Speakers and Workshops
Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month from 10:00 a.m. to noon at St. Andrew's By the Sea UMC, 2001 Calle Frontera, San Clemente.
Workshops are held at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 33501 Stonehill Dr., Dana Point, CA 92629 from 9:30 to 3:30 on the Wednesday following the SQG general meeting unless otherwise noted.
Any kit or book fees are payable directly to the teacher. The workshop fees are $25.00. Non-member fees are $40.00. Please make checks to Surfside Quilters Guild; the bank will not accept SQG.
SQG members have first priority for workshop reservations until the break at the previous general meeting. Non-members are put on a waiting list and will be confirmed to attend following the break.
If you have a reservation but are unable to attend, please attempt to find someone to fill your space and advise the appropriate guild representative by e-mail ASAP. Refunds are available until the break of the previous month’s general meeting.
Note: All Lecture and Workshop topics are subject to change without notice.
Speakers and workshops for 2024.
| 2024 | Speaker | Lecture | Workshop |
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| January | Heidi Stagno quiltingwithheidi.blogspot.com |
January 9 How to Pick Quilting Designs |
January 10 Free Motion Fills |
| February | Sarah Goer www.sarahgoerquilts.com |
February 13 Rules & Options of Planned Improv Piecing |
February 14 Building an Improv Toolbox |
| March | Cindy Lohbeck www.quilts.com/faculty/cindy-lohbeck/ |
Narch 12 Dyehards Studios Presents |
Mardh 13 Ice Dyeing |
| April | Del Thomas www.delquilts.blogspot.com |
April 9 Quilts Extraordinaire! |
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| May | May 14 Meet the Board, President's Quilt |
Speakers and workshops for 2023.
| 2023 | Speaker | Lecture | Workshop |
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| January | Tina Curran www.tinacurran.com |
January 10 My Design Process |
January 11 At The Beach |
| February | Jane Haworth janehaworth.com/ |
February 14 Journey As A Quilt Artist |
February 15 No workshop |
| March | Karen Brow-Meier javahousequilts.com |
March 14 The Smuggle Principle |
March 15 Sewcial |
| April | Lauretta Crites laurettacrites.com |
April 11 |
April 12 |
| May | Crossover Meeting | May 9 Meet the Board, President's Quilt |
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| June | Lyn Brown www.lynbrown.com/ |
June 13 Oops! I Made a Beautiful Quilt! |
June 14 Pilgrim Ship Appliqué |
| July | Shelley Swanland www.shelleysstudio.com |
July 11 A Quilter's Journey |
July 12 Leaves - Plant Impressions |
| August | Member Demos |
August 8 SQG Challenge Quilts |
August 9 Children Quilting Workshop |
| September | Rami Kim www.ramikim.com |
September 12 Two by Two |
September 13 Folded Hexigons |
| October | Linda Ballard www.letsquilt.com |
October 10 TBD |
October 11 Bella Nova |
| November | November 14 November Fest |
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| December | December 12 Holiday Stocking Stuffing Party |
Speakers and workshops for 2022.
| 2022 | Speaker | Lecture | Workshop |
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| January | Michelle Jackson www.quiltfashions.com |
January 11 Finding Myself Floating in Color Soup |
January 12 Designed by Nature |
| February | Laura Fraga www.laurafragaquilts.com |
February 8 The World of Appliqué |
February 9 Trapunto by Machine |
| March | Jenny K. Lyon www.quiltskipper.com |
March 8 The Beauty of the Imperfect |
March 9 Blooming Sheers Blooming Sheers Class promo |
| April | Dora Cary www.orangedotquilts.com |
April 12 My Unusual Path to Quilting |
April 13 Arabesque (Foundation Paper Piecing) |
| May | Mary Arter | May 10 President’s Quilt & Meet the Board |
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| June | Sandy Corbin www.sandycquilts.com |
June 14 Let's Talk Borders |
June 15 It's All About The Border |
| July | Cindy Myers wearablart.blogspot.com/ |
July 12 My Quilts Aren't Quiet |
July 13 Prismatic Star |
| August | Member Demos |
August 9 Glenna Anderson, Sherri Hill, Dawn Johnson |
August 10 No workshop |
| September | Member Showcase |
September 13 |
September 14 No workshop |
| October | Cathie Hoover |
October 11 Retrospective Trunk Show |
October 12 Moo-Desto Cowblock |
| November | Edyta Sitar |
November 8 Reason for Quilts |
November 9 Stars in Quilts |
| December | Member Give-Back |
December 13 |
Speakers and workshops for 2021.
