As we continue our hybrid meetings (in person and Zoom), we will continue to hold Show and Tell virtually. Many of our members have expressed their enjoyment in seeing the quilts in a PowerPoint presentation.

Note: new email address is showandtell@design.edqg.ca

Please send your beautiful creations by Sunday, May 14 to be included in April’s presentation and to qualify for the quibit draw.

Should you wish to bring your quilt to the meeting for live viewing you may do so, but to display the quilt to all of our members (Zoom and in person) and be included in the quibit draw, you must forward photos to Judy by the above noted date.

Judy Elliot
Show and Tell Coordinator

Jean Jones, Sophisticat Studio

There is something for every quilter, brand new or seasoned, in this collection of tips and tricks gathered over 30 years of quilting and 15 years of teaching. This is a “show and tell” presentation, including demonstrations and quilt samples, and welcoming questions and contributions from the audience.

Jean cannot remember a time when she was not doing some kind of needlecraft, learning to knit and embroider and hand sew even as a preschooler. She first fell in love with quilting when she started a part-time job in a fabric store, and 30 years later has not looked back. Jean loves designing and teaching, and now she is passing on her love of quilting to her grandchildren.

Dana E. Jones, artist, quiltmaker and journalist, is author of Pagtinabangay:  The Quilts and Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island, which shares the story of quiltmaking on a 13-acre island in the central Philippines.

You’ll be transported to a tiny island — just 13 acres — in the central Philippines as you enjoy images and stories of the colorful quilts and the more than 100 quiltmakers of Caohagan Island. You’ll see photos of more than 50 of these handmade, one-of-a-kind quilts plus be introduced to the unique techniques developed by these quiltmakers whose tools are simply fabric and scissors, needle and thread. I spent more than a month on the island, quilted with the residents, went fabric shopping with them on nearby Cebu Island, and snorkeled the reef that surrounds Caohagan. Those who view the quilts come away smiling, inspired by the creativity of these women and men.

Dana is a former editor of Quilters Newsletter magazine and the Studio Art Quilt Associates Journal. She has had articles and/or pattern and block designs published in these magazines as well as in The Quilt Life, Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting, McCall’s Quilting, Quiltmaker, Quilts With Style and Quick Quilts.

She spoke and taught at the 2022 International Quilt Festival in Houston and American Quilter’s Society 2022 Daytona Beach, Florida, and Grand Rapids, Michigan shows. She is a regular teacher at Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum and quilt shops across Colorado, and has spoken and taught at quilt guilds and shops in Colorado, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Washington and Kansas.

Dana offers open enrollment classes via Zoom. The most popular are “Demystifying Design for Foundation Paper Piecing” and “Peace Cranes Over Hiroshima.”

Her quilts have been exhibited at Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum and as part of the 2018 American Quilt Study Group traveling exhibition.

She lives at 9,200 feet in the Rocky Mountains in Gilpin County, Colorado, northwest of Denver.

For information, see www.danajonesquilts.com.

Elizabeth started sewing as a child, and has always been interested in a variety of needlecrafts. In 2009, she took her young family to South Korea, where she had the opportunity to learn pojagi – a traditional Korean art form that goes back thousands of years.

Upon returning to Canada, Elizabeth developed techniques for similar patchwork using a sewing machine and materials more readily available in the west. Her batik window hangings look like stained glass in the sun.

She works with this technique in her home base – Epida Studio. Her pattern line is called Epida Designs and she publishes pojagi patterns as well as traditional quilting and embroidery patterns. She teaches live workshops both in person and virtually and has on-demand courses.

You can see tutorials and inspiration at epidastudio.com.

Pronunciation guide: “DeCroos” is like “De Cruz”

“Epida” is “ee pi dah”

“Pojagi” is “poe jah ghee”

Want to make a wall hanging or art quilt pop?

Learn to embellish your quilts with 3-D petals and leaves, using Diane’s floral wire technique.  This would also work well on jackets, hats, bags … use your imagination!

Date:  Saturdays, March 11, 2023, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Cost:  $65 Guild Members/$70 Non-members

Terry Aske is a textile artist, who creates her art with fabric, thread and a sewing machine. Primarily self-taught, Terry designs and creates contemporary quilts in her home studio in New Westminster, BC, Canada.

Terry’s art quilts have been juried into many national and international shows and exhibits, and published in well known magazines.  Terry has won awards in both the artistic and modern categories.

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There is something wonderful about working with fabric – it is soft and flexible, and has both tactile and visual texture. Fabric provides shape and color to my work. Layering and quilting add texture and dimension.

My style is contemporary, and I create both realistic and abstract images. I use a variety of techniques, including machine-piecing, fusible appliqué, thread-sketching and free-motion-quilting. I delight in using commercial prints – such as plaids and florals – in unexpected ways. From a distance, viewers observe colors, shapes and values. As one draws nearer to the quilt, the prints add visual texture and interest.

I create art as a means of self-expression, but also as a way to connect and communicate with others. I enjoy exhibiting my work, and it makes me happy when viewers experience an emotional response to my work – even if it is not the response I intended!

