February 18, 2012 - Apx. 11:00 a.m. : PQG Regular Meeting at Prairie Winds Community Center, 424 Main Street, Bridgeport NE
8:30 a.m. Hostesses and Committee Chairs prepare for meeting9:00 a.m. Refreshments ready9:30 a.m. Regular meeting
LECTURE: Barb Gorges presents "How to Help Your Quilt". A quilt in an environmentally-controlled vault might last forever, but nobody will get to enjoy it. I think the biggest compliment a quilter can receive is that someone enjoyed a quilt she/he made so much it was loved to pieces. It is up to the quilt owner to decide which quilts are everyday quilts and which are special occasion quilts. Barb will relate today's best care practies by using old quilts to show how construction decision also determine the length of a quilts life. Members are invited to share quilt problems.
SUPPLY LIST: Pencil for taking notes on lecture handout. Students are welcome to bring examples of methods they use to store quilts and quilts that are examples of wear and tear.
March 17, 2012 - 9:30 a.m. : PQG Regular Meeting at Crawford Community Building, 1005 First Avenue, Crawford, NE
8:30 a.m. Hostesses and Committees prepare for meeting9:00 a.m. Refreshments ready9:30a.m. Regular meeting
LECTURE: Whitney Tewahade presents "Surface Design". Learn all about different techniques for surface design such as batiks, discharging, dyeing, making your own fabrics. "Nothing can be more satisfying."
April 21, 2012 - 9:30 a.m. : PQG Regular Meeting at First United Methodist Church, 2002 4th Avenue, Scottsbluff NE
8:30 a.m. Hostesses and Committees prepare for meeting9:00 a.m. Refreshments ready9:00 a.m. Regular meeting
TRUNK SHOW & DEMONSTRATION: Peggy Parrott: Art & Pictorial Quilt Lecture/Demonstration combination - 2.5 hours with lunch break
Peggy is a wife, mother, volunteer, and quilt artist. She is married, 32 years, to Phil and has 3 children. She has been quilting for 27 years.
Peggy will present an interactive trunk show with some informal teaching and a few demonstrations of techniques with in-process samples and handouts. She will bring samples in various sizes and styles, some group pieces and some 3-D pieces (totes, a soft sculpture creche and others. She will have some handouts and will do a couple of quick demos. There will be a Q&A after the presentation.
May 19, 2012 - 9:30 a.m. : PQG Regular Meeting at Allilance Learning Center, 1750 Sweetwater, Alliance NE
8:30 a.m. Hostesses and Committees prepare for meeting9:00 a.m. Refreshments ready9:30 a.m. Regular meeting
LECTURE/TRUNK SHOW: Bonne Kucera: "What To Do With Scraps". "My grandmother told me quilts were made from scraps. Imagine my surprise when I went to quilt guild and found out they were buying new fabric and cutting it up for quilts.
10 years later, remembering my Grandmosther's words, I turned back to scrap quilts. Some are fun, some strange and some are award winning. I guarantee you will go home with your head bursting with ideas for scrap quilts."
June 16, 2012 - 9:30 a.m. : PQG Regular Meeting at TBA Scottsbluff/Gering
8:30 a.m. Hostesses and Committees prepare for meeting9:00 a.m. Refreshments ready9:30 a.m Regular meeting and Installation of Officers
TRUNK SHOW: Yvonne Hollenbeck: "Patchwork of the Prairie:
TRUNK SHOW: Vi Colombe: "Lone Star Quilts"
Yvonne and Vi have been friends for several years and live in the same neck of the prairie in South Dakota. Yvonne is known for her storytelling and is a "cowgirl poet", she also sings and plays the guitar. She will begin the show with quilts from her family going back many years and tells stories about them. Vi is know for her Star Quilts using designs from her Native American heritage. Vi will follow up with her star quilts and the more modern way of making quilts today.