2023 Programs and Workshops

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Pack your bags, fabric, machine and some snacks for a fun filled long weekend of fellowship and stitching at Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center.  Community service project, make and takes, mystery quilt, prizes, swaps and a boo boo piggy!   Registration has closed for this event.  

9:00 am-12:30 pm - Stitching on Wool: An Introduction to a "Wild and Wooly Time” Workshop - Learn to applique wool pieces together. Embellish with dimensional stitches, bullion knots, drizzle stitches and others! Create a pincushion with your stitched square.  Registration Required.

1:30 - 3:00 pm - Meeting - Introduction to Wool Appliqué & Creative Stitching. Join guild members Laura and Karen for their presentation of Wool Applique and Creative Stitching. Laura and Karen will share their passion for this medium, how they got started, important facts about working with and caring for wool, and best of all amazing works in wool for your viewing pleasure.

For the April meeting, The Between the Seams Book Club will meet at the Peachtree City Library downstairs meeting room on the 4th Tuesday of the month.  The book for April is After The Storm by Cary Flanagan and the May book will be The True Love Quilting Club by Lori Wilde.

Note:  The book club will typically meet on the third Tuesday of each month and meeting locations will change each month.   Check the home page or program page for the latest details.  

10:00 - 2:00 Keynote speaker - Tara Miller 25 Years of Quilting:  You've Come A Long Way Baby!  More information is available on the Anniversary page.

7:00 - 8:30 pm Examples, tips and tricks to using the fabric you already have on the back of your quilts presented by our own Sue Klinker.

1:30 - 3:00 pm Marianne R. Williamson, Fiber Artist and Author -  Lecture and trunk show. www.movinthreads.com.  A non- member program fee of $20.00 will be charged for this program. The non-member program fee will be applied to membership dues if paid at the same program meeting. 

9:00 - 3:00 pm Marianne Williamson Workshop  - Learn how to make an art quilt from your own photo.  

Annual Ice Cream Social and "Read me a story"

9:00 am - 1:00 pm Community Service Sew In - Learn to Sew - Bring a guest!

1:30 - 3:00 pm  - Supporting the Community

7:00 8:30 pm Developing your craft from novice to artisan - a panel discussion.

1:30 - 3:00 pm - Members Spotlight & Demo - Learn tips and tools.

7:00 - 8:30 pm Bindings and borders , presented by our own Judy Daymont and  Julia Smith.  Put just the right finishing touch on your quilts.  

1:30 - 3:00 pm Designer Pillows presented by our own Laura Bosma and Claudia Singleton.

*Zoom/In-person Meeting* 7:00 - 8:30  GE Designs, Erla Gudrun, put your stash to work. Learn the tricks behind Gudruns cutting techniques.   www.gequiltdesigns.com A non- member program fee of $20.00 will be charged for this program. The non-member program fee will be applied to membership dues if paid at the same program meeting. 

*ZOOM/In-person Meeting*  Wendy Mathson - Designing with Storm at Sea and Snails Trail. www.quiltsbywendy.com A non- member program fee of $20.00 will be charged for this program. The non-member program fee will be applied to membership dues if paid at the same program meeting. 

*ZOOM/In-person Meeting*  7:00 - 8:30 pm Brenda Grampsas, Quilt Appraisal and Quilt Restoration.  www.thimbletales.com  A non- member program fee of $20.00 will be charged for this program. The non-member program fee will be applied to membership dues if paid at the same program meeting.:

Book club trunk show.

1:30 - 3:00 pm Tara Miller, Fan Girl - A Crazy Lady.  www.quiltdistrict.com Registration Required.

7:00 - 8:30 pm Kathleen Rountree -Process, criteria & prep for quilt judging.   www.kathleenroundtree.com A non- member program fee of $20.00 will be charged for this program. The non-member program fee will be applied to membership dues if paid at the same program meeting.

11:30 am - 1:30 pm Holiday Party and wrap up. Final meeting for the year.  

 Evie Tomlinson Workshop to kick off the 25th anniversary celebration and launch of the "Faces of QGSC commemorative blocks".   

Kick off for the new year "The Many Faces of QGSC - Celebrating 25 years, 1998-2023". Activities, sign ups & registrations.

*ZOOM Meeting*  Emily Taylor - What are collage quilts?  How are they made? There will be lots of eye candy and examples of how to use our gorgeous fabrics in these delightful projects.  www.CollageQuilter.com .  

Morning Community Service Sew-In, noon Book Club Informational Meeting

followed by our guest speaker Jan Hollins for her presentation & trunk show.  www.Janhollinsfiberarts.com.

Spend the day, Thursday, Feb 23rd with us at the Atlanta Convention Center at  AmericasMart in Atlanta, Georgia for The Modern Quilt Guild 10th Annual QuiltCon.  No night meeting. www.quiltcon.com for more information and to order tickets. Quiltcon dates Feb 23-26, 2023.

Linda Hahn - Presentation & trunk show. www.froghollowdesigns.com  

Wicked Wahini Workshop- Learn Linda's ONE PIN technique to create perfect New York Beauty blocks on your first attempt

The first book club meeting will be at City Cafe, 215 Glynn St, Fayetteville.  The first book is Between Heaven and Texas by Marie Bostwick.  Book club meetings will be monthly and locations will vary. 

*ZOOM /In-Person Meeting**  Lisa Thorpe - Create surface designs on fabric and trunk show. Lisa will show art quilts made using different techniques - monotype printing, marbling fabric, and stamp carving.   www.lisathorpe.com