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• SOS: Open Sewing & Pin Basting

  • When
    Tuesday, January 21, 2025
  •  
    10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Public Library, 239 N. Spring St. at Gregory, Pensacola
  • Spaces left
    11
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  Open Sewing & Pin Basting Your Quilt Sandwich
  Tuesday, Jan. 21 • 10:30–4:00 • Public Library, 239 N. Spring St. at Gregory
  The countdown for finishing show quilts is here! Are your show quilts close to being finished? Do you want to have expert bindings? Need to make your quilt labels? Know how to put a sleeve on your quilt? SOS is here to help with all of that! Plus, there will be plenty of time to have dinner on the way to PQG monthly meeting!
       SOS offers a FREE day of FREE sewing and visiting with friends. Plus, we'll have raised tables for pin-basting some quilts! Finish the work on your quilt top for the 2025 show––or bring any hand sewing you want to work on!
       OR bring a medium-to-large quilt top that's ready to turn into a "quilt sandwich" for free-motion quilting or hand quilting! Plus, with only two weeks until quilt show registration ends, a couple of experienced members will be present to help you with details pertaining to registration.
        The library is the perfect location! Ample tables in a large space, perfect spot for hand- or machine-sewing! Plus room to raise the tables for easy cutting and pin basting as a group. We’ll do the first quilt as a group and work on more as time allows––depending on how many show up to help. Sign up online or at monthly meetings.
  

  SUPPLIES: If you plan to bring a quilt for pin basting: be sure to bring about 300 small quilting pins (a slight curve on one side makes quilt-pinning easier). Experienced "pinners" seem to prefer Dritz brand 1-1/8 inch. (You need to supply your own pins because you'll be taking them home with you. ) Plus you might want to bring on old teaspoon or a Kwik Klip for closing and opening the pins.
         And don't forget your quilt batting and the quilt backing. Both should be at least 8 inches larger than your quilt top in both directions, basically 4 inches per side.
        Feel free to bring your sewing machine. We'll have cutting boards & rotary cutters, irons, and ironing boards.

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• PQG Day Meeting

  • When
    Thursday, January 23, 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Family Baptist Church, 5454 Mobile Hwy. Pensacola, FL 32526

  Agenda

  • 9:30 am - Meeting called to order
  • Announcements/Committee Reports
  • Recognition of Birthdays

  • Program - New Year Fun and Games

    Are you ready to play some games and make some new connections within our Guild? Our meeting theme is New Year Game Night” and you will get a chance to help your table/team claim victory and win prizes throughout the morning.  You will also get to know your new Board Members and play “Whose Sewing Room is This?”, matching room to quilter game!  You won’t want to miss the fun!  

  Note: Our meeting space is at the Family Baptist Church, 5454 Mobile Hwy. Pensacola, FL 32526
  

  Doors open at 9:00 am.

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• PQG Night Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, January 28, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Family Baptist Church, 5454 Mobile Hwy. Pensacola, FL 32526

  Agenda

  • 6:00 pm - Meeting called to order
  • Announcements/Committee Reports
  • Recognition of Birthdays

  • Program -  We are in for a treat!  Two of our members will be sharing their amazing quilts in a Members Trunk Show event!  Come enjoy quilts made by Gretchen Caola and Gerri Dewey, both very accomplished quilters within our Guild.  We can’t wait to be inspired by their talent and creativity!

  Note: Our meeting space is at the Family Baptist Church, 5454 Mobile Hwy. Pensacola, FL 32526

  Doors open at 5:30 pm.  Bldg. must be cleared by 8:00 pm.
  

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• PQG Night Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, February 25, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Family Baptist Church, 5454 Mobile Hwy. Pensacola, FL 32526

  Agenda

  • 6:00 pm - Meeting called to order
  • Announcements/Committee Reports
  • Recognition of Birthdays

  • Program - We are excited to have Creative Quilt artist Kestrel Michaud as our guest speaker this month!  The night program is titled “Stitch Theory”, which is the story of Kestrel’s fraught relationship with stitches: from necessary evil to integral part of the design.  She will cover:

  • The development of her current quilting techniques
  • How she incorporates the use of other non-fabric mediums
    
  • Why she pays attention to weird shadows at quilt shows
    

  Note: Our meeting space is at the Family Baptist Church, 5454 Mobile Hwy. Pensacola, FL 32526

  Doors open at 5:30 pm.  Bldg. must be cleared by 8:00 pm.
  

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• Workshop: Quilt Brain Bootcamp

  • When
    Wednesday, February 26, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Hancock Whitney Bank, 940 Creighton Rd., Pensacola, FL 32504

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  KESTREL’S QUILT BRAIN BOOTCAMP 

  In this workshop quilt artist, Kestrel Michaud focuses on teaching us how to think creatively, demonstrates the importance of design elements, and teaches the first rule of her personal design formula. She will guide us through a series of hands-on exercises:

  Lesson 1: Idea Generation
  

  Students will go through series of exercises that will help students think of subjects and settings from nothing.

  Lesson 2: Learn to Draw Like an Artist

  Pulling from her own formal training, Kestrel will guide students through a series of drawing exercises to develop drawing ability. (Note from Kestrel: I've encountered a recurring sentiment that some art quilters don't consider themselves to be artists because they can't draw. Although I don't agree with that opinion, I understand why someone might feel that way. This series of exercises will work for anyone who wants to learn to draw.)

