Month: April 2016

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Author, teacher and fabric designer Nancy Mahoney has enjoyed making quilts for over twenty-five years. An impressive range of her beautiful quilts have been featured in many books and over 175 national and international quilt magazines, with more books and patterns in the works. She also has created over 100 quilt patterns for a number of fabric manufacturers. Nancy has designed 15 fabric collections for P&B Textiles and Clothworks. With the belief that making a quilt should be fun, Nancy’s goal is for her students to have a good time, learn something new, and make a quilt that they will enjoy for many years. Visit her website www.nancymahoney.com for more information and free patterns.

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Nancy will be teaching “Feathered Star” – a wall hanging for one of her full day classes and the other full day class, she will teach “Round About”. Go to Nancy’s web site at www.nancymahoney.com to view the quilts and supply lists. Nancy is a national star and her use of tools and techniques can be applied to ALL your quilting projects. Her patterns are regularly seen in Fons and Porter and many other magazines. You can use your own color schemes to make brilliant patterns. The cost is only $40 for DOQ members or $60 for non-members. Please note that there will be no reimbursement if you sign up but are unable to attend. If you cannot attend, you may find a substitute to take your place. “Feathered Star” is a class that offers cutting and piecing techniques for making accurate triangle squares. Her methods make short work of tricky looking blocks. Design and color possibilities will be discussed. Pattern included for each student. Finished size: 44″ x 44″  Supply list “Round About” is easier to make than it looks. Class time begins with tips for sewing accurate patchwork blocks using strip piecing techniques. Then we’ll shift our focus to easy invisible …

April 16-17 Workshops with Nancy Mahoney Read more »

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This year’s mystery challenge celebrates the 16th year of the 21st century. Your challenge entry must: Include a 16 patch block in some way, shape or form in your quilt Use 16 fabrics (no more, no less) on the front of the quilt (so the binding counts, but not the backing) To get you started one of your 16 fabrics is provided for you Have fun! Quilts are due at the October DOQ meeting.