Calendar
I hope to see you at an upcoming event! Let’s Talk Quilts!
2023
April 11–13: Prairie Quilt Guild retreat (personal)
April 14: Walking Foot Quilting, Mangelsen’s, Omaha, NE
April 17: Hand-Look Binding by Machine on Zoom
April 22–24: East Bay Heritage Quilters, trunk show and two workshops
Saturday, May 6: Sampler Platter with Global Quilt Connection: Maps for Scraps, StarQuar and Beyond
May 26: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful Scrap Quilts, Mangelsen’s, Omaha, NE
June 26: East Iowa Heirloom Quilt Guild, trunk show and workshop
July 10: Piece Corps Quilters Guild, St Joseph, MO, trunk show and workshop
July 12: Northern California Quilt Council, Meet the Teachers on Zoom
July 18: Washington Stars Quilt Guild, Olympia, WA, trunk show
July 20–22: QuiltNebraska, trunk show and workshop
August 1, 2: Omaha Modern Quilt Guild, Omaha, NE, trunk show and workshop
August 13: Midland Quilt Guild, Midland, TX, trunk show and workshop
Sept 11–12: Ponca City, Oklahoma trunk show and workshop
Sept 15, 16: Dakota Prairie Quilt Guild, Yankton, SD: trunk show and workshop
Oct 17, 18: South Bay Quilters Guild, trunk show and workshop
Oct 24: Braided River Quilt Guild, Papillion, NE, trunk show
Nov 2 and 4, Minnesota Quilters Quild, two trunk shows
Nov 9–12, Memphis Tennessee retreat
2024
Jan 10: Rochester NY Modern Quilt Guild/Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild joint, trunk show
April 1, 2: Baytown Area Quilt Guild, Baytown, TX, trunk show and workshop
Aug 13: Midland, TX trunk show and workshop
If travel is breaking the bank for your quilt group, consider virtual programming! I think people actually learn more. I will drive up to about 350 miles for in-person events when a trunk show and a workshop are planned. For complete info on my offerings, visit the Classes page and the Trunk Shows page.
See the trunk show descriptions
Contact others who have booked Stash Bandit
Past events:
2023
Jan 24: Rising Star Quilters Guild, Lexington, MA, trunk show
Jan 9: Sarnia Quilters Guild, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, trunk show
2022
Learn to Quilt: Beginner Basics, Sunday, Dec 11, Mangelsen’s in Omaha, NE; 12 to 4.
Nov 3–5: Hands All Around Quilt Guild, Bloomington, Illinois, Jingle Bells Trunk Show, String Piecing 101, Tango, in person
Nov. 8: Omaha Quilters’ Guild, Jingle Bells Trunk Show, Bound for Glory workshop
Nov. 10: High Point Quilt Guild, High Point, North Carolina, MESQ trunk show
Oct 14 & 15: Fremont Quilt Show, Fremont, NE
Oct 18: QU Springfield workshop session 1
Oct 22: Pieces and Patches Quilt Guild, Garnett, Kansas, MESQ trunk show
Oct 25: QU Springfield workshop session 2
Oct 14 & 15: Fremont Quilt Show, Fremont, NE
Oct 18: QU Springfield workshop session 1
Oct 22: Pieces and Patches Quilt Guild, Garnett, Kansas, MESQ trunk show
Oct 25: QU Springfield workshop session 2
Oct 6: Las Vegas Quilt Guild, Nevada, trunk show
Oct 6 & 7: Oakland County Quilt Guild, Rochester, Michigan, MESQ trunk show, Tango workshop
Oct 8: Edmonton & District Quilter’s Guild, Baby Windmills Session 2
October 12 and 13: Orange Grove Quilt Guild, trunk show and workshop
Sept 20: Quilters Unlimited Springfield, trunk show
Sept 21: Edmonton & District Quilter’s Guild, Alberta, Canada, trunk show and workshop
Oct 1: Edmonton & District Quilter’s Guild, Baby Windmills Session 1
Oct 4: Old Tippecanoe Quilt Guild, MESQ trunk show
Sept. 12: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts, online trunk show open to all. Tickets $20 Eventbrite.
Sept 13: Prairie Quilt Guild, Holdrege, NE: Taste Test Trunk Show
Sept 15: Island Quilt Guild: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show
August 24 & 25: Nebraska City Quilt Guild, Nebraska City, NE: Trunk show and workshop
August 20: Learn to Quilt! Quilting 101 Session 2, Mangelsen’s, Omaha, NE
August 13: Learn to Quilt! Quilting 101 Session 1, Mangelsen’s, Omaha, NE
August 9: Quilt Guild of Arlington, Texas, Jingle Bells Trunk Show
August 6: Scrap Management, Brick by Brick workshop, Mangelsen’s, Omaha, NE
July 31: Beef Up Your Backgrounds: All-Star Sampler Platter event with Global Quilt Connection. More information here
July 22 & 23: Jingle Bells Trunk Show and StarQuar Scrap Quilts, Mangelsen’s.
