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: Hollis Chatelain presents “Influences of Africa”
Date: January 14, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM—12:00 PM
Guest Fee: $10.00 (non-refundable)
Hollis writes: Leaving the USA with the Peace Corps just after college and living 12 years in West Africa has had a major impact on my artwork. During this lecture, using photos of my work and my life in Africa, I lead guild members on a voyage starting with my discovery of African cloth on through the evolution of my artwork.
Hollis Chatelaine is an internationally recognized and award-winning artist specialized in textile painting. Her work addresses challenging social and environmental themes reflecting her 12 years of experience living in West Africa and working with humanitarian organizations. Hollis’ work can be found in public and private collections throughout the world.
This will be a hybrid meeting meaning you can attend either in person or via Zoom.
Program: Patricia Belyea presents “Spirit Quilts: When A Quilt is More Than A Quilt”
Date: February 11, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM—12:00 PM
Guest Fee: $10.00 (non-refundable)
Patricia takes joy in creating custom Spirit Quilts for others who are celebrating a life or mourning a loss. Listening to their stories and incorporating the clothes of a loved one, Patricia has learned how stitching memories into quilts completely transforms their meaning and power. Patricia includes an overview of Spirit Quilts she’s made over the past decade.
We are pleased to welcome back Patricia Belyea for her third visit to our guild, presenting her latest lecture on “Spirit Quilts.” Patricia is a self- taught quilter who made her first quilt out of old clothes from Goodwill when she was 53. On one of her many trips to Japan she discovered vintage yukata cottons. These hand-dyed fabrics with graphic patterns and luscious colors seemed ideal for making striking quilts.
Today, Patricia and her daughter Victoria co-own Okan Arts, a cottage business that imports vintage Japanese textiles through an on-line shop. Patricia is a nationally known quilt teacher and is author of the book ‘East-Meets-West Quilts’.
This will be a hybrid Zoom meeting meaning you can attend either in person or via Zoom.
Our ‘Camp’ is being held at the Boca Raton Community Center
In the Royal Palm Room
The first 36 members who sign up will be accepted in postmark order.
Fill out and send the attached Application (on page 7) with your check.
Questions? Contact Marlys Cordes
561—704—0111
marlysquilts2@gmail.cometails to follow
The December meeting will be the Guild’s annual fundraising sale at the in-person meeting, December 10th.
WWIT Sale Packaging and Pricing: directions on page 5 of the newsletter.
In addition, there will be a special opportunity to shop for fabrics and other items that have been donated to the Guild. Stormy Schevis, a former Gold Coast Quilter’s Guild member, is no longer quilting and her family has donated items to QGBTS for fundraising. Linda Adamcik’s mother recently passed away and Linda has donated fabrics from her mother’s collection to be sold at this special sale.
There will be separate sale tables with these items. $20 per special bag, with a separate cashier.
Bring your own shopping bags for purchases from the Guild tables. Checkout with our Treasurer, Jean DeFrances. Cash and checks accepted.
This will also be our annual Holiday Party. Enjoy cookies and goodies and time to socialize with your fellow members before our WWIT Sale and Buy A Bag Sale opens. Please feel free to bring some baked items or snacks and your own drinks, in closed containers, to add to the festivities.
This will be an in-person only event. No Zoom.
Guests are welcome to attend. There will be no guest fee.