The ASQG March meeting is on Thursday, September 2, at the Family Masonic Center at 7pm; doors open at 6:30.
Speaker Barbara Eikmeier will be coming to us from Kansas. She is a quilt designer, teacher and author. She makes traditional-style quilts and is the sister-in-law of Carol at the Quilt Corral in Willows, CA.
Barbara learned to sew in 4-H and made her first quilt while in high school, but didn't start quilting seriously until after her marriage in 1984. She has been teaching quilting since 1990, and her favorite technique is applique. She is married to a military man, so quilting became her portable career as they moved around the country and to South Korea for military assignments.
Barbara is the mother of two, grandmother of one, and author of four quilting books. She is a fabric designer for Paintbrush Studio Fabrics, a pattern designer, a Craftsy instructor, and she presents programs and workshops to guilds around the country. Barbara lives in Lansing, Kansas with her husband and two dogs where, in addition to quilting, she enjoys flower gardening, baking pies, writing, and sailing on their vintage sailboat at nearby Perry Lake.
Barbara's lecture will be on “The Random Block Sampler.”
Barbara will be teaching a companion workshop Friday September 3d, 2021.
Time: 9:30 – 4:00
Price: $35.00 per person
In the 6-hour class students will learn ideas and techniques to make units or blocks for those odd spaces that occur when combining blocks of different sizes. In the first half of the class, we will use The Magic Triangle Ruler (available from the instructor) to make Shaded Four Patch, Birds in the Air, Quarter Square Triangles, Half Square Triangles, and Double Hourglass units. Using the ruler for trimming and marking will also be covered. In the second half of the class, students will use their own collection of random sized blocks and begin planning their own quilt. Using Barb’s simple matrix in combination with the techniques learned in the morning, everyone will make a unique, one of a kind quilt.
For more information or to sign up, contact Jill Ramsey at 530-514-5750.