July 21 & 22: Golden Triangle Quilt Guild, Beaumont, TX: Trunk show and workshop
July 14: Prairie Pioneer Quilt Guild, Grand Island, NE: Filling in for Edyta Sitar
July 9 & 10: Amador Valley Quilters, Pleasanton, CA: Trunk show and workshop
June 26: Color, Contrast & Cohesion, Mangelsen’s, Omaha, NE
June 23–25: Omaha Quilt Show with Mangelsen’s
June 5: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts, Mangelsen’s, Omaha, NE
May 13 & 14: Sioux Falls Quilt Guild, Sioux Falls, SD: Trunk show and workshop
May 6 & 7: Heart of the Prairie Quilt Guild, Belleville, KS: Trunk show and workshop
May 5: PAQA, Phoenix, AZ: Trunk show
April 28 & 29: Nimble Thimbles Quilt Guild, Lee’s Summit, MO: Taste Test Trunk Show and Intro to Improv workshop.
April 23: Nebraska State Quilt Guild, Quilter’s Day Out, keynote: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts. More info.
April 12 & 13: Folsom Quilt & Fiber Guild, Folsom, California: Taste Test Trunk Show and Color, Contrast & Cohesion workshop
April 6: Santa Monica Quilt Guild, Santa Monica, CA: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show.
March 15: Gold Coast Quilter’s Guild, Boca Raton, FL: Taste Test Trunk Show.
March 9: SMQG, trunk show.
March 8: Quilters Unlimited McLean, Arlington, VA: String Piecing 101.
Feb. 28: Mohawk Valley Quilt Club, New Hartford, NY: Trunk show.
Feb 17: Legacy Quilters Guild, Santee, CA: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show.
Feb 15: North Pittsburgh Quilters Guild, Pittsburgh, PA: Taste Test Trunk Show.
Feb 1: Maui Quilt Guild, Kihei, HI: Trunk show, two workshops.
Jan 26 & 28: Quiltfest Virtual Scchoolhouse; two workshops.
Jan 11: Quilters Unlimited Mt. Vernon, Virginia: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show.
Jan 8 & 21: Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Williamsburg, VA: Trunk show.
2021
Dec. 14: Four County Quilters Guild, Mt Airy, MD: Trunk show.
Dec. 9: Centreville Quilters Unlimited, Centreville, VA: Trunk show.
Nov. 18: Soo-Nipi Quilters Guild, Newport, NH: Trunk show.
Nov. 17 & Dec. 4: Waterloo County Quilters’ Guild, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Jingle Bells Trunk Show.
Nov. 15: Silver Needles Quilt Guild, Salina, KS: MESQ trunk show.
Nov. 11, 12 & 19: Haymarket Quilters Unlimited, Haymarket, VA: Jingle Bells Trunk Show and workshop.
Nov. 3: Puyallup Valley Quilt Guild, Puyallup, WA: Trunk show.
Oct. 18 & 19: Country Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Norfolk, NE: Trunk show and workshop.
Oct. 16: Shenandoah Valley Quilt Guild, Shenandoah Valley, VA: Trunk show and workshop.
Oct 15: Pacific Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Sonoma/Mendocino coast, CA: Trunk show.
Oct. 12 & 13: Orange Grove Quilters Guild, Orange County, CA: Jingle Bells Trunk Show and Christmas Dance workshop.
Oct. 5 and 6: Mississippi Valley Quilters Guild, Iowa/Illinois Quad Cities: Jingle Bells Trunk Show; workshop.
October 1 and 2: White Flower Quilt Shop, Clinton, MO: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show, Let’s Play Drezzup workshop.
August 28: Lakeshore Quilt Guild, Shoreview, MN: Taste Test Trunk Show
August 19: Solomon Valley Quilt Guild, Beloit, KS: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts.
August 15 and 16: Lakeview Quilters Guild, Houston, TX: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show; Color, Contrast and Cohesion workshop.
August 14: Empire Quilt Guild, Manhattan, NY: Taste Test Trunk Show
August 12 and 21: Arapahoe County Quilters, Denver, CO: Windy Wonders trunk show, Windy Wonders workshop.
June 2: Blue Rudge Quilters’ Guild, Johnson City, TN: Let’s Play Drezzup trunk show.
May 21–22: Piecemakers Quilt Guild, McCook, NE: Let’s Play Drezzup workshop and trunk show, in person.