| 2021 | Speaker | Lecture | Workshop | |
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| January | Mary Tabar www.marytabar.com |
January 12 Embellishment Techniques |
January 13 & 15 Brita Nelson www.questioningquilter.com The Magic of Disappearing Blocks |
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| February | Elizabeth Eastmond www.opquilt.com |
February 9 Abecedary Quilts as a Zoom class |
February 10 Criss Cross online Zoom class only $25 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM Feel like just doing a whole bunch of sewing, without fussing with tricky patterns? Then this is the class for you! We make sashed four-patches, and slashed diagonals, mixing up the pieces to create a lively quilt! This quilt works wonderfully with solids or batiks. Check Elizabeth Eastmond out on opquilt.com and get her pattern from payhip.com for $10.  |
February 16 Follow up class 12:30-1:30 PM |
| March | Linda J Hahn www.froghollowdesigns.com |
March 9 New York Beauty State of Mind Zoom Lecture |
March 10 Ann Shaw: Ruth McDowell patterns: Chicken Challenge Zoom workshop |
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| April | Rami Kim www.ramikim.com |
April 13 Asian Designs in a Modern World Zoom Lecture |
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| May | President's Quilt | May 11 Meet the Board |
May 19 Karen Combs: Chip out of every Block virtual workshop |
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| June | Julie Silber www.juliesilberquilts.com |
June 8 Keepin’ ‘em in Stitches |
June 9 TBD |
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| July | Linda Sullivan http://www.colourwerx.com |
July 13 Got Color |
July 14 Mod Blossoms |
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| August | Jan Hirth, Challenge Results Meeting |
August 10 Surfside Quilt Challenge Meeting |
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| September | David Taylor www.davidtaylorquilts.com |
September 14 Artistry Through Appliqué |
September 15 Pictorial Hand Appliqué |
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| October | Becky McDaniel www.beckymcdaniel.com |
October 12 My Appliqué Journey |
October 13 Orange Peel Quilt |
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| November | November Fest |
November 9 Lyn Mann - Quilt Auction, Raffle baskets and Boutique |
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| December | Member Showcase |
December 14 Cathie Opila and big sister Sue Carroll |
Speakers and workshops for 2020.
| 2020 | Speaker | Lecture | Workshop |
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| January | Sandy Corbin www.sandycquilts.com |
January 14 Secret Society of Quilters |
January 15 A New Twist |
| February | Mel Beach www.melbeachquilts.com |
February 11 Challenge Yourself! |
February 12 Mod Mandalas |
| March | Jenny K. Lyon www.quiltskipper.com |
March 10 Quilting is a Contact Sport! |
March 11 Fearless Freemotion Fills & Frills |
| April | Dora Cary www.orangedotquilts.com |
April 14 My Unlikely Path to Quilting |
April 15 Arabesque (foundation paper piecing) |
| June | Jean Impey www.sewjean.com |
June 9 All About Fabric and the Backdoor into Hoffman |
June 10 Teeny Tiny Group 5 (sewing themed collage) |
| June | President's Quilt | June 9 Meet the Board |
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| July | Leah Zieber www.zieberquilts.com |
July 14 Tiny Treasures |
July 15 Orphans & Aliens: Creating Quilts from Space Junk |
| August | Jay Seidel |
August 11 Member Showcase |
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| September | HollyAnne Knight www.wearableart.blogspot.com |
September 8 Free Motion Quilting Tour Zoom Presentation |
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| October | Sarah Goer www.sarahgoerquilts.com |
October 13 Rules and Options of Planned Improv Piecing Zoom Presentation |
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| November | Yvonne Fuchs www.quiltingjetgirl.com |
November 10 Transparency Fabric Selection Tips and Tricks Zoom Presentation |
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| December | David Owen Hastings www.davidowenhastings.com |
December 8 Exploring Nature with Paper and Stitch Zoom www.davidowenhastings.com | December 9 & 10 Crazy Christmas Trees Zoom Workshop with Pam Hadfield |
Speakers and workshops for 2019.
