OCQG Weekly Posts through Friday 6/27/2025 (3 posts)
Program and Workshop Committee
What to do with all those Fat Quarters?
Let’s have lots of fun at our July meeting! What do you love about fat quarters? What do you find challenging about fat quarters? Bring examples of your favorite fat quarter quilts/projects, recommend books or patterns. Your program team will have some ideas/examples to share. Sign up for show and tell. You could win a prize! Send an email to Pamela (quilterOCQG@gmail.com).
Quilt Show Host Volunteer Sign-ups
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Fun workshops coming up in September and October!
Fabric Bowls Workshop taught by Viki West
September 12, 2025, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (half day)
$25 plus $3 for supplies
$25 plus $3 for supplies
(14” sq. Soft and Stable, wavy pinking blade)
Create a fabulous fabric bowl! They are fast, fun, and easy; bet
you can’t make just one. The bowls make great gifts or decorative
items. No ¼ inch seams, no precise cutting. These beautiful fabric
bowls are made with Soft and Stable foam stabilizer and NO
ROPES REQUIRED! This is a good way to use up scraps or
charm squares. We will use our rotary cutters with a wavy/pinking
blade for cutting fabric. By the end of the workshop, we will go
home with a finished bowl!
you can’t make just one. The bowls make great gifts or decorative
items. No ¼ inch seams, no precise cutting. These beautiful fabric
bowls are made with Soft and Stable foam stabilizer and NO
ROPES REQUIRED! This is a good way to use up scraps or
charm squares. We will use our rotary cutters with a wavy/pinking
blade for cutting fabric. By the end of the workshop, we will go
home with a finished bowl!
Carpenter’s Square Workshop taught by Peggy Gelbrich
October 10, 2025, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, $65
October 10, 2025, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, $65
(Confident Beginner)
Simple, straight stitching will create this Carpenter’s Square quilt
(59” x 59”). Like most quilts, it’s really an easy puzzle that’s made
up of two different blocks and pieced sashing. If you have a
carpenter in your life this would make a great gift.
(59” x 59”). Like most quilts, it’s really an easy puzzle that’s made
up of two different blocks and pieced sashing. If you have a
carpenter in your life this would make a great gift.
Sign-ups will be at the July Guild meeting.
Pamela Potter
quilterocqg@gmail.com
Worth Repeating . . .
2025 Challenge Quilt Voting Now Online
Nan has posted a link on the home page of the guild website for online voting for the 2025 challenge. Voting will remain open until Thursday, July 24th, and quilts may be viewed in person at the July General Meeting.
Register Your Quilts for the Quilt Show
Registration for the 2025 Quilt Show is now open. Click HERE to proceed. Registration ends on Friday, July 4th, at midnight.