Workshops

 January 2025

David Owen Hastings - Inspired by Architecture

January 11, 2025 (Saturday)
Time - 10am-4:00pm (CT)
Zoom
Cost - $75 OMQG Members, $95 non members 
**no refund if one cancels within 2 weeks of event**

David will guide you through a creative process for designing your own modern abstract quilts, taking inspiration from architectural photos to develop dynamic and unique quilt designs.

Monumental inspiration with unlimited possibilities

6 hours: Using photos of architectural elements, David will guide you through the steps to design a mini fabric quilt. We will use the quilt-as-you-go method, sewing the top pieces, batting and backing simultaneously. David will demonstrate facing your quilt, to give a more modern finish than traditional binding. Your mini quilt can be the final product (frame it, hang it, or make a pillow cover later), or it can be a test for a larger quilt. 

This workshop is a 6-hour live-stream event, conducted on Zoom, consisting of live instruction (no recording, please). You should have the current version of Zoom installed on your computer or laptop. Guidance for getting started will be sent in advance of the workshop.

Zoom Workshop Details

• Experiment with different elemental geometric shapes, including gentle curves
• Explore spare, simple compositions for a modern look
• Think about figure and ground
• Consider the sewing lines as a key design element
• Select 1-2 photos, and break them down into elemental shapes with tracing paper and pencil
• Assess which compositions work well, and choose one to translate into fabric
• Discuss color and value choices and decide on a palette
• Map out pieces for one composition
• Label and cut out cardboard pattern pieces, or cut pieces improv style
• Audition colors and placement
• Translate pattern pieces into fabric, leaving a generous amount of extra fabric for seam allowances
• Build composition with the quilt-as-you-go method, trying out multiple fabrics, stepping back to assess the effect of each
• Discuss surface design options: stitching by machine or hand, painting, drawing
• Watch a demo of facing a quilt for a modern look and joining finished quilt blocks

Sign Up Link

 

November 2024

Creative and Colorful Improv Piecing with Carolina Oneto

In this workshop the attendees will learn about color theory and how to use color to create a
transparency effect using color, shapes and fabrics. Then the attendees will make a mini quilt top, where they will design it from scratch to use the transparency effect. They will learn how to cut fabrics with complex shapes and how to sew these curved shapes by machine.

 

We are delighted to be hosting a improv piecing workshop by Carolina Oneto on Saturday, November 9th.  The workshop will run from 9-3:30 with a lunch break from 12-12:30.  It will be delivered by zoom to you in your own sewing space.  The cost of the workshop is $60 for members and $75 for non-members (plus $3.50 for fees if paying with PayPal).  

Registration closes on and must be paid for by Monday, November 4th - the date of her lecture at our guild meeting. 

 

Materials List: 

 

• Masking tape
• Pencil
• Pins
• Fabric marker (erasable)
• Rotary cutter
• Quilting ruler
• Threads for sewing
• 16 fat quarters (solids or monochromatic printed fabrics) in 4 different analogous colors and 4
different values per color (4 colors x 4 different values = 16 fat quarters)
• Notebook and pencil for taking notes 

 

Sign Up Link 

 

October 2024

Rings Revival Quilt with Kelly Lautenbach

In this fun workshop Kelly will teach us about the Sew Kind of Wonderful Ruler while walking us through making the “Rings” component of this quilt.  If you are not up to making a quilt, this could be modified into a pillow.  Come learn from OMQG’s own member Kelly Lautenbach! 

Location: Fabric Bash, 10351 Portal Rd. Suite #111, La Vista, NE 68128

Date: Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 -- 5:30 PM - 9 PM

Cost: $25 OMQG Members and $35 Non-Members

   *This workshop is limited to 15 participants

What to Bring: 

• Rings Revival quilt pattern (Online you can purchase either the PDF pattern that you print yourself and/or have on your device for $12 OR a print copy shipped to your home for $12 + S&H + tax.)
  
• Quick Curve Ruler by Sew Kind of Wonderful (Fabric Bash carries this ruler; please purchase it in advance.)
• Sew Square 10 Square up Ruler by Sew Kind of Wonderful (Optional)
• Fabrics of your choice to make the quilt/pillow/learn technique (see quilt pattern for requirements)
• Basic Sewing Supplies (Rotary cuter, cutting mat, scissors, small iron, ironing mat, seam ripper, thread for machine, pins or clips)
• Sewing Machine, power cord and pedal, extra bobbin, extra needle, patchwork or standard machine foot

 

 

September

Collage Cards with Shannon Nelson

Workshop Details: 

Date: Saturday, September 7th 

 

Time: 9am-12pm

 

Location: St Stephen the Martyr Parish Center, 16701 S Street, Omaha.

 

Cost: Free for Members; $10 for Non-members

 

Sign Up Link

 

You will need to bring your sewing machine, usual sewing notions, small embroidery or other fine-point scissors and regular sewing scissors, 4 pieces of muslin or other light-colored base fabric at least 4"x6" each, small coordinating fabric scraps of any design, silicone or other non-stick ironing mat, and your creativity. Additional details about supplies provided and needed will be sent to all registrants after registration closes.

 

 

 

August

Layered Portraits with Phyllis Cullen

Workshop Details:

Date: Tuesday, August 20th, 2024

Cost: $65 for Members; $80 for non-members

Time: 10am-5pm

Location: Holy Cross Lutheran Church - 4117 Terrace Drive Omaha 68134

Layered Portrait Workshop Sign Up 

 

 

June

Barn Quilt Workshop with Rose Mapel

Workshop Details:

Date: Saturday June 1st, 2024

Cost:  $70+ (please see form for options)

Time: 12 PM - 4 PM

Location: Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 4117 Terrace Dr. (near OPS Morton Middle School, I-680 & Fort St.)  

Barn Quilts Workshop Sign Up

 

 

March

We are hosting a workshop called Pinwheel Joy: Traditional to Modern with Carole Lyles Shaw. The workshop will be on March 9th, 2024 from 10am - 3pm - on Zoom. Each participant will receive a zoom link and participate from their own home. The cost of the workshop will be $65 for guild members and $75 for non-members (additional $2.50 for PayPal fees if paying by PayPal). Once we reach 20 participants, we will start a waiting list, so sign up soon!

Pinwheel Joy Sign up 

This workshop is a quick make and a great introduction to creating unique improvisational blocks. We will start by making traditional pinwheel blocks and quickly transform them into unique modern improv blocks. We will use background fabric and create asymmetrical layouts for the pieced blocks. You can use a variety of modern prints including African prints to make this fun quilt.
Schedule & Prework: Students will view a prerecorded tutorial on fabric selection and making pinwheel blocks. Live session will focus on improvisational fracturing and creating the final layout.

Learn more about Carole's quilt-making creative process here: Quilt-making Proces