| 2019 | Speaker | Lecture | Workshop |
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| January | Jennifer Rapacki | January 8 Creativity Unleashed: Modern Technology for Quilts |
January 9 Weave That! Quilt Background |
| February | Jill Finley | February 12 Trunk Show Traditional Appliqué |
February 13 To be determined |
| March | Pam Hadfield | March 12 |
March 13 To be determined |
| April | Diane Ricks | April 9 Trunk Show - Silk Painted Quilts and More |
April 10 Silk Painting |
| May | President's Quilt | May 14 Meet the Board |
May 15 SewCial! |
| June | Tiffany Hayes | June 11 Trunk Show |
June 12 Icicle Burst |
| July | Allyson Allen https://kuumba421.wixsite.com/quilts421 |
July 9 Traditional Quilting & the Modern Quilt Movement |
July 10 Next Level Modern |
| August | Jan Hirth and Debbie Myers |
August 13 Hang Ten Challenge Results |
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| September | Linda Sullivan www.colourwerx.com |
September 10 Colourwerx Trunk Show |
September 11 Colourbugs and Curves |
| October | Laura Fraga www.laurafragaquilts.com |
October 8 The Phenomenon of the Dear Jane Quilt |
October 9 Journey with Dear Jane (Pieced) |
| November | November Fest |
November 12 Annual Fundraiser |
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| December | Del Thomas www.delquilts.blogspot.com |
December 10 Member Showcase |
Speakers and workshops for 2018.
| 2018 | Speaker | Lecture | Workshop |
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| January | Shirley McGuire http://www.ez-woolworks.com |
January 8 How to do wool appliqué and not go broke |
January 9 Wool appliqué and Needle Felting |
| February | Shelley Swanland http://www.shelleysstudio.com |
February 13 Cathedral Windows |
February 14 Cathedral Windows |
| March | Violet Vaughnes | March 13 Feed Sack Quilts |
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| April | Jean Impey |
April 10 Are You Crushing Your Cre·a·tiv·i·ty? |
April 11 Vintage Postcards |
| May | President's Quilt | May 8 Meet the Board |
May 9 Creating Modern Hawaiian Quilts, the Non-Appliqué Way, Claudia Gomez |
| June | Kathryn Pellman http://www.kathrynpellman.com |
June 12 Art Quilts Whimsical to Traditional |
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| July | Tina Curran http://www.tinacurran.com |
July 10 My Excellent Adventure as a Quilter |
July 11 Whimsical Garden |
| August | August 9 Bring Your Little Quilter |
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| August | Demo Day | August 14 Mary Arter, Judi Killberg, Odette Osantowski, Linda Rigdon |
August 15 SewCial! |
| September | Annie Unrein http://www.byannie.com |
September 11 Weekend Projects and Quick Gifts |
September 12 Ultimate Travel Bag |
| October | Lyn Mann |
October 9 Head for the Border |
October 10 No Ugly Fabric |
| November | November Fest | November 13 Annual Fundraiser |
November 14 SewCial! |
| December | Monica Shafer | December 11 Trunk Show |
Speakers and workshops for 2017.
| 2017 | Speaker | Lecture | Workshop |
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| January | Sandra Bruce http://www.sandrabruce.com |
January 10 Material Matrix & Paths Taken |
January 11 Material Matrix |
| February | Joan Shay http://www.petalplay.com |
February 14 We've Bonded |
February 15 African Violets |
| March | Sylvia Davis http://www.easysite.com/ SylviaQuilts |
March 14 Stash Reduction |
March 15 Sew Easy Bargello Quilt or Table Runner |
| April | Ann Turley http://www.annturley.info |
April 11 Out On A Limb |
April 12 Making Faces |
| May | President's Quilt | May 9 Meet the Board |
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| June | Heidi Stagno http://quiltingwithheidi.blog spot.com |
June 13 How Do I Quilt That Quilt? |
June 14 Grid It and Stitch It |
| July | Cindy Cooksey http://cookseyville.blogspot.com |
July 11 Trunk Show |
July 12 For the Halibut! |
| August | http://www.sandrabruce.com | August 8 SQG Quilt Challenge |
August 9 SewCial! |
| September | Sandy Corbin http://www.sandycquilts.com |
September 12 Making Scrappy Quilts Fresh |
September 13 My Basket Collection |
| October | Claudia Gomez http://www.devotedtocolor.com |
October 10 Color Story |
October 11 Quilt Market Tote |
| November | November Fest | November 14 Annual Fundraiser |
November 15 SewCial! |
| December | Angela Miller, guild member | December 12 Trunk Show |
December 13 SewCial! |
Speakers and workshops for 2016.
