Please register for if you would like to attend this meeting. You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link. You will also receive an email with the meeting agenda a couple days before the meeting.
If you have any questions, please contact the Recording Secretary via the Contact form.
Be part of something beautiful!
Our 2027 Opportunity Quilt Chair, Kris Cisse, invites you to help create 2027’s stunning quilt, featuring the vibrant “Storm at Sea” block design.
All materials are provided and pre-cut into kits—we just need your help sewing them together! No special techniques are required -- just straight stitching -- so all skill levels are welcome.
Come for the sewing, stay for the fun and camaraderie! Whether you’re an experienced quilter or a beginner, your contribution will help bring this colorful creation to life.
What to Bring: Your sewing machine, light gray or white thread, and basic sewing/quilting supplies.
Extras: A light lunch will be provided.
This is the first of three sessions. Click on the links below to register for the other upcoming sesssions:
Session 2 -- November 30, 2025
Session 3 -- December 7, 2025
Registration opens on September 16, 2025
Kris is back for the third consecutive year to lead the Mystery Quilt workshop! This year's project will be made with five fabrics, each measuring 1-yard. The pieced top will come out to 54” x 64” with a border.
This pattern does not have curves, Y-seams, applique, or paper piecing. It can be made in a one-day session, so it is not an intricate pattern. The challenge is in taking the leap of sewing without having the visual in advance.
It is recommended to have a light, a medium, and a dark fabric, and two multi-colored, medium-to-large print fabrics. The light fabric is considered your background. It is best to not use directional fabrics in a Mystery Quilt, since you have no idea which direction they will turn, but if that doesn’t bother you, use whatever you would like!
This workshop is suitable for all levels of experience.
A light lunch will be provided – bring your own beverages.
Doors open at 9:30 for setup, workshop starts at 10:00 am.
Luke Haynes
Luke talks about his work in the context of art and architecture. His studies were in contemporary art and modern architecture and both influenced how he understands quilting. He has made over 350 quilts and has shown them across the world.
In this presentation Luke will show slides on how the work is made and how the process is conceived through the lens of painting and building. The works he will show span from simple variations of traditional quilts to entire houses covered in fabric. Quilts are geometry made physical.
More About Luke
Luke was born and raised across the American South, receiving formal training in art and architecture at Cooper Union in New York. A chance encounter with a box of fabric remnants sparked his imagination, leading to his first quilt which measured 7’x10’. As he continued to experiment, he created a system to piece manageable parts into a larger whole, applying a modern design sense to a familiar process. He uses reclaimed materials from the communities he works with in order to speak with the textile language of each region.
Watch a video from the LA Times about Luke.
Check out his website at luke.art
This is the second of three sessions. Click on the link below to register for the final upcoming session:
Join us for a joyful evening as we celebrate this year’s holiday social with the theme Holiday on the Mountain!
We are looking forward to another wonderful turnout filled with laughter, music, and holiday cheer.
Non-members are welcome to this event at no charge, but please register so we know you are coming!
Secret Pal Gift Exchange -- a friendly reminder for those participating:
• Please bring a wrapped gift labeled with your Secret Pal’s name and your own name,
• Handmade gifts are encouraged — but remember, it’s the thought that counts!
• $30 maximum value, please.
Evening Highlights
• Games – With fun prizes to win!
• Food – At event registration, you’ll be prompted to indicate the finger food you’ll bring to share (appetizer or dessert),
• Holiday Quilt Display – Have a favorite quilt? Bring it along to share with everyone!
Registration opens on November 18, 2025
Make a scrappy little basket with a big personality! The Hexi-GO! Basket is a joyful hand-sewn hexagon project that turns fabric into a functional, hand-stitched treasure. Designed for makers who love slow stitching and clever construction, this charming basket can be sewn with or without a lid, offering multiple ways to personalize and play.
The lid doubles as a handy needle keeper, making Hexi-GO! as practical as it is adorable. It's perfect for storing threads, notions, or small keepsakes, and the petite size makes it a fun and quick project.
Please Note: Practice Kit Included!
This project takes longer to complete than the workshop time allows. You’ll want to take your time to hand stitch and hand quilt each step at your own pace. To support you on your journey, we’ll be creating a small practice piece during the workshop. All practice supplies will be provided in class, so you can save your beautiful fabrics for the final version!
