Elizabeth DeCroos

Our presenter will be Elizabeth DeCroos from Ontario.  She is the designer and teacher at Epida Studio. She loves to work in quilting, pojagi and embroidery and teach these.

golden sunrise window hanging

Bio:
“Part lecture and part trunk show, this fun talk tells my journey from Canada to Korea and back again. While in Korea, I studied the ancient art of Pojagi, Korean patchwork. Back in Canada, however, the Korean materials are more difficult to find, so I adapted pojagi techniques to readily-available western materials with some great results.”

www.epidastudio.com Instagram @elizabeth.epidastudio

Phyllis Cullen: Fibre Artist Painter http://phylliscullenartstudio.com/

Bio:
“It’s all about the color! My goal is to recreate the color and light and bring out the story, and the soul, of my subject, whether I am painting ON fabric , canvas or paper, or WITH fabric or paper, in mixed media and collages.

Photography, drawing, painting, mixed media, fabric, beads, clay.  It’s all  good.

I have shown, sold, and taught all over the world.  I now get to live and work on the beautiful Hamakua coast of Hawaii’s Big Island.  I enjoy sharing my studio and my knowledge with others.”

QUILTING IN PARADISE

“A personal story (and slide show) of how living in the land of aloha has influenced my art. Lots of scenes of Hawaii with insights from the island, and lots of quilts with their stories from a long career – and an invitation to the islands, when we can have our friends come over and play once more.”

Kathy Doughty from Australia. 
www.materialobsession.com.au
@materialobsession @matobsgirl

Bio:
“I started as a self taught quilter frustrated by appliqué failures and became a competent enthusiast.
Along the way I gathered lots of methods to making it easy and happily share the secrets to taking control of your creative process with appliqué and an open mind to possibilities.”

This lecture is great preparation for the Making Confident Choices Workshop and usually gets people enthusiastic about the workshop.

Dana E. Jones will be our presenter for this meeting. https://www.danajonesquilts.com/

Bio:
“After too many years of dreaming about making quilts, I decided it was time to live into that dream. While many folks gradually drift into quilting, I claim a specific date when I declared I was a quilter: September 14, 2003. That was the final day of a three-day Martha Pullen quilt event in Huntsville, Alabama, at which I encountered today’s quilt world for the first time. I spent the next three days driving home — I lived in White Plains, New York, at the time — stopping at more than a dozen quilt shops en route. I was hooked.”

Pagtinabangay: The Quilts and Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island
“You’ll be transported to a tiny island — just 13 acres — in the central Philippines as you enjoy images and stories of the colorful quilts and the more than 100 quiltmakers of Caohagan Island. You’ll see photos of more than 50 of these handmade, one-of-a-kind quilts plus be introduced to the unique techniques developed by these quiltmakers whose tools are simply fabric and scissors, needle and thread. I spent more than a month on the island, quilted with the residents, went fabric shopping with them on nearby Cebu Island, and snorkeled the reef that surrounds Caohagan. Those who view the quilts come away smiling, inspired by the creativity of these women and men.”

Details TBA.