AAQG September General Meeting will be a HYBRID meeting – in-person at Westminster Presbyterian Church of Austin and virtual by Zoom.
6:30 pm Arrival in-person and in Zoom; 6:45 pm Show and Tell, 7:00 pm Meeting and final preparation for QuiltFest 2022; 7:30 pm Fall Social
Join us in-person for an informal fall social to thank you for all of your hard work to prepare for our QuiltFest!
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Together We Can Build A Stronger Quilt Guild
By now you may have noticed that the AAQG is more than a guild. It is a community, a family, and a home. We believe in strengthening our community to build a better us, but we can do it alone. Only together can we bring about a lasting change in our community of quilters.
Our Strategic planning committee is the primary effort of the guild to set the future direction and growth of the Guild. But you are the lifeblood of our work!
You will spend 2 hours sharing your perceptions in the following areas:
You views will be used to help inform a strategic plan for the Guild and contribute to the growth of the Guild.
Address: 8656 A State Highway 71 West Building A, Suite 100, Austin, Texas 78735 (Map)
AAQG October General Meeting will be a HYBRID meeting – in-person at Westminster Presbyterian Church of Austin and virtual by ZOOM.
6:30 pm Arrive in-person or on Zoom; 6:45 pm Show and Tell; 7:00 pm Meeting; ~7:30 pm Program Presentation and Q&A
Join us to meet our special guest, Cindy Lohbeck, fiber artist and color specialist, for her presentation Diary of a Dyehard.
Having worked in textiles and fabric dyeing for over 30 years, Cindy Lohbeck is truly a DYEHARD at heart! Cindy was raised with a passion for creativity and color. Her mother taught her to sew at age 7, and she has worked with fabric ever since. With more than 25 years of experience as an interior designer, she has a love of textiles and an eye for color that is the foundation for her winning designs.
She has worked as a professional faux finisher and muralist, and also owned a tie-dyed clothing business in the early years, all of which helped refine her color mixing skills. With the addition of quilting to her creative repertoire in 2002, all of her passions collided and Hands On Hand Dyes was born. Hands On Hand Dyes is a line of DIY (Dye It Yourself!) Kits for quilters developed by Cindy in Scottsdale, AZ. Committed to quality, convenience and simplicity, her hand-dye kits teach color mixing, dye techniques, and valuable lessons in fast, fun, and affordable methods. Her beautiful color pallets and value gradations are perfect for today’s busy quilter and make hand-dying fabric accessible to everyone.
Click to view Cindy's website.
Join us to meet artist, Natalya Khorover, and see her lecture Alternative Stitching Practices.
Art for earth’s sake – Natalya is inspired by plastic pollution, overconsumption and the urban environment. She strives to use materials which would be condemned to the landfill and chooses to use the unusual techniques of stitching and sewing to bring her artwork to life.
While her design inspiration is mainly drawn from the urban environment, it is also reliant on observations of flora and fauna around us, especially all the little details, like bubbles of rust on a railing, a gleaming reflection on a skyscraper or in a creek, and the ragged bark of a tree.
Natalya’s lecture is Alternative Stitching Practices. What can you stitch on? Just about everything! Natalya will show examples which will motivate you and inspire you, sharing details of the pleasures and occasional pitfalls of working with each. This lecture will broaden your understanding of what you can use in your art.
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