Month: January 2015

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North Carolina Quilt Symposium – Mountain Stitches Bonclarken Conference Center Flat Rock, North Carolina May 28-31, 2015 Sponsored by NCQS Hosted by Western North Carolina Quilters Guild The North Carolina Quilt Symposium is an annual, nationally-recognized, four day quilt conference, featuring classes and lectures presented by outstanding faculty, a quilt show and a vendors’ mall. Registration is now Open! To view the class schedule, quilt show entry forms, and registration forms visit www.westernncquilters.org/2015-symposium. To learn more about North Carolina Symposium visit their new blog: northcarolinaquiltsymposium.wordpress.com

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The Heart of the Triad Quilt Guild in Kernersville, NC invites you to our 2015 Quilt Show, titled “Nothing Could Be Finer”. The show will feature quilts from traditional to modern to art and even a challenge quilt.  We will raffle our award winning Opportunity Quilt “Spring Bouquet”.  Shop with our exciting Vendors and our Guild’s Boutique and Granny’s Attic.  There will be a Silent Auction and Door Prizes galore!  We are working hard to make this a must see show! See details and the opportunity quilt on the website:  www.hottqg.com/quilt-show-2015.html

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Heart of the Triad Guild in Kernersville, North Carolina has shared some of their upcoming workshops with us. Saturday, April 11th 9:00am-3:00pm  Kathleen  Baden – Science Fair Quilt using the Hex N More ruler from JayBird Quilts First Christian Church, 1130 N. Main St, Kernersville Guild Members cost $25, Non-member cost $35 Kathleen Baden Flyer Sunday, May 31, 2015 2:00pm – 5:00pm Pepper Cory – Welcome to Sashiko – an Introduction to the Japanese Art of Hand Stitching Kernersville Seventh Day Adventist Church Member fee: $15.00 plus kit fee,  Non-member fee: $20.00 plus kit fee June 1, 2015 10:00am – 4:00pm Pepper Cory – Two Blocks are Better Than One Kernersville Seventh Day Adventist Church Member fee: $25.00 plus handout fee,  Non-member fee: $35.00 plus handout fee Pepper Cory Flyer To sign-up for a workshop email Tracy Burkart at quiltedsanity@aol.com to reserve your spot. Please specify which workshop(s) you are signing up for. Then please mail a check for workshop fee plus handout or kit fee to: Heart of the Triad Quilt Guild, Inc., P. O. Box 874, Kernersville, NC 27285-0874, Attn: Tracy Burkart.  

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Quilt Show & Vendor Mall March 13-14, 2015 Metrolina Tradeshow Expo 7100 Statesville Road, Charlotte, NC Easy access from I-77 and I-85 Hours: 9 am – 4 pm Admission: $6 Includes over 200 quilts, Special Exhibit of Antique & Vintage Quilts; 25+ vendors, raffles, guild boutique, door prizes & demonstrations! Free Parking For details, and a $1.00 discount coupon on admission, visit www.charlottequiltersguild.org  

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DOQ has two ongoing projects to support the families of infants who are hospitalized. Links to the patterns and directions can be found below. Please bring completed dolls to the regular DOQ guild meetings. The first project is making small therapy dolls to give to children whose baby brother or sister is in the hospital. The simple stuffed dolls can be used to explain what is happening to the baby, and be held and cuddled by the older brother or sister.  Therapy Doll Pattern The second project is making snoedels for premature infants. The first  Snoedel was created by a Dutch woman inspired by the birth of a friend’s premature infant. The Dutch word “snoedel” means “snuggle”. The mother (or father) keeps the snoedel close to there skin where they absorb and retain their scent. Then when held or placed near a newborn or infant the scent is slowly released to comfort the baby.  Snoedels are used in the NICU to minimize infant stress, comfort parents, and to continue the baby/parent bonding process when babies are separated from their mothers following birth and placed in incubators.  Snoedel Directions

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 – You have drawn two paint chips. The exact colors on your chips must be used in your quilt, as much or as little as you want, but they have to be in there. (And no fair swapping colors because you don’t like yours, or don’t think the colors you drew go together – that’s why it’s called a challenge!) Please hang on to your chips so they can be displayed with your completed quilt. – This is the first time our guild is trying this so something in your quilt must be a first for you (first time using green, first time to hand appliqué, first embellishments, first time making a Lone Star using 1⁄4 inch diamonds, etc., etc.) – No one side, or the diameter, can be longer than 48 inches. – Have fun! Quilts are due at the October 2015 meeting.

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Roxane Lessa has been teaching since 2008, and loves to share the joy of art quilting. She is an award winning art quilter who has exhibited in many shows, including Houston International Quilt Festival, Tactile Architecture, In Full Bloom, and PAQA South shows. She continues to explore new ways to use the fiber medium to create art and share with her students. She also has a weekly blog that shares new work, videos, tips and techniques, and upcoming exhipits, www.blog.roxanelessa.com You can see her work at www.roxanelessa.com. She lives and works in Raleigh, has 2 daughters and a lazy studio cat.