Meri Henriques Vahl: A Quilter’s Journey

St. Anne of the Sunset 850 Judah Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us for a lecture by Meri Henriques Vahl: A Quilter's Journey Meri's will share with us a trunk and slide show where she will talk about how she became an art quilter, and the techniques she uses to create people and places.  Because photographs can't really capture what the quilts are like in person, (more...)

Engineer your Quilts with Karen Bolan

St. Anne of the Sunset 850 Judah Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us for a lecture by Karen Bolan: Engineer your Quilts. Free yourself from the need to use someone else’s pattern and appoint yourself head of your own design empire. View a gallery of original quilts and learn how to apply the engineering design process to your quilts. Learn to find and use sources of (more...)

Allie McCathren: Exhausted Octopus Raw Edge Appliqué

St. Anne of the Sunset 850 Judah Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us for a lecture by Allie McCathren: Exhausted Octopus Raw Edge Appliqué One of the most delightful things about working with fabric and thread is the element of texture. Raw edge appliqué can be an overlooked and sometimes misunderstood technique in quilting. Allie loves to play with raw edge appliqué in her art quilts (more...)

You’ve made a Quilt – Now What? with Alex Byrne

St. Anne of the Sunset 850 Judah Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Alex Byrne is an artist and entrepreneur living in Oakland, California. Originally from the UK, she lived and worked in London for more than 20 years before moving to Tokyo, Japan, and then to San Francisco in 2014. She has taught and studied quilts in all three countries. She became President of the SF Quilters (more...)

Design for Realism with Kestrel Michaud

Zoom Meeting

On Monday February 12 at 7pm, join us for a zoom lecture by Kestrel Michaud. In "Design for Realism," she focuses on incorporating principles of good design into art quilt layouts with the intent of creating a realistic piece of art using fabric as a medium. For more information visit Kestrel's lecture page here A (more...)

Modern Traditionalism with Pati Fried

St. Anne of the Sunset 850 Judah Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us for a lecture by Pati Fried: Modern Traditionalism. Explore the principles of modern quilt design and how a traditional quilter might use these to challenge their design skills. By looking at fundamental design elements individually, it is easy to understand how to create original designs with a modern aesthetic. About Pati: Pati studied (more...)

Quilting Against the Odds with Jane Sassaman

St. Anne of the Sunset 850 Judah Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us for a lecture by Jane Sassaman: Quilting Against the Odds. This visual lecture is about accomplishing your work in spite of obstacles - family life, space limitations, etc.  It is a pep talk and slide show which covers my inspirations and my obstacles.  I encourage people to do "what you have to do" (more...)

Material Matrix with Sandra Bruce

St. Anne of the Sunset 850 Judah Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us for a lecture by Sandra Bruce: Material Matrix. Sandra Bruce brings us her “Material Matrix” lecture on May 21, 2024. Her technique was inspired by painter Chuck Close. It involves using a gridded photograph and interpreting each 2-inch square into fabric, using piecing to achieve the effect. She will present an overview of (more...)

Rules and Options of Planned Improv Piecing with Sarah Goer

St. Anne of the Sunset 850 Judah Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us for a lecture by Sarah Goer: Rules and Options of Planned Improv Piecing. Sarah likes options... but she also likes a plan. In this lecture and trunk show, Sarah will discuss how she uses her organized nature to develop rules for herself which drive her Planned Improv quilt design work. She will share (more...)

Feedsacks with Dr Marian Ann J. Montgomery

St. Anne of the Sunset 850 Judah Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us for a lecture by Dr Marian Ann J. Montgomery: Feedsacks. What We Have Learned: Feed Sacks have been an integral part of American quilting since the late 19th century when frugal women bleached the white cotton sacks to use as quilt backings.  In the late 1930s feed came in sacks with beautiful prints (more...)

My Animal Quilts with Nancy Brown

St. Anne of the Sunset 850 Judah Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us for a lecture by Nancy Brown: My Animal Quilts. Nancy has been making applique quilts for over 30 years featuring a variety of animals from anteaters to zebras (with a lot of dogs and cats in between). Nancy also has made several people themed quilts mostly based on old family photos. This lecture (more...)