QGGH Business Meeting

September 16, 2025

Rachel Derstine

(Joins us via Zoom)

Keep It Simple

Rachel Derstine is an award winning fiber artist living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Her works are featured in invitational and juried gallery shows and fine art/craft shows throughout the country.  She has had articles published in Machine Quilting Unlimited and Art Quilting Studio magazines.  Her work has been purchased and installed in institutions such as Epic Corporation in Madison, WI, and the Milton Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA.

Having grown up in Japan, this influence is evident in her style and use of kimonos, silks, ikats, hand dyed and batik fabrics.  She includes traditional techniques of quilting as well as her own contemporary methods.  She does all her piecing, applique and couching on a domestic sewing machine and her quilting on a long arm quilting machine.  Her website is https://www.rachelderstinedesigns.com/

In-Person and Zoom (Hybrid)

Zoom Link is sent to members the day before the meeting.

If you are not a member and would like to join us via Zoom, please register for the meeting.  A link will be sent to you a day before the meeting.