We offer a wealth of activities for anyone in the Bay Area interested in quiltmaking and related arts.
Join us for a day devoted to Community Outreach quilts. Activities may include sewing preemie quilts, making pillowcases, piecing batting, quilting donated tops, finishing and binding quilts, and more. Please get in touch with Adrienne Hickman to let her know you’ll be participating; her contact info is the Membership Directory.
With just scissors and a glue stick, create a scene of personal or fanciful imagery. From large-scale printed fabrics, snip and glue pictures and shapes into a surreal (or floral) collage over a patchwork-looking background. To secure your imagery permanently, cover your design with transparent tulle and choose from several different top-stitching options. Bring a (more...)
Join fellow guild members to work on charitable projects, including baby quilt tops to quilt, kits to assemble, orphan blocks to turn into quilts, holiday projects to make, and more. Please bring your sewing machine and all necessary supplies. A lovely lunch will be provided, but you’ll need to bring your own beverage. Come for (more...)
Spend a Sunday morning “sewcializing” with Julia McLeod and your SFQG friends! In this three-hour Zoom workshop you’ll learn a clever yet simple block that uses 2-1/2" strips and stacked cutting to create a visually exciting quilt pattern. Registered participants will receive a supply list and a worksheet before the class. Julia will present a (more...)
Learn a simple method for making quilt blocks using the geometry of the American flag, with Catherine Sherman. These blocks can become quilts, pillows or any soft project. Participants will be given specific dimensions as starting point and examples for inspiration. Free, for members only. Click this link to register.
Pattie Klimek teaches a crayon-tint technique along with a bold, blue teacup embroidery pattern. She‘ll supply the pattern, show you how to transfer it, and how to apply the Crayola crayon colors on muslin to get the color and shading just right. Then participants will add some simple embroidery stitches to make the pattern come (more...)
A day for SFQG members to socialize and work together, via Zoom, on a variety of Community Outreach projects, including a new Window Frames lap quilt. The Sewcial runs from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. with a half-hour lunch break at noon. Jessica and Adrienne will have kits available in advance—via Curbside pick-up—for participants who want (more...)
I don’t know about you, but I don’t need a new project, I need to finish a basketful of unfinished projects! Join us for fun and friendship via Zoom on Saturday, April 24 from 9 a.m. to noon for our next Virtual Sewcial: UFO Day! Share with the group a project you are stuck on (more...)
For participants of the UFO Mystery Challenge, the guild will hold a Virtual Sewcial on Saturday October 9th to help problem-solve and inspire you to get to the finish line. Details here; register here.
