PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS
Quilt Company East in Pittsburgh, PA, has programs and workshops from a wide variety of interests. Our speakers include local experts and nationally known teachers. We learn a variety of new techniques, see what others are doing in the quilt world, have fun with other members during social events, and learn from history. We invite others to join us for these entertaining and informative meetings.
Upcoming Programs
Guild Meetings: 7:00 PM
Workshops: 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, unless otherwise noted
Monday, February 18
Program: Movie Night
Program: Movie Night
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“Why Quilts Matter” is a timeless and fascinating documentary series produced by The Kentucky Quilt Project. It aired over a limited number of PBS stations in 2011. You guessed it: Pittsburgh was not one of them. We’ll rectify that omission by airing an episode or so at QCE Movie Night. Bonus: Popcorn and drinks are on the house.
Monday, March 18
Program: Navigational Notes
Quilt teacher Lisa Cope, from Mars, PA, will present the work of Robin Long of Robin Ruth Design in a PowerPoint demonstration and discussion. Taking a traditional block that we all know, Robin has created fresh new patterns and techniques. Lisa will show the streamlined method that Robin invented to make those Mariners Compasses from a few strips of fabric. “The two rulers she invented will make the different compasses in many sizes,” Lisa says. “It’s a brilliant system worth exploring!”
Program: Navigational Notes
Quilt teacher Lisa Cope, from Mars, PA, will present the work of Robin Long of Robin Ruth Design in a PowerPoint demonstration and discussion. Taking a traditional block that we all know, Robin has created fresh new patterns and techniques. Lisa will show the streamlined method that Robin invented to make those Mariners Compasses from a few strips of fabric. “The two rulers she invented will make the different compasses in many sizes,” Lisa says. “It’s a brilliant system worth exploring!”
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About our presenter:
Lisa learned to sew as a small child on a hand-crank sewing machine. She sewed her own clothing and home décor into adulthood. For twenty years, she was a drapery designer and maker. She belongs to North Pittsburgh Quilt Guild, Sew Broke Quilters Guild and Creative Hands Fabric Artists groups. Today, she works in the sewing-machine industry selling sewing and embroidery machines and teaching classes.
She has been quilting for quite some time and attends every show she can get to. She teaches the Square in a Square system by Jody Barrows and the Fat and Skinny Robin rulers by Robin Long.
Workshop: Mariners Compass using Robin Ruth Fat Robin Ruler
Date: Tuesday, March 19
Location: First Baptist Church of Monroeville
Workshop fee: $20
The beautiful and complicated Mariners Compass block has been made a breeze thanks to the Robin Ruth system of design. Teacher Lisa Cope will take participants step-by-step in the use of the Fat Robin ruler, which not only uses strips, but makes getting your points easy. “Robin Long is innovative and creative in her style of quilts and has a very fresh look to her quilts,” Lisa points out. “In addition, the Fat Robin ruler is versatile and makes many sizes of blocks.” Check out the intro video for the Robin Ruth design system at https://robinruthdesign.com/about/
*Required: New and Revised edition of the Fat Robin 16 Point Mariners Compass Book and ruler combo. Regular price is $49.95 on the Robin Ruth Design website. Through March 22, Robin Ruth is offering a 10% discount to members of our guild who buy the combo book and ruler on her website using the code QUILTCOEAST10 at checkout. (Program chair Sally Janis will also place a ruler/book combo order for workshop participants in time for the workshop, if you prefer. See Sally when you sign up for the workshop.)
Monday, April 15
Program: Do It For the Process
National quilt teacher Lynn Carson Harris, author of Every Last Piece, will share some of her quilts and talk about her journey from the first quilt she made as a teenager in 1976 to her current work. She has found that the steps of making a quilt are often more meaningful to her than the completed quilt. Focusing on the creative process rather than the finished product allows her time in the studio to be filled with play and discovery.
Learn tips and tricks that make working small easier. Lynn will show you how to piece tiny stars and other small blocks as well as small scale intuitive piecing. With Lynn’s tips for working small you will be able to add a bit of tiny sparkle to your own quilt designs or make your own quilt completely from tiny blocks like on the cover of Lynn’s book, Every Last Piece.
Program: Do It For the Process
National quilt teacher Lynn Carson Harris, author of Every Last Piece, will share some of her quilts and talk about her journey from the first quilt she made as a teenager in 1976 to her current work. She has found that the steps of making a quilt are often more meaningful to her than the completed quilt. Focusing on the creative process rather than the finished product allows her time in the studio to be filled with play and discovery.
Learn tips and tricks that make working small easier. Lynn will show you how to piece tiny stars and other small blocks as well as small scale intuitive piecing. With Lynn’s tips for working small you will be able to add a bit of tiny sparkle to your own quilt designs or make your own quilt completely from tiny blocks like on the cover of Lynn’s book, Every Last Piece.
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About our presenter:
Lynn lives in Michigan where she creates art, raises chickens, and grows vegetables. Both of Lynn’s parents grew up on farms and, like the little red hen in the children’s story, she was taught to do things from scratch and to never let anything go to waste. Her thrifty upbringing led her to her current style of working with scraps and the desire to use “every last piece.” Her quilts have been juried into international shows and gallery exhibits and her work is in private collections around the world. In addition to her book, she has also been published in numerous books and magazines.
https://www.lynncarsonharris.com/
https://www.lynncarsonharris.com/blog/
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Workshop: Tiny Piecing
Workshop fee: $35
Though they be but little, they are fierce, to paraphrase Shakespeare. Piecing teeny tiny blocks is magical, addictive—and challenging. Happily, we have a master practitioner available to show us the way. Learn tips and tricks that make working small easier. Lynn will show you how to piece tiny stars and other small blocks as well as small scale intuitive piecing. With Lynn’s tips for working small you will be able to add a bit of tiny sparkle to your own quilt designs or make your own quilt completely from tiny blocks like on the cover of Lynn’s book, Every Last Piece.
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Sneak Peaks
We don’t have all of the details set in stone yet, but we expect spring and fall 2019 speakers to include the following:
* Quilter, designer, and quilting magazine contributor Debby Kratovil. (quilterbydesign.com)
* Custom quilter Tia Curtis (tiacurtisquilts.com)
* Japanese textile expert Patricia Belyea (okanarts.com)