Cindy Grisdela, Reston VA, USA https://cindygrisdela.com/ Cindy is an artist, teacher, and the author of Artful Improv and Adventures in Improv Quilts, books about creating original quilts without patterns. She specializes in Improv design and using color fearlessly in quilts. Her work has won awards in both quilt venues and art venues and can be […]
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Valerie Prideaux: Toronto www.CozyFunkyCool.com Valerie will talk about Simple blocks, Fabulous Art, and the Publishing Process. She takes a traditional block—the tumbler—and shows us how tumbling into the world of colour and shape can create modern and artistic quilts. She will also share the intriguing process she used to publish her ideas in her […]
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Scottish born Lorna Moffat is a textile artist, with a unique approach to collage and stitch. She primarily produces pillows with a soft canvas bursting with color, texture and pattern, inspired by people, places, and the beauty of nature. Lorna will plot her career from the Glasgow school of art to her public art installations […]
Krista (“Poppyprint”) is a quilting teacher, designer, pattern book author, improvisational quilting enthusiast and also an Aurifil Artisan. She will teach us about threads and best practices for thread play. Krista will also teach a half-day workshop on Sept 17th (ThreadPlay Pouch) and a full-day workshop on Sept 18 (Cutting Garden Table Runner) https://www.aurifil.com/krista-hennebury
The Quilted Stash is a creative collaboration of Ralph Jarvis and Corey Follet in Newfoundland. This program promises to be informative and engaging as Ralph shares how The Quilted Stash projects, patterns, and fabric designs are rooted in a long tradition of Newfoundland quilting plus draw on forms/shapes of contemporary quilting. He’ll describe how elements […]
Our own member Rebecca will lead us through the creativity, cultural significance and artistic foundations of quilting through the ages. Starting in the mid-fourteenth century and traveling rapidly to the present, a virtual display of quilts will show us how times have changed in the quilting world.
VQG Members Christmas Social. More information to come closer to the date