Check the supplies list link below for the equipment to bring to the workshop. The fabric and batting requirements listed are for your reference for baskets you may choose to make after the workshop.
This project is suitable for beginners and seasoned sewists alike, and is an excellent introduction to "quilt as you go" hexagons.
A warm lunch will be provided.
SUPPLIES LIST
Cancellation allowed until January 3, 2026.
NOTE: This general meeting is on a TUESDAY!
Christina Cameli
Christina shares the biggest "aha!" moments she's had in her years as a quilter, teacher, and pattern and fabric designer.
More About Christina
Christina has been sewing since she was a child. In 2003 she fell in love with quilting. Since then she has authored five quilting books, filmed multiple online classes and designed quilt patterns and fabric. She is also a nurse-midwife, a mom and a paddle boarder.
Christina lives in Portland, Oregon with her blended family, a rescue lab mix and a ton of houseplants.
Check out her website at christinacameli.com
Ellen Lindner
What do 750 pins, window screening, and paint have in common? They’ve all been used by Ellen Lindner in creative ways as she’s made art quilts. Join her in an amusing accounting of some of the wacky things she’s done over the years, some of them successful and some of them resulting in “rough drafts.” She’ll share with you why even the unsuccessful ones are useful and why she fearlessly embraces experimentation.
More About Ellen
A former flight instructor, Ellen didn’t try her hand at art until her forties. After learning the basics, she quickly began to experiment and over the course of years developed her own fabric collage technique. More recently, Ellen has been dyeing all her own fabric and working abstractly. She finds abstract design to be very challenging, which is exactly why she likes it.
She often participates in juried shows and has won quite a few awards throughout the country.
Now using her teaching skills at a lower altitude, she teaches online, as well as via her episodes on Quilting Arts TV (PBS) and “The Quilt Show” online. Ellen has also written two eBooks and several articles.
Check out her website at adventurequilter.com
Registration opens on December 23, 2025
Come have some fun with appliqué using Misty Fuse, rather than traditional appliqué products. Misty Fuse is a sheer lightweight fusible. This workshop will focus on techniques that are unique to to this product.
A packet of four kitty patterns will be available along with Misty Fuse. It’s your choice of which kitty to make. Make them your own with lively fabrics, different expressions, or even embellishments. Appliqué has no boundaries, so let your imagination soar!
This workshop is suitable for sewists of all levels, but you should be familiar with your machine, be able to sew a 1/8" seam, and be comfortable sewing with other than just a straight stitch.
Supplies to bring to the workshop:
• Iron or iron “wand” (like Clover) and pressing pad,
• Appliqué pressing sheet (optional),
• Soft graphite pencil or light colored pencils (to show on dark fabrics),
• Sharp(!) appliqué scissors (serrated blade preferred),
• Thread to blend with fabrics. 60 wt or thinner is recommended,
• Sewing machine with regular or narrow presser foot.
Note: light boards are not needed!
A salad lunch will be provided.
Cancellation allowed until February 7, 2026.
Lorraine Woodruff-Long
Lorraine will share the inspirations for, and creation of, her ongoing Commentary Quilts series. Sharing artists and creators that have provided inspiration, she will discuss how to use quilting arts to express beliefs, frustrations and aspirations for you community, country and the world.
Find out how using your own quilt art practice can provide both a creative outlet, and source of healing and action and how to share your message and art for greater visibility.
Attendees will gain ideas on how to repurpose textiles into statement art, seek sources of inspiration, and use quilts to express concerns and beliefs as well as take action publicly and online.
More About Lorraine
A self-taught quilter based in San Francisco, she focuses on color, improvisation, and recycled/repurposed fabrics. She is passionate about creating quilts as political and social commentary.
Raised in Houston, and educated at University of Texas/Austin, Lorraine served in Peace Corps Kenya and afterwards moved to California. After a career in marketing and advertising, Lorraine worked in the nonprofit sector while raising two city kids with her architect husband before pursuing a fiber art practice prompted by the pandemic.
Lorraine’s work has been juried into art exhibitions and received numerous awards at local, national and international quilt shows. She is a member of several guilds and associations, and is a volunteer with the Social Justice Sewing Academy Remembrance Project. Her work is included in the 2021 book, “Stitching Stolen Lives: The Social Justice Sewing Academy Remembrance Project.”
She currently teaches quilting at City College of San Francisco Extension and SCRAP-SF and teaches quilting workshops online and to guilds around the country.
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