Coachella Valley Quilt Guild

Greetings Everyone!

I don’t know about you but I feel like there is so much going on even with still staying close to home.  What is it going to be like when we can be out and about again?  As I write this I just finished Jean Impey’s Basket Case class and am working on some virtual classes from QuiltCon — more projects to add to my pile of things I need to finish.  

The guild has had two very successful meetings and virtual classes so far this year.  I am so glad that you are enjoying our speakers and there is more to come with speakers and then a class in March and plans for April through November.  And that is just the meetings and not the rest of the activities and challenges.

I can hardly wait to see the results from the Beatles Challenge after you vote for your favorite quilt.  Remember they are posted on our website so that you can examine them at your leisure and be ready to vote at our March meeting.  There are some really great quilts there.

But of course the challenges are not over.  We are just starting the Desert Guilds Quilt Show challenge — Fortune Cookie.  I wonder what my fortune is going to hold for me when I get my packet?  If you missed getting a packet in February, Robert Tucker will have them at the next Sew What Table event or you can order one through the website to be mailed to you later in the month.

Speaking of the quilt show, it is not too early to start planning what quilt(s) you will enter — besides the challenge of course.  There is the miniature section that you can enter with multiple entries.  And there is the main entry of wall hangings, throws, bedquilts, art quilts, etc.  If you have never entered a quilt show this is an opportunity to do that.  You just need to fill out an application this fall, take a picture of your quilt and yourself and send it in.  The show is not juried, but you do have to be one of the first 40 people from our guild to enter to have your quilt accepted to the show.  

Do check out the newsletter for upcoming activities and programs.  We will be starting our first QuiltAlong in March so look for those details.  I am looking forward to the QuiltAlong since it is something I have never done and I love the look of the quilt they have chosen — Simply Woven.  

So happy quilting and stay safe,

Kathleen Herring, President

 I encourage you to sign up for March’s class with Latifah Saafir on Sunday, March 14, 2021 from 9—3.  Visit the Programs Page  to register and pay for the class.

This class uses the Glam Clam Quilt Pattern and either the The Clammy™ 8”, 10” or 12” templates.  The pattern includes baby through king sized layouts and you can make any size that you would like.  Note that the only quilts that may be finished in class will be a baby sized quilt and maybe the lap sized if you’re working on a 12”. But, you will get a lot done on larger sizes and will go home confident enough in the technique to be able to finish your quilt easily.  Your pre-work before class is to cut out your whole clamshells. This can take awhile and you don’t want your whole class to be spent cutting out clamshells!

Have Fun!

Heather Keenan and Annie Houston, Programs Co-Chairs

March Meeting and Workshop with

Latifah Saafir

Join us for her lecture "Being True to Your Inner Artist."  Latifah is known for her bold and innovative modern quilts.  She is also offering a workshop, “Glam Clam Quilt,” which is a modern twist on the classic clamshell shape, as well as an updated method to piecing it all together.  Space is still available in this workshop and you can register through our programs page.

April Meeting with Patricia Belyea, "The Alluring World of Yukata Quilts."  

A creative quilt maker, speaker and teacher, Patricia co-owns Okan Arts with her daughter Victoria. The small family business imports vintage Japanese textiles for adventuresome quilters. Patricia is the author of East-Meets-West Quilts, a book about making improv quilts with Japanese fabrics.

 April Meeting with Lori Allison, "All About Color Trunk Show"

Lori is a former Home Ec (FACS) teacher, a quilt pattern designer (Allison Quilt Designs) and now an online and show vending retailer of all Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics, books, patterns & unique quilt kits.  Her "quilt show" to the guild will be 20 of the latest quilts and wallhangings made with Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics. Join Lori for a fun, bright, colorful display featuring creative ways to use the Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics.

We are excited to launch CVQG’s very first Quilt Along!  Join us making this beautiful quilt that plays with strips of fabric to make them look like they are woven together.  This is the perfect stash buster, or gives you a good reason to buy that beautiful jelly roll or fabric bundle you have had your eye on.  Each week we will be giving instructions on the next step, and by the end of week six you will have a complete quilt top.  We can’t wait to see how different everyone’s quilt turns out.

We will officially start on Wednesday, March 24, with a Zoom Meeting at 7pm.  We will be discussing some fabric selection ideas, and it will be an opportunity to see everyone who is participating.  Weekly emails will instruct the next steps.  And there will be prizes!  Stay tuned for more details.  In the meantime, check out the pattern and start dreaming about what you want your Simply Woven quilt to look like.  

The quilt pattern is “Simply Woven” by Jessica Kelly and is freely available through the Moda website at https://modafabrics.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/simply-woven-quilt/

Kelley Bachli and Patti Reyes, QAL Co-Hosts

Treese Pflum, Membership Chair