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Come see what happens before the ribbons are awarded! Bring as many quilts as you like for a morning of fun! Bring your quilt and have it judged…just for fun and as a way to receive feedback on how to improve your quilting! Come and enjoy talking about quilts even if you don’t have a quilt you would like critiqued. There is a great deal to learn during the critiques of works of art.

During Doris’s presentation we will learn what criteria quilt judges use while judging quilts. This undoubtedly will improve our personal quilting with design and construction tips and tricks. Doris has been a certified guilting judge since 2005. I’m excited for her to share her wealth of knowledge and experience with us!

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This workshop is all about learning to make a simple stitched map of a place that is special to you – WHERE YOU LIVE. To make this map, you will use of simple hand & machine stitches combined with silk organza, opaque fabric, and a bit of paint. The goal is to create a small fiber art map that is light an 8” x 8” to 11” x 11”. Also covered, will be how to use the internet to find maps that will serve as your starting point. As we go along, you will see the potential of variations on the techniques I will teach you. This workshop may inspire you to make a collection of personal stitched maps. Really, the possibilities are almost endless. Upon completion, you should have a lovely little work of stitched art.

Valerie is a practicing architect, Associate Professor of Architecture and fiber artist whose work has appeared in numerous publications and exhibitions such as “Quilt National”, “American Craft Magazine” and “The Quilter’s Quarterly Journal”. Since 1998, she has been teaching beginning design to students in architecture at Florida A & M University’s School of Architecture, using some of the design principles found in both quilting and architecture. Both use shape, composition, ordering systems, color, texture and pattern. This lecture focuses on this unusual subject matter – finding common ground between quilting and architecture. This is presented in an engaging manner, using many interesting ideas and thought-provoking images. It also includes a trunk show showcasing her quilts as well as the work of her architecture students.

Join in the fun as we celebrate everyone's birthday!! Yes, we will be celebrating EVERYONE's birthday with games, party food, prizes, gifts and some laughs!

Before coming to the party:

1. Look up the day of the week of your birth.

Example: April 5, 1956 was a Thursday

2. Find a fun fact about the date you were born.

Example: Colin Powell’s birthday is April 5

If you have a fun food you enjoy at birthday parties, you are welcome to bring it along to share but don't feel you need to. We will have cake and ice cream for all.

Bring a small "mug rug" or small quilting project to practice hand quilting with friends and enjoy a fun evening with a hot chocolate bar!

Christmas at the Well