Fabric postcards and a quilt by Susan Dague

Click on the link for a blog post by Susan Dague on the VIC Postcards project!
Susan Dague Quilts

Past Event: Remember that May Meeting is Always Early

Our May meeting will be Monday evening, May 20.

John Marshall will show us some AMAZING Oriental fabrics.  Most will be available for a huge discount if you are a guild member.  (Membership applications will be available that evening.)

Click this link to see a PDF from John about our meeting.

-- Rachel Holmen

Check back soon for some EBHQ Eye Candy!

Postcards for Voices in Cloth 2014

Mabry Benson produced a stack of about 50 layouts for the post card sales at our VIC 2014.

Deanna Davis is now having  fun adding the finishing stitches to these happy lil' projects. 

She finished her heart collection yesterday and started on the dinosaurs today.

"What fun to make the sewing machine hummm and not think!"  - Deanna Davis

Thanks for sharing, Mabry and Deanna!

Past Event: Monday Meeting: Show and Tell -- My Favorite Things

Monday's meeting will feature a display of "My Favorite Things", items members have created which might - or might not - get displayed at our every-other-year quilt show.

The guild will also be showcasing our longarm quilters; several have promised to bring a quilt that demonstrates their skills.  These will be on display in the lobby before the meeting.

-- Rachel Holmen

Past Event: Saturday Workshops Taught by EBHQ Members

Tomorrow, EBHQ will feature short workshops taught by our own members. You should be able to see all the demos, since each will be brief, and each demo will be repeated throughout the morning or the afternoon.  Join us for a fun day!

Members can see ALL the demos for just $10.

Here's a list of the demos, including the name of the member who's demonstrating.


Morning session,  9 am – noon

• Hawaiian Folded Designs (Sharon May)
• Thangles (Kerry Hansing)
• BabyLock – Sashiko Machine (Deanna Davis)
• Portable Design Wall for $20 (Giny Dixon)
• Portable Cutting Table (Pamela Jensen)

Afternoon session,  1 pm – 4 pm

• French Braid -Table Runner (Valerie Yeaton)
• BabyLock – Sashiko Machine (Deanna Davis)
• Binding Technique (Ann Grundler)
• Liberated/Wonky Star (Claire Sherman)
• Portable Cutting Table (Pamela Jensen)
• Smocking (Rachel Holmen)
• Paper Piecing (Cynthia Hilton)

-- Rachel Holmen

Think about entering your quilts in the Alameda County Fair

The online entry deadline is May 22 (and probably you can't actually enter yet -- I'm writing this post on April 8).  But it's definitely time to start THINKING about what quilts you'll enter.  I believe the online entry begins April 23.

The fair website says, "If you can Make it, Take it, Grow it, or Show it!  You can Enter it into the Alameda County Fair! For entry questions please call 925-426-7611 or email Exhibits@AlamedaCountyFair.com".   The website for the show is http://acfairexhibits.com/ and there is a small entry fee for each entry, which must be paid online by credit card.  Entrants get one free ticket to the fair, so entering is the least expensive way to get a ticket!

Once you've entered your quilt (or pie, or jam, or ...) you need to bring your entry to the fairgrounds in early June.  The entry site will have the exact information and location for your particular class of entry.

-- Rachel Holmen

Past events: Quilt Shows April 7 and 21

The Guild of Quilters of Contra Costa County had its annual show this past weekend at Centre Concord; hours Sunday are 10-4.

Two weeks from now, Amador Valley Quilters present their show at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, including a special exhibit of Quilts of Valor.  The show features guest artist Alex Anderson.


-- Rachel Holmen

Past Event: EBHQ Craft Sale

Holiday Craft Fair in Albany, CA, Saturday mid-day; all items hand-made or home-grown.

Indigo - free online exhibit

In October, during the Taos Wool Festival, I watched a new film called BLUE ALCHEMY; it's now available on DVD, and it explores indigo dyeing in four countries, where it's reviving local economies.  There's a free trailer online:  http://vimeo.com/24131498

Searching online for the DVD, I found an online exhibition about indigo, from the International Quilt Study Center & Museum in Nebraska.  Now, it's 35 degrees today in Nebraska, but you can view the online exhibit while cozy in your pajamas if you want to! 

