Potluck Theme: "It takes a village".

We will thank our Mar 24 - Feb 25 Board Members and Chair People and then we will Vote on the Mar '25 - Feb '26 Slate of Officers and install them so they are ready to start the OCQG Fiscal Year in March 2025!

In this talk, I explore how my love of Japanese culture, travel, textiles and “blue and white” came together in a fantastic journey to Japan. In this textile talk, I take you virtually with me to an indigo dyeing workshop in the country near Mt. Fuji 

David Owen Hastings is a modern quilter, graphic designer, and textile artist living in the Pacific Northwest. He creates richly layered contemporary artwork and modern minimal quilt designs. Sharing knowledge, encouraging creativity, and teaching new skills are personal passions of his. David gives lectures and workshops on branding, art, textile, and modern quilting techniques. He enjoys helping people bridge the gap between modern art and modern quilting!

We will have several stations with different Take it and Make it projects to learn and do.

A fun show-and-tell of Grace’s experiences from her quilting beginning to current time. Examples of real live quilts showing all the growth and the transitions that have transpired in the past 7-10 years.

Grace began quilting in 2000. Her art focuses on the depiction of inspiring scenes in a value based contemporary-realistic manner. She feels very fortunate to have many of her first quilts become exhibited in juried shows and be recognized for their innovation in technique and depiction of nature and people.

This is an educational slide lecture and trunk show with a big dose of humor woven in. Marjan grew up in the Netherlands. You will hear about her untraditional approach to quilting and how she creates her hand dyed fabrics. She explains where her ideas and inspiration come from, how her work has evolved over the years and why she does what she does. Learn from Marjan’s mistakes so you won’t make them yourself!

Marjan is an artist who uses fabric and thread as her medium instead of paper and paint....and a sewing machine instead of a brush.

The texture, color and prints of fabrics fascinate her and often give her inspiration for a new design. She has very seldom draw out a quilt plan, but lets the fabrics and textures determine her next step. While she works towards an idea she tries to avoid any definite image of the completed piece, because the complex nature of fabric often reveals surprises that dictate unexpected changes of direction.

Many of us will be on a quilt retreat. See the Events tab for more information.

Born in Richmond, Va. to deaf parents, Sandra was raised to believe she could do anything she put her mind to. Never was she told, “you can’t make a living as an artist”. She says, "Thank you, Frank and Charlotte Bruce for encouraging me to follow my dreams."

She began her quilting business in the fall of 2010 to combine her love of illustration, lettering and quilting. She has been an illustrator and letterer for 35 years, and long arm quilting is really just doing what she's been doing all these years, but with a different tool. She loves incorporating writing into her quilting, and “drawing” images that echo the motifs in the fabrics.

Linda is a retired pediatric/neonatal nurse, which means she loves all things small and has a great eye for detail. She has been quilting for over 20 years and has won numerous quilting awards from all over the country.

Join us as she leads us through the world of Modern Mending.

Erin Eggenburg is a maker, mender, author and instructor who resides in Portland, OR.

She is the owner of wrenbirdarts, an embroidery and mending supply shop, and author of The Mending Directory. She found a way to blend embroidery and upcycling/reuse, called visible mending. Erin teaches a variety of visible mending and embroidery classes regularly.

Join us as she shares her journey From Quilt to Clothing.

Teresa Coates is nationally known sewing educator, accomplished quilt maker, travel writer, pattern designer and relentless adventurer. She wants you to fall in love with sewing.

She designs her own line of patterns at Crinkle Dreams, including the Elemental Coat and complementary Quilted Elements patterns. She has designs for beginners, and more challenging patterns for experienced sewists.

Always a favorite, a selected few of our members will share their quilts and quilting experience.

We also have our annual ornament exchange (see the newsletter for additional information if you would like to participate).

Our very own Lyn Brown enjoys sharing her quilts with local guilds. She brings a load of real quilts to each trunk show. With a dozen years of teaching experience and a lifelong love of quilts, fabrics and stitching, Lyn has a unique perspective to share.