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Upcoming events:
May 19 & 20: Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair. Hallockville Museum Farm, 6038 Sound Avenue, Riverhead. Featuring the many facets of harvesting, processing, and working with animal fiber from sheep, llamas, alpacas, and rabbits. Demonstrations and workshops will take place throughout the day including shearing, wool dying, spinning, sheep herding, and many other activities. There will also be a fiber market where vendors will sell yarn and fiber-related products. Fee. For a list of participating vendors. ELIQG will be demoing quilting techniques throughout the day, 10 AM – 5 PM.
Stop by Riverhead Library and see our Patriotic Exhibit
APPRAISALS AT THE ELIQG QUILT SHOW: Written appraisals will be available at the ELIQG 2012 Quilt Show with Joyce M. Fischer who is an AQS Certified Appraiser of traditional and non-traditional quilts. Joyce Fischer has been appraising, and judging quilts for over 8 years and specializes in the appraisal of antique quilts, contemporary quilts, art quilts, as well as other textiles including garments. Joyce has appraised for historical societies, private collectors as well as major quilt shows on a national and international basis. Joyce offers written appraisals for insurance, fair market and donation/estate values. Each item being appraised is unique and specifically analyzed by Joyce. Written appraisals are available this year at a show special fee of $35 for ELIQG members ($45 for non-members), checks made payable to Joyce Fischer. (Quilts hanging in the show may be judged, or bring quilts to be appraised, see form for more details on contacting Joyce for a 30 minute appt for carry-ins).
Wed., May 30, at SCCC New Library in Riverhead, Linda Luggen’s Lecture Stories Live On Through My Quilts. This is a lecture of sharing the story of quilts in my family. I show you the quilts as I tell the stories of my family from the late 1800s through the Great Depression and on to the present. I also show the quilts I am making today and reflect on the inspiration my past has given me. The showing is approximately 20 quilts.
Sat.& Sun, June 2 & 3, ELIQG Quilt Show: lectures by Phyllis Twigg Hatcher, Annapolis, MD
Lecture details:
Saturday, June 2, 2012, 11 AM & 2 PM
Sunday, June 3, 2012, 12 PM & 2 PM
“150 Years of Quilts”: is a lecture and show of quilts from the 1820’s to the 1970’s by Phyllis Twigg Hatcher. See how quilts of each era have their own beauty and what makes the quilt an example of its decade.
Fri., August 3, Peggy Oppenheimers’ Square In A Square Technique Lecture and Trunk Show. Peg Oppenheimer has been quilting since 1999. Once she learned Jodi Barrows’ Square in a Square™ method she became hooked! She became a Certified Square in a Square™ instructor in 2001. Peg has since also completed her certification for Creative Curves and Jodi Barrows’ new Diamond options.
Peg is from Webster, New York. squarepegsonline.com
Peg is a quilt designer! Peg’s original quilt design uses Jodi Barrows’ diamond options. One of Peg’s original designs is featured in the Jodi Barrows’ book of diamond options.
Wed., Sept 5, Dianne Rode Schneck from NYC with present her trunk show: Quilts with a Sense of Humor (Quilts and Commentary) There are serious Art Quilts, and then there are quilts that are just for fun. I’ll bring my greatest hits, and talk about how I made them and why, and how you can add a touch of humor to your own work. Some are funny, some are silly, and some are just plain weird. It’s all in good fun!
Fri., October 5, Susan Ball Faeders’ Lecture Quilting in Japan. In this bird’s-eye view digital slide show, I’ll share photos of quilts that I have seen in Japan recently—over the last few years. I’ll identify the work of some of the top sensei (teachers), and show what is most innovative and most traditionally Japanese.” I’ll explain how quilting “works” in Japan, and show how the situation is reversing—that is, how American quilters are now being affected by the Japanese quilt industry. Susan is from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. www.qejapan.com
