Next Workshop
May 2 and 3
Mary Lou Weidman
This is your chance to make a flower garden sure to impress your friends and family. Come and join Mary Lou Weidman and she shows you how to make different kinds of flowers and birds using her “hoochy mama” method of piecing. Color and fun are all part of this great workshop that lets you make flowers quickly and in a fun way. You will make as many different flowers and at least one bird, as the class time allows. Mary Lou has new flower patterns to show you this year also -- you’ll LOVE the fun of all of this!
You may order the Flower Power book online or buy one at the workshop. You will love the results and whimsical happy look of these quilts – no two are alike!
You may order the Flower Power book online or buy one at the workshop. You will love the results and whimsical happy look of these quilts – no two are alike!
Supply List
Sewing Supplies
- Thread for machine sewing (to match your background)
- Straight pins
- Scissors
- A small mat, ruler 1 long one and one nice sized square and rotary cutter with a new blade
- Pencil and paper
- Anything YOU sew with when you are making a quilt that you might need
Fabrics
- Background –2 ½ yards – Black really makes these pop, but any color that is not a medium value will work great
- Flowers – six to eight ¼ yard pieces of bright fun fabrics (this is your palette so you might want to bring more)
- Bird – ¼ yard of pretty blue and another little piece 10” x 10” contrasting color-stripes make good tails
- Leaves and stems – ¼ yard each of two different greens (different values) – make sure they show up well on your background
Next Meeting
Wednesday, March 25 (note date change)
Sylvia Pippen
Sashiko, Sunprints & Applique
Sylvia Pippen grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and learned to sew from her mother. Sylvia studied tailoring and pattern making while raising her family in Massachusetts, where she owned a nursery as well as writing weekly gardening columns for the local newspaper. Later, after the kids grew up, Sylvia and her husband sold their farm and bought an old 40-foot sailboat, where she learned to quilt in cramped quarters.Then they moved to Hawaii where Sylvia worked as a gardener at the National Tropical Botanical Garden on Kauai, and you can see the tropical twist in her quilts.
Now Sylvia teaches and designs patterns and fabric kits full time. To learn more about Sylvia, go to www.sylvia-pippen.com.
What is sashiko?
Sashiko is a centuries-old Japanese art form in which a simple, large running stitch of heavy white cotton thread against a dark background can outline the most intricate design.
We have changed the date of our March meeting so that we can take advantage of the artists who are teaching at Empty Spools Seminars.
Now Sylvia teaches and designs patterns and fabric kits full time. To learn more about Sylvia, go to www.sylvia-pippen.com.
What is sashiko?
Sashiko is a centuries-old Japanese art form in which a simple, large running stitch of heavy white cotton thread against a dark background can outline the most intricate design.
We have changed the date of our March meeting so that we can take advantage of the artists who are teaching at Empty Spools Seminars.
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Meetings are generally held on the first Monday of every month at: Social time begins at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting starts promptly at 7:00 p.m. |