May 19: Common Threads Quilt Guild, Lafayette, IN: Taste Test Trunk Show
May 18: Rock Creek Quilt Guild, Fairbury, NE: One Hundred Small Quilts, in person.
May 11: Baltimore Heritage Quilters Guild: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts.
May 4: Castle Rock Quilt Club, Castle Rock, CO: Trunk show and workshop TBD.
May 3, 8 and 15: Pioneer Quilter’s Guild, Rocklin, CA. Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts; Ahead of the Curve workshop.
April 28: QuiltTalk, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts.
April 21: Asheville Quilt Guild, Inc., Ashville, NC: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts.
2020
Nov. 13: Jubilee Quilters Guild, Bartlesville, OK, Jingle Bells trunk show and workshop TBD
Nov. 5: Miami County Quilt Guild, Paola, KS, Jingle Bells trunk show (two meetings)
Oct. 26 and 27: Belle Point Quilt Guild, Fort Smith, AR, Jingle Bells trunk show and full-day workshop TBD
Oct 20: Rock Creek Quilt Guild, Fairbury, NE; One Hundred Small Quilts trunk show Pending
Nov. 10: Olathe Quilters Guild, Olathe, KS, Jingle Bells trunk show PM
Oct. 2 and 3, 2020: White Flower Quilt Shop, Quilt Walk 2020, Clinton, MO. Let’s Play Drezzup workshop, Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show. Rescheduled for fall, 2021.
Nov. 10: Quilt Guild of Greater Kansas City; Jingle Bells Trunk Show.
Nov. 5: Miami County Quilt Guild, Paola, KS; Jingle Bells Trunk Show.
Oct. 21: West Houston Quilt Guild, Houston, TX: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show.
Oct. 15: Quilters Unlimited chapter of Fairfax, VA: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show.
Oct. 13: Ninigret Quilters, Westerly RI; Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show.
Oct. 6: Maryland QG.
Sept. 28: Prairie Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Fremont, NE; Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show, Bound for Glory workshop.
Sept. 22: Emma Creek Quilt Guild, Hesston, KS, trunk show.
Sept. 3: Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild, Gainesville FL, Windy Wonders Trunk Show.
Sept. 1–2, 2020: Tri-County Quilt Guild, Houston, TX, Windy Wonders trunk show, workshop TBD Cancelled
Sept. 2–3, 2020: Woodlands Area Quilt Guild, The Woodlands, TX, Windy Wonders trunk show, Baby Windmills workshop Cancelled
Sept. 15 and 16, 2020: Southwest Florida Quilters Guild, Fort Myers, FL, One Hundred Small Quilts trunk show, Let’s Play Hanky Panky workshop. Cancelled
June 24–27, 2020: Vermont Quilt Festival CancelledAhead of the Curve: Improvising a Round (full day)Let’s Play Hanky Panky (full day)Strange Bedfellows: A Fabric Playshop (full day)Bound for Glory (half day)
July 20–21, 2020: Quilters on the Rock, Coupeville, WA; Let’s Play Drezzup trunk show and workshop Cancelled
August 18, 2020: Missouri River Quilt Guild, Jefferson City, MO; Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show, Improvisational Quilt Sampler workshop Cancelled, hoping to reschedule in 2021
May 12, 2020: Arlington, TX; Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show Cancelled
May 19, 2020: Rock Creek Quilt Guild, Fairbury, NE; One Hundred Small Quilts trunk show Cancelled
June 16–20: HQ Academy, Salt Lake City, UT; Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show My lecture has been cancelled. The rest of the event has been reimagined.
May 5, 2020: Castle Rock Quilt Club, Castle Rock, CO: Trunk show and workshop TBD.
May 1–2, 2020: Piecemakers Quilt Guild, McCook, NE: Let’s Play Drezzup workshop and trunk show. Rescheduled for 2021
April 24–25, 2020:White Flower Quilt Shop, Quilt Walk 2020, Clinton, MO. Let’s Play Drezzup workshop, Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show. Rescheduled for October
April 4, 2020:Heartland Quilt Network CancelledAn annual meeting where guilds can hire speakers on the spot!
