By Kathleen Barkley
Upcoming Classes:
Susan Else's May 20-21, 2016 class, "3D Adventures - Beasts in the Jungle" is fast approaching. A sign-up sheet for Susan Else's workshop will be available at the Guild meeting. Susan will also be giving a lecture presentation with digital images on "Off the Wall: Quilting in Three Dimensions". The class is limited to twenty students and fourteen students have signed up so far. Check out her designs at http://www.susanelse.com. There is a $70.00 charge for the two-day class. Can't make the Guild meeting? If you are interested, contact Sue Magyar by email at Magyar@arctic.net to sign-up and if you have signed up but haven't paid yet, please mail your check for $70.00, payable to KPQG, to Sue at P.O. Box 1617, Seward, Alaska 99664. Your supply list will be emailed to you.
Jacquie Gering, http://www.tallgrassprairiestudios.blogspot.com, will be here August 26 & 27, 2016. So far, nineteen students have enrolled. The first day Jacquie will be teaching a "Stitch and Flip Improvisation" technique and day two will be "Creating Quilting with Your Walking Foot". Check out Jacquie's website for additional information on her designs.
Other instructors that have expressed an interest in coming to Alaska and teaching our Guild new classes & techniques are: Joan Shay, http://www.petalplay.com, Deb Tucker, https://www.studio180design.net/aboutus/, Cynthia England, http://www.englanddesign.com, Maggie Ball, http://www.dragonflyquilts.com, & Gudrun Erla, http://www.gequiltdesigns.com
KPQG members have also suggested checking with Jean Ann Wright, of "Curvy Log Cabins".
Jean Ann's quilts are often featured on the cover of popular quilt magazines; Quilter's World, Easy Quilts, The Quilter's Magazine, Christmas Quilts, The Quilter
& check out: Chris Lynn Kirsch, clkquilt@gmail.com & paper piecer, Carol Doak, http://www.caroldoak.com
If anyone has any suggestions for instructors/classes they would like to see the Guild sponsor, please bring it to the attention of the Education Committee. Your Education Committee members are Sue Magyar, Barb Steckel, Alice Krivitsky, Cathy Howlett, Donna Glenz, Lorna Cramer, and Cheri Worley.