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 (setting up at 8:30), unless otherwise noted
Directions: See maps for venues below
Tuesday, January 27, 2020 *
Program: Learn Something New: Our Members Teach
Location: Beulah Presbyterian Church
*Please note the date change due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on the third Monday of the month.
Back by popular demand! Last year's micro-mini workshops was such a hit that we decided to do it again. This month, we're going to play with color, explore quilting with rulers, become more precise piecers, and consider the convergence of quilting and hand embroidery, for starters, thanks to an all-star cast of members!!!!!
Monday, February 17, 2020
Program: Enter the Alluring World of Japanese Yukata Quilts
Location: Beulah Presbyterian Church
Join Patricia Belyea, author of the excellent East Meets West Quilts, as she tells stories about visiting Japan for the International Great Quilt Show and meeting Amy Katoh of Blue & White in Tokyo, plus other textile treats.
As a passionate importer of vintage Japanese yukata cottons, Patricia explains the elaborate process of hand-dyeing the high-quality cottons and describes yukatas’ role in Japanese society. She shows samples of the different patterns and repeat styles. From classic indigo and white to vivid color combinations,
Patricia presents a wild range of the wonderful fabrics. Patricia displays her quilts made with yukata cottons and talks about how those fabrics inspired each quilt composition.
About our speaker: Patricia Belyea is the founder of Okan Arts—a Seattle-based company that imports vintage Japanese textiles. She has taught curved piecing across the US, in Canada, and in the UK. She enjoys the ah-ha moment when her students perfectly sew together their first curved pieces and encourages them to use this knowledge to transform their future quilt projects.
As a passionate importer of vintage Japanese yukata cottons, Patricia explains the elaborate process of hand-dyeing the high-quality cottons and describes yukatas’ role in Japanese society. She shows samples of the different patterns and repeat styles. From classic indigo and white to vivid color combinations,
Patricia presents a wild range of the wonderful fabrics. Patricia displays her quilts made with yukata cottons and talks about how those fabrics inspired each quilt composition.
About our speaker: Patricia Belyea is the founder of Okan Arts—a Seattle-based company that imports vintage Japanese textiles. She has taught curved piecing across the US, in Canada, and in the UK. She enjoys the ah-ha moment when her students perfectly sew together their first curved pieces and encourages them to use this knowledge to transform their future quilt projects.
2 Day Workshop - Tues. and Wed., Feb 18-19, 2020
Time: 9 AM-4 PM (setting up beginning at 8:30)
Program: Creativity and Curves
Workshop Fee: $100 for QCE members ($125 for nonmembers)
In this two-day workshop, you make a curvy-pieced quilt top of your own design. You start by translating simple doodles into block designs and transferring the line work to freezer paper for making patterns. You then walk through the steps for making a fabric version of your custom patterns. By the end of the workshop, you will have the competence and confidence to add curves to your future quilt projects.
To reserve a seat in this workshop, email Sally Janis at sallyjanisqce@verizon.net *
Click here to download a supply list for the workshop.
To reserve a seat in this workshop, email Sally Janis at sallyjanisqce@verizon.net *
Click here to download a supply list for the workshop.
*Registration for this workshop is almost filled. If you’ve already signed up, please remit a down payment by the December guild meeting to secure your spot. Complete payment must be made by the January guild meeting. Questions? Corner Sally Janis at a meeting or contact her at sallyjanisqce@verizon.net.
Monday, March 16, 2020
Program: Surface Design for Textiles
Location: Beulah Presbyterian Church
Award-winning fiber artist Sue Reno presents an overview of the working methods and techniques that make her work lush and singular. Her rich and intricate art quilts reflect her local environment and incorporate imagery drawn from her studies of botany, wildlife, historic architecture, and the Susquehanna River.
Sue employs surface design techniques including cyanotype, mono printing, digital image transfer, and needle felting as the basis for works that also incorporate hand painted fabrics, hand and machine stitching, and beadwork. “I love working with textiles. It allows me to create work with dimension, movement and texture that is invitingly tactile,” Sue explains. “The images I choose to work with are abstracted somewhat when printed on fabric and further transformed by threads and stitching. I am excited by both my involvement in the process and by the finished pieces.”
Sue employs surface design techniques including cyanotype, mono printing, digital image transfer, and needle felting as the basis for works that also incorporate hand painted fabrics, hand and machine stitching, and beadwork. “I love working with textiles. It allows me to create work with dimension, movement and texture that is invitingly tactile,” Sue explains. “The images I choose to work with are abstracted somewhat when printed on fabric and further transformed by threads and stitching. I am excited by both my involvement in the process and by the finished pieces.”
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About our Speaker: Sue began her quilting life as a traditional/contemporary quiltmaker, and still uses many traditional construction techniques. Over time, she’s built up a tool box of accessible techniques for putting imagery on fabric that help each quilt to tell a story. There’s something here for quilters of all experience levels and interests, from beginners to art quilters.
Sneak peaks...more info to come...
Monday, April 20, 2020
To be announced
Monday, May 18, 2020
with Tuesday, May 19 workshop
Candyce Grisham, author of Dresden Quilt Blocks Re-Imagined
Monday, June 15, 2020
End-of-Year Potluck
Monday, April 20, 2020
To be announced
Monday, May 18, 2020
with Tuesday, May 19 workshop
Candyce Grisham, author of Dresden Quilt Blocks Re-Imagined
Monday, June 15, 2020
End-of-Year Potluck
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