Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month. We meet at the Folsom Community Center at
52 Natoma Street in Folsom, CA
52 Natoma Street in Folsom, CA
Folsom Community Center has upgraded audio/visual capacities and
is ready to host
IN-PERSON Zoom presentations!
.
We will meet and have our general business meeting, then TOGETHER, we will watch the Zoom presentation.
The handout mentioned by Diane Harris during the General Meeting on April 12, 2022 can be found under the Members Only tab.
May 10 - 7PM General Meeting - Zoom Lecture- “What is A Modern Quilt: The Myths and the Magic”
Are you intimidated by modern quilts? Join us on May 10 at 7PM via Zoom for our guest lecturer Carole Lyles Shaw.
Carole dispels some of the rumors so every quilter can appreciate the freedom in this new style of creative expression! There’s plenty of time for Q&A. Lecture topics include:
Carole dispels some of the rumors so every quilter can appreciate the freedom in this new style of creative expression! There’s plenty of time for Q&A. Lecture topics include:
- What makes a quilt modern? It’s a big tent: from traditional to madly modern!
- Myth busters: blowing away the myths about what is (and is not) a modern quilt
- Tips for getting started: starting a modern stash
- Resources list (master handout provided)
- Trunk show
May 11, 9 am to 3:30 pm Zoom Workshop: “Fibonacci #1”
May 2022 ZOOM Workshop –
$45
Carole Lyles Shaw An EASY approach to MODERN QUILTING using a few basic blocks. Block sizes are based on the Fibonacci sequence, a number series common to many things in nature. Bring your creativity, don’t worry about the math – Carole has done it all for you!
What you’ll learn:
May 2022 ZOOM Workshop –
$45
Carole Lyles Shaw An EASY approach to MODERN QUILTING using a few basic blocks. Block sizes are based on the Fibonacci sequence, a number series common to many things in nature. Bring your creativity, don’t worry about the math – Carole has done it all for you!
What you’ll learn:
- Fabric selection and placement ·
- A fast way to improvisionally pieced blocks.
- Building confidence for intuitive design, piecing,
- Alternate grid layouts and negative space
- Result: several blocks completed and full instructions for a table runner or placemats
“Fibonacci #1 - Member
$46.50
6-hour workshop presented virtually via Zoom. Description available here.
“Fibonacci #1 - Member - Mail payment
$0.00
6-hour workshop via Zoom - May 11, 2022 9am - 3:30pm
Mail $45USD payment made payable to Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild to :
Jan Millner
3248 Balada Way
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
“Fibonacci #1 - Non-Member
$51.50
6-hour workshop presented virtually via Zoom. Description available here.
Past Programs andWorkshops
Taste Test: Unexpected Sampler Quilts
The April General Meeting presentation will be an in-person Zoom presentation at the Folsom Community Center - "Taste Test: Unexpected Sampler Quilts".
The next day will be an at-home Zoom workshop on "Color, Cohesion, and Contrast," where we will learn why color is the least important of the three C’s, so come find out why! Diane Harris- aka "The Stash Bandit" is a quilter who loves everything about the quilting process and enjoys sharing it with others. We will benefit from this editor for Quiltmaker magazine who has been sewing for almost 50 years and quilting for three decades. She also has quilt designs regularly in the pages of Quiltmaker, McCall’s Quilting, and Quick Quilts. Take a look at some of her shenanigans here.
The next day will be an at-home Zoom workshop on "Color, Cohesion, and Contrast," where we will learn why color is the least important of the three C’s, so come find out why! Diane Harris- aka "The Stash Bandit" is a quilter who loves everything about the quilting process and enjoys sharing it with others. We will benefit from this editor for Quiltmaker magazine who has been sewing for almost 50 years and quilting for three decades. She also has quilt designs regularly in the pages of Quiltmaker, McCall’s Quilting, and Quick Quilts. Take a look at some of her shenanigans here.
March 8, 2022
7PM
Join us in celebrating our quilt show champions in "Quilt Show All Stars". Here their quilt story, inspiration, techniques and process that lead them to creating award-winning quilts.
No March workshop
Wacky Fusion
January 11, 2022 - 7PM - Folsom Community Center
Join Kim Brownell - The Wacky Doodle Quilter - for some real life skills we can all use. Have you ever panicked when you hear "The challenge for this year is . . . "? You know you should participate and you WANT to participate, but . . . How? What? Kim will guide us in learning how to approach challenges, where to find them and why we should all join in! Then she'll lead us on an eclectic trek of her quilting journey and discuss the variety of realistic and wacky techniques she employs. Visit Kim's website to see her wacky-doodle style!
January 11, 2022 - 7PM - Folsom Community Center
Join Kim Brownell - The Wacky Doodle Quilter - for some real life skills we can all use. Have you ever panicked when you hear "The challenge for this year is . . . "? You know you should participate and you WANT to participate, but . . . How? What? Kim will guide us in learning how to approach challenges, where to find them and why we should all join in! Then she'll lead us on an eclectic trek of her quilting journey and discuss the variety of realistic and wacky techniques she employs. Visit Kim's website to see her wacky-doodle style!