Block Party Quilters in Issaquah, WA
June 19 – 21, 2009
Featured Artist: Elsie Nogle
Over 200 contemporary and traditional quilts; special exhibit of rarely displayed antique Ribbon Ladies from 1920s and 30s; special antique quilt exhibit; “Bare Necessities” challenge; vendor mall; and more…
Issaquah Community Center, 1st Ave. S & SE Bush St., Issaquah, WA
Friday & Saturday, 10am–5pm; Sunday 10am-4pm. Admission $5
http://www.bpquilters.org/quiltshowmain/quiltshow2009.html
bpqweb@bpwquilters.org

Quilt Camp is an annual event for current FIQ members to get away and quilt in a relaxed and FUN environment. The camp runs from Thursday through Sunday and is held in the early Fall.

We travel to Camp Houston in Goldbar (about 1 1/2 hours from Anacortes) where we are spoiled by someone else doing the cooking and the dishes! Each “camper” brings all their necessary supplies and equipment to work on personal projects. There are no planned classes or required participation in other activities. Voluntary activities are planned throughout the four days of camp, but each “camper” chooses her own level of participation.

We sleep two “campers” to a room in cabins located adjacent to the Main Lodge. Our sewing space and meals are provided in the Main Lodge.

Registration usually takes place in March for the next Fall session, but actual dates are announced at meetings and in the newsletter.

Please contact us for more information.

Title: Fiber Revolution (May 4th – July 5th)
Location: Tillamook, OR - The Latimer Quilt & Textile Center
Description: Open House May 17th, Noon to 4PM

Please contact Patti Olds if you would like to borrow the Guild’s Free Admission pass.
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2009-05-17
End Time: 16:00

Title: LaConner Quilt & Textile Museum
Link out: Click here
Description: $10
“A Brief History of American Quilts: 1800 to Present” with guest speaker Susan Bird Olds
Art historian, Susan Olds, will give a slide lecture presenting the enormous variation of quilt types and patterns made popular by early American quilters. For more information, contact the Museum at 360-466-4288, info@laconnerquilts.com
Start Time: 13:00
Date: 2009-04-25
End Time: 15:00

Title: Quilt Studio Tour 2009
Location: Jackie Anderson’s Cottage Hobby House
Description: Ever wondered what other people’s workspace looks like? Here’s your chance to visit several different studios in Anacortes. This Studio Tour would be held on Saturday, April 18th from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. The tour will start at Jackie Anderson’s Cottage Hobby House at 1220 12th Street, on the corner of 12th St. and M Ave, where interesting demos and displays will start the tour. Tickets will be sold for only $5.

A wide array of the guild members will open their studios. Of interest will be a long arm machine quilter who will demonstrate how to work a commercial long arm quilting machine. There will also be several multi-media studios where weaving, dying, fabric reinvention, painting, drawing-layout, spinning and/or sewing will be shown. Another venue will be a shared quilt and ceramics studio, equipped with special tools for a sight impaired artist. An interesting collection of sewing machines will be on display in another workspace, some of which are converted from electric machines to manual (hand crank) for use by women in Africa so they are able to do quilt piecing without electricity.

This is guaranteed to be a delightful day of seeing how fellow quilters/artists organize their work space.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2009-04-18
End Time: 15:00