Tuesday

September 25, 2013

Janet Pittman  

1:00 p.m.

Quilts from the Garden  

7:00 p.m.

Machine Appliqué, the Basics & Beyond 

 gardentrellisdesigns.com 

A quilt artist from West Des Moines and a member of our own guild, Janet Pittman has been designing her own quilts since 1994. Her appliqué designs are stitched and then embellished to add natural texture and dimension for a realistic appearance. Janet is a Master Gardener and finds inspiration in her colorful garden.

Janet is the author of three quilting books and dozens of floral and kid-themed patterns. Her designs have been published in national quilt magazines including American Patchwork and Quilting, Love of Quilting, American Quilter, and Country Marketplace. She is also a nationally recognized teacher and lecturer.

Programs

Tuesday, September 25, 2013

West Des Moines United Methodist Church

8th & Grand, West Des Moines 

1:00 p.m.: Quilts from the Garden

Hear and see how Janet uses garden photographs as the basis for appliqué, foundation pieced, and patchwork quilts. Then learn which quilting process to use and how to embellish by hand or machine. This will be a lecture and trunk show.

7:00 p.m.: Machine Appliqué, the Basics and Beyond

This lecture and trunk show will cover machine appliqué preparation and stitching techniques. There will be a special emphasis on machine and hand embellishing using beads and decorative threads.

The Newcomers group has had steady attendance this year, averaging 12-15 newcomers at each meeting.  These newcomers have taken advantage of a special meeting for those who have been a member of the Des Moines Area Quilters Guild for less than one year. All newcomers are welcome to attend the meetings.  Meetings are held the third Tuesday of the month from January through October. At each meeting, a Guild Board member explains the duties of her position, then a Guild member presents a program on a popular quilt topic/technique.  

The next Newcomers Meeting will be September 17, 2013, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at the Urbandale Public Library, Room B.  Janora Hayes will explain the Director at Large duties and then present the program, "Color is Relative" . Newcomers, if you have trouble putting colors together you won't want to miss this! 

We encourage you to bring Show and Tell. Please remember no outside food or drink is allowed in the library.

Hope to see you on the 17th!

Mildred Agena

Deb York

Program Chair

Registration

For any workshop, you may mail in your registration form along with your registration fee to Deb York, 28187 Prospect Ave., Adel, IA 50003. We will also be taking reservations at our meetings on the fourth Tuesday of each month. If you have any questions you can email Deb at yorkcovp@aol.com or call her at 515-993-4539 (home), 515-240-7653 (cell). 

Location 

All workshops are scheduled to be held at West Des Moines Christian Church at 4501 Mills Civic Parkway in West Des Moines. To get there from Interstate 35, exit at Mills Civic Parkway, exit 70. Turn east onto Mills Civic Parkway and drive about 0.9 of a mile. The West Des Moines Christian Church will be on the north side of Mills Civic Parkway. We will meet in Building #3 which is the one closest to Prairie Life Fitness.

October: Pam Buda

heartspunquilts.com 

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 -- 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Practice What I Preach

This is a hands-on lesson of the techniques covered in Pam's lecture "Secrets of Professional Quilters ~ Revealed!" The skills taught in this class will be used each and every time you quilt! Each student can try many new piecing techniques as well as perfect a variety of pressing techniques.

Thursday, October 24, 2013 -- 9:00 a.m. - noon

Friendship Blooms

Learn several techniques for sewing hexagons. We'll construct two simple seven-hexagon flower blooms, covering the fundamentals of English paper piecing, the basics of working with wool, and the finishing techniques for this folky 12" x 17" wall hanging.

Thursday, October 24, 2013 -- 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Star Strings Pincushion

Learn how to paper piece a wonderful Star Strings Pin Cushion as you learn the fundamentals of foundation paper piecing with Pam's helpful tips and tricks. Knowing how to paper piece will give you a skill that will open up new opportunities in your quilting adventures as wonderful, glorious blocks can be mastered by paper piecing!

The 1800's Study Group will meet on Oct 10th at 6:30pm at the Quilt Block in Valley Junction.  The topic will be: Strip Quilts. 

For questions/assistance, to be put on the email list for more information, etc., contact Virginia Berger at va_berger@hotmail.com.