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Amy Friend
Intentional Piecing: Using Fussy Cutting in Quilt Designs
This approximately one hour long trunk show will focus on the quilts found in Amy's book, Intentional Piecing, but may include additional quilts as well. Amy will use these quilts to illustrate types of fussy cutting and to discuss fabric selection in general. How can you pick the best fabric for a pattern? How can a pattern really showcase a fabric design?
Tuesday, April 9 at 6:30pm
Exeter Senior Center
Intentional Piecing: Using Fussy Cutting in Quilt Designs
This approximately one hour long trunk show will focus on the quilts found in Amy's book, Intentional Piecing, but may include additional quilts as well. Amy will use these quilts to illustrate types of fussy cutting and to discuss fabric selection in general. How can you pick the best fabric for a pattern? How can a pattern really showcase a fabric design?
Tuesday, April 9 at 6:30pm
Exeter Senior Center
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Amy Friend is a former museum curator turned designer. She designs modern quilts and specializes in paper pieced designs. She authored the books Intentional Piecing (2016) and Improv Paper Piecing: A Modern Approach to Quilt Design (2017), and has a new book, Petal + Stem (2020). Since 2019, Amy has run a paper pieced Block of the Month program each year. She is an award winning quilter and her quilts have been exhibited at a number of quilt shows as well as museums. Amy is a national quilt teacher and lecturer. Amy lives in Massachusetts with her husband and three children. If she isn’t sewing or spending time with the family, you might find her in the garden.
Visit Amy's website, www.duringquiettime.com to see her beautiful quilts and links to her Etsy shop, pattern shop and books. She also has a quilting blog and newsletter. |
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A reminder to all current members,
your annual renewal fee of $30 is expected to be paid at the April meeting.
your annual renewal fee of $30 is expected to be paid at the April meeting.
Challenge Quilts
Challenge Quilts will be revealed, celebrated and voted on during our April meeting.
The UFO Auction was such a busy evening that the Challenge Quilt Reveal had been postponed to April.
This month is also busy with our outstanding guest speaker
but let's make time to appreciate the talent involved in responding to our challenge.
Challenge Quilts will be revealed, celebrated and voted on during our April meeting.
The UFO Auction was such a busy evening that the Challenge Quilt Reveal had been postponed to April.
This month is also busy with our outstanding guest speaker
but let's make time to appreciate the talent involved in responding to our challenge.
What's a Challenge Quilt?
Typically, every other year (the years that we host a Quilt Show), the guild offers members an optional Seabreeze Challenge Quilt opportunity.
The Chair of the program (Chris Randall for this year) chooses a theme, rules and fabrics for participants. Even though our guild is not hosting a Quilt Show this year, we've decided to go ahead with our Challenge Quilt as a way for us to enjoy the camaraderie of a guild related contest and celebrating it among the guild, because, yay!
Sooo, who is involved? In August, Chris took names of people who were interested in the Challenge (yes, it's before we see the fabric or know the rules, which is part of the FUN!), and she purchased fabric. In this case, [five] 1/4-yard cuts of fabric, for which we paid $15 to participate. Members received their packets of fabric and the Rules for this challenge. Everyone who attends the April meeting will be able to Vote on 5 different categories of the quilts and there are Fabulous awards! It's a guild wide celebration!
Click here to review the rules for this year's challenge.
Typically, every other year (the years that we host a Quilt Show), the guild offers members an optional Seabreeze Challenge Quilt opportunity.
The Chair of the program (Chris Randall for this year) chooses a theme, rules and fabrics for participants. Even though our guild is not hosting a Quilt Show this year, we've decided to go ahead with our Challenge Quilt as a way for us to enjoy the camaraderie of a guild related contest and celebrating it among the guild, because, yay!
Sooo, who is involved? In August, Chris took names of people who were interested in the Challenge (yes, it's before we see the fabric or know the rules, which is part of the FUN!), and she purchased fabric. In this case, [five] 1/4-yard cuts of fabric, for which we paid $15 to participate. Members received their packets of fabric and the Rules for this challenge. Everyone who attends the April meeting will be able to Vote on 5 different categories of the quilts and there are Fabulous awards! It's a guild wide celebration!
Click here to review the rules for this year's challenge.
Guild Meetings are held at the Senior Center in Exeter, NH
Seabreeze Quilt Guild works to bring together people who appreciate quilts and quilting.
The SQG meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm to approximately 8:30 pm
Exeter Senior Center
30 Court Street (Route 108)
Exeter, NH
Directions
You may come to 2 meetings to see if you would like to join us. Print the membership form and bring it with you if you are ready to join us. All are welcome!
The SQG meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm to approximately 8:30 pm
Exeter Senior Center
30 Court Street (Route 108)
Exeter, NH
Directions
You may come to 2 meetings to see if you would like to join us. Print the membership form and bring it with you if you are ready to join us. All are welcome!
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