News on upcoming programs. Program classes are normally $45 for members. You do have to be a member to participate. Membership is open to all for $30 annually.
There may be additional expenses based on the needs of the individual classes, e.g. some classes require purchase of kits, patterns, books, etc.
Not all program speakers will have a class. Class location will be provided at least 2 weeks ahead of the class. An email reminder will be sent 2 weeks prior to a class. Please send email to programs@rgvqg.com if you need to cancel a class.
If you know someone that you would like to have come to our Guild, please let me know. If you would like to do a workshop, Lecture or Trunk Show, email me.
Josie McVey
Program Chair
email: [email protected]
There may be additional expenses based on the needs of the individual classes, e.g. some classes require purchase of kits, patterns, books, etc.
Not all program speakers will have a class. Class location will be provided at least 2 weeks ahead of the class. An email reminder will be sent 2 weeks prior to a class. Please send email to programs@rgvqg.com if you need to cancel a class.
If you know someone that you would like to have come to our Guild, please let me know. If you would like to do a workshop, Lecture or Trunk Show, email me.
Josie McVey
Program Chair
email: [email protected]
Upcoming Programs
Class Registration Info (Roster) is available on the Members Only page.
Class Registration Info (Roster) is available on the Members Only page.
JULY - Joy Paugh
Saturday, July 13, 2024 - 9:00 AM Lecture: Creative Stitching Class: Collage Sign-up for Joy's Collage Class
A fabric kit is included in the cost of the class. Additional supplies needed are in the Supplies List. |
I have been a member of the Rio Grande Valley Quilt Guild for about 12 years. I am a resident of Llano Grande Resort and Golf Club in Mercedes and am a member of the Llano Quilting Bee. I have enjoyed my relationship with the guild – serving as Secretary, serving on the Quilt Show Board as Chair and Co-Chair of the Volunteers. I’ve also served as the Llano Quilt Show Chairman in 2016 and as the President of the Bee from 2020-2022.
Currently I am enjoying quilt making. I have always enjoyed fabric. I sewed many of my clothes as a teenager and young adult. What I find I enjoy the most is the scrappy artsy side of quilting. I am exploring thread painting, collage, scrappy blocks and working thru alternate ways of finishing collage wall hangings. Locally, I have taught the ever-popular quilted FACE class made popular by Freddy Moran, Jean Impey and Alex Anderson. I look forward to teaching a class on collage in July and giving you an interesting presentation of my journey and work. |
AUGUST - Betty Chouinard
Saturday, August 10, 2024 - 9:00 AM Lecture: How Did You Make That? |
An amazing lady, Sally Collins, once said in a class I had taken: How many bed-sized quilts does one person need? That one sentence changed my quilting life. Having made MANY large quilts, I took on that challenge and have been resizing standard quilt patterns into smaller sized quilts.
On my journey I have resized patterns in a few different ways. By simply reducing a paper pieced pattern on the copier, by asking friends that have computer programs to help me resize a pattern, and by using conventional math. This presentation will chat about those different ways to resize patterns, the tools I use, a show and tell of those quilts I have made in a smaller scale, and questions and answers. |
SEPTEMBER - Pat Cooper
Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 9:00 AM Lecture: Quilts and Art Quilts, a Continuum Fiber Arts Unlimited is, as its name implies, is more that just a quilt group. We use alternate methods of design like painting, dyeing, weaving, felting and kumihimo (Japanese braiding) in addition to making art quilts. We decided that this talk would focus on some of our “Art” quilts that use a variety of techniques and fibers.
The Studio Art Quilt Associates has been a proponent of viewing quilts as art and promoting the “art” quilt. They define the art quilt as “"a creative visual |
I was born and raised in New Jersey. My husband and I lived and raised our children in a town near the towns where we grew up. I learned to sew in grammar school, when we still had Home Economics, and made a lot of my own clothes. I started quilting after my kids were born. Self-taught, I used the “Quilt in a Day” books and McCall’s Quilting magazine. No one in my family quilted. I made several quilts and got the people I worked with involved in making wedding and baby quilts for our co-workers. In 2000 we sold our house and most of our “stuff” and went full time in a motorhome. I did quilt on the road, and we hauled my Bernina and fabric stash across the United States (several times). I was working as a computer training consultant, so I focused more on smaller projects. After we settled in the valley I retired in 2013 and I got back into quilting with the help of some wonderful ladies in our park. Then the RGV Quilt Guild had a “Metallic” Challenge in their show. With the help of some left over fabric from a friend my first “art” quilt was born. I found the Fiber Arts group at the Upper Valley Art League in Mission and I felt that I was finally at home. Our group meets on the second and fourth Monday of the month at 10 am in Mission. You are welcome to come and visit with us.
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