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JUNE 2, 2008 Meeting - BASKETS OF FUN
At our June 2 meeting we will be having a silent auction for BASKETS OF FUN. We are asking for donations of baskets, bowls or containers that are filled with new items. This can be a group or individual contribution. You can pick a “theme” or place items in the basket that will encourage bidding. You may donate as many as you’d like. We are asking that the contents not be worth more than $10 - $25. Please attach a listing of items inside with names of donors. All proceeds will go to LNCQ. Questions? call Susan Rowland 970-377-3458.

June 2, 2008 (Monday)
Louisa Smith - The Wonderful Art of Stripping! I am a stripper and I am darn good at it! This lecture let us take a closer look at strip piecing. There are so many design possibilities that start with simple strip piecing. We will explore just some of these designs namely: All the Strips and Curves designs as well as the many Bargello type quilts. Exploring color and texture that are so vital to the success of these techniques. The simple procedure of strips piecing and counter cutting, whether with curves or straight lines can make you become a great stripper as well!

Louisa is a quilter with a global perspective on needlework. Born in Indonesia, where the fabulous batiks of the region kindled a lifelong love of fabric, she was educated in the Netherlands, where years of appreciation for the needle arts started. Upon moving to the United States in 1960, she was immediately drawn to quilting and quickly became an accomplished devotee.
Although the quilting started off with a traditional approach, soon new and exciting designs took over and the traditional gave way to more innovative work. The incredible flexibility that fiber offers attracted her to “paint” with fabrics. She has developed two new teaching procedures: “Color, Design and Theme” and “ Strips ‘n Curves”. The latter is the subject of her first book. (Published by C& T Publishing, Inc.) Her second book, “A New Twist on Strips ‘n Curves”, features four new techniques and four complete project quilts.
Her work has been exhibited nationwide and in Great Britain. At the Sarah Doyle gallery at Brown University in Providence R.I. as part of “ Pieced Impressions” , The Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in New York as part of “ Quilts Art Quilts” and in the Sharon Arts Center in Peterborough N.H., Art Quilts at the Denver International Airport, the Denver History Museum and the Lincoln Art Center in Fort Collins, CO just to name a few. Louisa is offering a two day class on June (Saturday)7th- (Sunday)8th, 2008. More information posted on the Workshop page.
http://www.quiltescapes.com/
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: No charge for LNCQ Members
Location: Harmony Presbyterian
400 East Boardwalk Drive,
Fort Collins, Colorado

August 4, 2008 (Monday)
Karla Menaugh, LaGrande, Kentucky
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: No charge for LNCQ Members
Location: Harmony Presbyterian
400 East Boardwalk Drive,
Fort Collins, Colorado

October 6, 2008 (Monday)
Jodi Barrows is a nationally known quilting teacher, speaker and writer, currently living in the North Texas area. Over the past twenty years, Jodi has remarkably touched thousands of quilters throughout the world with her unique method called Square in a Square? Her point of view provides the quilter with the freedom to create most any quilt design with speed and accuracy.

Jodi has spoken to quilting audiences throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. She has appeared as a guest on several quilting shows, including TNN's Aleene's Creative Living; TNN's Your Home Studio; Perfecting Patchwork on Family Net TV and PBS series with Kaye Wood. HGTV has shown her commercial on the quilting techniques she has developed on the Simply Quilts show.

The Square in a Square system is a process that anyone can implement in most any design. Jodi has written fourteen books (ten of which have been on the best seller' list), produced four tools, two video/DVD's and five teacher's books. Additionally, she has a pattern book and fabric line based on a fiction novel she wrote from the 1865 time period entitled Leaving Riverton.

She also has a Certified Teacher's Program in the United States and Canada. Jodi has had numerous quilts appear in McCall's, The Quilter, Quick and Easy Quilt World, House of White Birch publications, Quilter's Newsletter Top Ten New Products and a Featured Teacher in the Traditional Quilter.

Jodi has been commissioned to compose quilts for many state and national organizations as well as working with the Kansas Historical Society. She has been active in guilds as well as owning several crafting and sewing related businesses over the years. Jodi was raised in southwest Kansas, has 2 grown sons, and is married to Steve, her high school sweetheart.
888-624-6260
www.squareinasquare.com
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: No charge for LNCQ Members
Location: Harmony Presbyterian
400 East Boardwalk Drive,
Fort Collins, Colorado

December 1, 2008 (Monday)
LNCQ's Holiday Show and Tell
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: No charge for LNCQ Members
Location: Harmony Presbyterian
400 East Boardwalk Drive,
Fort Collins, Colorado

Contact Programs chair person for more information.