Sam Hunter

Studio Tour and How to Set Up Your Space Ergonomically

Meeting begins at 10:00am

Program begins at 11:00am

Sam Hunter is a fiber artist and quilt pattern designer, and the Chief Everything Officer at Hunter’s Design Studio.The first thing you need to know about Sam is that she loves helping people have fun while they make more stuff.  Life has enough stress in it, so she wants to help make your precious creative time fun and easy!

Sam is British by birth, and now lives in Portland, Oregon, USA. She hold an MFA in Fiber Arts, and blends this classic training with her sense of play in all that she does.

This is a great live ZOOM lecture with open Q&A where Sam shows you all the nooks and crannies of her NEW studio (and all the creative storage solutions).  Sam will discuss how to make a studio fit your body, habits, and process.  We talk about the ergonomics of setting up your space so you can continue to enjoy quilting while keeping your body healthy.

Check out Sam Hunter's website at huntersdesighstudio.com

Sam Hunter

Chunky Wee Bag

Virtual Class

9am to 3pm

This easy little messenger bag has a compact shape and three on-the-go sizes – 6″, 8″ and 10″. The inside of the bag features lots of pockets that you can tailor to custom sizes. The pattern leads you through easy straight line piecing to make this fun and useful little bag.The bag requires no special hardware beyond velcro, and most students finish it it class (not another UFO - yay!), but you do need to the preparation suggested on the supply list.  Click here for the supply list.

Mel Beach

Challenge Yourself

Meeting begins at 10:00am

Program begins at 11:00am

Mel Beach is a San Jose, CA based quilt artist, teacher and lecturer, who breaks away from tradition by adding her own modern, beautifully textured, and colorful twists. She loves stretching her creativity through her completion of 90+ quilt challenges at the local and international level. Her quilts draw upon her inquisitive nature of asking "What If?", “Why Not?”, working in a series, comedy improv studies, along with her love of nature, photography and sketching. 

 Discover the world of Quilt Challenges and the many opportunities awaiting you (and your quilts!) Join Mel as she recounts her adventures (including a few misadventures) while participating in Quilt Challenges at both the local and national/international level. Mel hopes to inspire you by sharing her own quilts and their stories, along with tips/tricks that she hopes will inspire and encourage you to enter your own quilts, regardless of style or level of experience/skill!   

Mel's quilts have been juried into national quilt shows and traveling exhibits, published in books/magazines, earned ribbons/awards, and selected as finalists.  For more information on Mel Beach, visit her website at melbeachquilts.com

Mel Beach

Mod Molas and Bright Blooms

 Virtual class

9am to 3pm

Cultivate your own beautiful garden scene that is layered with exciting color and texture.  We'll help our flowers germinate and grown into an original whole cloth quilt.  Enjoy the spectacular final transformation as your flowers bloom into brilliance.

In this reverse applique technique, you will layer your fabric with a “surprise reveal” fabric underneath a solid top fabric.  Then you will quilt your pattern (either free motion or walking foot quilting) and finally cut out your design to reveal your colorful fabric underneath.  Click here for the supply list.

Phyllis Cullen

It's All About the Face (and Figure and Hands and Feet)

Meeting begins at 10:00am

Program begins at 11:00am

It's all about the color! Phyllis Cullen's goal is to recreate the color and light and bring out the story, and the soul of her subject, whether she is painting ON fabric, canvas, or paper, or WITH fabric or paper, in mixed media and collages.

Phyllis has shown, sold and taught all over the world.  She now lives on the beautiful Hamakua coast of Hawaii's Big Island.

In this lecture, Phyllis will talk about her fabric portraits, with lots of examples of different types. She shares how they are made along with tips on making and quilting them and the story they tell.  

phylliscullenartstudio.com

Melinda Bula

The Power and Secret of Color

Meeting begins at 10:00am

Program begins at 11:00am

Have you ever wanted more confidence in knowing how to pick the right colors? Why is it that some people gravitate to the right colors while others struggle? Learn how the artist looks at color and the science behind color. Melinda Bula will demonstrate how this color magic works and give you more color confidence. Learn these color tricks that are sure to help you when making your next quilt.  

Melinda Bula lives in  Bakersfield, California, and has been sewing since she was a young girl.   Melinda has been in love with fabric all of her life and knew when she was 16 years old that she was going to be an artist, which became her major in college. She and her husband, Joe, started their own wallpaper and fabric design business and have sold their hand silk-screened wallpapers and fabrics nationwide.

In 1996, Melinda became involved in quilting and wearable arts, which had always been her first love.  Her sense of color and design has won her numerous awards for both quilts and wearable arts. Check out her website for more information: melindabula.com