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
Due to the Coronavirus, meetings this Fall will be virtual.
Members should look for an email invitation to a Zoom session for the meetings.
Monday, October 19, 2020 @ 7:00 pm
Program: The Dresden Reimagined
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Candy Grisham, author of Dresden Quilt Blocks Reimagined, will be our guest this evening to discuss her journey into improvisational quilting with the Dresden block. (That first Dresden block led her to the modern quilt world, art quilts and even publishing.) How do you go from a quilt you made to a pattern to a book? We’ll find out tonight as Grisham presents her trunk show.
“I have been fascinated with fabric, sewing and quilting since the age of nine, when I took my first sewing class and won a prize for my corduroy jumper and print shirt,” Grisham says. “When I saw an ancestor’s quilt in the Smithsonian at age thirteen, I was hooked. I taught myself to quilt from a book and used cardboard templates and scissors to make my first quilt, a Log Cabin. It has been a love affair ever since.”
Grisham has taught quilting for more than twenty years. She loves teaching and exploring with students as much as she loves creating. She has had quilts and fiber art pieces juried into shows with Missouri Fiber Artists, the American Quilter’s Society in Kentucky and the International Quilt Association in Houston as well as many local and regional shows and displays.
“I have been fascinated with fabric, sewing and quilting since the age of nine, when I took my first sewing class and won a prize for my corduroy jumper and print shirt,” Grisham says. “When I saw an ancestor’s quilt in the Smithsonian at age thirteen, I was hooked. I taught myself to quilt from a book and used cardboard templates and scissors to make my first quilt, a Log Cabin. It has been a love affair ever since.”
Grisham has taught quilting for more than twenty years. She loves teaching and exploring with students as much as she loves creating. She has had quilts and fiber art pieces juried into shows with Missouri Fiber Artists, the American Quilter’s Society in Kentucky and the International Quilt Association in Houston as well as many local and regional shows and displays.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
TIme: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Program: Reimagined Dresdens
Location: Virtual Via Zoom
Cost: $43 for Guild members, $53 for non-members
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Always wanted to learn the secret of the Dresden plate? Intrigued by the idea of putting a new spin on a traditional block? Create your own, unique small wall hanging based on the Dresden Quilt Blocks Reimagined book (recommended but not required for the workshop). The class will cover the basic Dresden blocks as well as some of the more advanced Dresden 201 blocks which allow for creative piecing. This workshop promises tons of creative fun. Quilters from confident beginner on up will enjoy this class.
Monday, November 16, 2020
Time: 7:00 pm
Program: Playing with Colors
Location: Virtual Via Zoom
Cindy Grisdela is an award-winning fiber artist with over 30 years' experience creating eye-catching quilts. From her studio overlooking a lake in Reston, Virginia. Cindy draws inspiration from the colors and the textures she sees outside her window every day.
Her quilts are designed improvisationally without a preconceived pattern, a little bit like jazz music. Each decision about color and shape influence the next and complex blocks repeat the beat of the music. Calmed by irregular plain ares that provide a resting place for the eye.
She is the author of "Artful Improv."
The color is the first step for Cindy. "Putting colors together intuitively, I like to use fabric the way a painter might use paint to create graphic compositions that engage the viewer from a distance, yet invite a closer look."
In this lecture and trunk show she'll use examples of her work over the last 25 years to take away some of the mystery of choosing colors effectively for your quilts. Not sure what colors 'go' together? Reduce your stress and see how Cindy does it.
Her quilts are designed improvisationally without a preconceived pattern, a little bit like jazz music. Each decision about color and shape influence the next and complex blocks repeat the beat of the music. Calmed by irregular plain ares that provide a resting place for the eye.
She is the author of "Artful Improv."
The color is the first step for Cindy. "Putting colors together intuitively, I like to use fabric the way a painter might use paint to create graphic compositions that engage the viewer from a distance, yet invite a closer look."
In this lecture and trunk show she'll use examples of her work over the last 25 years to take away some of the mystery of choosing colors effectively for your quilts. Not sure what colors 'go' together? Reduce your stress and see how Cindy does it.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Workshop: Improv Puzzle
TIme: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Cost: $35 for members, $45 for non-members
Create improv Log Cabin blocks in a variety of sizes and put them together into a unique composition - like a jigsaw puzzle. There's no measuring or precise quilting and each quilt will be unique. We will discolor choices and using simple design principles to create an original, dynamic design.
Click here to download the supply list for the workshop.
Click here to download the supply list for the workshop.
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