2019 Programs
July 16, 2019
Alycia Carmin - Quilt Pattern and Design
I live in Kersey on a small family ranch, am a longarmer, and have been involved in Quilts of Valor since 2004. I sorta accidentally learned to quilt and immediately started teaching kids! I was the Colorado coordinator from 2004 to 2016. I am now a group leader, and help our state coordinator cover all of Northern Colorado. I have learned that I do have a favorite color - Plaid - and find myself drawn to them - and Red White and Blue - go figure. My favorite chocolate is dark chocolate - and I believe that you can quilt by chocolate and caffiene -
Alycia
QuiltyGirl.com
Alycia
QuiltyGirl.com
August 20, 2019
Birthday Party for the Guild!!!
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IT'S AUCTION TIME!!
At the August Birthday Party, we will have a Mini Auction. The auction will be a combination of Red Ticket and Silent Auction. We ask that you go through your stash at home, put together fabric, duplicate rulers, tools, patterns, etc., and place them in a container of some kind. The container can be a basket, pitcher, vase, etc. You can also find great containers at ARC and others for a dollar or two. Bring your auction item to the August meeting, NOT BEFORE. We will collect all items, place them on tables, and then let you shop! This is a great fundraiser for everyone involved, and makes for a fun time. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Fry at dalifry@comcast.net or pieceablefriends@gmail.com
At the August Birthday Party, we will have a Mini Auction. The auction will be a combination of Red Ticket and Silent Auction. We ask that you go through your stash at home, put together fabric, duplicate rulers, tools, patterns, etc., and place them in a container of some kind. The container can be a basket, pitcher, vase, etc. You can also find great containers at ARC and others for a dollar or two. Bring your auction item to the August meeting, NOT BEFORE. We will collect all items, place them on tables, and then let you shop! This is a great fundraiser for everyone involved, and makes for a fun time. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Fry at dalifry@comcast.net or pieceablefriends@gmail.com
September 17, 2019
Dana of Sew Downtown -
How Fabric Is Printed
October 15, 2019
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Margaret Brewster Willingham is the founder and creative force of Eye of the Beholder Quilt Design.
She is a retired professional dancer, teacher and choreographer. “I used to choreograph dances. Now I
choreograph quilts.”
“Two things inspire me”, says Willingham, “Creating things of beauty, and helping others to find
their creative voice while gaining the skills to make beautiful things. Behind me in all of this is God, the
ultimate creator of all beauty”.
Margaret, a quilter who specializes in hand appliqué and reverse needle-turn appliqué and designing
uniquely elegant patterns, fell in love with all things fabric and beautiful at home. She grew up with a legacy of
family heirlooms, including the hand work of her ancestors. She remembers fondly going through the trunks of lovely linens and quilts hand-stitched with decorative threads to grace a table or a bed made by her great-great grandmothers.
Though she made her first quilts as a teenager, she began quilting in earnest in the mid-1990’s, but has been sewing and embroidering since she was 10.
Many of the designs Margaret creates for Eye of the Beholder Quilt Design were inspired by the craft men’s work of the Victorian Era, where the necessary functionality of a thing was imbued with a touch of elegance. She has been a pattern designer for Island Batiks and EBI Fabric since the spring of 2015, and for RJR Fabrics, Batik Textiles and Timeless Treasures since 2016.
Margaret’s reverse appliqué patterns have been picked up by Keepsake Quilting, Nancy’s Notions and Annie’s.com. Her Twinkling Flurries Quilt pattern was published in Fons & Porter’s Holidays Magazine, October 2016, and Giving Hearts block in 100 Quilt Blocks, Vol.14, and Pacific Splash was published in Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting, issue 132, 2018. She had blogs about her hand and machine techniques published in AQS On Point in 2017 and 2018 - “Trace, Baste, Snip & Stitch”; “Machine Reverse Applique”. She was a featured Designer with American Quilt Retailer, “Meet Me in St. Louis” and at Houston International (2017).
Margaret has been collaborating with other artists to create unique quilt offerings. Christmas RAPPing, her first book, released November 1, 2018 and is a joint venture with Nan Baker of Purrfect Spots, Island Batik & Aurifil, and Flowers in the Wind table runner XV inspired Siesta Silver Jewelry to create beautiful pendants and earrings in their top grade, nickle free sterling silver. “I love that touch of elegance”, says Willingham. “Quilting gives us the chance to decorate the lives of those we love with a touch of elegance. As I realize these designs in silks, batiks, cottons and wool, I play with pattern, color and texture, re-visioning the architectural motifs into quilted pieces.”
