We offer a wealth of activities for anyone in the Bay Area interested in quiltmaking and related arts.
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...)
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...)
Plan for some online holiday conviviality and two eye-popping slideshows at our final meeting of 2021. You'll see projects produced during the UFO Mystery Challenge (created from the contents of those cute bags, above), as well as 25 quilts, in both traditional and modern styles, made during this year’s Round Robin. (The starting blocks for (more...)
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...)
For our first meeting of 2022 we welcome Zak Foster, a Brooklyn-based artist who made cultural headlines with a quilt that was worn at last fall’s Met Gala. Zak is a self-taught artist with an intuitive style that he uses to make memory and burial quilts. His focus is on repurposing materials with an eye to sustainability. (more...)
The first Outdoor Free Table of the new year takes place on January 22, 2022, outside Sumilu Cue’s house, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please contact Sumilu if you’d like to drop off fabric or quilting supplies before January 22nd. Her contact info is in the Membership Directory. As a reminder, the Free Table (more...)
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...)
In this one-day virtual workshop participants will learn to make a simple stitched map of a place that is special to you. Registration link here. Transform the places you love—and places you’ve always imagined or wanted to see—into one-of-a-kind pieces of art. Award-winning artist Valerie Goodwin will show you how to make quilted maps with (more...)
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...)
Bold and beautiful prints—we love them but they can sometimes seem daunting or even intimidating to use. In this program, Kena shares inspiration and ideas for incorporating vivacious African wax prints into your quilt projects. Using samples from modern, appliqué and traditional patterns, she points out how the fabrics were used to makes quilt shout (more...)
