Election of Officers in November at our Virtual Meeting. Virtual Workshop in January!
Workshops
MELINDA STANTON JANUARY 2021
About Melinda
Melinda made a couple of quilts BC (before children), back in the 1900’s before the rotary cutter! She is now happily retired, is very active in the local guild, and sews and quilts as much and as often as possible. She’s taught numerous classes at her local quilt shop, The Vintage Owl in Silsbee, TX. She is especially drawn to scrappy quilts, tiny pieces, and stars. EPP is now something of an obsession.
After discovering EPP and Lucy Boston in 2017 at Alewives Fabrics in Maine, she fell in love! The next fall she and a friend went on a sailboat cruise with the Alewives team, and in fall 2019 she got to teach on the cruise. She’s won a number of ribbons and awards (Golden Triangle Quilt Guild shows, Southeast TX State Fair Best of Show, Pineywoods Art Show). She had a quilt displayed at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in 2017 and two in 2019. My Blue Heaven was displayed in the Sapphire Celebration and Lucy Comes to Texas was in the juried competition. You can see more by searching Melinda Stanton, Quilter on Facebook and Instagram.
About the workshop
We will learn the basics of English paper piecing - attach fabric to paper pieces and sew them together! Then we will delve deeper, layer by layer, learning supply and stitch options; choosing fabric to make incredibly gorgeous designs, fussy cutting, and tips and tricks to save time and make sure you’ll be successful. Once you learn EPP basics you can do other designs - we’ll look at some of those, too!
The kit is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Plenty of gorgeous options are available for $19.95 from AleWivesFabrics.com. Each kit contains four curated and coordinated fat quarters selected specifically for learning to pick fabric and getting the most from the elements in fabric patterns, in addition to a pack of 100 honeycomb papers. Order your kit early to ensure timely delivery!
Workshop date: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Location: Virtual via live Zoom and pre-recorded videos (available before class begins.)
More information here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q1lJ2h10aq9mGELcKGn1GMqzV38OYVBo/view?usp=drivesdk
Time: 9 am – 3 pm
$40/ members, $50/ non-members (registration open to all)
To register, email workshops@qgghouston.org