Presenters and Workshops
2024-2025
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September 9, 2024 7PM
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Sarah Yoder Parker
"Color Theory"​
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For as long as I can remember I've been creating. My favorite subject was always art. At age 10 and in 4-H I was motivated to learn all the fiber arts possible, starting with clothing construction. I graduated from the University of Iowa with an art education degree and then taught in the Cedar Rapids community school until becaming a mom. It is at this point I began longarm quilting and Bee Quilted by Sarah became a reality.
I believe that Color theory is a learned skill just like writing and reading and that with practice everyone can become better at using it. And while we will not all become color savants knowing color theory can help us all to become better quilt artists. I look forward to sharing some of my color theory knowledge with the guild. Come with your questions and an open mind of learning.
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October 14, 2024
7PM
Rebecca Loew
"Shibori"
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Join Rebecca on a quilt journey over time from her beginnings as a traditional quilter to becoming an art quilter. She discusses the influence many artists and teachers have had as well as her travels overseas. Her introduction to Shibori and Boro and multiple trips to Japan have inspired her love of indigo and natural dyeing. Examples of her quilts and textiles that will be displayed include traditional, Hawaiian, painted, dyed, Shibori, Boro, marbled, and natural dyed works.
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10-15-2024
9:00AM - 4:00PM
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Rebecca Loew
Workshop
"Boro and Sashiko: Visible mending and embroidery with tattered cloth"
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In the first couple hours of this class we will practice many basic stitches and Sashiko stitches. Students will learn how to use a palm thimble in order to make more even stitches. The remaining part of the class students may choose to mend a quilt or garment or design a quilt or pillow covering using scraps and Boro-style stitching techniques. We will incorporate the Boro aesthetic of seeing beauty in the imperfect in our works.
Kits will be available for sale along with individual items.
November 11, 2024
7PM
Tami Urmie from
Cotton Creek Mill
"Tami's Story with
Pop-Up Sales"
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​ In the fall of 2013, Tami Urmie, a mother of 3 and grandmother of 7, opened Cotton Creek Mill (CCM) Quilt Shop in West Branch, Iowa. This is truly a mother-daughter endeavor. Tami's daughter, Tara Langley, has done all of the graphics and marketing for the store for the past 11 years.
Tami has been sewing her entire life, mainly clothing. However, ever since her daughter, Tara, took her first quilting class, Tami has been hooked on quilting!
The store offers a variety of sewing and quilting classes, fabric, and notions. Tami's presentation will highlight her journey and offer a pop-up store.
December 9, 2024
7PM
Xmas Social
including Cookies in the Sanctuary and Gathering Space
January 13, 2025
7PM
via Zoom
Patricia Belyea interviews
Kaffe Fassett
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February 10, 2025
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OCQG Service Day
The Guild’s annual Service Day provides a way for members to work together on projects to contribute to our community service agency partners including: UI Hospitals and Clinics, Veterans Administration Hospital, 4Cs Child Care Center, Domestic Violence Intervention Program, Visiting Nurses Association, Shelter House, and Houses into Homes.
Members enjoy meeting other members, sharing projects, and exchanging information throughout the day.
March 10, 2025
7PM
Joleen Green
"Through the Looking Glass"
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​ I learned to quilt over 50 years ago at the age of 10. My grandmother taught me the art of quilting and the joy of creating things out of textiles. I grew up with a quilt or two on every bed and have continued that tradition in my home today.
I have taught piecing and quilting in several states. Teaching at shops, retreats, and workshops brings me much joy. I love spreading the art of quilting to others. One of my greatest joys is teaching my 10 year old grandaughter to piece and quilt when we get together.
One of my favorite quilts is the Kaleidoscope quilt. I'm excited to share these quilts with the Guild during my trunk show!
March 11, 2025
and March 14, 2025
9:00AM to 4:00PM
Joleen Green
"Through the Looking Glass"
Workshop
Students will learn to make one of Joleen's favorite quilts, the Kaleidoscope quilt. These quilts use 60 degree triangle pieces to create hexagons to make the kaleidoscope pattern. She will take participants through the process of choosing fabric, pattern placement, and sewing to make these one-of-a-kind quilt. No two quilts ever end up the same!
April 14, 2025
7PM
Juli Seydell Johnson
"There's a Story in Every Quilt"
If we’re lucky, quilts wrap us in warmth throughout our lives. They also tell our stories and memorialize milestones. Textile Artist, Juli Seydell Johnson, will share her quilting story which started as a self-challenge to make a quilt for the Riverside Lutheran Bible Camp Quilt Auction in the early 1990’s. She learned to make that first quilt with help from her Grandmother. Since then her pieces have evolved from traditional quilts to storytelling quilts that reflect important themes from Juli’s life and career. The presentation will include a quilt trunk show along with a slide show presentation highlighting the inspiration and process behind many of her pieces.
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May 12, 2025
7PM
Scott Flanagan
"Positively Pre-Cuts"
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"My quilting journey started at the age of 7 sewing alongside my grandmother making quilts for Lutheran World Relief, but I come from a family of crafters and woodworkers. I started 4th and Main Designs in 2011. Since then my patterns have been frequently found in Quiltmaker, McCall’s Quilting, and Fons & Porter magazines as well as Country Traditions where I work. I love the endless possibilities available when designing patterns and get super excited when putting together a project and normally end up with a sample within a day or two. As for my favorite part of quilting, really all of it! From designing, to cutting, to piecing, to quilting, to binding (OK that one may be a lie!). But it is all part of the creative process and by skipping a step it feels as though part of the project is missing.
I have two strong quilting philosophies: (1) A quilt is only hard if you have been told it is hard beforehand and (2) you learn some of the best lessons from the mistakes made along the quilting Journey."
Scott will present his "Positively Pre-Cuts" talk and a trunk show. He will talk about how he uses pre-cuts in creative ways to create quilts that look difficult but are not hard to piece.
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May 13, 2025
9:00AM - 4:00PM
Scott Flanagan
Workshop
"Milky Way Runner"
Students will make Scott's bargello table runner. It finishes at 54" by 14". The top should be close to finished by the end of class.
June 9, 2025
7PM
OCQG Elections
and Potluck
OCQG Challenge
"Upcycle, Reuse, Repair, Restore"
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July 14, 2025
7PM
Candyce Grisham
"Creativity"
​July 15, 2025
9:00AM - 4:00PM
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Candyce Grisham
Workshop
"Celebration"