Agave Quilters Guild

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2013 Programs

December 2013:

Agave Quilters Guild Holiday Luncheon.

 

 

 

 

 

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November 2013:

Cindy Needham of Superior Threads will present "Thread Fact and Fiction" to both Agave Quilters guild and Sew 'n Sews in a combined group. Cindy is also scheduled to do a workshop, "Open Thread Bar", with a maximum of 20 participants and open to all levels of experience. Cindy, now a quilter, teacher, designer and author, started hand quilting in 8th grade. Then she fell in love with the art of machine quilting. In 2005, Cindy quit her full time job in the medical field to follow her passion for teaching quilting which has taken her around the world. She continues to travel and teach or speak at shows and guilds. 

 

 

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October 2013:

Heidi Pridemore owner of The Whimsical Workshop with her husband Matthew, a full service design studio and retailer, is our speaker. Heidi started creating her own line of quilt patterns in 2002. In 2004 she started designing fabric in her whimsical style and in 2005, The Whimsical Workshop was born.

 

 

 

 

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September 2013:

Penny Sturges in Sun Lakes, AZ, is the owner of Quilts Illustrated and will be our speaker this month. Penny is well known for her many bag, pouch, tote and pin cushion designs which are clever, functional, and affordable.
 

 

 

 

 

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June - July - August: Happy Summer - no meetings were held!

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May 2013:

Our speakers this month are Raymond and Jeffrey of 3 Dudes Quilting Designs. After taking a beginning quilting class at A Quilter's Bee in Peoria, AZ, having never sewn before, they came home and excitedly started talking about opening a quilt shop. A year was spent learning, studying the retail market, and planning their shop which opened in January of 2008.  

 

 

 

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April 2013:

Our speaker, Martha Walker, is a local award winning quilter who has been quilting since she was a teen. She began exhibiting her quilts in 1994. Her patterns are published through her company Wagons West Designs. Martha has published several books and also teaches at 3 Dudes Quilting Designs. A class titled "Blessings" by Martha on Penny Wool Rugs is also planned for our members in April and requires the purchase of her book and a kit fee.

 

 

 

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March 2013:

Agave Quilters Guild Spring Potluck Luncheon hosted by Sandy Klouda and Jan Lien. Members only.

 

 

 

 

 

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February 2013:

Karen Fisher of Karen Fisher Art Quilts is a well known art quilter from Tucson, AZ. She has been chosen as one of the the 2012 Arizona Centennial quilt artists. 

 

 

 

 

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January 2013:

Terri Doyle, a resident of Gilbert, AZ, will present her trunk show. Terri was introduced to quilting in 2002 and became hooked immediately. A longarm quilter since 2003, she has won many national awards specializing in whole cloth quilts. She has been featured in magazines and in a calendar for the International Machine Quilters Association. For those who have never seen her presentation, prepare to be dazzled!

 

 

 

 

 

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