Calendar
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2022
April 12 & 13: Folsom Quilt & Fiber Guild, Folsom, California: Taste Test Trunk Show and Color, Contrast & Cohesion workshop
April 23: Nebraska State Quilt Guild, Quilter’s Day Out, keynote: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts. More info.
April 28 & 29: Nimble Thimbles Quilt Guild, Lee’s Summit, MO: Taste Test Trunk Show and Intro to Improv workshop.
May 5: PAQA, Phoenix, AZ: Trunk show
May 6 & 7: Heart of the Prairie Quilt Guild, Belleville, KS: Trunk show and workshop
May 13 & 14: Sioux Falls Quilt Guild, Sioux Falls, SD: Trunk show and workshop
June 2022: No bookings because my kids are moving back to the US from Hong Kong. 😊
July 9 & 10: Amador Valley Quilters, Pleasanton, CA: Trunk show and workshop
August 24 & 25: Nebraska City Quilt Guild, Nebraska City, NE: Trunk show and workshop
Sept 13: Prairie Quilt Guild, Holdrege, NE: Taste Test Trunk Show
October 12 and 13: Orange Grove Quilt Guild.
Virtual Learning became available September 2020. Now I prefer virtual trunk shows because I think people actually learn more! I will still drive up to 300 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
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Past events:
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
April 28: QuiltTalk, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts.Â
April 21: Asheville Quilt Guild, Inc., Ashville, NC: Make Extraordinary Scrap Quilts.Â
2020
Nov. 13: Jubilee Quilters Guild, Bartlesville, OK, Jingle Bells trunk show and workshop TBD
Nov. 5:Â 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.Â
Sept. 22: Emma Creek Quilt Guild, Hesston, KS, trunk show.
Sept. 3: Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild, Gainesville FL, Windy Wonders Trunk Show.Â
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:Â 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!