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PHOTOS OF WQ EVENTS

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December 9 2023 Annual WQ Holliday Tea  
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November 4, 2023 Philanthropy Day - "Giving For Thanksgiving  
   
October 13 and 14, 2023 Sarah Goer Workshop and Quarterly Meeeting  
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September 9, 2023 Lecture with Lisa Shepard Stewart on African Fabrics  
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August 12, 2023 Quarterly Meeting with Julia Graves  
   
     
June 17, 2023 "Embellishment on Quilts For a Unique Finish" With Susanne Cole  
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June 17, 2023 Japanese Rice Bag Workshop, Live with Rachel Prentiss  
 
June 9, 2023 Sew-in and lecture " How Do I Quilt This?" with Jane Hauprich  
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May 12-13, 2023 Stash Jazz Workshop and Quarterly Meeting with Carole Lyles Shaw  
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April 7, 2023



"Barn Quilts" With Suzie Parron

 

 
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March , 2023



Slow Stitch Group In-Person at Sewing Arts Center

 

 
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March 10, 2023 Dana Jones joined us at our Sew-In for a lecture “Patingabangay: the Quilts and Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island”  
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February 10 and 11, 2023 "Dames and Diamonds" Workshop and our Quarterly Meeting with MJ Kinman  
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Saturday, December 10, 2022 The WQ Annual Holiday Tea  
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Friday April 8, 2022 "Color Courage" Workshop  
Friday February 4, 2022 At our Sew-in we elcomed Anthony Cohen with his presentation on the Underground Railroad  
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Friday February 5, 2022 WQ Quaterly Meeting with Jan Doyle "Quilts and The Underground Railroad"  
   
Friday and Saturday,August 6-7, 2021 Two Presentations from our guest Norene Skiles - one on "Use it All" and the other at the Quarterly Meeting on using Spoonflower.com
Saturday, December 5, 2020 2020 Virtual Holliday Tea  
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Saturday, November 7, 2020 Philanthropy Day #1 "Giving For Thanksgiving  
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Quarterly Meeting Saturday, October 3, 2020 Lyric Kinard - The elements of art for Quilters.  
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Friday, October 2, , 2020 Workshop with Lyric Kinard: "Bead It Like You Mean It"  
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Saturday, September 26 , 2020 Saturday Sew-In  
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Saturday, August 1, 2020 Quarterly Meeting with Tina Curran on Zoom  
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Friday, July 31, 2020 "California Poppies" Workshop with Tina Curran on Zoom  
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Saturday, July 11, 2020 A Virtual presentation from Jean Impey  
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Saturday, March 7, 2020 Hawaiian Applique' with Suzanne Cole  
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Saturday, February 1, 2020 Quarterly Meeting with Mike "Mac" Macnamara  
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January 4, 2020 Annual WQ SEW-IN  
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December 7, 2019 Annual Holiday Tea  
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November 9, 2019 Annual Philanthropy Day "Giving For Thanksgiving"  
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October 19, 2019 Saturday Quarterly Meeting with Cindy Grisdela and the Annual Fabric Sale  
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October 18, 2019 Saturday Workshop with Cindy Grisdela  
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September 7, 2019 Saturday Workshop with Mary Tabar  
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August 10, 2019 Saturday Quarterly Meeting with Esterita Austin  
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August 9, 2019 Friday Workshop withEsterita Austin "Sheer Faces"  
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June 7, 2019 Friday Workshop with Lloyd Askew - Featherweight Clinic  
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May 18, 2019 Quarterly Meeting with Linda Anderson  
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April 6, 2019 Workshop - Modern Mandalas with Mel Beach  
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March 8-9, 2019 2 Day workshop with Jenny Bowker "Shimmering Triangles"  
   
     
March 9, 2019 Quarterly meeting with Jenny Bowker and Days For Girls  
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February 2, 2019 Libby Williamson Workshop "Paint - Stitch - Collage -Magic"  
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January 12, 2019 Annual WQ Sew-In  
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December 8, 2018 Annual WQ Holiday Tea  
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November 10, 2018 Annual Philanthropy Day - "Giving For Thanksgiving"  
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October 13, 2018 Saturday Quarterly Meeting with Jenny Lyon and
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October 12, 2018 Friday Workshop with Jenny Lyon
"Introduction to Free Motion Quilting"
 