(Bio from Fibre Art Network
https://www.fibreartnetwork.com/author/terry-aske/)

Email: terryaskeartquilts@gmail.com

Website: http://www.terryaskeartquilts.com/Studio/

Instagram: @terryaskeartquilts

Diane Murtha https://www.dianelmurtha.com/index.php

Peaceful Stitching

Whether it’s machine quilting or piecing in a restful state or hand stitching, slow stitching has gained popularity over the last 5 years. It has many creative and healthful benefits.

I’ll give you a variety of great ideas to add slow stitching to enhance your quilting andother projects. English paper piecing, embroidery, decorative darning, and big quilt
stitching are some examples. It’s for everyone!

Diane began as a traditional quilter in the late 90’s, gradually modifying patterns and gravitating to art quilts, specifically participating in art quilt challenges. Her quilts are included in 3 published books and multiple special exhibits traveling the country, including Houston’s International Quilt Festival.

Textile artist, Hélène Blanchet is a self-taught folk artist who specializes in colourful art quilts made by hand. She has been making “fabric pictures” since she was a teenager.

A natural story-teller, Hélène brings her stories to life in the minutia of detail featured in every piece. For the past few years, a keen interest in pushing her boundaries has led her to experiment with abstraction, giving her work a fresh new twist.

A love of traditional textiles of all kinds has had a large influence on her work. She draws inspiration from these traditions, the natural world, family and her home-province, Nova Scotia.

Hélène is a Juried Artist Member of the Studio Art Quilts Associates (SAQA), Craft Nova Scotia, the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design and NB Craft. She is also the regional representative for SAQA – Atlantic Canada.

Her award-winning quilts have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and are represented in several galleries in Nova Scotia.

Her first solo show “Prairie Days” toured throughout Nova Scotia in 2018 – 2019 and Manitoba in 2019 – 2021. It is scheduled to be hosted by the New Roxy Theatre in Edmonton in the fall of 2022.

Darcy Hunter is a quilt artist residing in Fredericton, New Brunswick. She creates original art landscape wall hangings with fabric and stitch, using her sewing machine as her paint brush. Her representational fibre art works are inspired by her love of the natural world and evoke the colour, movement, and sense of place of her surroundings. She shows her dedication to the environment by upcycling some of the textiles she uses, to create a more meaningful process.

Darcy is currently working on two New Brunswick-based grants(2021-2022): The first is a Creation Grant through ArtsNB which is titled “Beautiful New Brunswick”, where she is capturing the natural beauty of her home province in a series of large art quilts. In conjunction with this grant, she is also working with elementary students at Nashwaak Valley School through an Arts Smarts grant, to teach her passion and collaborate with the students to create a large textile piece for the school community.

She is a member of CQA, a juried member of Craft NB, and an active member of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA). SAQA is a dynamic community of over 3700 fibre artists worldwide. Her successful art practice propelled her to participate in artist residencies with the City of Fredericton in 2020/21, and to exhibit at Gallery 78, Charlotte Street Art Centre, and the University of New Brunswick Art Centre. In addition to having her work in many Maritime shows and shops, her work can be found in many private collections all over North America.

Darcy is a part-time elementary school teacher. She loves teaching and has shown her commitment to the art community through online classes, speaking engagements, and her publication of numerous articles in Art Quilting Studio Magazine and other prestigious magazines. Darcy continues to learn new techniques and expand her creative process so that she can continue to grow as an artist.

Darcy Hunter will be presenting her journey in art quilting. She will share her process and the various techniques that go into making her art that reflects her love of the natural landscape.

She will also share the available workshops she teaches on the zoom platform and her products for people who want to try her techniques.

Prepare to indulge in some serious scrap play as you learn to make Baby Windmills and then create something wonderful with them! I have been making these little blocks for years and I keep discovering new ways to use them. I’ll show you my examples and then help you create something unique.

This class is stress-free because you just can’t mess it up. I’ll share bonus demos on unrelated quilt techniques so you’re sure to leave with something useful.

Dates:  Saturdays, October 1 and 8, 2022, from 10:00 to 1:00 each day (6 hours of instruction total)

Cost:  $40 Guild Members/$50 Non-members

How do you make a successful scrap quilt? Learn Diane Harris’s best tips and top secrets during this trunk show of many scrappy quilts made over the years. What is a scrap quilt? Who can make one? Why would you create with scraps? How is it done? From the Stash Bandit herself, discover ways to pull your scraps together, strategies for using your stash and even what does not work. You may never make an ordinary quilt again!

Diane Harris is a quilt designer, speaker and teacher. After 11 years as an editor for Quiltmaker magazine, she formed Stash Bandit to present energetic trunk shows and engaging classes for quilters. She is passionate about making scrap quilts and creating interesting original designs. She never met a fabric she didn’t like, and her work is regularly featured in national publications. Diane lives on a working farm in rural Nebraska. Learn more at 
stashbandit.net and on Instagram, @stashbanditquilting.

Don’t forget to sign up for Diane’s workshop October 1 & 8 10 am to 1 pm.