A Studio Tour, and How to Set Up Your Space Ergonomically with Sam Hunter

Zoom Meeting

Sam Hunter is a fiber artist and quilt pattern designer, and she is the Chief Everything Officer at Hunter’s Design Studio. She started sewing when she was 7 and hasn’t really stopped since. She spent a lot of time in her teens sewing with her nana on her trusty Singer treadle machine, and embroidering while (more...)

Event Series Board Meeting

Board Meeting

Zoom Meeting

SFQG board meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month, except December. Meetings are currently taking place via Zoom. Committee chair reports should be submitted by the Saturday before the meeting, by email, to all participants. Any guild member is welcome to attend; click this Zoom link. Should you need (more...)

Event Series Curbside Outreach

Curbside Outreach

Adrienne’s Garage

The San Francisco Quilters Guild has a long history of making and donating quilts to organizations in San Francisco and the larger community. And this tradition continues in a new form while the pandemic prevents indoor gatherings. Called Curbside Outreach, it’s an opportunity to drop off completed work or donations and pick up any or (more...)

Commentary Quilts: Evolution and Explanation, with Lorraine Woodruff-Long

Zoom Meeting

Lorraine Woodruff-Long is a self-taught quilter with a primary focus on color, improvisation, and recycled/repurposed fabrics. Most recently she has been developing “Commentary Quilts” that serve as a creative outlet for issues that matter most to her. Lorraine will share her evolution as a quilter, and discuss how she is using traditional quilting techniques and (more...)

Event Series Board Meeting

Board Meeting

Zoom Meeting

SFQG board meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month, except December. Meetings are currently taking place via Zoom. Committee chair reports should be submitted by the Saturday before the meeting, by email, to all participants. Any guild member is welcome to attend; click this Zoom link. Should you need (more...)

Event Series Curbside Outreach

Curbside Outreach

Adrienne’s Garage

The San Francisco Quilters Guild has a long history of making and donating quilts to organizations in San Francisco and the larger community. And this tradition continues in a new form while the pandemic prevents indoor gatherings. Called Curbside Outreach, it’s an opportunity to drop off completed work or donations and pick up any or (more...)

Indigo, Taupe & More: Japanese Fabric from Vintage to Contemporary with Dana Jones

Zoom Meeting

In a whirlwind of interviews with multiple generations of Japanese quiltmakers, Dana Jones learned a lot about working with Japanese fabrics, from indigo to taupe and beyond. She talked with master quilters Kuroha Shizuko, Yoko Seito, Reiko Kato and Keiko Goke. In this slide show, we’ll learn how each of these women selects and designs (more...)

Event Series Board Meeting

Board Meeting

Zoom Meeting

SFQG board meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month, except December. Meetings are currently taking place via Zoom. Committee chair reports should be submitted by the Saturday before the meeting, by email, to all participants. Any guild member is welcome to attend; click this Zoom link. Should you need (more...)

Event Series Curbside Outreach

Curbside Outreach

Adrienne’s Garage

The San Francisco Quilters Guild has a long history of making and donating quilts to organizations in San Francisco and the larger community. And this tradition continues in a new form while the pandemic prevents indoor gatherings. Called Curbside Outreach, it’s an opportunity to drop off completed work or donations and pick up any or (more...)

Ssamsol Jogakbo (Bojagi) Workshop, with Youngmin Lee

Zoom Meeting

Ssamsol is a durable and decorative seam technique where you use two different seam allowances. One seam allowance is twice the width of the other one, so it can cover the smaller seam allowance. Jogakbo, or patchwork bojagi, embodies the philosophy of recycling, as they are made from remnants of leftover fabric. Thoughtfully arranged shapes (more...)

It’s Not a Quilt ’til It’s Quilted, with Becky Goldsmith

Zoom Meeting

Becky Goldsmith is an award-winning quilter, designer, and instructor with Piece O’ Cake, which she started in 1994 with Linda Jenkins with a focus on hand sewing. Before Linda retired they published more than thirty books and hundreds of patterns, including seven blocks of the month. You may even have some of their books in (more...)

Free Table

Outdoors

There’ll be an Outdoor Free Table on July 23, 2022, outside Maren Larsen’s house, from 10 a.m. to noon. Please contact Maren if you’d like to drop off fabric or quilting supplies before that date. Her contact info is in the Membership Directory. As a reminder, the Free Table is a drop-in event for SFQG (more...)

Event Series Board Meeting

Board Meeting

Zoom Meeting

SFQG board meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month, except December. Meetings are currently taking place via Zoom. Committee chair reports should be submitted by the Saturday before the meeting, by email, to all participants. Any guild member is welcome to attend; click this Zoom link. Should you need (more...)

All-Star Virtual Sample Platter: Day 1

Zoom Meeting

The SFQG has purchased Zoom access for all guild members to the upcoming digital workshops organized by Global Quilt Connections. An All-Star cast of 18 quilt teachers will demonstrate some of their favorite quilting techniques, showcasing a wide variety of styles. You’ll see everything from traditional to modern, as well as art quilting techniques. And (more...)

All-Star Virtual Sample Platter: Day 2

Zoom Meeting

The SFQG has purchased Zoom access for all guild members to the upcoming digital workshops organized by Global Quilt Connections. An All-Star cast of 18 quilt teachers will demonstrate some of their favorite quilting techniques, showcasing a wide variety of styles. You’ll see everything from traditional to modern, as well as art quilting techniques. And (more...)