This meeting will be held virtually, via Zoom for the foreseeable future.
Contact the webmaster if you wish to attend but are not a board member.
Program: Kevin Womack presents Finding My Path - A trunk show
Join Kevin on a tour of his colorful quilting journey as he digitally shares over 75 examples spanning more than 38 years.
Starting from humble beginnings in 1986 and traveling through precision piecing of traditional quilts, Kevin soon developed a love for hand dyeing and patterning his own fabrics. Discover his story as Kevin leads you down his personal path to becoming the artist that he is today.
Kevin Womack is a textile artist living in Lynchburg, Virginia. In 1986, Kevin was introduced to quilting by his maternal grandmother. Having always loved the legacy of family quilts, he decided to have her teach him the tradition. While his interest in other media has waned, his passion for fiber has endured.
Kevin is passionate about hand dyeing and patterning fabrics with surface design techniques.
Time: 10:00 AM—12:00 PM
Guest Fee: $10.00 (non-refundable)
This will be a hybrid meeting. You can attend either by Zoom or in person.
Program: Jenny Lyon presents The Beauty of the Imperfect
The imperfect is beautiful! I’ll show you inspiring and encouraging examples of my work as well as the work of world renowned quilters and artists that are beautiful in their imperfection and I’ll share my journey to imperfection.
I have been joyfully teaching the art of quilting since 2006. I love seeing my students realize that they CAN quilt their own work on a domestic machine.
I use my domestic sewing machine to create art quilts and wearable art. I love to watch my machine stitches create line, texture, and shadow as they merge on the surface of the fabric.
My work has been juried into a variety of major shows including Houston and Paducah as well art galleries and SAQA exhibits. Some are held by private collectors.
I call myself the Quilt Skipper because once while quilting my own quilt, I was so delighted by the unexpected beauty of it and what emerged from my needle, that I found myself cheerfully skipping around the house when I took my breaks. It is my joy to create art with free motion quilting.
My current work is centered around whole-cloth pieces, with intricate free-hand free-motion quilting. Because there is little or no piecing, the story is told through the line of the thread. I consider this work to be “sculpting” the fabric since the stitches create line and shadow upon the quilt’s surface.
Time: 10:00 AM—12:00 PM
Guest Fee: $10.00 (non-refundable)
This will be a hybrid meeting, meaning you can attend either by Zoom on in-person.
Program: Meg Cox presents Behind the Scenes of the World’s Greatest Quilt Museum
Let Meg Cox, who serves on the board of advisors for the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska, open the vaults and reveal the treasures of this astounding place. Her PowerPoint lecture will show you masterpiece quilts, introduce you to curators and break down the steps in mounting an exhibition. IQM boasts a broad and unique collection of American quilts,, including the red and white quilts that dazzled the quilt world when hung in Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory in 2011. But it has also collected quilts from more than 55 countries. Meg created this presentation to benefit the museum she loves so she donates every penny to the IQM. To make it even more fun, the museum will donate a fun door prize from its museum store to your guild.
Meg Cox is a veteran journalist and author who has been quilting since 1988. Her writing career includes 17 years on staff with the Wall Street Journal. For over a decade, her journalism and lectures have focused almost exclusively on the topic of quilts. She has been a staff writer at Quiltfolk magazine since 2018 and has written a popular FREE newsletter called Quilt Journalist Tells All! since 2008. Her bestselling resource guide The Quilter's Catalog was published by Workman. She has taught quilting at guilds and museums across the country and is currently on the advisory board of the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Time: 10:00 AM—12:00 PM
Guest Fee: $10.00 (non-refundable)
This will be a hybrid meeting, meaning you can join by Zoom or come in person.