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September 15, 2018 Saturday workshop with Jean Impey "Spiderweb Quilts"  
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August 18, 2018 Saturday Quarterly Meeting with Velda Newman  
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August 16-17, 2018 2 day Workshop with Velda Newman  
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June 30, 2018 Saturday workshop "Material Matrix" with Sandra Bruce  
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May 12 , 2018 Saturday Quarterly Meeting  
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May 11 , 2018 Workshop with Lisa Walton - "Stamp, Paint. Stitch"  
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April 21 , 2018 "Slow Stitching Saturday"  
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March 10 , 2018 Workshop with Laura Fraga "Journey With Dear Jane"  
   
February 3, 2018 Quarterly meeting with Susan Brubaker Knapp  
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February 2, 2018 Workshop: Still Life With Three Fruits with Susan Brubaker Knapp  
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January 13, 2018

January Sew-In

 
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December 3, 2017

Annual Holiday Tea

 
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November 11, 2017

"Giving For Thanksgiving" Philanthropy Day

 

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October 20, 2017

Friday Workshop "Making Prints Out of Solids" with Maria Shell

 
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September 16, 2017

Saturday Workshop "At The Beach" with Tina Curran

 
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August 5, 2017

Saturday General Meeting with Laura Wasilowski

 
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August 4, 2017

Friday Workshop with Laura Wasilowski "Accidental Artist"

 
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May 13, 2017

Saturday General Meeting with Rami Kim

 
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May 12, 2017

Friday Workshop with Rami Kim

 
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April 22, 2017

Saturday Workshop with Grace Errea

 
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March 11, 2017

Saturday Workshop with Cathie Hoover

 
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February 5, 2017

Saturday General Meeting with Marcia Stein

 
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February 4, 2017

Friday Workshop "Picture This" With Marcia Stein

 
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December 3, 2016

The 2016 Holiday Tea

 
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November 12, 2016

Philanthropy Workshop "Giving For Thanksgiving"

16" Quilts for Dollies Making A Difference

 
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October 22, 2016 Quarterly Meeting with Jan Krentz  
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October 21, 2016 Workshop with Jan Krentz - "Love That Lone Star"  
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September 17, 2016 Westside Quilters "Sew-in" at St. Andrew's  
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August 20, 2016 Quarterly General Meeting with Lura Schwarz Smith  
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August 18-19, 2016 "Designing Wall Quilts" Workshop with Lura Schwarz Smith  
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June 4, 2016 "Glam Clam" Workshop with Latifah Saafir  
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Saturday, May 14, 2016 Quarterly General Meeting wtih Jerry Granata  
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Friday, May 13, 2016 "Quilting With unusual Fabrics " wtih Jerry Granata  
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Saturday April 16, 2016 "Cactus Flower Table Runner " wtih Cindy Myers  
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Saturday March 12, 2016 Kathryn Pellman "Fashionistas: Paper Dolls for Grownups" with  

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Saturday February 6, 2016 Quarterly General Meeting with speaker Luke Haynes  
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February 5, 2016 "Log Cabin Condo" with Luke Haynes Annual UFO    
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Saturday January 16, 2016 Annual UFO Workshop  
   
Saturday December 5, 2015 Westside Quilters Annual Holiday Tea  
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November 7, 2015 Annual Philanthropy Workshop  
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60 Quilts and Counting..... Philanthropy Co-Chairs Hilary Smith, Carol Kapuscinski, Suzanne Woods The hand sewing table
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October 17, 2015 Saturday General Meeting with Mark Lipinski  
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October 16, 2015 Workshop with Mark Lipinski - "Stars and Stripes"  
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September 19, 2015 Workshop with Larene Smith "Jammin Jelly Sensations"  
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August 15, 2015 General Meeting with Showcase - SAQA Trunk Show
and speaker Irena Bluhm
 
   
August 14, 2015 Workshop with Irena Bluhm "Quilts of Another Color"  
 
June 20, 2015 Workshop with Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli "Cut-Away Applique'"  
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May 2, 2015 General Meeting with Showcase by Lois Rose Rose on "Solomon's Knot" Demo by Lisa Redmond and featured speaker Charlotte Angotti  
   
May 1, 2015 "Let Me SurpriseYou" Workshop with Charlotte Angotti  
April 11, 2015 "Zentangles" Workshop
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March 14, 2015 "Ribbonwork Garden" Workshop
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February 7, 2015 Quarterly Meeting with Debbie Maddy  
February 6, 2015 "Labyrinth" Workshop with Debbie Maddy  
 
