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Julie Mason – Quilt Barn Trail – Oregon’s Tualatin Valley

Dayton First Baptist Church 300 Flower Lane, Dayton, Oregon

The Quilt Barn Trail of Oregon's Tualatin Valley is a project of Westside Quilters Guild, located in Hillsboro, Oregon. Our trail highlights the county's agricultural and historical heritage, promotes area tourism, provides public art in unexpected places, and showcases the art of quilting.  Brochures and maps are available in visitor centers, libraries and other locations, as well as online.  Funding for our trail was provided by Westside Quilters Guild, grants, sponsors and donations.  No public money has been spent on our trail.  Oregon residents and visitors use our maps to navigate the trail.  Our blocks are located on established trails such as…

Quilt Barn Trail Tour of Oregon’s Tualatin Valley

Dayton First Baptist Church 300 Flower Lane, Dayton, Oregon

The Quilt Barn Trail of Oregon's Tualatin Valley is a project of Westside Quilters Guild, located in Hillsboro, Oregon. Our trail highlights the county's agricultural and historical heritage, promotes area tourism, provides public art in unexpected places, and showcases the art of quilting.  Brochures and maps are available in visitor centers, libraries and other locations, as well as online.  Funding for our trail was provided by Westside Quilters Guild, grants, sponsors and donations.  No public money has been spent on our trail.  Oregon residents and visitors use our maps to navigate the trail.  Our blocks are located on established trails such as…

Christina Cameli – How to Love Free Motion Quilting

Dayton First Baptist Church 300 Flower Lane, Dayton, Oregon

Christina Cameli is a quilter with a thousand interests. She is a fabric and pattern  designer as well as a teacher and author, and feels the happiest piecing with scraps and free-motion quilting. She finds joy in sharing the magic of quilting with anyone who is ready to try something new. Christina is known for her clear instruction and calm, soulful encouragement, which she shares far and wide through her books and online classes. Her 5 quilting books include Wedge Quilt Workshop and Step-by-Step Free-Motion Quilting. Christina works as a nurse-midwife and lives with her blended family in Portland, Oregon. Website: www.christinacameli.com Instagram: @afewscraps Facebook:…

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"Preparing Your for the Quilter"

Arelene Sachitano

Arlene Sachitano was born at Camp Pendleton while her father was serving in the US Navy. Her family lived in Newport, Rhode Island before settling in Oregon, where Arlene still resides. Arlene worked in the electronics industry for almost thirty years, including stints in solid state research as well as  production supervision. Arlene is handy being both a knitter and a quilter. She puts her quilting knowledge to work, writing the Harriet Truman/Loose Threads mystery series, which features a long arm quilter as the amateur sleuth. Arlene divides her time between homes in Portland and Tillamook that she shares with her…

Apron Exchange

WVQ’s December program will be an Apron Exchange ... Wrap your apron in pretty paper, participants will pick a present. We will have an Apron Parade :) 

Tips, Tricks & Techniques

Tips, Tricks, & Techniques” will be presented by some of our members. We will have the opportunity to learn some new skills, be reminded of things we could use a review on, and have fun learning with others! Topics that will be covered are:*  Choosing Fabrics for Your Project*  Disappearing Nine-Patch*  Flange Binding*  Mitered Corners*  Perfect Piecing*  Quilt Sleeves*  Vinyl Project BagsYou will choose your favorites and move to a new group several different times. We appreciate those who will be leading these demonstrations!

Ugly Fabric Reveal …

Ugly Fabric Challenge … ·  Bring a Fat Quarter of ugly or hard to use fabric to the WVQ December meeting. ·  Put the fabric into a brown paper bag which will be handed out by the Meeting Greeters.  ·  All of the bags will be collected as members enter the meeting room. ·  Participating members will take a different bag at the end of the meeting. ·  Using at least 1/2 of the Ugly Fabric in the bag and your stash fabric make a block about 18” x 18”, finish it with batting, backing & quilted. ·  Please save a 2 1/2” square of your…

McKenna Ryan Trunk Show …

Presented by Sharon Miller & Tess Ryan Inside McKenna Ryan’s world of quilt artistry, hummingbirds hover over brilliant flowers, elk bugle in lush fabric forests, eagles soar across quilted landscapes, and smoke rises wistfully from cabins in the woods--all so charmingly, you’d like to crawl right into these scenes and make yourself at home! As a child, McKenna’s greatest joy came from immersing herself in nature. She collected driftwood, rocks and wildflowers along the shores of Lake Michigan to create natural one-of-a-kind art pieces.  She was an artist and entrepreneur from the very beginning:  opening up “shop hours” in her…