| 2016 | Speaker | Lecture | Workshop |
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| January | Sherry Werum | January 12 Sherry Werum |
January 13 Mosaics & Quilts They Inspire |
| February | Bonnie Hunter http://www.quiltville.com |
February 9 Trunk Show |
February 10 Scrap System |
| March | Kim Schrader Fauth http://www.abcdquilting.com |
March 8 Trunk Show |
March 9 ABCD Block |
| April | Becky Goldsmith http://www.becky@pieceocake.com |
April 12 A Practical Approach to Color |
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| May | President's Quilt | May 10 Meet the Board |
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| June | Nancy Ota http://www.nancyota.com |
June 14 Trunk Show |
June 15 Tote-It |
| July | Cindy Seitz-Krug http://www.cindy@quintessential quilting.com |
July 12 Free-Motion Quilting on a Domestic Machine |
July 13 Christmas Stocking with Variety of FMQ styles |
| August | August 9 Demo Day |
August 10 Member Demonstrations Betty Collins' Christmas Trees |
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| September | Patricia Beaver http://www.quiltingbypatricia.com |
September 13 Aunt Martha & Her Evil Twin |
September 14 Crayons and Beyond |
| October | Cathy Van Bruggen http://www.cathyvanbruggen designs.com |
October 11 All About Appliqué |
October 12 Garden Jubilee |
| November | November Fest | November 8 Annual Fundraiser |
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| December | Johanne Gibson | December 13 Member Showcase |
Speakers and workshops for 2015.
| 2015 | Speaker | Lecture | Workshop |
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| January | Lisa Bongean primitivegatherings.us |
January 13 Trunk Show |
January 14 Tulip Baskets |
| February | Judy Sisneros http://judysisneros@star stream.net/ |
February 10 Cambodia/Trunk Show |
February 11 Circle Pizzazz |
| March | Nancy Lee Chong http://www.prqc.com |
March 10 Hawaiian Quilting |
March 11 Hawaiian Quilting |
| April | Mary Lou Weidman http://www.marylouquilt designs.com |
April 14 Out of the Box |
April 15 Flower Power |
| May | President's Quilt | May 12 Meet the Board |
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| June | Jean Impey http://www.sewjean.com |
June 9 Trunk Show |
June 10 TBD |
| July | Mary Tabar http://www.marytabar.com |
July 14 Color Theory for Everyone |
July 15 Water Color Strip Quilt |
| August | August 11 Surfside Quilt Challenge |
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| September | Rami Kim http://www.ramikim.com |
September 15 Asian Designs in The Modern World |
September 16 No Sew Tumbling Blocks |
| October | Sue Rasmussen http://www.suerasmussen quilts.com |
October 14 A Desperate Housewife's Quilt Journey |
October 15 TBD |
| November | November Fest | November 10 Annual Fundraiser |
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| December | Member Showcase | December 8 Member Showcase |
Speakers and workshops for 2014.
| 2014 | Speaker | Lecture | Workshop |
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| January | Ami Simms | January 14 Living with Quilts Survivor Guide |
January 15/b> Fabric Bowling |
| February | Cathy Van Bruggen | February 11 All About Appliqué |
February 12 Summer |
| March | Karen Combs | March 11 Optical Illusions |
March 12 TBD |
| April | Sandy Klop | April 8 American Jane |
April 9 TBD |
| May | President's Quilt | May 13 Meet the Board |
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| June | Pat Speth | June 10 1/2 inch Triangles and 4-Patch |
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| July | Sally Schneider | July 8 Sensational Setting |
July 9 Easy Peasy Pieced Sashings |
| August | Demo Day | August 12 Member Demonstrations |
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| September | Rob Appell http://www.robappell.com |
September 9 trunk Show |
September 10 Endangered Species |
| October | Peggy Martin http://www.peggymartin quilts.com |
October 14 TBD |
October 15 TBD |
| November | November Fest | November 11 Annual Fundraiser |
November 12 Surprise Workshop |
| December | Kathy Awender & Julie Vlahos | December 9 Member Showcase |
Speakers and workshops for 2013.
| 2013 | Speaker | Lecture | Workshop |
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| January | Lyn Mann | January 8 Trunk Show |
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| February | Julie Herman | February 12 Modern Quilt Trunk Show |
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| March | David Taylor | March 12 The Reluctant Journey of an Art Quilter |
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| April | Cathie Hoover | April 9 Trunk Show: Quilts and Garments |
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| May | President's Quilt | May 14 Meet the Board |
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| June | Marcia Stein | June 11 Travel Inspired Quilts |
June 12 Picture This |
| July | Freddy Moran | July 9 Parts Department |
July 10 Parts Department |
| August | Leah Zieber | August 13 History Repeating |
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| September | Debbie Gordon & Helen Frost | September 10 Lullabies in Cloth |
September 11 Bright Hopes |
| October | Grace Errea | October 8 Introduction to Value-Based Heat Set Appliqué |
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| November | Challenge Fest | November 12 History Quilts |
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| December | Candy Martin | December 10 Trunk Show |
Speakers and workshops for 2012.
