Westhampton Free Library is hosting an exhibit by the Ebony Stitchers Quilt Guild of Decatur Georgia “The Artistic Expression of Quilters of Color Show” and one of the founding members, Paulette Strain, will be at the library on Sunday, February 19 at 2:00 PM to talk about the guild and to demonstrate quilting techniques. An extraordinary gathering of quilts ranging from classic to contemporary. Both functional and beautiful, these works of art are making their debut for the very first time outside Georgia. Reserve your tickets now! 288-3335. westhamptonlibrary.net
2012 Lancaster AQS Quilt Show Bus Trip
Sponsored by the Center Moriches Friends of the Library
Thursday & Friday, March 15-16, 2012
$160 per person, make checks payable to Friends of the Library
Cost includes bus fare, driver tip, quilt show admission, Marriot double occupancy room, 1 Amish smorgasbord dinner, 1 breakfast, shopping at 2 quilt shops, visit to the Lancaster Central Market
Contact Kathy Werler at kathywerler@aol.com, use quilt show in the subject
All trips depart/return in the CMFPL’s rear parking lot.
Sign-up deadline February 28, 2012
COMING TO ELIQG in 2012!
Fri., March 30: ELIQG General Meeting & Linda Pooles Lecture “A Quilted Journey Around the World – Part 2: Seeing the World through the Quilter’s Eye.” Buckle your seatbelts and sit tight for a global adventure without ever leaving your chair! Look at the world through the eyes of American and International quilters. See what inspires quilters who travel abroad or within their own countries. Visit France, Japan, the United States, Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany, Turkey and many other countries. The beauty of this lecture is that it is ever changing. As quilters from around the world share their inspiration photos and the quilts they made, I add them in and retire other submissions. You just may be inspired by your next destination to make that special quilt. Linda is from Milford, Pennsylvania. www.lindampoole.com. Meeting location: SCCC Riverhead, Montaukett Building (Library) Lecture Hall.
About Linda: I was destined from an early age to cut apart things, glue, paste, tape, build,and sew all sorts of little things to keep busy. I lived in a home where sewing was as common as cooking, and in those days, cooking dinner was an important meal where family gathered around the table to talk and enjoy one another’s company. Mom was never hesitant to hand over a pair of scissors to me at an early age. I was taught to sew quite young in life, so I was shown how to handle scissors properly…except…if you look closely…I think I was caught by the camera cutting a book up! I just call this the beginning of “collage work”! I have many interests and hobbies aside from my passion for quilting. I have a deep affection for animals. Here you can see my beautiful female Akita dog named “Tashi” short for Shiro Tamashi meaning White Spirit in Japanese. I love teaching, photography, gardening, reading, snuggling with kitties, dancing, writing, painting, journaling, researching history, traveling, putting puzzles together, watching a good thriller on television, learning, learning and endlessly learning from those who know alot of one thing or a bit of everything!
ELIQG 2012 Quilt Show Judge: Linda Luggen, from Cincinnati, Ohio
Quiltmaker, quilt teacher, lecturer, designer and NQA Certified Judge, Linda Luggen has spent over thirty years sharing her knowledge of quilts and quiltmaking. She designs many of her own appliqué patterns. Her color sense and multi-layer techniques have led her to a new world of freedom in creative appliqué designs that she loves to share. Her quilts have won awards nationally and have been published in Lady’s Circle Patchwork Quilts and Great American Quilts. Her home and quilts were featured in Romantic Homes. Her article on judging was published in the NQA Quilting Quarterly and in the Vic Quilter (a Victoria, Australia quilt magazine). She has taught seminars and lectured nationally. At a Cincinnati Fall Flower Show at Coney Island she was the featured artist, displaying 20 quilts pertaining to flowers and nature. She has served as Secretary, Vice-President and Program Coordinator, and President of the Ohio Valley Quilters Guild. She worked as co-facility coordinator for the Sew Near To My Heart Quilt Show in Cincinnati. Linda is a National Quilting Association Certified Judge and has served as Nominating Committee Chairman and Chairman of the Midwest Judges Retreat.
May 30th ELIQG General Meeting & Lecture, Location: SCCC Riverhead Campus, Library building. Lecture- Stories Live On Through My Quilts by Linda Luggen. This is a lecture of sharing the story of quilts in my family. I show you the quilts as I tell the stories of my family from the late 1800s through the Great Depression and on to the present. I also show the quilts I am making today and reflect on the inspiration my past has given me. The showing is approximately 20 quilts.
ELIQG Quilt Show: June 2 & 3, 2012, “Life LIberty and the Pursuit of Quilting”, Suffolk Community College, 121 Speonk-Riverhead Road, Riverhead, NY
ELIQG Quilt Show Lecturer Phyllis Hatcher, Annapolis, MD
Phyllis Hatcher has an A.B. degree from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania and a M.Ed. degree from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She has been trained and tested as a certified appraiser by the American Quilter’s Society Appraiser Certification Program in Paducah, Kentucky and is a member of the Professional Association of Appraisers – Quilted Textiles. Phyllis completed the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s three credit graduate course “History of Quilts”. Phyllis is the author of The Victorian Redwork Sampler Quilt and has published articles in the Quilting Quarterly magazine of the National Quilting Association and Quilters Newsletter. Phyllis was the curator of several quilt exhibits such as “Small and Smaller: 100 Years of Crib Quilts and Doll Quilts” (with Judi Gunter) at the Vermont Quilt Festival and Quilter’s Hall of Fame and “More Is Better” at two national quilts shows. She is past president of both the Annapolis Quilt Guild and Baltimore Appliqué Society and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Quilters Hall of Fame in Marion, Indiana. Phyllis lectures on quilt history and teaches quilting classes and workshops. Phyllis Hatcher currently appraises at large and small quilt show venues including Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Virginia (February); Quilt Fest of New Jersey in Somerset (March); American Quilter’s Society Show in Paducah, Kentucky (April); Annapolis Quilt Show in Maryland (June), Quilt Odyssey in Hershey, Pennsylvania (July); Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza in Oaks-Greater Philadelphia (September), and the World Quilt Show Florida, West Palm Beach (November). The value conclusions expressed are based on the appraiser’s best judgment and opinion and are not a representation or warranty that the items will realize the stated value if offered for sale at auction or otherwise.
Lecture details:
Saturday, June 2, 2012, 11 AM & 2 PM,
Sunday, June 3, 2012, 12 PM & 2 PM
“150 Years of Quilts”: is a lecture and show of quilts from the 1820’s to the 1970’s by Phyllis Twigg Hatcher. See how quilts of each era have their own beauty and what makes the quilt an example of its decade.