Do you wonder who gets the quilts that are donated? Here is one letter back from a Colorado Fire recipient, shared by Marci Baker. A Story To Share

I just took at quick look at the American Quilters Society winners at this year’s Paducah show and was so very pleased to see that our own JAN HEAD has been awarded a first place! If I sneezed and missed any other SRQG members that I should be mentioning, please let me know so that […]

A very cool link sent by Linda Gilbert. Thank you, Linda “Artist Simon Beck must really love the cold weather! Along the frozen lakes of Savoie, France, he spends days plodding through the snow in raquettes (snowshoes), creating these sensational patterns of snow art. Working for 5-9 hours a day, each final piece is typically […]

Hi SRQG Members, Marilyn Altenbach sent me this link. Since I just taught the TSW on “Circles” I thought you might want some ideas on how you can embellish them. http://www.visionsartmuseum.org/news.asp – Sharon ‘the Librarian’ Fry While the workshop is in San Diego, the photos are certainly worth viewing for lots of ideas.

A CULTURE WITHIN: The Japanese American Experience through Art April 7 – May 28, 2012 Featuring Henry Sugimoto With Chiura Obata and Photographs of Heart Mountain internment camp by Hansel Mieth and Otto Hagel Paintings and Sculpture by Kay Sekimachi, Harry Nakamoto, David Kuraoka, Wendy Yoshimura, Chiyomi Teneike Longo and Pamina Traylor and others OPENING […]

From member, Sharon Mills My Daughter’s Quilt Guild had a wonderful speaker at their last meeting. Heather takes pictures for their website and has shared this with me. Thought those of you who love these old quilts might enjoy seeing the pictures. “Can’t wait to see the Civil War quilts that were presented by Betsy […]

Out of the Comfort Zone: New Directions in Quilting A juried exhibition of contemporary art quilts by Mendocino County Artists, March 3 – July 29, 2012 The Grace Hudson Museum takes prides each year to present a contemporary art show that displays the quality of our regional artists in a particular media. With our current […]

This was forwarded by our member, Judy Mathieson, as members may be interested in making these darling bears. Click on the link at the bottom of the email to go to the website that also has a photo of the bears. A very worthy cause. Thanks to Judy for passing it along. Judy, I am […]

Thought the guild would like to know this important announcement about TQS. A note from Gayleen Fitzgerald Quilt Artist. Big news here! In honor of International Quilt Day (March 17, 2012), The Quilt Show ( http://www.thequiltshow.com ), the web TV show hosted by Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, will “open” all of its shows from […]

To see the 2008 AQS Winning quilts at the Paducah, KY show click on: http://www.americanquilter.com/ Then scroll down a bit and click on the large pink area "View 2008 Paducah Quilt Winners"   A few familar faces who won:   Gloria Hansen, our website designer  won the Moda Best of Show Wall Quilt Award for […]