Linda Hahn's classes are fun and empowering. Linda has a way of taking a project that looks complex and breaking it down in such a way that's easy to understand. Linda adds her own sense of style while at the same time making it a WHOLE LOTTA FUN! Her infectious passion for quilting shines through her classes. Linda is a high-energy-low stress instructor. 

Linda is the author of 14 books—four of those award-winning books—including:

• New York Beauty Simplified (Bronze Medal, Independent Publishers Living Now Book Awards) and AQS best seller.
• New York Beauty Diversified (Gold Medal, Independent Publishers Living Now Book Awards).
• Rock that Quilt Block Weathervane (Gold Medal, Independent Publishers Living Now Book Awards).
• Quilt Match Up—Cash vs. Stash (Silver Medal, Independent Publishers Living Now Book Awards).

Linda is an iQuilt instructor. Her class—New York Beauty Simplified—is available at www.iquilt.com.

Linda was a National Quilting Association Certified Teacher and was the 2009  NQ A Certified Teacher of the Year. She has been nominated three times (2001, 2004, 2008) for Professional Quilter Magazine's Teacher of the Year Award.

Linda designs quilt patterns which are marketed under the name FROG HOLLOW DESIGNS.

Linda has had her work published in Quilt Magazine, The Quilter Magazine, The Professional Quilter Magazine, Quiltmaker Magazine, Quilt Almanac, Machine Quilting Unlimited Magazine, American Quilter Magazine.  She has designed quilt patterns for RJR Fabrics and Clothworks, Inc., and Elizabeth's Studio, LLC.  She works closely with Northcott Fabrics. Hoffman California and Banyan Batiks fabrics.

Lunch Bunch location: Tequilas (Sign up at Guild Mtg)

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Diane Vandiver was born and raised near New Orleans and earned her degree in education from High Point College, NC. She later became a flight attendant for American  Airlines and traveled for a decade before starting her family. She settled in Georgia to raise her children where she discovered her passion for quilting while being a homeschool mom.

After making her first quilt in 1997, Diane was hooked. In 2012, and more than 100 quilts later, Diane created a pattern company and website called Butterfly Threads Quilting. She has published dozens of patterns, created templates, and was a regular contributing writer to the Craftsy Quilting website for 5 years. 

Since 2015, Diane has been traveling the country teaching quilting techniques and sharing her love of scrap quilts. Her two books, Scrap Quit Secrets and Strip Quilt Secrets have both been published by C&T. Diane designs fabric for Blank Quilting Fabrics and enjoys longarming on her HQ Amara. 

The lunch bunch is going to Tequilas at 300 Freeman St. (sign up at Guild Mtg)

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Back by Popular Demand

The Pizza Girls got their name from the way they package their fabrics. Their specialty is making kits, coordinating fabrics for maximum impact for each project and then packaging them to look like pizzas.

In this Show & Tell Cindy and Patti will present Antique Needlework. They have collected antique needlework for a long time. We will get to look at and touch samples from the 1800s, including lots of white work/Ayshire samples.

The discussion will be the history of cotton manufacturing and fashion trends from the late 1700s to World War I. If you stitch at all, you will appreciate the work in these samples.

Cindy and Patti will also bring fabric collections, patterns, rulers, and kits to sell after the Show & Tell.

The lunch bunch is going to West First at 101 First Ave. W. (sign up at Guild Mtg)

Unleash the Power of Your Sewing Machine

Learn to use machine stitching to create dimension with amped up applique decorative stitches and thread painting. Open your mind to the creative possibilities that can be accomplished with your machine.

Sandy Fitzpatrick of Hissyfitz Designs is an applique quilt pattern designer whose goal is to get as many of the quirky designs that are spinning around in her head, down on paper for you to enjoy!

Using fusible and non-fusible techniques, Sandy will take away the mystery and the dread as you learn how easy the process really is. Learn how to do so much more with the satin-stitching, blanket-stitching, and the decorative stitches on your machine.

Sandy and her Air Force husband moved around the country. She currently resides in Cary, NC.

The lunch bunch will go to Applebees at 1635 Four Seasons Blvd. (sign up at guild mtg.)

Color! An Engineer’s guide to color value and color placement in your quilts

This is a return visit for Charles. He so impressed the guild last year that we wanted to invite him back for more color and style inspiration.

As an engineer, Charles approaches color selection and placement in quilts in a very methodical way. In this talk he’ll discuss several strategies for selecting fabric colors and their placement when planning your quilt to add interest and depth. He promises there aren’t any quizzes or mathematical equations!

The talk is in 3 parts: Charles begins with a brief discussion on color theory basics (the color wheel, and concepts: hue, tone, shade, and value). In the second part he shares quilts that he's sewn using other designers’ patterns and discusses different ideas for color placement. In the third part he shares his own original designs, and discusses the approach to how colors were selected to enhance the overall effect and design.

Join the lunch bunch at Sol-Y-Luna, 1715 Brevard Rd. (sign up at Guild Mtg)

This meeting will be a social Mix & Mingle after the business meeting. Details will be shared as soon as they are available.

Quilt as Desired

Those three words "quilt as desired" strike fear in many quilters. Cheryl Brickey will share a step-by-step process you can use to help determine which quilt design you should use on your quilts, whether you are quilting it yourself or sending it out to a quilting professional. This helps you decide between allover versus custom patterns, which designs to use, and even quilting density and thread color. She will show many of her quilts and discuss how she decided the quilting patterns for each.

Cheryl is a chemical engineer who loves designing quilts and quilt math. She is the author of Just One Charm Pack Quilts, Just Two Charm Pack Quilts, and Modern Plus Sign Quilts.

Cheryl has had her work published in major quilt magazines and won awards in international quilt shows. She created her company Meadow Mist Designs to bridge her technical background with a love of quilting to deliver classic and modern quilt patterns.

Cheryl lives in South Carolina with her husband, two school-age kids, and four cats.

The lunch bunch will go to Tooley's Cafe at 1729 Brevard Rd. (Sign up at mtg.)

The details for our Annual Holiday Party will be shared as soon as they are available.