Jean Impey

Finding Your Passion and Running With It 

Hybrid Meeting -- Speaker In-Person

Meeting starts at 10:00am 

Program starts at 11:00am

Discover "Finding Your Passion and Running With It" with Jean Impey, where you'll delve into the art of quilting and uncovering what makes your work unique. Inspired by the captivating spider web design that sparked her creative journey, this lecture is a testament to pursuing your artistic style and passion. With a large trunk show of quilts, including the renowned Spider Web Series, Jean shares her personal journey of creativity and discovery. Whether in person or through a dynamic digital presentation, attendees will not only be inspired but also gain practical insights and a tutorial, making this a must-attend event for quilting enthusiasts seeking to elevate their craft through passion-driven creativity.

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Jean Impey

The Magic of Fabulous Faces

In person class at UCR Palm Desert 

9am -- 4pm (6hrs w/ 30 minute lunch)

Sign up now for "The Magic of Fabulous Faces," a unique workshop born from the dynamic collaboration between renowned quilters Freddy Moran and Jean Impey, who teach independently and sometimes together. Since 2017, these two energetic and inspiring artists have combined their love of quilting, friendship, and talents to create an explosion of creativity. In this workshop, you'll learn to craft expressive quilted faces using simple materials like a glue stick and basic design principles. Jean will guide you through her signature quilting techniques—"Pencil Quilting" and "Sketchy Quilting"—to bring your designs to life. This in-person workshop promises to be an enjoyable and enlightening experience for quilters of all levels. Don't miss the chance to learn from Jean's expertise and create your own fabulous faces! 

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CLASS FULL. Waitlist available. Please email us at programscvqg@gmail.com with your request to be on the waitlist. (no payment at the time of request, you will be contacted if space becomes available. Cost of the class is $45 member/$55 non-member if you get in.)

Krista Moser

Diamonds Are a Quilter's Best Friend

Hybrid Meeting -- Speaker In-Person

Meeting starts at 10:00am 

Program starts at 11:00am

Krista Moser is the creative force and inspiration behind Krista Moser, The Quilted Life. A sewing enthusiast and quilt pattern designer, she has published more than thirty patterns since 2016 with more in development.

Krista tells her story, how she started very young and went on to design her quilts and patterns.  She typically works in design concepts and color theory while showing different quilts. She'll bring 2 50 lb. suitcases of quilts. 

She loves to do Q&A if there’s time! It's always a crowd-pleaser.  

https://www.kristamoser.com

Krista Moser

Double Struck Star

In person class at UCR Palm Desert 

9am -- 4pm (6hrs w/ 30 minute lunch)

This cheerful modern quilt is a great stash buster! Come learn from Krista all the tips and tricks for cutting and piecing triangles in an easy, fast, and precise way. If you have been wanting to break out of the same old quilting routine and try something different, this class will inspire confidence and equip you with new techniques. Use up all those fat quarters and stray 2½” strips you have lying around. Entirely strip pieced, this quilt is easy enough for the confident beginner. The colors grade from light to dark so the star looks like it’s bursting. This quilt was designed with kids in mind; jazz up their bedroom or change up the colors and make it patriotic! 

NOTE: Use this promo product code for 50% off the digital pattern (not printed). Workshop participants can put this code in the promo code box on the order form: DSS-CV 

Optional printed pattern will be available in class for $12.00

https://www.kristamoser.com

CLASS FULL. Waitlist available. Please email us at programscvqg@gmail.com with your request to be on the waitlist. (no payment at the time of request, you will be contacted if space becomes available. Cost of the class is $50 member/$60 non-member if you get in.)

David Owen Hastings

Indigo Dyeing In Japan

Hybrid Meeting -- Speaker In-Person

Meeting starts at 10:00am 

Program starts at 11:00am

In this talk, David Owen Hastings explores how his love of Japanese culture, travel, textiles and “blue and white” came together in a fantastic journey to Japan. In this textile talk, he takes you virtually with him to an indigo dyeing workshop in the country near Mt. Fuji. He explores two kinds of Japanese indigo dyeing processes that use resist: katazome (paste resist dyeing using stencils) and shibori (bound or stitch resist dyeing). He’ll talk about how his particular modern design approach is influenced by Japan, and how he likes to incorporate these traditional fabrics into modern quilt compositions.

