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Does small-scale piecing intrigue you but you aren’t sure how to start? This lecture includes many useful tips and techniques on how to create a miniature quilt including drafting your own pattern, fabric selection, accurate cutting and piecing, free-motion quilting tips, and useful tools to make the job easier.
Kellie Willey, miniature quilt maker from Sacramento, California, says there is always something new and exciting to learn in quilting. “I can’t imagine ever running out of ideas for all the miniature quilts I want to make.” Why miniatures? “I live in a tiny home and don’t have much space to put large quilts.” Kellie and her hubby have a 70/30 split on the spare bedroom of their home. She fills her share with three sewing machines, her stash, and her collection of little quilts. Working in small scale allows her to finish lots of quilts every year. She says, “I have a short attention span and usually want to hurry up and start my next little quilt!”
Join us for her lecture on June 17 and see her many many marvelous miniature quilts!
Members, watch your email for zoom meeting details. Non-members, please contact eastsidequilters@gmail.com if you would like to participate in any of our zoom meetings.
Kellie Willey, miniature quilt maker from Sacramento, California, says there is always something new and exciting to learn in quilting. “I can’t imagine ever running out of ideas for all the miniature quilts I want to make.” Why miniatures? “I live in a tiny home and don’t have much space to put large quilts.” Kellie and her hubby have a 70/30 split on the spare bedroom of their home. She fills her share with three sewing machines, her stash, and her collection of little quilts. Working in small scale allows her to finish lots of quilts every year. She says, “I have a short attention span and usually want to hurry up and start my next little quilt!”
Join us for her lecture on June 17 and see her many many marvelous miniature quilts!
Members, watch your email for zoom meeting details. Non-members, please contact eastsidequilters@gmail.com if you would like to participate in any of our zoom meetings.
Quilt for Pastor Dave
This past fall it was our great pleasure to gift a quilt to Pastor Dave of Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Bellevue where we held our meetings prior to the covid pandemic (and where we hope to all meeting again soon). The project was instigated and organized by our wonderful Outreach organizer Diane Coughlin. She inspired us to make oversized blocks from our batik stashes by giving us a pattern and a coordinated central piece to make wonky log cabin blocks. Guild members picked up center pieces from Diane in the Cross of Christ parking lot and returned completed blocks one week later! She then sewed them all together and quilted it on her long arm machine. Diane presented the quilt to Pastor Dave in November surrounded by about 18 socially-distanced guild members and he was delighted when the big secret was revealed! Thank you Diane and thank you Pastor Dave.
