Meetings are held at 7pm on the second Tuesday of each month.
We meet at the Folsom Community Center
52 Natoma Street in Folsom, CA
We meet at the Folsom Community Center
52 Natoma Street in Folsom, CA
Quilt Show Judging Criteria
October 10,2023 - 7PM
Have you ever wondered what the judge is looking for, why your favorite quilt didn’t win a ribbon, how you can improve so your work starts winning? This discussion will walk you through the judging process, explain some of "code language" judges use and offer helpful hints to improve your quilts. Even if you never have a quilt judged, this program will help you make more successful quilts.
Kitty Oliver has been quilting for over 35 years. Her passion for quilting is a natural extension of her love of history and graphic design. Over the years Kitty has shared her passion for quilting with people in different ways. Aside from teaching quilting technique classes and giving lectures, she created the California Sesquicentennial Children’s Quilt Program.
Kitty has enjoyed entering her local shows and has won numerous honors and ribbons.
A successful graduate of the West Coast Quilt Judging Academy Kitty has become a very busy quilt judge. Kitty loves the opportunity to encourage and challenge quilters at all levels, through meaningful and thoughtful comments.
Kitty Oliver has been quilting for over 35 years. Her passion for quilting is a natural extension of her love of history and graphic design. Over the years Kitty has shared her passion for quilting with people in different ways. Aside from teaching quilting technique classes and giving lectures, she created the California Sesquicentennial Children’s Quilt Program.
Kitty has enjoyed entering her local shows and has won numerous honors and ribbons.
A successful graduate of the West Coast Quilt Judging Academy Kitty has become a very busy quilt judge. Kitty loves the opportunity to encourage and challenge quilters at all levels, through meaningful and thoughtful comments.
No Judgement Judging
October 11, 2023
9am - 4pm
Masonic Lodge 1000 Duchow Way Folsom, CA
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Have you ever wondered how judges judge? Learn from successes and oopsies in quilt design, finish and values by seeing and hearing what quilt judges look for and how they work in a show. Bring your quilts - finished or in progress - for individual evaluation and suggestions for improvement by Kitty.
Bring your own lunch or snacks, or dine at a nearby Folsom restaurant. Sign-up in advance at the September meeting. This workshop is EXCLUSIVELY for Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild Members ONLY. Lecture and Evaluation Session - 9am - 11am AND Sewing Social 11am -4pm Members ONLY - $25 - Cash or Check ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sit and Sew ONLY - 11am - 4pm -$10 - Cash or Check ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OR Pay online at left. |
The Fiber Challenge, wearable fiber items meant to convey an emotion, will be presented and judged during this meeting.
November Sewing Social
Masonic Lodge
1000 Duchow - Folsom, CA
November 15, 2023
9AM - 3PM
Bring your holiday projects - or anything else you'd like - to work on at our November Sewing Social. Bring your own lunch or plan on a stroll to one of Folsom's nearby eateries.
Quilty Holiday Potluck, Raffle and Celebration
SEW much fun!! SEW Delicious!! SEW Quilty! SEW Karaoke!
Bring a lavishly wrapped or decorated quilt kit, sewing supplies, or a special treat to be raffled during the Christmas potluck and program. Proceeds will benefit local charities. This year entertainment will be provided by all of us via fun Holiday karaoke songs and antics!
Bring a lavishly wrapped or decorated quilt kit, sewing supplies, or a special treat to be raffled during the Christmas potluck and program. Proceeds will benefit local charities. This year entertainment will be provided by all of us via fun Holiday karaoke songs and antics!
January 9, 2024
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Christina Cameli is an enthusiastic quilting teacher and nurse-midwife. After being introduced to quilting by her grandmother, she learned free-motion quilting and over the next decade began teaching classes and writing books. She lives with her children in Portland, Oregon.
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Hearts Are For February, Stars and Ribbons For Winners
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Join in celebrating Quilt Show quilts and their stories and share your own heart or Valentine themed quilts. No Workshop this month. |
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Gems and JoyDuring this in-person presentation, MJ Kinman will share her 25-year adventure in learning how to create the world’s biggest diamonds using fabric. She’ll talk about techniques to create the hundreds of pieces in each diamond, the materials used to create the wash of color and light across the gem’s surface and quilting techniques that enhance a gem’s facets.
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Bite Sized Gems
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Past Programs and Workshops
Indigo, Taupe & More: Japanese Fabric from Vintage to Contemporary
During this Zoom presentation, Dana Jones will share her knowledge of Japan's fabric industry. Find out more about Dana's quilts, classes and books at danajonesquilts.com.
In a whirlwind round of interviews with multiple generations of Japanese quilt-makers, I learned a lot about working with Japanese fabrics from indigo to taupe and beyond. I talked with master quilters Kuroha Shizuko, Yoko Seito, Reiko Kato and Keiko Goke. In this slide show, you’ll learn how each of these women selects and designs fabric. You’ll see images of quilts by each quiltmaker plus a variety of Japanese fabrics. 
August 8, 2023
Color, Color, Color Laura Werner will guide us in an interactive exploration about color values, hues, shades, and contrasts with an activity designed to assist with understanding value and how this can bring depth to your work. Bring a pair of scissors and any scraps cut into 2 1/2 inch squares. All colors are needed from your unsaturated yellows to your fully saturated deep blues. |
During this TWO-SESSION Zoom class, you’ll learn to create foundations for everything from traditional blocks to pictorial quilts. Start by designing foundations for simple blocks then move to more complex blocks. In the process, you’ll discover when foundation piecing is the best piecing process for you. You’ll design a block, and you’ll design a small pictorial quilt working from a photo or drawing you bring to class. Supplies provided by instructor are included in the class fee.
Skills taught in the class will include:
Ice Dying Workshop
9AM - 3PM August 9, 2023 Folsom Masonic Center 1000 Duchow Way Folsom, CA 95630 Lynn Daly will teach her fabulous ice dying techniques during this 6 hour workshop. Fabrics, dye, containers and ice will be provided in the required materials packet. Materials Fee payable to instructor at class $15.00 |
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July 11, 2023 - 7PM
Join us in the park adjacent to the Community Center for an Ice Cream Social. Bring your chairs, your show and share items and be ready to relax and socialize in the summer evening breeze under the shade trees. The Helen Hardwick Miniature Challenge will be finalized and judged. |
Sewing Social
In past centuries, quilters have gathered together to share their common love of quilting. On July 12, 2023 we can do that again. Bring a potluck lunch to share and join us at 1000 Duchow Way in Folsom (the Masonic Lodge) from 9-4pm for sewing and quilting fun. We need 10 quilters in order to hold the Sewing Social, so please sign up below. Pay in advance at the July meeting. Members - $15 Non-members - $20 |