We are the Yuba-Sutter Valley Quilt Guild, located about 50 miles north of Sacramento, CA. We started the guild in 1981 and have grown to have between 175-200 members! Through educational meetings and fellowship, we strive to contribute to the knowledge of quilting, quilt techniques, textiles, patterns, history and quilt-makers. We promote the appreciation of fine quilts and encourage growth of knowledge with different techniques through our guest speakers and teachers.
Our Upcoming Events
January 29, 2020
How a Quilter is Pieced: Discover Your Quilting Personality! Achieve personal success in choosing pattern, fabrics, and quilt design. Learn from Lisa Norton and Lora Zmak of MaterialGirlfriends.com about the four personality types and how this affects your quilting style, pattern and fabric choices. Knowing their strengths enables a quilter to make selections to better suit individual tastes and ultimately produce results that make them happy. Enjoy the sisters’ light-hearted humor and their trunk show.
February 26, 2020
Laurel’s Search for Perfect Appliqué
This seminar traces the progress of Laurel Anderson’s quilting skills. A wide variety of quilts will show her progression from beginner to award winning appliqué artist.
February 29, 2020
Laurel Anderson Workshop: Cheat at Modern Appliqué
Explore the world of appliqué techniques and find perfect methods for your creative life. Bring a pattern of your own or use one of the teacher’s designs to try each notion, product, or shortcut. Class includes lots of handouts.
March 14-15, 2020
Quilt Show – “Journeys – not all who wander are lost”
March 25, 2020
Quilt Show Wrap Up Meeting
April 29, 2020
Sandy Corbin – “Making Scrappy Quilts Fresh” Sandy has always loved using lots of different fabrics in her quilts. In this 30 quilt trunk show and lecture, she describes the different styles of scrappy quilts and shares what makes scrappy quilts fresh.
April 30, 2020
Sandy Corbin Workshop: Who’s In My Garden?” In this workshop you will make a pillow or small wall hanging ( “20 x “20) Participants will be required to purchase an $11 pattern in addition to the fee for
the class.
May 27, 2020
Lecture by Yvonne Phenicie “I Love a Challenge”
May 30, 2020
Sew Day at Rideout Conference Center on Plumas Street
9 am – 3 pm
July 29, 2020
Lecture by Tracey Brookshier – “Brave Use of Color”
July 30, 2020
Workshop by Tracey Brookshier “Butterfly Town” has large (12”) easy-to-piece blocks made from strips, squares, and rectangles. Choose large-scale designer prints for the upper wings; medium to small scale prints for the lower wings; and a darker contrasting print or solid for the body and cornerstones. A tone-on-tone or other subtle print works well in the background to show off the butterflies.
August 21, 2020 (6-9 pm) and August 22, 2020 (9 am to 3 pm)
Linda Ballard Workshop – TBD
August 26, 2020
Ice Cream Social
September 30, 2020
In this lecture/trunk show Jane Haworth will describe how she became the quilt maker she is today and describe the influences and techniques that she uses. She will talk about setting up an Etsy shop and how she uses this for her T-shirt quilt business. Jane will also describe some of the challenging requests she receives from clients and how trying something new brings out her creative spirit. Jane’s goal is to inspire quilters to go out of their comfort zone and just have fun creating.
October 3, 2020
Jane Haworth Workshop: TIPS AND TRICKS FOR MAKING T SHIRT QUILTS
I have been making T Shirt Quilts full time for over 2 years making quilts form around the USA from my Etsy shop. In that time I have developed ways and techniques for making the most of this style that is now growing ever more popular.
In this class I will share with students the best way to design the quilt with the T Shirts you have to use, every one is different! Share a variety of designs and options and how to combine cotton fabrics with the shirts to help stabilize them.
Although the quilt won’t get finished during this class students will get it mapped out, cut and blocks started before continuing on at home.