Here's the link for the exhibit:  Quilt Study Museum

And for Blue Alchemy:  New Deal Films

-- Rachel Holmen

Past Event: Sign up for October Workshop

There are still spaces in the workshop a week from tomorrow, Oct. 27, with Bobbi Finley.  Tile quilts were popular in the late nineteenth century, but they have a look that's also very contemporary. TWO fabrics are all you absolutely need -- maybe one print and one solid. (The blocks shown below require four prints and a solid.) Spend a fun day in the company of your EBHQ friends.



Bobbi has her own blog at bobbifinleytilequilts.blogspot.com-- check out some of the blocks made at workshops held by other guilds.

October 27, Saturday

Making a Tile Quilt Block - Bobbi Finley

 

See ebhq.org/classes for details.

Will the Winners Come Forward?

Several EBHQ members were winners of awards at PIQF.  Please tell us who you are!

Email reh at sff dot net, and use the word PIQF in the subject line.  Tell me your name and the name of the award.  Thanks!

-- Rachel Holmen

Past Event: Last 2 days of Big Quilt Show

Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14, are the last two days of Pacific International Quilt Festival.

Several of our members have won awards for their top-quality work.  (I'm trying to get a complete list -- if you have won an award, please email reh@sff.net with the word PIQF in the subject line, and tell me the name of the quilt and the exact name of the award.)

In addition to hundreds of vendors offering fabric, patterns, gadgets, notions, even shoes and jewelry, there are at least a dozen special quilt exhibits:  from a variety of foreign countries, on the topic of "Discovery", a fun set of quilts that exemplify "Vitamin Q" -- the invigorating quality of quiltmaking, New Quilts of Northern California, quilts featuring specific artists such as Janice Gunner, quilts based on tile patterns found in Bristol Cathedral (England), and more.  Where else can you see a quilt entitled "Gorilla My Dreams" ?

Show hours are 10-6 Saturday, and 10-5 Sunday.  If you pay for entry on Saturday, re-entry on Sunday is included.  If you can only attend on Sunday, there's a special low price.  Free parking.

Website:  http://www.quiltfest.com/activities_detail.asp?id=50

 -- Rachel Holmen

CANCELLED: Catch the bus to the biggest quilt show of the year!

UPDATED:  The bus trip has been cancelled; we only received about half the number of reservations we'd have needed to pay for the bus.  

 -- Rachel Holmen

Past Event: Meetup for Modern Quilters - come Dec. 13

Past Event: Cheap Books!

C&T Publishing is having an online sale of some of their craft books.  The sale begins at 8 pm Friday, ends Monday.  The following weekend, you can go to their warehouse in Concord and buy books and patterns in person.  Full details at ctpub.com

-- RH

Past event: August workshop not yet filled

We still have room in the workshops being held at the end of August. See the workshop list for more information about the two classes being taught by Barbara Shapel.

If you'd like to know more about Barbara, she has a website at barbarashapel.com, and a blog at barbarashapel.blogspot.com/, plus at least one video on YouTube.

 To sign up, please contact Work Shop Chair Arleen Kukua, EBHQWorkshops@gmail.com, and pay the class fee. Enjoy!

-- Rachel Holmen

EBHQ Affiliate Member website list

In case you are looking for a list of the EBHQ Affiliate Members -- the quilt shops and long-arm quilters and other professionals who support us -- the full list is here. -- RH

Past Event: Amazing Stash Sale

An international fabric collector, Jonathan Shannon, is selling off his stash. The sale is Saturday and Sunday at New Pieces.

Past Event: Big Craft Show at Fort Mason, Friday - Saturday - Sunday

http://shows.craftcouncil.org/sf

Fort Mason has huge spaces for shows like this.  You can buy tickets online, and there's a free shuttle from the Marina Green.  Come out and support fellow crafters.