Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Programs 2025

The Coachella Valley Quilt Guild presents excellent speakers, including nationally known teachers and lecturers, that provide insight to a wide variety of topics related to quilting, from traditional to modern, from piecing techniques to design embellishments. The lecture presentations are given immediately after our monthly Saturday membership meetings, and classes are usually held on the Sunday following the meeting at the same facility or on Zoom.

Classes can fill up fast, so if you see one that interests you click the PayPal button to sign up or contact the Programs VP, Judy Block and Cheryl Taylor, at programscvqg@gmail.com

Meetings of the Coachella Valley Quilt Guild will be hybrid meetings -- in person at University of Riverside, Palm Desert Campus and on Zoom -- January through May and September through November. June, July and August will be Zoom only. December is our Holiday Luncheon.

Classes will either be in person or Zoom but not hybrid. Check below for more information.

November Meeting -- Sat., November 8, 2025

Karen Brow-Meier

Your Best Quilting Tools Are In Your Head

Hybrid Meeting -- Speaker In-Person

Meeting starts at 10:00am

Program starts at 11:00am

Karen Brow-Meier of Java House Quilts has been designing inventive, lighthearted patterns for over 20 years. As Karen says,

“Quilting is a joyful medium for creativity, innovation and personal expression, with all of us having something uniquely meaningful to say.”

As she sews and designs quilts, Karen asks herself questions such as:
- Is it a little boring right now?

- What’s missing?
- How can I make it “move”?
- Can I break up the block setting?
- Should I mix up fabric lines?
These “decision tools” move a project along towards something exciting! When working from a pattern, or designing a quilt from scratch, we can make it uniquely our own by thinking about some of the above. Making a few small changes can bump up the “wow factor” of our work.

This program is about ways to move us forward in a project when we’re stuck or feel like something’s not quite right… or not enough. (All artists visit that space on occasion!)
In this program Karen incorporates professional slides and finishes up with actual quilts which illustrate unique solutions and many of her special techniques.

https://javahousequilts.com

November 8 -- Karen Brow-Meier -- Lecture Guest Fee

$10.00

Available
Ships within 1-3 days

November Workshop -- Sun., Nov. 9, 2025

Karen Brow-Meier

Fancy Feathers/Frog Table Topper Using the Middle to Middle Piecing Method

In Person

9am to 3:30pm

This is not paper piecing! Create either of these colorful, four-block table runners (approx. 12" x 36") using our Middle to Middle Piecing Method. (Think piecing a log cabin block but with shapes instead of strips.)
In this workshop we'll cover:

cutting pieces in multiples using the templates
piecing the blocks by "matching middles" and trimming
creating appliqué feathers
using simple hand embellishment stitches

These can be created using any holiday colors and the finished lengths can be increased by simply adding more blocks.
Note: The pattern is included in the class fee and this same technique is used to create our Infrognito or Elephant Walk lap quilts.