2012 Programs/Lectures

Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of the month at the West Des Moines United Methodist Church on the corner of 8th and Grand in West Des Moines.  Meeting times are 1p.m. and 7p.m. unless noted otherwise.  Please join us.  Non-members can attend a lecture for a $5 fee.  There will be no lecture fees for the August and December meetings.

Program Schedule

FEBRUARY 28, 2012:  A Celebration of Art Quilting

1:00     Designing Ladies will present the afternoon lecture

7:00     Central Iowa Textile Artists will present the evening lecture 

 

MARCH 27, 2012:  Nancy Chong    http://www.prqc.com/

1:00     First Make it Fun

7:00     Finding Time to Make Quilts

 

APRIL24, 2012:  Toby Lischko    http://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/

1:00     How the Curved Block has Influenced My Quilting

7:00     Making Minis, Not Harder, Just Smaller 

 

MAY 22, 2012:  Bettina Havig    http://www.bettinahavig.com/

1:00     Three Points of View: Historian, Appraiser, and Judge

7:00     Carrie Hall – The Blocks, The Woman, and The Work 

 

JUNE 26, 2012:  Melinda Bula    http://www.melindabula.com/

1:00     Developing the Artist within Through Quilts and Wearable Art

7:00     Developing the Artist within Through Quilts and Wearable Art

 

JULY 24, 2012:  Mary Sorensen    http://www.maryappliques.com/

1:00     Buy Everything – A Practical Approach to Fabric Selection

7:00     Appliqué and Piecing, Making Quilts that Have it All

  

AUGUST 28, 2012:  Annual Charity Auction 

 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012:  Heidi Kaisand

1:00     The Top is Finished, Now What?

7:00     The Top is Finished, Now What? 

 

OCTOBER 3-6, 2012:   AQS and DMAQG Show

 

OCTOBER 23, 2012:  Sharon Rotz    http://www.bysher.net

1:00     Off Balance and out of Sync

7:00     Freedom Quilting

  

December 1, 2012

9:00 a.m.    Holiday Tea, Annual Meeting and Elections