News
Coming this Spring - Additional Classes on Sundays
Many of you have not been able to take advantage of classes offered by SCVQA because Tuesday, the usual class day, is not a good day for you because of work, children's schedules or other conflicts. Sue and I have been looking for a classroom that would meet our criteria and be available on the Sunday prior to our general meeting. Well, we found one! Although it will not be available to us every month, we have made arrangements with Scrapbook Island, at the Princeton Plaza Mall, to occasionally use their classroom. Starting in April, with Karla Alexander, we will be offering a Sunday class in addition to the regular Tuesday class. So far, we have also contracted for Sunday classes in May with Rosemary Eichorn and in June with Anelie Beldon. We hope to be adding even more to the schedule as we get into the year and that they are successful so we can continue to provide them to members.
Sharon McElligott, Programs co-Chair
April Speaker and Teacher - Karla Alexander
Karla Alexander, well-known author of five books, featured artist in many quilt magazines and quilt calendars, and pattern designer will be our featured speaker at our April 16th evening meeting. Her lecture, Lift the Quilts out of Your Stash, will surely be meaningful to all of us! On Sunday, April 15th, the day before our general meeting, Karla will be teaching her Creative Grid Ruler Design class. In this class you will have a choice of eight of her patterns featuring using curves for squares and rectangles to give our quilt a totally new look. On Tuesday, April 17th, the class will be Gentle Curved Piecing, again focusing on nine different patterns created by Karla. This class will explore a variety of spontaneous piecing and cutting techniques while creating one-of-a-kind quilt blocks. Please visit her web site to see the many opportunities that will be presented in these two classes: www.saginawstreetquilts.com.
Sharon McElligott, Programs co-Chair