March 3–4: Maui Quilt Guild, Kahului, HI; One Hundred Small Quilts trunk show, String Piecing 101 and Tango workshops
Feb. 6: Hastings Quilt Guild, Hastings, NE; Let’s Play Drezzup trunk show
2019
Nov. 12: Kansas Capital Quilters Guild, Topeka, KS; Jingle Bells trunk show
Nov. 6–7: Squanicook Colonial Quilt Guild, Pepperell, MA; Jingle Bells trunk show and Let’s Play Hanky Panky workshop
Nov. 4: Hannah Dustin Quilt Guild, Hudson, NH; Windy Wonders trunk show and Fowl Play workshop
Oct. 10: Prairie Pioneer Quilt Guild, Grand Island, NE; Jingle Bells trunk show
Sept. 27–28: Kansas Quilters Organization, Colby, KS; Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show (morning) and Jingle Bells trunk show (afternoon); Two-fer Tango workshop
Sept. 9–10: Lincoln Quilters Guild; Jingle Bells trunk show and Pine Burr workshop
August 17: Kansas Longarm Quilter’s Group, Wichita, KS; Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show and additional demos
August 6: Omaha Modern Quilt Guild, Omaha, NE; Strange Bedfellows fabric playshop; Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts trunk show
April 2: Blue Valley Quilters Guild, Overland Park, KS
March 14–17: Stash Bandit’s Mountain Retreat
Buena Vista Riverside Lodge, Buena Vista, CO
March 11–12: Monarch Quilt Guild, Salida, CO; “Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts” trunk show, “Let’s Play Drezzup” workshop
Feb. 12: Omaha Quilter’s Guild
“Windy Wonders: A Quilt Block Grows Up” trunk show and “Let’s Play Hanky Panky” workshop
Jan. 15: Rock Creek Quilter’s Guild, Fairbury, NE
“Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts” trunk show
2018
Dec. 11: Prairie Quilt Guild, Wichita, KS
“Jingle Bells Trunk Show” 1 pm and 7 pm
Nov. 12: Lee’s Summit Quilters’ Guild, Lee’s Summit, MO
“Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts” lecture/trunk show
Oct. 9: Prairie Quilt Guild, Holdrege, NE
“Jingle Bells” trunk show, 6:30 pm
Sept. 13–15: Quilter’s Retreat co-sponsored with Wagner’s Quilts & Conversation,
Arapahoe, NE. “Petit Patchwork” is the theme.
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Aug. 16, 2018: Thayer County Quilt Guild, Hebron, NE
“Let’s Play Drezzup” lecture/trunk show
July 27–28: QuiltNebraska, the annual gathering of Nebraska State Quilt Guild
Omaha, NE
“Windy Wonders” trunk show
“Jingle Bells” trunk show
June 28: Country Crossroads Quilt Guild, Kearney, NE
“Let’s Play Drezzup” lecture/demo
May 16-17: Common Threads Quilt Guild, Lafayette, IN
“Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts” lecture/trunk show
“Let’s Play Drezzup” workshop
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May 4-5, 2018: Heart of the Prairie Quilt Guild, Belleville, KS
“Let’s Play Drezzup” lecture/trunk show
“Windy Wonders” workshop
April 24: Starlight Quilters Guild, Shawnee Mission, KS
“Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts” lecture/trunk show
April 7: Heartland Quilt Network, Lenexa, KS
An annual meeting where guilds can hire speakers on the spot!
April 3: Corner Quilters, Shenandoah, IA
Stash Buster Sewing Day: String Piecing and Beyond
Jan. 11: Prairie Pioneer Quilters, Grand Island, NE
“Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts” lecture/trunk show
2017
Dec. 7: Hastings Quilters Guild, Hastings, NE
“Jingle Bells” lecture/trunk show
Nov. 20: Blue Valley Quilt Guild, Seward, NE
Inaugural debut of “Jingle Bells” lecture/trunk show
Nov. 14: Prairie Quilt Guild, Holdrege, NE
Inaugural debut of “Windy Wonders: A Quilt Block Grows Up” lecture/trunk show
Oct. 18 and 19: Piecing Partners Quilt Guild, Colorado Springs, CO
“Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts” lecture/trunk show
Sting Piecing 101 class (half day) and Asterisk class (full day)
Sept. 30: Rosebud Quilt Guild, Burke, SD
“Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts” 2 pm lecture/trunk show
Sept. 24–27: String Piecing Retreat, Wagner’s Quilts & Conversation. Two and a half days of string piecing adventures! Brochure with details. Call Wagner’s for more info: 308-962-8458
Sept. 15 and 16: Hand-Look Binding by Machine, Calico Cottage, Hastings, NE
July 11: Judging quilts and needlework at Fillmore County Fair,
Geneva, NE
May 22: Custer’s Last Stitch, Broken Bow, NE
“Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts” evening lecture/trunk show
April 29: Nebraska State Quilt Guild, Quilter’s Day Out
Calico Cottage, Hastings, NE; 402 463 6767
“Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts” 1 pm lecture/trunk show
February: Colorado Springs Quilt Guild, Colorado Springs, CO
“Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts” lecture/trunk show; UFO workshop
Other places I’ve presented: Cedar Rapids, NE; Tilden, NE; Norfolk, NE; Burke, SD; Parker, CO; Elkhorn, NE; Ord, NE.
Give me a call and Let’s Talk Quilts!