Since 2014, Margaret’s quilts have been juried into Road to California, Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Coming Up Roses, AQS Des Moines, New England Quilt Festival, Kansas City Regional Quilt Show, AQS Grand Rapids, AQS Paducah, Vermont Quilt Festival and Minnesota Quilters Show. “Scroll & Fan” “Beloved” New England Quilt Festival Road to California, KCRQF “Fit for a Queen” “Red & White Explosion” (2013) (2016, 2017) Mid-Atlantic, KCRQF, AQS Grand Rapids Road to California, Paducah, (2016, 2017) Vermont Quilt Festival, Minnesota (2018)
An experienced national teacher who encourages and inspires, Margaret shares her love of hand work while empowering quilters through trunk shows and in workshops taught in Northern Colorado quilt shops and guilds, and at Granite State College, NH(2015, 2016, 2017), Applique Away on Galveston Bay, TX (2016), Vermont Quilt Festival, VT (2016, 2017), Sew Original Quilt & Creative Expo, KY(2014), and at Open Studios, Demos and Schoolhouses in Portland, Chicago, Des Moines, Houston, Grand Rapids, Chattanooga, Asheville, Salt Lake, St. Louis and Kansas City, and through her blog at www.eobquiltdesign.com. Margaret will be teaching
hand and machine reverse appliqué at Road to CA and AQS Lancaster in 2019.
Happy quilting! Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder.
www.eobquiltdesign.com
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook
She is a retired professional dancer, teacher and choreographer. “I used to choreograph dances. Now I
choreograph quilts.”
“Two things inspire me”, says Willingham, “Creating things of beauty, and helping others to find
their creative voice while gaining the skills to make beautiful things. Behind me in all of this is God, the
ultimate creator of all beauty”.
Margaret, a quilter who specializes in hand appliqué and reverse needle-turn appliqué and designing
uniquely elegant patterns, fell in love with all things fabric and beautiful at home. She grew up with a legacy of
family heirlooms, including the hand work of her ancestors. She remembers fondly going through the trunks of lovely linens and quilts hand-stitched with decorative threads to grace a table or a bed made by her great-great grandmothers.
Though she made her first quilts as a teenager, she began quilting in earnest in the mid-1990’s, but has been sewing and embroidering since she was 10.
Many of the designs Margaret creates for Eye of the Beholder Quilt Design were inspired by the craft men’s work of the Victorian Era, where the necessary functionality of a thing was imbued with a touch of elegance. She has been a pattern designer for Island Batiks and EBI Fabric since the spring of 2015, and for RJR Fabrics, Batik Textiles and Timeless Treasures since 2016.
Margaret’s reverse appliqué patterns have been picked up by Keepsake Quilting, Nancy’s Notions and Annie’s.com. Her Twinkling Flurries Quilt pattern was published in Fons & Porter’s Holidays Magazine, October 2016, and Giving Hearts block in 100 Quilt Blocks, Vol.14, and Pacific Splash was published in Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting, issue 132, 2018. She had blogs about her hand and machine techniques published in AQS On Point in 2017 and 2018 - “Trace, Baste, Snip & Stitch”; “Machine Reverse Applique”. She was a featured Designer with American Quilt Retailer, “Meet Me in St. Louis” and at Houston International (2017).
Margaret has been collaborating with other artists to create unique quilt offerings. Christmas RAPPing, her first book, released November 1, 2018 and is a joint venture with Nan Baker of Purrfect Spots, Island Batik & Aurifil, and Flowers in the Wind table runner XV inspired Siesta Silver Jewelry to create beautiful pendants and earrings in their top grade, nickle free sterling silver. “I love that touch of elegance”, says Willingham. “Quilting gives us the chance to decorate the lives of those we love with a touch of elegance. As I realize these designs in silks, batiks, cottons and wool, I play with pattern, color and texture, re-visioning the architectural motifs into quilted pieces.”
Since 2014, Margaret’s quilts have been juried into Road to California, Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Coming Up Roses, AQS Des Moines, New England Quilt Festival, Kansas City Regional Quilt Show, AQS Grand Rapids, AQS Paducah, Vermont Quilt Festival and Minnesota Quilters Show. “Scroll & Fan” “Beloved” New England Quilt Festival Road to California, KCRQF “Fit for a Queen” “Red & White Explosion” (2013) (2016, 2017) Mid-Atlantic, KCRQF, AQS Grand Rapids Road to California, Paducah, (2016, 2017) Vermont Quilt Festival, Minnesota (2018)
An experienced national teacher who encourages and inspires, Margaret shares her love of hand work while empowering quilters through trunk shows and in workshops taught in Northern Colorado quilt shops and guilds, and at Granite State College, NH(2015, 2016, 2017), Applique Away on Galveston Bay, TX (2016), Vermont Quilt Festival, VT (2016, 2017), Sew Original Quilt & Creative Expo, KY(2014), and at Open Studios, Demos and Schoolhouses in Portland, Chicago, Des Moines, Houston, Grand Rapids, Chattanooga, Asheville, Salt Lake, St. Louis and Kansas City, and through her blog at www.eobquiltdesign.com. Margaret will be teaching
hand and machine reverse appliqué at Road to CA and AQS Lancaster in 2019.
Happy quilting! Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder.
www.eobquiltdesign.com
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook
December 3, 2019
Guild Christmas Party
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