January 22-25 , 2015 Road to California Atrium Exhibit featuring
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January 10 , 2014 UFO Workshop with Pat Karasick  
 
December 6 , 2014 4TH Annual Westside Quilters Holiday Tea  
November 8 , 2014


Our Annual "Giving For Thanksgiving"
Philanthropy Workshop

 

77 quilts finished with machine quilting, bindings and labels ready to be sent to St. Joseph's Center, Para Los Ninos, and Las Familias....
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  Philanthropy Co-chairs Tanya Heldman and Debbie Nussbaum presenting quilts to the Director of Las Familias Del Pueblo in Downtown LA .  
 
Philanthropy Co-chair Tanya Heldman and WQ Member Karen Johnson presenting kid's quilts to Para Los Ninos in Downtoen LA. Philanthropy Co-chair Debbie Nussbaum and WQ Member Lisa Drew presenting kid's quilts to St. Joseph's Center in Venice. Roberta Walley's photo.  
October 18 , 2014 Quarterly General Meeting Fashion Show with Lisa Coulombe
September 20, 2014 Workshop with Ann Turley "Making Faces"  
 
     
August 16 , 2014 Quarterly General Meeting with Laurel Anderson and Quilts on the Wall Trunk Show  
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Quilts on the Wall Trunk Show- Linda Friedman Quilts on the Wall Trunk Show - Linda Stone Quilts on the Wall Trunk Show - Carolyn Villars
 
Quilts on the Wall Trunk Show- Beth Shibley Quilts on the Wall Trunk Show- Sally Wright  
     
August 15 , 2014 Workshop with Laurel Anderson - "How to Cheat at Applique' "
July 18, 2014 Field Trip to Hoffman Fabrics in Mission Viejo  
   
June 21, 2014 Workshop with Patt Blair "Painting Fabrics with Inks"
May 4-5, 2014 2-Day Workshop with Jane Sassaman "AbstractingFrom Nature"
Student Work....
April 12 , 2014

Andi Perejda - "Arashi Shibori Dyeing"

March 14, 2014

Natalie Barnes from Beyond the Reef
Workshop "Rotary Cutting with No Rule(r)s “

 
February 8, 2014 Sheila Frampton-Copper Workshop at our Quarterly General Meeting  
 
February 7 , 2014 Sheila Frampton-Copper Workshop:
"Express Your True Self: One Piece at a Time"
 
January 11 , 2014 "Garden Party Quilt" with Jean Impey  
December 8 , 2013 3rd Annual Holiday Tea    
   
November 9, 2013 "Giving for Thanksgiving" Philanthropy Workshop Children's quilts and "Little Dresses for Africa"  
instructions to make "Little Dresses for Africa" are on the Philanthropy page.
     
     
October 11, 2013 Workshop with Sue Rasmussen
"Paper pieced Curved Flying Geese"
   
Marianne Simpon's Geese Sally Wright's Geese
October 12, 2013 General Meeting with
Sue Rsmussen, Quilters' Emporium, Linda Miller
   
September 18, 2013 Workshop with Jenny Carr Kinney
"Qulting Designs from the Past"
   
 
August 17 , 2013 Quarterly Meeting with Sharon Schamber    
 

Showcase Speaker -Jean Impey from
The Sewing Party, Laguna Hills

   
WQ Member Stephanie Horsley demod Hand Piecing    
 
WQ Member Megan Evans presented work from The Los Angeles Modern Quilt Guild    
 
     
August 16 , 2013 Free Motion Feathers Workshop with Sharon Schamber    
 
June 7, 2013 Sashiko Workshop with Nancy Ota
May 18, 2013 General Meeting with Pam Holland  
Showcase Speaker - Aristeia Needlepoint    
Demo ftom Lisa Redmond - Machine binding    
   
May 17, 2013 Workshop with Pam Holland "Illustrated Quilting"  
 
April 5 and 6, 2013 Workshops with Ursula Kern    
     
     
     
     
     
   
     
March 9 , 2013 Charity Quilt Seminar    
     
Luella Fournell, Keiko Tapp, Maureen Gardner and Sylvia Davis shared ideas for quick easy patterns for charity quilts.
     
