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Programs
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Monterey Peninsula Quilters Guild has a General Meeting on the First Monday of the month (with a few holiday exceptions). From March through October they will be IN-PERSON at the Pacific Grove Community Center, 515 Junipero Street ( at 15th ST) in PG. We will ZOOM November, January and February meetings. We will gather together for our Holiday Party in December.
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Our meeting starts with a Social time at 6:30pm followed by a special presentation at 7pm. The speakers are nationally and internationally known quilters.
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All members will receive a Zoom link the day of the ZOOM meetings.
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There is a guest fee of $5 for meetings with speakers.
General Meeting and Lecture
Zoom only, January 6, 2025
6:30 PM
Kelly Ashton
Sixty Degrees of Inspiration
As a self-described “pragmatic quilt maker”, Kelly approaches quilt design and construction with a knowledge of and an appreciation for the theoretical and a penchant for the practical. Her mid-life realization that she truly may not live long enough to use all of her fabric stash has propelled her into “turbo quilt making mode”! Kelly’s quilt designs range from “quick and easy” to “challenging”, thereby providing offerings to quilt makers with a wide range of skills and experience.
Kelly resides in Overland Park, KS with her biggest fan (and husband), Jeff Seib, and their miniature schnauzer, Shyma.
Find out more about Kelly at: https://kellyquilter.com
In-person Workshop for MPQG Members!
February 8, 2025
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Marge Tucker
Unmarked - Contemporary Walking Foot Quilting
In this workshop, Marge will share her method of quilting that involves little or no marking, only uses your walking foot, but still produces spectacular results!
She will start with the basics such as batting choices, thread, needles, and how to secure the quilting stitches. Using a practice quilt sandwich, you will quilt straight lines, move to curved lines, and then spirals. You will learn many designs and variations, using both straight lines and curved quilting. This class will change the way you think about your walking foot!
Oldemeyer Center
986 Hilby Ave
Seaside, CA
93955
Cost: $65 for MPQG members
Find out more about Marge at:
General meeting and Lecture
February 3, 2025
Zoom, only
6:30 PM
Marge Tucker
My Life in Quilts: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Marge Tucker is an international award-winning quilt artist with a focus on abstract improvisational design. She pieces her quilts without a definitive image of what the finished piece will look like. Marge starts with a general concept and color palette then sees where she is led.
Marge has received numerous awards for her quilts, including “Best Machine Quilting” at QuiltCon 2019 and “Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award - Modern” at the 2019 Pacific International Quilt Festival.
Find out more about Marge at:
www.margetuckerquilts.com
General Meeting and lecture
In-person and Zoom
March 3, 2025
7:00 PM
Pati Fried
Finding My Voice
I discovered quilting 25 years ago. My roots are in traditional quilting, but the clean aesthetics of Modern Design appeals to my background in Graphic Design. This has led me on a quest to merge what I love most of these to styles to express my own voice in my work.
Follow along as I share my ups and downs, successes and failures, and tips on how to find your own voice.
Find out more about Pati at:
General Meeting and Lecture
In-Person and Zoom
April 7, 2025
7:00 PM
Sarah Goer
Building a Color Palette
Sarah Goer is a former middle school math teacher turned quilt teacher who is primarily inspired by geometry and architecture and loves bold, vibrant, saturated color. Much of Sarah’s work is created from a perspective of “planned improv”, working from a set of rules she created for herself.
Sarah loves color and looks forward to telling you all about how she uses color to create dynamic compositions. Through a slide show of her work, Sarah will discuss a wide variety of ways to choose color for your quilts. She will discuss ways to look at your fabric collection with new eyes.
Find out more about Sarah at:
www.sarahgoerquilts.com