The programs for our general monthly meetings feature local, state or national quilt/fiber artists, activities for guild members, or entertainment. The programs often have associated workshops.  Our guest speakers will introduce you to innovative and fun techniques that will give you new ideas for your own projects.  Guest speakers usually have a worshop the day following the meeting.  Click here for the workshop schedule.

Guests are invited to all meetings except the July and December meetings.  The guest fee is $3.00 per meeting.

Meetings are held at the:

Folsom Community Center
52 Natoma Street
Folsom, CA 95630

Click here for directions to the Folsom Community Center.

Date:     Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Time:     7:00 pm

Speaker:    Christine Barnes - "Transparency"

See the Workshops page for details on Christine's Workshop.

Date:     Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Time:     7:00 pm

Speaker:    Linda Ballard - "Discover the Possibilities"

See the Workshops page for details on Linda's Workshop.

Date:     Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Time:     7:00 pm

Speaker:    Peggy Martin - "Beyond Tradition"

Peggy Martin began quilting in 1981, piecing and quilting everything by hand. A few years later, when quicker methods were being discovered, she became hooked on finding faster, easier ways to make quilts. When she began teaching in 1985, she continued to develop more streamlined, fast, fun methods of working. She enjoys expanding on traditional quilts with new variations and color-play. Her favorite quilts are those which are fast, easy to piece, and offer many design possibilities.

See the Workshops page for details on Peggy's Workshop.

Date:     Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Time:     7:00 pm

Speaker:    Purses by Design (Pamela Day & Roseanne Lauters) - "Trunk Show"

See the Workshops page for details on the Purses's by Design Workshop.

Date:     Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Time:     7:00 pm

Speaker:    Mary Boyer - "The Art of Treasure Hunting"

I think of myself as a junk rescuer or as a "Green Quilter".  The lecture will talk about how we have found items in estate sales, garage sales or items that seem to just show up at our front door.  We turn these items into useful works of art that one can wear as jackets or other items that you can use around the house. The best part is that the completed item always has a story attached to it.  It is sure to inspire you to look at your treasures that you have in a different light.  

See the Workshops page for details on Mary's Workshop.

Date:     Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Time:     6:30 pm

Demo Night/Social

No workshop in July.

Date:     Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Time:     7:00 pm

Speaker:    Rob Appell - "Quilts From the Sea and Beyond - A Comic Relief Trunk Show"

Rob Appell blends his love for the ocean with his work as a textile artist and designer.  A few years back, Rob landed a job in his Mother's Quilt Shop "The Cotton Ball" in Morro Bay, CA.  It was at The Cotton Ball where Rob found a fondness for Hawaiian shirt making.  Shirt scraps make beautiful quilts, and so does Rob. He learned to quilt by trial and error and definitely brings a masculine touch to this age old tradition.  Most of his quilts bring the feel of artists Christian Lassen and Robert Wyland.  Blending his fabrics from deep in the ocean to way up in the heavens, Rob's quilts are 100%machine made and focus on appliqué work.

Rob has designed fabric lines for Free Spirit Fabrics and Telegraph Road Studios, as well as appeared on "Simply Quilts", "Uncommon Threads," and "Behind the Seams".  He also has an extensive line of Quilt Patterns for his original designs and a New Book "Making Waves...The Adventures of a Surf Quilter".

See the Workshops page for details on Rob's Workshop.

Date:     Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Time:     7:00 pm

Speaker:    Bobbi Finley - "Tile Quilts - Reinventing a Forgotten Form"

Bobbi makes prize-winning quilts, has a quilt in the collection of the American Museum of Folk Art in New York, and has exhibited at the International Quilt Festival in Houston and American Quilter’s Society in Paducah, Kentucky. Her love for exploring the history of quilts and their makers has led her to actively participate in the American Quilt Study Group, serving as a board member and co-curator of the study quilt exhibits. Bobbi Finley now resides back in her native state in San Jose, California, with her cat, Thomas, after residing for a while in Williamsburg, Virginia.  She recently co-wrote a book called "The Quilt Revival".

See the Workshops page for details on Bobbi's Workshop.

Date:     Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Time:     7:00 pm

Speaker:    Marcia Stein - "Destinations: Travel Inspired Quilts"

Marcia Stein is a San Francisco textile artist whose award-winning work has been shown in a number of juried exhibitions at galleries, museums, and quilt shows throughout the country and is included in several public and private collections.

Marcia's recent designs combine her interest in photography with her quilt art, and she is currently at work on a series of pieces based on her photographs from Santa Fe, Italy, England, and the South of France.

Originally from Chicago, Marcia is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She took up quilting in 1992, after a lifelong interest in other needle arts, and has been pursuing her interest in textile art full-time since 1996.

See the Workshops page for details on Marcia's Workshop.

Date:     Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Time:     7:00 pm

Guild Challenge Night

No workshop in November.

Date:     Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Time:     6:30 pm

Guild Holiday Party

No workshop in December.