  Lesson 3: Color Combinations

  Students will learn about color harmonies and practice applying that knowledge to a design. Kestrel will share examples of color arrangements as they appear in her own art.

  Lesson 4: Highlight, Midtone, and Shadow

  Students will learn the first rule of Kestrel's personal quilt design formula and practice implementing that rule on a simple subject first. Kestrel will share how this formula applies to all of her own work. Students will begin work on applying the formula to a design of their choice (students may bring a pre-printed photograph of their choosing or use one provided by Kestrel. Photo subjects should be simple: A pet, a flower, a single object, etc.)

  Lesson 5: Picking Fabric

  Students will participate in an exercise in choosing fabric based on Kestrel's design formula. This final lesson is intended to prepare students to turn their design (from Lesson 4) into a finished quilt at home.

  http://www.kestrelmichaud.com

  There will be a $35.00 Kit Fee (Payable to Kestrel on day of workshop)

  Kit includes:

  • Organized folder

  • Colored pencils

  • Kestrel’s color wheel

  • Tracing paper

  • Pre-prepared, printed worksheets

  • Blank paper

  • Pencil

  • Pen

  Optional Supplies:

  • Assortment of colored markers

  • 3 printed photos on letter-sized paper (photos should feature simple, single subjects, such as a pet, a flower, a still life object, etc.)

  • A battery-powered electronic tablet (such as an iPad) with Procreate App installed and digital photos for practice and optional backup battery pack

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• PQG Day Meeting

  • When
    Thursday, February 27, 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Family Baptist Church, 5454 Mobile Hwy. Pensacola, FL 32526

  Agenda

  • 9:30 am - Meeting called to order
  • Announcements/Committee Reports
  • Recognition of Birthdays

  • Program - We are excited to have Creative Quilt artist Kestrel Michaud as our guest speaker this month!  The day program  is titled “Kestrel’s Creations”, which is a presentation that features a deep dive into her creative history and artistic process. Her award-winning quilts are the culmination of a lifetime of artistic growth, and the first half of this presentation explains how she got to where she is today.

    The second half of "Kestrel's Creations" is about her process. Using behind-the-scenes photos and videos from the makings of multiple quilts, she will take us step-by-step through the process of her design in its entirety, from initial sketch to free-motion quilting.

  Note: Our meeting space is at the Family Baptist Church, 5454 Mobile Hwy. Pensacola, FL 32526
  

  Doors open at 9:00 am.

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• Artful Improv Workshop

  • When
    Wednesday, April 09, 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    A & E Fabrics, 923 N New Warrington Rd, Pensacola, FL 32506
  • Spaces left
    10

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  NOTE:  GSQA (Gulf States Quilting Association) is a 4-state organization that provides opportunities for member guilds to participate in low-cost workshops with internationally known teachers. Cost of individual membership to GSQA is $30/year.   If you are not a GSQA member prior to the workshop  membership forms will be provided there and you can pay that day. To join GSQA prior to the workshop go to: http://Gulfstatesquilting.org 

  Artful Improv with Cindy Grisdela Workshop

  Learn to create your own original quilts with no pattern using improvisational piecing techniques. Cindy will teach us to let go of the “rules” and piece blocks in an intuitive, free form fashion and you may wish to begin with blocks or other elements left over from previous projects. She will explore contemporary Improv log cabin style blocks, Improv Curves, and Angled Stripes, plus Insets and Curved Strips. She will discuss color choices and using simple design principles to create an original dynamic composition. 

  Basic sewing skills and a machine in good working order are necessary. Best for intermediate to advanced quilters ready to take the next step to creating original designs.

  Artful Improv Supply List:

  Choose a color recipe—for example, warm colors like red, orange, and yellow, or cool colors like blue, green, and purple. Or you can choose an “anything goes” color recipe and use all the colors! Include different values of your colors—lights, mediums, and darks—as well as several contrasting colors to add interest. Consider adding black and white too. Fabrics can be solids, batiks, small scale prints, or a combination.

  This is a scrappy process, so you’ll need 8-12 fat quarters--18” x 22”—to explore these improv techniques—Improv Log Cabin style blocks, Improv Curves, Angled Stripes, Curved Strips, and Insets. You may also include scraps of various sizes. If you want to add negative space, bring 1⁄2 - 1 yd. of a background fabric. This can be one fabric or several fabrics that are similar but not the same—2 or 3 values of red, for example.

  • Sewing machine in good working order with a 1⁄4” foot
  • Rotary cutter and mat – I like the 60mm rotary cutter, but bring whatever size you like best, with a new blade
  • Rulers—suggest 9” square and 6” x 12”
  • Basic quilting supplies including straight pins, seam ripper, neutral thread, scissors and/or snips for cutting threads, measuring tape
  • Batting or flannel to use as a “design wall”
  • Notebook and pen or pencil to take notes
  • Digital camera or phone to take photos of design options (optional)

  *Optional but helpful—Artful Improv and Adventures in Improv Quilts by         Cindy Grisdela 

  

  CindyGrisdela.com

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