David will also give a virtual trunk show of my work, including an indigo-inspired quilt that he designed, as well as paper-based stitched artwork that he created by dyeing paper in indigo using shibori techniques. 

https://davidowenhastings.com

David Owen Hastings

Indi-Go-Modern

In person class at UCR Palm Desert 

9am -- 4pm (6hrs w/ 30 minute lunch)

From classic kimonos to denim jeans, indigo has been used by many cultures for dyeing cloth, and the Japanese have refined the use of indigo to an art form. This is the class to use all those lovely blue and white shibori fabrics you’ve dyed yourself, or use carefully curated blue and white fabrics from your stash.

Each participant will develop a simple geometric block design based on unfolded origami shapes, set a theme and create variations, and combine them into the beginning of a fresh and modern mini quilt top.

We will start out by stitching practice blocks from blue and white paper, to explore composition using minimal, modern shapes inspired by origami. A PDF will be supplied with blue and white images of fabric, which you can print at home or at a local copy center.

We’ll then translate our ideas to fabric, and I will demonstrate simple pattern making using cereal box cardboard. You will choose between three possible modern designs for your blue + white quilt top.

If you don’t have any Japanese-inspired blue and white fabric already, David recommends purchasing vintage Japanese yukata cotton fabric from OkanArts.com, where they have specially curated 3-yard packs available for your project. Please stick to the blue and white theme. You will want to have some solid dark blues plus some whites/creams to blend with the patterned fabrics.

NOTE: Paid students will receive an email after signing up that is known as the PDF Paper Kit which needs to be printed off on quality laser paper -- single sided -- prior to the workshop.

Sue Bouchard

What If? - Thinking Outside the Box

Hybrid Meeting -- Speaker In-Person

Meeting starts at 10:00am 

Program starts at 11:00am

Sue Bouchard has been quilting since she was 12 and sewing since she was 4.  She began quilting before rotary cutters and self healing mats! Sue spent over 25 years at Quilt in a Day.  She loves making and designing modern quilts. Her passion is teaching and inspiring others on their creative journey! 

In this lecture, Sue shares with you her journey and insights she discovered while being confined at home during Covid. By finding solace in her sewing room, she realized the possibilities are endless. Explore ways to combine styles, techniques and colors to create your own one of a kind quilts. Special emphasis is the use of directional fabrics for effective design elements.

Come see over 35 samples to inspire you!

https://quilt-tribe.com/about-sue

Sue Bouchard

Moondance

In person class at UCR Palm Desert 

9am -- 4pm (6hrs w/ 30 minute lunch)

Combining Triangle in a Square patches with Pieced Triangle Squares gives the illusion of curves without any curved piecing. The Stars are brought together with Quarter

Square patches. Your patchwork will dance across the Background!

You will get to select your colorway, as Sue will custom pre-cut kits (both finish at 27” x 38”) for us that with include all fabrics, pattern and templates to complete the quilt top including the binding.

More information on that in the Supply List below.  Kit Fee to pay Instructor -  $45.

Pat Speth

Five Inch is a Cinch  -- How Nickel Quilts Are Created

Hybrid Meeting -- Speaker on Zoom

Meeting starts at 10:00am 

Program starts at 11:00am

Pat Speth began quilting in 1988 when she purchased a wool quilt batting from her Grandmother's auction. "I checked out a stack of quilt books from the library and fell in love with the patterns and designs, I knew I could not stop with just one quilt."

Pat started working with 5 inch squares as a basis for her quiltmaking in 1993 after attending her first retreat. Pat started on the book, Nickel Quilts in 1998 and was able to have it ready for the publishers in June 2001.

Pat's trunk show is sure to get quilters fired up about using 5" squares of fabric and many of the ideas can also be adapted for using other precuts; such as 2 1/2" strips and layer cakes.  She'll show a great assortment of quilts from her collection and will  focus on the blocks in the quilts and the simple components they are made from.

Quilts for all skill levels will be shown. One of her favorite things to do is to design a quilt using simple piecing and have the result look like a much more intricate quilt! 

https://patspeth.com/