| 2012 | Speaker | Lecture |
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| January | Jill Schumacher | January 10 Creating our Heirlooms of Tomorrow |
| February | Karen Brow | February 14 Feature a Creature |
| March | Linda Schmidt | March 13 Short Attention Span Quilting |
| April | Velda Newman | April 10 Painter's Approach to Quilt Design |
| May | President's Quilt | May 8 Meet the Board |
| June | Jan Steffen | July 10 It's Hip to Be Square |
| July | Helen Young Frost | July 10 Quilter's Magic Show |
| August | Table Hop | August 14 Mini Workshops |
| September | Wendy Mathson | September 11 Trunk Show |
| October | Anelie Belden | October 9 Dresden Dance |
| November | November Fest | November 13 Annual Fundraiser |
| December | Victoria Crayne | December 11 Trunk Show |
Speakers and workshops for 2011.
| 2011 | Lecture | Workshop | Website |
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| January | January 11 Sue Spargo |
January 12 Sue Spargo |
http://www.suespargo.com/ |
| February | February 8 Peggy Timmons |
February 9 Peggy Timmons |
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| March | March 8 Karen Cunagin |
March 9 Karen Cunagin |
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| April | April 12 Sandy Sutton |
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| May | May 10 Del Thomas |
May 11 Del Thomas |
http://delquilts.blogspot.com/ |
| June | June 14 President's Quilt and Meet the Board |
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| July | July 12 Lyn Brown |
July 13 Lyn Brown |
http://www.lynbrown.com/ |
| August | Table Hop | August 9 Mini Workshops |
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| September | September 13 Bev Remillard |
September 14 Bev Remillard |
http://www.ladylikedesigns.com/ |
| October | October 11 Leora Raikin, African Folklore Embroidery |
http://www.aflembroidery.com/ | |
| November | November 8 November Fest, Annual Fundraiser |
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| December | December 13 Julia D. Zgliniec, Quiltmaker and Appraiser |
http://www.quilthistory.com/ teachers/zgliniec.htm |
Speakers and workshops for 2010.
| 2010 | Lecture | Workshop | Website |
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| January | January 12 Grace Errea |
January 13 Grace Errea |
http://www.amazingquilsbygrace.com |
| February | February 9 Kim Diehl |
February 10 Kim Diehl |
http://www.kimdiehl.com/ |
| March | March 9 Susan Trindle |
March 10 Susan Trindle |
http://www.quiltsonthewall.com/quiltArtists/ trindle.html |
| April | April 13 Norah McMeeking |
April 14 Norah McMeeking |
http://www.bellabellaquilts.com/ classes.html |
| May | May 11 Sally Collins |
http://www.sallycollins.org | |
| June | June 8 Sue Rasmussen |
http://www.suerasmussen quilts.com/lectures.htm |
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| July | July 13 Jake Finch |
http://www.jakefinchdesigns.com | |
| August | August 10 Susan Axelrod |
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| September | September 14 Nancy Ota |
http://nancyota.com/ | |
| October | October 12 Sheryl Smith-Bailey |
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| November | November 9 November Fest, Annual Fundraiser |
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| December | December 14 Jinny Hoffman |
Speakers and workshops for 2009.
| 2009 | Lecture | Workshop | Website |
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| May | May 12 Del Thomas |
May 13 Nancy Ota |
http://delquilts.blogspot.com http://nancyota.com/ |
| June | June 9 Jan Hirth |
June 10 Jan Hirth |
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| July | July 14 Diane Collins |
July 15 Joann Bishop |
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| August | August 11 Suzanne Stanton |
August 12 Suzanne Stanton |
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| September | September 8 Lillian Gordon |
September 9 Lillian Gordon |
http://elegantexpressionsonline.com/ |
| October | October 13 Odette Osantowski |
October 14 Odette Osantowski |
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| November | November 10 Patricia Beaver |
November 11 Patricia Beaver |
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| December | December 8 December Fest: Potluck and Fundraiser |