A virtual workshop, Christina Cameli –- Free Motion Design Lab 

Christina Cameli is an enthusiastic quilting teacher and nurse-midwife from Portland, Oregon. After being introduced to quilting by her grandmother, she learned free-motion quilting and over the next decade began teaching classes and writing books. This sit-and-sketch class is designed to help quilters understand the way free motion designs are made. If you can sketch it you can stitch it! Christina will draw designs on a large pad as students sketch in their notebooks and explore how basic designs can be customized to personal style for endless variations. No stitching during the workshop, but you will have lots of new ideas to bring to your projects following the sketching session. Registration is closed as we have reached capacity for the workshop.

 A virtual Quilt-A-Thon

 This year we will be creating a Quilt-As-You-Go project for Seniors with Memory Issues. Known as “Fidget Quilts” these easy, fun to sew projects will be COMPLETELY done during our Zoom session with no further quilting needed post Quilt-A-Thon. Each one will be unique with different tactile experiences. You will be AMAZED at how quickly these 9-patch quilts are made. Click here to sign up or go to the Virtual Sit and Sew page under Members only to reserve your kit!!! Registration will close on April 1 to ensure we have the kits completely prepared for your pick up on April 15^th.

June 9, 2021 at 10:00 AM

Meg Cox, an author, journalist and nationally known thought leader on the topics of family traditions and quilting created this presentation to benefit the museum she loves, and she donates the proceeds from the tour to the IQM. She serves on the board of advisors of the museum, and she writes a free monthly e-newsletter called Quilt Journalist Tells All.

Meg will give us a behind-the-scenes tour, opening the vaults and revealing the treasures of this astounding place. She will share masterpiece quilts and break down the steps in mounting an exhibition. IQM boasts a broad and unique collection of American quilts, including the red and white quilts from the 2011 exhibition at Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory and quilts from 55 countries.

July 14, 2021 at 10:00 AM

A virtual presentation, Digital Beyond Photos by Susie Monday

Susie Monday is an artist and teacher whose work is inspired by the colors, textures and images of the rich landscape -- physical, historical and cultural - of her home near the Texas Mexican border. She makes contemporary textile paintings, surface-designed art cloth and mixed media art.  In this presentation she will share digital tricks of the trade. She writes, “Many quilters have seen the amazing digital reproductions of photos created by art quilters around the world. But with the use of an iPad, computer or other tablet (even a phone) quilt artists can move beyond photographic reproduction into artistic filters, drawing and painting and amazing patterns.”