FCQ 2025-26 Workshops and Quilting Events
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Program: Lecture: “Trip Around the World in Folk Art Stitches”
Catherine Redford
Join Catherine in this humorous, educational and interactive lecture including a game with prizes. Catherine will take you on a trip around the world the globe with her quilts.
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Program: “Innovative Quiltmaking: Blending Modern and Traditional Techniques - A Trunk Show”
Jennifer Wagner
Expand your quilting repertoire with a lecture that blends storytelling, a trunk show, and live demonstrations of the techniques that define my quilt-making process. Together, we’ll celebrate the traditional roots of quilting while exploring fresh, innovative methods that push design beyond the classic quilt block.
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Program: “True Crime Obsessions: Clues in the Piecework”
Millie Kehrli
Please note: We will meet in the church, and Millie will present by Zoom.
Given the growing obsession of the true crime genre in America—and especially its popularity among quilters seeking entertainment while they work—this study center will focus on the axe murder of John Hossack, a wealthy Iowa farmer, on December 1, 1900, and how this headlining unsolved crime story bridges the worlds of crime and quiltmaking.
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Program: Lecture: “The Art of Mixing Textiles”
Lynn Schmidt
More information to come.
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Program: Lecture: “The Magic of Cork!”
Lynn Gerard
Lynn Gerard pulls back the curtain on how cork is grown, harvested, and transformed into the gorgeous, durable textile makers love. Expect real samples, smart tips, and a lively look at why cork belongs in every sewing room.
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Program: Lecture: “Threads of History: The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry”
Cathy Grafton
Like many who love needlework, I consider the Bayeux Tapestry to be one of the most amazing embroideries ever stitched. I have studied this work since I was a child and have visited Bayeux to see the tapestry seven times.
After learning the "Bayeux Stitch" I have worked on my own embroideries featuring scenes of this 11th Century embroidery. This new lecture will feature some of my work, along with the history and secrets that this epic embroidery still keeps today.
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Program: Lecture: “Post Modern Quilt Making”
Joe Cunningham
In this lecture I’ll talk about Modern Quilts and how they have influenced the wider quilt world, and explain how I have come to find my own style of “Post” Modern quilt making. With lots of examples and time for questions, this is a crowd favorite!
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Schoolhouse Demos
Guild Members
Each January, our guild starts the new year by sharing our quilting experience and expertise. Members present quilting tips, techniques, patterns, and other valuable quilt-related information.
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Lecture: “My Stripology Journey: A Trunk Show”
Lynn Vock
More information to come.
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Program: Featuring demonstrations by Kennette Bledsoe, Coleen Walter and Dawn Wocjik
ZOOM MEETING ! NO MEETING AT THE CHURCH - Schoolhouse Demos
This is a ZOOM Meeting !!!!!
FCQ Meeting & SCHOOLHOUSE DEMOS !
Schoolhouse Demo night is an annual favorite for all Faithful Circle Quilters. For this evening’s program, four or five member volunteers will each teach us a quilting-related technique or share a few sewing tips. The presentations are planned to make the demonstrations go smoothly.
This year, we are going to back to presenting this program via Zoom. Note the empty classroom in the image. We will not meet in person that night, but rather through your phones, iPads or laptops.
· Sara Hochhauser will be demonstrating Non-marking Free Motion quilting.
· Dawn Wocjik will be demonstrating a Cathedral Window technique.
· Claudia Moffet will be demonstrating Thread Painting
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Program: Lecture: The Quilter’s Journey of a Lifetime: From Quilt Educator to Fabric Designer
Michael Nardi
Michael Nardi, quilter, pattern maker, published writer and teacher, will share his experiences with the ways the craft of quilting impacted his life. Join us to hear about his journey with quilting.
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Program: Quilting with Rulers and Trunk Show
Debbie Wesenberg and Bobbi Butler
Debbie Wesenberg and Bobbi Butler will give a lecture and power point presentation on quilting with rulers. They will also present a trunk show of their quilts.
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Program: QuiltScape 2025 Quilt Show Celebration!
Tonight, we celebrate the success of QuiltScape 2025! Terri Radek and Karla Hogan, our quilt show chairs, will share information on the various successes we have with each section of the show.
Show and Tell will consist of all ribbon winning quilts. Be sure to bring your winning quilt, so we can enjoy seeing it again and applaud your accomplishment.
Refreshments will be provided. Guests are welcome, no fee tonight.
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Program: Yellow Creek Quilt Designs Through the Years
Jill Shaulis
We welcome Jill Shaulis once again to Faithful Circle. Her lectures are always thoughtful, inspiring, and entertaining. This year she will share with us her story, her quilt journey. Learn more.
Visit Jill’s website for a look at her work: yellowcreekquiltdesigns.com
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Program: Trunk Show featuring FCQ Members:
Joan Bratton
Laurie Peters
Nona Jones
Come and enjoy the creative talents of your fellow quilters!
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Denyse Schmidt – The Thread - My Creative Journey
The instinct to create is universal, but what is it that spurs some to continue on that path and forge a career from it? Join Denyse Schmidt, former graphic designer and graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, as she takes you on a richly visual (and sometimes hilarious) journey highlighting the twists and turns, the influences and inspirations, that led to her unique quilts becoming a commercial venture in 1996.
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Program: June Coburn - “Boro: Making Something Out of Nothing”
Boro stitching is a Japanese textile art form that involves repairing and reworking clothing and bedding using scraps of fabric and running stitches.
The story of boro in Japan is the story of lives lived in extreme poverty, by hardworking people who had little, but still admired beauty and kept/repaired their valuable textiles—not just for years, but for lifetimes.
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Lecture: Antique Quilts
Pat Yamin
What makes a quilt an antique? The piecing by hand or machine, quilt pattern, weave and color of the fabric, as well as the batting are taken into consideration when identifying the age of a quilt.
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Program: Quilt Trip Around the World with Alice Ridge
I have been quilting for over 40 years, and for 35 of those years, my husband was Active Duty Army. He and I have traveled all over the world together, for both business and pleasure.
This trunk show presentation is an exploration of the different styles of quilting and needlework that I have encountered in my travels.
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Program: Foundation Paper with Dana Altman
Join us for a personal journey into quilting, along with a brief history of Legit Kits and foundation paper piecing, presented by Dana Altman.