GUILD MEETINGS
The Lincoln Quilters Guild meets the second Monday of each month September through May, excluding December, at the College View Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 4015 S 49th St., in Lincoln. Meetings begin at 7:00 pm.SPEAKERS AND LECTURES FOR 2010 – 2011
Monday, September 13th, 2010The Joy of Discovery
by elinor peace bailey
http://www.epbdolls.net/
elinor peace bailey received her art education through Parsons School of Design, Tyler School of Fine Arts, and Brigham Young University. elinor has self-published 65 doll patterns. She has illustrated books for Bernina of America and Fairfield Process. She has designed fabric for P & B Textiles, Daisy Kingdom, and Concord Fabrics. She has acted as a consultant for Crafts Magazine, Prym Dritz Corp, and Springs Mills. elinor has enjoyed great kindness from her friends and audiences wherever she has gone. elinor writes poetry, sings with great energy and her journals are a work of art!
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
Tile Quilt Revival
by Carol Jones
Carol is from Lawrence Kansas and Co-Author of a new book entitled, Tile Quilt Revival. She has researched this historical style of quilts. Carol has a love for color, is a fan of architecture and ceramic tile work. Carol has appeared twice on the cover of Quilters Newsletter and her quilts have been included in a show at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles.
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Monday, November 8th, 2010
Wear Your Art Trunk/Fashion Show
by Jenny Raymond
http://www.jennyraymond.com/
Jenny Raymond is a fiber artist living on a ranch in rural Nebraska. She is the author of Creative Techniques for Wearables, and has won the 2004 Jewel Pearce Patterson Award at Quilt Expo in the Netherlands. Her 2005 exhibit, “Celebrate Holland,” was shown at the Houston and Chicago International Quilt Festivals. Jenny designed for eight Fairfield and Bernina Fashion Shows. She delights in sharing her talents and ideas with others.
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January 10th, 2011
Adventures with Leaders and Enders
by Bonnie Hunter
http://www.quiltville.com/
Bonnie is an obsessive compulsive quilter and fabric addict! She has been quilting since 1980, machine quilting since 1988, and professionally longarm machine quilting for the public since 1995. She is passionate about quilting, focusing mainly on scrap quilts with the simple feeling of “making do.” She started her love affair with quilting in a home economics class her senior year of high school in 1980 and has never looked back. Bonnie is dedicated to continuing the traditions of quilting. Her first book, Scraps & Shirttails, was released in 2008, followed by her second book, Adventures With Leaders & Enders , released in early 2010.
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February 14th, 2011
Prairie Evolutions
by Bryan Grove
A relative newcomer to art quilting, Bryan Grove explores the evolution of the prairie through the use of quilting and fiber collage techniques. Bryan was born and raised in Kansas. He received his Art Education from Kansas State Teachers College, and his Masters and PHD in Art Education from Ohio State University. Bryan was influenced by viewing the quilts of the Amish and contemporary art quilts in Athens, Ohio. After 33 years of public school teaching in Alaska, Washington State and Ohio, he returned to Kansas to teach at Emporia State University and live in Council Grove with his wife, Marcy. Since returning home he has focused on creative fiber statements of the land on which he lives. His artwork is a creative blend of earth tone fabrics and images.
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March 14th, 2011
Abstract Quilts in Solids
by Gwen Marston
http://gwenmarston.com/
Gwen Marston is a professional quilt maker, teacher and author. Gwen has been quilting for over a quarter of a century. She was a Home Ec major and did all kinds of needlework. When she saw an exhibit of antique quilts she knew what she wanted to do. Since 1981 she has had 19 solo exhibits and participated in many group shows. She maintains a busy teaching and lecture schedule both nationally and internationally. She was a regular columnist for Ladies Circle Patchwork Quilts for 12 consecutive years and has written 21 books.
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April 11th, 2011
Travel Journals
by Sue Spargo
http://www.suespargo.com/
Sue Spargo’s around-the-world travels inspire her creations. She is fascinated with exploring different cultures to broaden her imagination and see beauty in everything. Sue was born in Zambia, South Africa and then her family moved to Cape Town, South Africa, Johannesburg, and then England. Sue has lived in the United States since 1989. Sue works with incredible detail in hand dyed wool, velvet, silk, and linen. She mixes beading, buttons, silver, beautiful trims and elegant threads for outline detail stitching. Sue has taken folk art beyond primitive to a new level of contemporary funk.
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May 9th, 2011
You are Too an Artist
by Terry Waldron
http://www.terrywaldron.com/
Terry was born in Columbus, Nebraska and got her art degree from the University of NE in Lincoln. She went on to teach high school art and English for 43 years. In 1993, Terry walked into a quilt shop and signed up for a class in quilting. She was hooked. Now, new ideas come nearly everyday for new works of art and she treats every piece she creates like it might be the last one she does. Terry finds teaching a joy and teaching is her favorite thing to do. Talking about quilts is her second favorite thing. Terry as been featured in 7 books, written magazine articles, and has even been featured on “Simply Quilts.”