January: Shawn’s Sewing Center
Shawn Williams, owner of Shawn’s Sewing Center in Springfield, will be the speaker/presenter at the January guild meetings. His topic is TBD at this time. Shawn’s Sewing Center was our Gold Sponsor for our 2022 OPQG Show and will again be our Gold Show Sponsor for our 2024 Show. You can learn more about the store at ShawnSewingCenter.com.
February: Schoolhouse Round Robin
The 10:00 am and 6:00 pm guild meeting programs will be led by guild member Carol Pearson. Tables will be set up and various small groups will present a skill or idea used by their group. Members in attendance will rotate through each teaching/demonstration center.
March: Lorraine Roy
The March meeting will be presented via Zoom on the large screen at the guild facility. Lorraine quilts in the round, often inspired by nature. She is a full-time professional artist working in textiles from her studio in Canada. Roy draws upon her formal education in science to create images that evoke our intimate connection with the natural world. She believes fabric is an ideal material for expressing and capturing the attributes of natural forms, and techniques mirror processes that bring order to diverse and humble materials. She intends to arouse emotional connection by shining a warm light on Nature’s unseen forces. The biology, mythology and symbolism of trees, classic emblems of the communion of earth and spirit, are her main inspirations.
Learn about our speaker at LRoyArt.com.
April: Sew Simple Quilt Shoppe
Amber Plemones, owner of Sew Simple Quilt Shoppe in Ozark, Mo., will be our April speaker/presenter of the One Block Wonder quilt technique. She’ll also teach a workshop on Wednesday following the guild meetings to teach the technique and offer best practices to achieve great results. She can be available at the guild if a second workshop is needed. Guild members are also encouraged to come to her shop with questions or project guidance.
Click HERE to be directed to the workshop in the online store. The workshop fee is $50. The image below is from Amber’s store and is provided for inspiration. This is a one block wonder panel quilt she made. The workshop she will teach is how to do make the hexagon blocks. The workshop does not include creating a blocks around the panel motif.
May: Lea McComas
Lea will be our speaker/presenter on thread painting techniques. Many of us remember her incredible quilt, The Long Goodbye, exhibited at the 2022 AQS Show in Branson.
With a life-long interest in fiber, Lea McComas began sewing at age 6 and quilting at 16. She earned an M.A. in Education and has been a public school educator for almost 40 years. Her workshop will teach the basics of thread painting. Learn more about Lea and view her portfolio at LeaMcComas.com.
Click HERE to be directed to the workshop in the online store. The workshop fee is $35.
Lea’s Awards include
- Master’s Award for Thread Artistry, International Quilt Festival, Houston Texas
- Award for Artistic Ability that Extends the Medium, Interpretations: Rhapsody exhibit, Vision Art Museum, San Diego, California
- Best of Show, Quilt Portraits: We’ve Got Personality, Brush Gallery & Studios, Lowell, Massachusetts.
- 1st Place, Colorado Artists Choice Exhibition, Lakewood Cultural Center, Denver, Colorado
- Honorable Mention, 37th Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, Lincoln Center for the Arts, Fort Collins, Colorado.
- Quilters de Mexico Award of Honor, Patchwork & Quilt Expo, Mexico City, Mexico.
June: Rhonda Denney
Rhonda will show and teach her Confetti Collage technique that appliques tiny pieces secured by netting and then quilted. Learn more about Rhonda and see examples of her work at RhondaDenney.com.
Click HERE to be directed to the workshop in the online store. The workshop fee is $35. There is an additional $15 pattern fee to participate in the class. The pattern can be purchased from Rhonda on the day of the event.
Click HERE for a class supply list and additional information.
July: Linda Bratten
You may remember Linda Bratten from her art quilting presentation at our guild in 2023. For 2024, she’ll be teaching free-motion quilting on smaller projects, using a domestic machine, or used as a drawing on the surface. As a Baby Lock sewing machines national educator, we’re sure you’ll have fun while learning new quilting techniques.
Machine Quilting with a Domestic/Tabletop Sewing Machine Includes
Free Motion Quilting “Fun”-damentals, Nature Inspired Quilting Motifs, Getting into Gridwork, Pushing the Rules Rulers/Templates on a Domestic Doodle Quilting
Click HERE to be directed to the workshop in the online store. The workshop fee is $35.
Learn more about it at LindaBrattonCreations.com
August: Guild Members Prep for the Upcoming OPQG Show
September: OPQG Show, September 26-28, 2024
The 2024 OPQG Quilt Show will be held in the E*Plex at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, 3001 N. Grant Ave., Springfield, MO 65803. The E*Plex is conveniently located in Northwest Springfield just east of the intersection of I-44 and Missouri Highway 13 (Kansas Expressway). Setup for the event begins on Monday, September 23rd. The event will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, September 26-27, and Saturday, September 28, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
October:
The October program and workshop are TBD at this time.
November:
The November program and workshop are TBD at this time.
December: Guild Member Christmas Party
There will be no program or workshop in December. Our Members at Large will host a holiday party. The party date is TBD at this time.