sfquiltersguild | San Francisco Quilters Guild |
We offer a wealth of activities for anyone in the Bay Area interested in quiltmaking and related arts.
Look at Denise Labadie’s art quilts, and you could easily mistake them for stone! She’s celebrated for her stonescapes, and in this hands-on workshop you’ll learn some of her techniques. She’ll focus on appliqué and in-setting—exploring why and when to use reverse appliqué … versus turned-edge appliqué … versus raw-edge appliqué … versus in-setting. (more...)
Color plays an important role in our lives. The colors we choose when creating a quilt say more about our state of mind than we realize. A quilter’s stash can represent years of color therapy! Enjoy twin sisters Lora Zmak and Lisa Norton of MaterialGirlfriends.com as they explain color psychology, share the meanings of the (more...)
Join us for a day devoted to Community Outreach quilts. Activities may include sewing preemie quilts, making pillowcases, piecing batting, quilting donated tops, finishing and binding quilts, and more. Please get in touch with Adrienne Hickman to let her know you’ll be participating; her contact info is the Membership Directory.
SFQG board meetings take place at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month, except December. Executive board members and committee chairs generally meet at the Ortega Branch Library. Committee chair reports should be submitted at least one day in advance, by email, to all participants. Any guild member is welcome to attend.
Utilizing Holstein cows in her designs was a natural for Cathie even before moving to Moo-desto.
SFQG board meetings take place at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month, except December. Executive board members and committee chairs generally meet at the Ortega Branch Library. Committee chair reports should be submitted at least one day in advance, by email, to all participants. Any guild member is welcome to attend.
Laurel presents an overview of appliqué history—including an 1850s-style appliqué quilt and a surprising story of the invention of the sewing machine!—as well as her personal appliqué journey.
SFQG board meetings take place at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month, except December. Executive board members and committee chairs generally meet at the Ortega Branch Library. Committee chair reports should be submitted at least one day in advance, by email, to all participants. Any guild member is welcome to attend.
Nancy discusses her approach to design, the stories behind her up-close fabric portraits of giraffes and dozens of other creatures, and how students can make patterns that look like their own pets.
With just scissors and a glue stick, create a scene of personal or fanciful imagery. From large-scale printed fabrics, snip and glue pictures and shapes into a surreal (or floral) collage over a patchwork-looking background. To secure your imagery permanently, cover your design with transparent tulle and choose from several different top-stitching options. Bring a (more...)
SFQG board meetings take place at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month, except December. Executive board members and committee chairs generally meet at the Ortega Branch Library. Committee chair reports should be submitted at least one day in advance, by email, to all participants. Any guild member is welcome to attend.