We offer a wealth of activities for anyone in the Bay Area interested in quiltmaking and related arts.
Join us on Tuesday June 15th for Valerie Goodwin’s presentation, A Dialogue Between Quilting and Architecture. As a practicing architect, a professor at Florida A & M University’s School of Architecture, and a renowned fiber artist, Valerie explores elements common to both practices, including shape, composition, ordering systems, color, texture, and pattern. Her quilts are inspired (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...)
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...)
Unlock the fun and intrigue of Lorrie Cranor’s Interleave quilts in this two-part Zoom workshop. Mel Beach will reveal all the secrets for creating the illusion of curves and transparency using only straight-line stitching. Best of all, Interleave quilts are assembled using a quilt-as-you-go technique, so your unique Interleave quilt will be pieced and quilted (more...)
Unlock the fun and intrigue of Lorrie Cranor’s Interleave quilts in this two-part Zoom workshop. Mel Beach will reveal all the secrets for creating the illusion of curves and transparency using only straight-line stitching. Best of all, Interleave quilts are assembled using a quilt-as-you-go technique, so your unique Interleave quilt will be pieced and quilted (more...)
Tune in as Mel Beach shares her love of free-motion quilting and her guilty pleasure of watching reality television! She’ll share her real-life adventures of learning to free-motion quilt, plus her fear factors, extreme makeover story, and myth busting tips and tricks for quilting on a domestic sewing machine. She’ll also show some of her (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...)
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...)
Today’s Outdoor Free Table takes place outside Catherine Sherman’s house, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please contact Catherine if you’d like to drop off fabric or quilting supplies before the 15th. Her contact info is in the Membership Directory. Note for Virtual Retreat attendees: You can pick up your swag bags during Free Table (more...)
Giuseppe Ribaudo of Giucy Giuce regales us from Portland, Maine, with the story of his journey from quilter to fabric designer. With a modern-traditional aesthetic drawn from his childhood learning to sew in his grandmother’s home to his love of sci-fi, he’ll discuss his unique approach to design, tell stories about his years working professionally (more...)
