Lectures and Workshops

June 12, 2025 Lecture

Karen Brow-Meier
Your Best Quilting Tools are in Your Head

Karen has been a pattern designer and illustrator for 20 years. She specializes in animal themes with both appliqued and pieced blocks. Her quilts are unique, lively and happy with a subtle sense of humor. She creates animals with personality over realism. The lecture is about ways to move forward in a project when we are stuck or feel something is not quite right or not enough. Making a few small changes can bump up the “wow” factor.

June 13, 2025 Workshop

Karen Brow-Meier
Fancy Feathers/Frogs Table Topper

Create either of these four block table runners using the middle to middle piecing method. The workshop includes cutting pieces in multiples using templates, piecing the blocks by “matching middles” and trimming, creating applique feathers and using simple hand embellishment stitches.

July 10, 2025 Lecture

Anelie Belden
Dresden Dance

While working in the fashion industry, Anelie began exploring the art of quilting which became her passion. Stroll along memory lane and experience the history of the Dresden Plate Design. This trunk show is a collection of quilts which represents traditional Dresden’s from years ago and includes Thoroughly Modern Dresden designs by Anelie Belden.

July 11, 2025 Workshop

Anelie Belden
Jellyroll Split Blade Dresden

This class will teach students the new modern way to piece a Dresden Plate block using Anelie’s method of stitch and flip. This method gives quilters the choice to applique or not and removes the difficulty of getting the Dresden to lie flat. In addition, the design made in class will incorporate the split blade design.  Students will be surprised at how easy the cutting and piecing technique is. Students will also learn several border techniques including putting borders on without measuring, a pieced Dresden border and peaked top dresden border.

August 8, 2025

August Sew-in

Put FUN on your calendar.  What could be better than a day spent with fellow quilters while sewing.  Work on projects for philanthropy or your own projects.  More details to follow.

September 11, 2025 Lecture

Shelley Swanland
“20 Years of Machine Stitched Cathedral Windows”

In 1998 Shelley developed a technique for constructing Cathedral Windows quilts using layered piecing techniques and rolled bias curves.  Her lecture will include a trunk show of the varied quilts that can be made by using the elements created by this technique.  There will also be stories and anecdotes of her quilting journey over the last 25 years.

September 12, 2025 Workshop

Shelley Swanland
“Cathedral Window Sampler”

Learn to make a Cathedral Window quilt completely by machine using three-dimensional piecing.  First learn the basic elements: squares, triangles, and x and o blocks. Then put it all together in the Cathedral Window section.  Quilting will be thoroughly discussed.