-up step ensures blocks are consistent for piecing the final product. We are now excited to introduce the new Wonder Curve Ruler and projects to follow.

BRING TO MEETING:

Exchange block (see instructions attached)

Show & Share items

Name tag

Cash for Auffle (free ticket with your name tag)

Admission for NQC members is paid for with membership.  $7.00 for nonmembers and for guests.

Remember to bring your Bag Lunch.

September Meeting Guest

I’m Katie Pedersen, Quilting Omnivore, Teacher and Artist I like to quilt, A LOT.  I like to share what I’ve learned and I truly believe anyone who wants to quilt can, no matter their skill level. To develop and grow our art we need the space, quality tools and time to routinely practice.  It all starts with sewing two pieces of fabric together. My teaching and quilt designs fuse the tradition rooted in my childhood with improvisational techniques and a modern aesthetic.  I teach fun workshops as accessible to all levels, locally and nationally. I’m a maker, always been.  I was the child content for hours with pompoms, goggly eyes and a bottle of glue.  My mom and her posse of friends provided daily doses of creative inspiration, whether hand-stitching over a cuppa tea, quilting in our TV room or working on the latest crafting craze, they were always creating. After moving to Seattle I found myself purchasing a stack of fabric and true to form, with little research I just dove in.  What developed were not the classic quilt designs I’d watched my mother create, but a fusing of it with my quirky way of seeing.  Since then no day is complete until at least two pieces of fabric are sewn together. Quilting can be a solitary adventure and I felt the need to surround myself with other quilters that desired company too, so in 2009 I started teaching modern and improvisational quilting workshops in Seattle.  I’ve been the featured artist at multiple shows, am a founding member and former president of the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild, and my quilts have been shown and awarded at QuiltCon.  In 2013 I wrote the award winning book, Quilting Modern: Techniques and Projects for Improvisational Quilts with Jacquie Gering and have since been published in American Patchwork and Quilting, Sew Mama Sew and other publications.  I continue to teach modern and improvisational quilting classes accessible to all ages and levels in my Seattle Quilting Studio, locally, nationally and internationally.

September meeting coming up

We will meeting September 14th at the Hillcrest Church on 13th Street in Mount Vernon, Washington.  The speaker is unknown at the moment, but will surely be inspiring.

Sign in is 9:30 a.m. with the meeting starting at 10 a.m.  Bring a sack lunch.

$7 for guests

This is a no-host meeting which means a local Quilt Guild is not providing helping hands.  If you are a member of NQC, please bring a snack for the lunch table and an item or two for the Auffle (cross between raffle and auction).  If you can help set up and/or tear down arrive early — doors will be open at 8:30.

Correction May Meeting date is May 11

When:                    Saturday, May 11, 2019

Who:                       Cathy Miller, The Singing Quilter

Where:                  St. Faith Anglican Church, Vancouver, BC

Time:                       Registration starts at 9:30 a.m.  Program starts at 10:00 a.m.

PROGRAM:

Cathy Miller is a Canadian quilter and folksinger from Victoria British Columbia. Since September 2000 she and her musician husband John have toured a program of songs, stories and quilts to guilds and quilting events across North America, Australia and New Zealand, the UK and Germany.

They have performed at over 800 quilting events for more than 70,000 quilters worldwide. These include appearances at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, AQS Quilt Week in Paducah, Quilt Canada, and “The Quilt Show” with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson.

To date Cathy has released five CDs of songs about quilting and a book of her songs and stories. The songs range from the historical, through the poignant, to the drop-dead funny!

DIRECTIONS:

St. Faith’s Anglican Church, 7284 Cypress St., Vancouver, B. C.  Remember there is an elevator available if needed—just ask!

Take 1-5 North into Canada to Vancouver via the Peace Arch crossing.   I-5 North becomes Provincial Route 99N. Continue north (you will go through a tunnel, then cross the Oak Street Bridge), after the bridge, turn left at W. 57^th and continue west.  Turn right onto Cypress.   St. Faith’s church is located at Cypress and W 57^th, before you reach the railroad tracks.

BRING TO THE MEETING:

Exchange Block

Auffle items

Show and Share Items

Name Tag

Cash for Auffle

Admission for NQC members is paid for with membership.

$7 for non-members and for guests. (US Funds please)

Bag lunch.

The NQC Meeting is coming up

Just a quick reminder that we are meeting in Lynden at the Senior Center, Saturday, March 9th.  Sign in is 9:30 am and the meeting starts at 10 am.  If you can come early to help set-up that would be appreciated.  People should be there around 8:30 for setting up.

Consider bringing a guest to hear our speaker.

Retreat sign up

I have emailed out the registration form to sign up for our October Retreat.  Contact me if you did not receive it.  There will be copies at the March meeting since sign ups begin at that meeting. You must be a member in good standing by Feb. 1 to attend.  The deposit is $75 with the balance due August 1.

Thanks.  Joy Neal, Retreat Chair