OUR 2024 PROGRAMS
About MLQ Programs and Events
- We offer 10 program meetings each year with expert speakers, classes, workshops, and Show & Tell.
- We meet for our Monthly programs on the third Friday of each month, except June, July, August, and December.
- Our June and December meetings are held on the second Friday
- In July and August we do NOT meet for a program meeting—workshops are often offered instead.
- Also note that we meet in person at the Tredyffrin Library for our Bee (“Sew What”) — a totally separate meeting — on the first Friday of each month, all year long.
More Information here.
New members are always welcome, visit our Membership page for details
Guests are welcome to attend monthly meetings. When we meet in person, simply pay the $5.00 guest donation at the door. When we meet via zoom, a link to register by using PayPal or a credit card for the $5.00 guest donation is presented with that meeting’s description.
About Event Formats/Venues
To remain flexible and responsive to weather concerns in winter months, MLQ will provide its usual programming events via remote access via Zoom. Be sure to check the description of each event to learn which of the following formats will apply:
- In person at Tredyffrin Library
- Strictly via Zoom. Note that ‘Show and Tell’ will be a slideshow and all images of members’ quilts must be emailed to Rosemary by Wednesday before the meeting.
- Note: When Zoom is used for an event, Members and/or pre-paid guests will receive Zoom meeting invitations via email a few days prior to the session.
January 5 10-12 Sew What – In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
January 19 9:45-12 Meeting – Strictly via Zoom – members and paid guests will receive invitations via email
Suzi Parron – “Following the Barn Quilt Trail”
Suzi traveled across the United States and Canada along the quilt trails, “beginning with the very first barn quilt, which stemmed from Donna Sue Groves and her wish to honor her mother’s quilting art.” Suzi shares stunning photographs of the barn quilts. You will hear the stories of people who have painted some of the quilt blocks shown in the presentation.
barnquiltinfo.com
February 2 10-12 Sew What – In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
February 16 9:45-12 Meeting – Strictly via Zoom – members and paid guests will receive invitations via email
Cindy Grisdela – “Anatomy of an Improv Quilt”
Have you ever wondered how to create an Improv Quilt without a pattern? Where do you start? How do you know when it’s finished? Author and a ward winning artist Cindy Grisdela will share her tips and tricks in this entertaining lecture about the process for working improvisationally from start to finish.
Cindy Grisdela Art Quilts
Note to Members: Show and Tell will be via a slideshow during the Zoom meeting. Please make sure that you email all the pictures of the quilts to be included in the slidshow to Rosemary by Wednesday 2/14.
| Members and paid guests will receive a Zoom email invitation Guests are welcome — Click for more information and our guest registration link |
March 1 10-12 Sew What – In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
March 15 10:15-12 Meeting – In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
“Pieces of Love Cut Day”
We’ll either provide materials or have you use your fabric to cut B.O.Y. blocks
| Guests are welcome — Come in person — $5.00 guest donation |
April 5 10-12 Sew What – In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
April 19 10:15-12 Meeting – In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
Eliza Hardy Jones – “Song Quilts”
SONG QUILTS: A CELEBRATION OF STITCH AND SONG
The Song Quilts project visually interprets folk music from the American South and the Russian Arctic. I have traveled across the US and Northwest Russia interviewing women and gathering their songs. From these field recordings, I create transcriptions of the folksongs and transform them into quilts. I developed a notation method that translates pitch into color and rhythm into shape. The quilt notations are direct transcriptions as they were sung to me by the women who participated. The result is a synesthetic meditation on the power of women’s voices and folk traditions across diverse peoples. Each Song Quilt celebrates the contributions of “women’s work” to national identity, global culture, and shared traditions.
https://www.elizahardyjones.com/
| Guests are welcome — Come in person — $5.00 guest donation |
May 3 10-12 Sew What In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
May 17 10:00-12 Meeting – In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
Lecture: Barbara Persing, “Listen to Your Quilt”, In-Person
After the quilt top is completed, what do you do next? Longarm quilter and designer Barbara Persing has developed a “four step approach” that helps the quilter take cues from the quilt. Using her lecture and beautiful quilts, she’ll share how to visually hear your quilt top. “It will direct you to the most complimentary way of quilting.”
| Guests are welcome — Come in person — $5.00 guest donation |
June 7 10-12 Sew What In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
June 14 10-12 Meeting – In-person at Saint Luke Lutheran
End of Year Quilters’ Luncheon and Setup for Trash to Treasure
(Bring your own Lunch to enjoy as we set up for Trash to Treasure)
June 15 10-1
July 5 10-12 Sew What In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
July 19 MLQ Summer Workshop 10am-2:00pm
In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
Barb Hoffman, Trays and Baskets
August 2 10-12 Sew What In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
August 16 MLQ Summer Workshop 10am-2:00pm,
In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
“Painting a Barn Quilt”
The teacher, Linda Stauffer, will bring the 2’ x 2’ plywood board, paints and
paint brushes that will be needed. Each participant must graph out the design
you will paint to make it easily transferred to the plywood.
The cost of the workshop for members is only $30 since the guild will be paying part of the cost.
Contact Jane Nase with any questions.
September 6 10-12 Sew What In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
September 20 10:15 – Noon Meeting – In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
MLQ’s Annual : “SUPER SHOW AND TELL”
| Guests are welcome — Come in person — $5.00 guest donation |
October 4 10-12 Sew What In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
October 18 10:15-12 Meeting – In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
Rachel Derstine, ‘Keep it Simple, but Pack a Punch”
Keep It Simple, but Pack a Punch (Lecture)
“A PowerPoint lecture presentation demonstrating the idea that quilts do not need to be complex to be compelling. I share my thoughts on how to choose great fabrics and simple designs to create amazing quilts. I show some work from artists who have inspired me and also speak about how my background has informed my work. “
| Guests are welcome — Come in person — $5.00 guest donation |
November 1 10-2 Sew What In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
An extended session where Brita Nelson will lead a “Quilt as You Go” workshop. There is no fee for this and materials will be supplied.
November 15 10-12 Meeting Strictly via Zoom
Barbara Blanton, “Better Done Than Perfect.”
Note to Members: Show and Tell will be via a slideshow during the Zoom meeting. Please make sure that you email all the pictures of the quilts to be included in the slideshow to Rosemary by Wednesday 11/13.
| Members and paid guests will receive a Zoom email invitation Guests are welcome — After October 18th Click for more information and our guest registration link |
December 6 10-12 Sew What In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
December 13 10:00-12 Meeting — In-person meeting at the Tredyffrin Library
The Main Line Quilters Tea and 2024 Challenge Reveal
It has been a very busy year highlighted by our members’ creativity. As this year comes to an end, time to have fun, maybe tea, and reveal the winner of the 2024 Challenge click for more.
| Guests are welcome — Come in person — $5.00 guest donation |
Main Line Quilters - celebrating 50 years! 
You must be logged in to post a comment.