by Kathleen Barkley
Saturday, April 1st, is the date for our Kenai Peninsula Quilting Guild General Membership Meeting. For our new Guild members, the meeting will start at 10:00 a.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 North Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna. The central Peninsula ladies will be providing lunch. Alice Krivitsky will be demonstrating how to do “Flange Binding” following the meeting.
The Guild recently signed a contract with Cynthia England of Englanddesign.com to teach on Friday, June 2 & Saturday, June 3 this coming summer. Cynthia will be teaching two, six-hour workshops and there will be a lecture/trunk show, Friday night starting at 7:00 p.m. For those of you not familiar with Cynthia’s “Picture Piecing” technique, please visit her website. Cynthia is an international fiber artist, pattern designer, and author. She has received many awards for her work; including three Best of Show awards at the International Quilt Festival. Cynthia’s pattern, “Mr. Frosty” was featured in “Keepsake Quilting”. The kit is very popular and one of their best sellers. The two workshops will be announced at the April 1st General Membership Meeting.
Joan Shay’s, "Petal Play”, class is Friday, June 16 & Saturday, June 17. Joan’s “appli-bond” method appeals to both beginners and experts because you can also utilize this technique successfully in your own designs. A sewing machine is not needed and the quilts can be machine washed even though the quilts are dimensional. Visit Joan Shay’s website at www.petalplay.com. There are only 6 spots left in this class.
Joan Ford will be here Friday, August 25 & Saturday, August 26. Joan’s new book, Scrap Therapy, The Versatile Nine Patch just came out. This newest book in the ScrapTherapy family, ScrapTherapy, The Versatile Nine Patch, includes a review of the ScrapTherapy process - seven basic steps to help you get your scrap fabrics organized so you can use them in beautiful scrappy quilts. But the really fun part of the book is the projects - 18 of them along with full color photographs and step-by-step illustrations. Unique, fun-to-make quilty projects featuring variations on a classic quilt block - the nine-patch. Your Education Committee will be reviewing Joan Ford’s latest book and making recommendations for Joan’s upcoming class in August.
To sign up for any of the above classes, please contact Sue Magyar, (907) 491-0244 or Kathleen Barkley, (907) 769-1999.
The Education Committee held a meeting at the February Retreat in Homer and voted to add classes with renown quilt instructors Gudrun Erla, Jean Ann Wright, and Maggie Ball. More information will follow once we schedule these instructors for 2018/2019. I have also had requests from the membership to see if the Guild can sponsor quilt instructors Victoria Findlay Wolfe, Carole Doak, and Deb Tucker. If anyone else has suggestions for instructors/classes they would like to see the Guild offer, please bring it to the attention of myself or anyone on the Education Committee. Your Education Committee members are: Barb Steckel, Sue Magyar, Cathy Howlett, Alice Krivitsky, Cheri Worley, Donna Glenz, and Lorna Kramer.