February 8, 2013 Workshop with Lenore Crawford "Fusing and Fabric Painting  
January 11 Workshop with Sylvia Davis
"The 1001 Scraps Quilt"  
 
Quilts for Hurricane Sandy victims- December, 2012    
Stack of quilts on the way to be shipped to Pieceful Shores Quilt Guild in New Jersey Tina Nord and Sally Wright Madhu Mandavia
Thanks to everyone who participated : Sally Wright, Tina Nord, Sue Woods, Sandy Ray, Luanne Jaffe, Karen Rakita, Madhu Mandavia and Pepper Libow.  
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December 8, 2012 Second Annual WQ Holliday Tea
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
November 10, 2012 "Giving For Thanksgiving"
Philanthropy workshop making therapeutic heart pillows for recovering breast cancer surgery patients.  
   
October 12,, 2012 General Meeting with Julie Silber and Alicia Campbell
   
Program Co-Chair Sharon Whelan and Heart Pillows for the November 10 philanthopy Workshop Quilt Historian Julie Silber Julie's Quilts...
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Programs Co-chair Roberta walley South Bay Quilters Opportunity Quilt
"Parade of Baskets"
Alicia Campbell "The Batty Lady"
September 22, 2012 Workshop with Pat Rollie
"Free Motion thread Design"
   
     
 
August 11, 2012 General Meeting with Judy Sisneros
   
President Tina Nord Heart Pillows for November Philanthropy Workshop
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Philanthropy Chair Peggy Belcher-Dixon
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Showcase Speaker Tina Curran Tina's Christmas Flag Quilt  
August 10workshop with Judy Sisneros- "Circle Pizzazz"    
June 23 workshop with Linda Schmidt - "Earth"
   
May 12, 2012 General Meeting with Sally Collins
   
The outgoing Executive Board VP Aileen Cooke New Members Lisa and Erica
Lauren Hawley of Sew Modern   Programs Co-chair Roberta Walley
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Workshop with Sally Collins,
May 11, 2012
"My Stars "  
Workshop with Anelie Belden,
March 17, 2012
"Thoroughly Modern Dresden"
     
     
     
     
Workshop with David Taylor, February 12, 2012    
     
     
   
General Meeting with David Taylor & Don Beld,
February 11, 2012
   
David Taylor with Sally Wright, Presuident and Roberta Walley, program Co-Chair David and Roberta David's newest quilt
"Up, Up and Away" "Marmalade's First Snow" Aileen Cooke's scrap rug demo
Don Beld - Civil War Quilts Nebraska Quilt Drunkard's Path
 
Quilts of Valor Pot holder Quilt
January 7, 2012 - Workshop with Sylvia Davis
"4 Fat Quarters in Harmony"
   
     
     
     
 
     
December 3, 2011 - First annual WQ Holiday Tea    
     
   
October 22, 2011 General Meeting with Beth Murphy and Nick Coman
   
Beth murphy of Pincushion Boutique
"Sweet Treats" from Pincushion Boutique Shopping
Tina and Marianne Nick Coman
Nick Coman and his "Decolorant" treated T Shirt Rosemary, Madhu and Rosemary
     
September 10, 2011 Workshop with
Zena Thorpe "Embellished Letters"
   
Westside Quilters General Meeting with
lecturer Zena Thorpe and a showcase by Nancy Green of Pink Sand Beach Designs -
Saturday, August 13, 2011
   

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Nancy Green
   
Freddy Moran Workshop,
The Parts Department
, May 20, 2011
   
Sherry Davis Kleinman Workshop, Exploring Watercolors on Fabric , April 29, 2011    
   
Sylvia Davis Kumasi Star Workshop,
March 11, 2011
   

Sylvia's Flippy Strippy Christmas
Pattern available on the Members Only page

 

   
Extraordinary Applique' with Margarete Heinisch
February 12, 2011
   
Rene Jennings Workshop January 14, 2011
Mary Whitehead's Gordian Knot  
   
WQ Bus Trip to the Bowers Museum and M&L Fabrics. December 4, 2010
The Bowers Museum is showing the highlights of their quilt collection. Quilts: Two Centuries of American Tradition and Technique, curated by Julia D. Zgliniec, will be on exhibit from July 3rd through March 28, 2011.
 


     
     
     
     
Westside Quilters Inaugural Meeting October 9, 2010 with Special Guest Carol Taylor
   
   
   
     
     
WQ Fundraiser August, 2010 Fowler Museum and Del Thomas Collection of Contemporary Quilts.