Welcome to the Blue Valley Quilters Guild. We are a very active group, and you will find details below on our upcoming meetings and activities.
Blue Valley Quilters Guild meetings are scheduled the first Tuesday of the month unless otherwise announced (August and November we will meet the second Tuesday of the month due to election days). We have Hybrid guild meetings unless otherwise announced. Online participants meet on Zoom. In person participants meet at Village on Antioch Church (14895 Antioch Road, Overland Park, KS 66221). Social time is 9:00 a.m. CT and the meeting starts with our speaker promptly at 9:30 a.m. CT. There is a $10 guest fee at Guild Meetings payable at the door.
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Programs
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June 6 – Norene Skiles - Use it all, You Paid for it Quilters are the curators of extensive textile collections and should use their materials wisely, without waste. Norene will explain how she organizes her collection and scraps, her techniques as well as ideas for using all your scrap fabric and batting. She will show how her scrap quilting has progressed including how she up-cycles old quilt blocks and clothing. She is a firm believer that you should use it all since you paid for it. The lecture is centered on the Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle theme. |
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June 7 - Scrappy Improv 4 Ways, Quilt as you Go Workshop Learn four different techniques to make “Quilt As You Go” scrappy improv blocks that include endless variations. You will also learn to use your fabric and batting scraps to make blocks that will be joined by 2” sashing and how to “add a border”. This technique can be used on countless types of quilts making your domestic machine quilting easier to handle and quilt. The “add a border” makes the back of your quilt perfectly centered and bordered. No pattern or other additional fees. Use your own scraps. Workshop from 9 am to 4 pm via Zoom |
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July 11 - Teresa Duryea Wong - The Calling of Quilt Collectors Quilt collectors play a critical role in the circle of life of art. By purchasing a quilt, the work of the artist is immediately validated, and the quilt obtains a monetary value that didn’t exist before. The collector also has a critical role in preserving quilts, and ideally, presenting them to viewers, either by hanging it in their home, or loaning it to museums. This lecture will explore the collections of major antique quilt collectors such as Joanna Rose, Eli Leon, and Robert & Ardis James --- and why their vision and passion are so important to quilt preservation. Learn how 651 red and white quilts belonging to Joanna Rose revolutionized quilt exhibitions in 2011, and how one quiet collector living in a small home amassed an enormous collection of African American quilts. Plus, how 1,000 quilts from the James’ founded the world’s finest quilt collection and museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. In addition, you’ll be introduced to the collections of contemporary art quilt collectors Frank Klein, Marvin Fletcher, and Jack Walsh. Lastly, hear tips on how to have your own quilts acquired by collectors or museums. |