Lectures

Color plays an important role in our lives. The colors we choose when creating a quilt say more about our state of mind than we realize. A quilter’s stash can represent years of color therapy! Enjoy twin sisters Lora Zmak and Lisa Norton of MaterialGirlfriends.com as they explain color psychology, share the meanings of the (more...)

Utilizing Holstein cows in her designs was a natural for Cathie even before moving to Moo-desto.

Laurel presents an overview of appliqué history—including an 1850s-style appliqué quilt and a surprising story of the invention of the sewing machine!—as well as her personal appliqué journey.

Nancy discusses her approach to design, the stories behind her up-close fabric portraits of giraffes and dozens of other creatures, and how students can make patterns that look like their own pets.

Find out how Jean Impey fell in love with spider web quilts and followed her passion into a seemingly endless series of designs and variations.

Maria Shell started out as a traditional quilter, but soon found herself making abstract pieced art quilts that look surprisingly modern. Maria will share her personal journey in and about the traditional, art, and modern quilt movements. Can you be all three? Come to the lecture and find out. Learn more about Maria here.

Before easy access to the local quilt shop, before internet shopping, how and where did one obtain materials for quilt making? And once a quiltmaker had a collection of available materials, how did those materials inform design and construction? What can we learn from quilts made with a restricted supply or unusual types or sizes (more...)

This lecture has been cancelled due to public health concerns. Amy’s lecture begins with a brief retrospective of her artistic career over the past 12 years then transitions into her current quilt projects. Since 2005 she has been making urban quilts: textiles inspired by street art, signage, and graffiti. Currently, her work involves double portraits (more...)

This lecture has been cancelled due to public health concerns. Bojagi (Korean Wrapping Cloths) are pieced together from small scraps of cloth. It is the most unique form of Korean textile art. Bojagi occupied a prominent place in the daily lives of Koreans of all classes. They were used to wrap or carry everything from (more...)

Kathy Anso and Linda Rae, longtime fans and students of quilt artist Nancy Crow, join us all the way from New Zealand, via Zoom. The duo will share their quilting journeys and show us how Nancy’s influence helped them develop their artistic voices. Don’t miss this opportunity to see state-of-the-art quilting in the land of (more...)