PROGRAMS & CLASSES
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- For NON-GUILD MEMBERS, there is a $5 fee for attending a Guild Meeting.
- For NON-GUILD MEMBERS, if there is a guest speaker, there is a $10 fee to attend the Guild meeting.
- There is a charge for all classes and Guild Membership is required.
- Classes are held at the Chota Rec Center Room "A" located at 145 Awohili Drive, Loudon, TN.
- Half day classes are from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and full day classes are from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., unless noted.
- Cancellations with full refund are accepted up to 2 weeks prior to the class date.
NOTE: If you must cancel within the 2 weeks prior to class,
there are no refunds.
CLICK to view the Program History File (PDF) listing Speakers/Presentations From 2002 to Present.
Full day Class
Thursday, May 8, 2025
(9:30 - 4:30)
Full day Class: “English Paper Piecing Design Party”
With Tina Craig, Seaside Stitches, Wakefield, RI
Learn the basics of English Paper Piecing and create your own unique 4" hexagon block.
Instruction includes EPP geometry, color & design basics, fussy cutting with Tina's Wonder Window, basting options, various hand piecing stitches, curved piecing, and finishing options.
Class handout includes a bonus table runner pattern.
Class Fee: $60.00
Required Kit: There is a kit fee per student which includes printed handouts and template pages.
Lecture
May 9, 2025
Lecture: “The Versatility of English Paper Piecing”
With Tina Craig, Seaside Stitches, Wakefield, RI
Tina started quilting in 1990 as an unemployed newlywed looking for something to do. She took a beginner sampler quilt class at Colchester Mill Fabric Store and hasn’t stopped stitching.
Tina tries to challenge herself to learn something new with every quilt she makes. In this lecture she will demonstrate how to look beyond Grandmother's Flower Garden to see all the possibilities of English Paper Piecing (EPP). From different shapes and sizes to improv and 3-dimensional projects, this trunk show may inspire a myriad of design options for your next quilt.
½ Day Class
Zoom Lecture
May 9, 2025
(1:30-4:30)
½ Day Class: “Improvisational English Paper Piecing”
With Tina Craig, Seaside Stitches, Wakefield, RI
Tina’s demo of her new technique for Improvisational EPP was a big hit during the Global Quilt Connection All Star Sampler Platter. Tina’s instruction will include designing your own block using straight lines or curves, basting options, invisible hand stitching and finishing.
Class Fee: $30.00
Kit Fee: $5.00
Zoom Lecture
Zoom Lecture
August 8, 2025
Zoom Lecture: “Honoring Today’s Quilter at the National Quilt Museum”
With Becky Glasby, Director of Learning and Engagement, The National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
Becky Glasby has more than fifteen years of experience in museum education. As a lifelong quilter, she works to create future quilters and to inspire in others a love for all types of quilting. She has been at NQM since 2010 and earned her degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington.
Full Day Class
Thursday, September 11, 2025
(9:30 - 4:30)
Full Day Class:”Small Landscape Class”
With Cynthia England, Canyon Lake, TN
Blue Heron or Smokey Mountains
Both are 19” X 17”, No tracing involved; templates are preprinted onto freezer paper.
Fabric selection, organizational skills and construction methods will be addressed in class. Sewing machines and irons required.
Class Fee: $50.00
Kit Fee: $37.00 (payable in class to instructor)
Lecture
September 12, 2025
Lecture: “Creating a Pictorial Quilt”
With Cynthia England, Canyon Lake, TN
Cynthia England is a native Texan and graduate of the Art Institute of Houston and has been creating quilts for more than fifty years. Experimentation with quilting techniques led her to develop her own unique style and technique called, “Picture Piecing”. Cynthia’s quilts have been honored with many awards, including three Best of Shows at the prestigious International Quilt Association, as well as Viewer’s Choice at the American Quilter’s Society. Her quilt, Piece and Quiet, was distinguished as one of the Hundred Best Quilts of the 20th Century. Cynthia will provide a lecture showing the process of making pictorial quilts using her picture piecing technique.
Lecture
October 10, 2025
Lecture: “Trunk Show”
WIth Michelle Wilkie, Cary, NC
Michelle Wilkie is a artist and designer of modern quilts. She grew up in South Auckland, NZ. Quilting is a passion, driving her creativity. She works to have her quilts seen not just as quilts but as art. She experiments with a variety of modern techniques and aesthetics, though embraces Improvisation and Minimalist styles.
Michelle is currently exhibiting and participating in a community exhibition at the NC Museum of Art (NCMA). She has completed an artist in residence at Durham Art Guild with a solo exhibition “Creating Connections, and a residency at Penland School of Craft. She exhibited at Page-Walker Center in a solo exhibition “Eyes Wide Open”, and exhibited at CAM Raleigh, Truist Gallery, 311 Gallery and ArtSpace NC and curated into international shows in France and Italy. She regularly has work juried into Art and International Quilt Exhibitions and has been featured in several magazines and has work published in the book Modern Quilts: Design of the New Century.
Full Day Class
Thursday, October 9, 2025
(9:30 - 4:30)
Full Day Class: “Improvisation: Shapes + Lines”
WIth Michelle Wilkie, Cary, NC
For such a seemingly free-spirited technique, improvisation can be difficult to get started. In this workshop, you make various lines and shapes that can be mixed to build your own improvisational composition. You will make some strip piecing using a brown bag method, play with scraps to make squares, triangles and curve shapes. You will use various techniques to audition and edit your composition to get the right balance of color and placement.
Class Fee: $60.00
Lecture
Lecture
November 14, 2025
Lecture: “Really, I didn’t know that”
With Arliss Barber
In 2026, our guild will be celebrating our 25th anniversary!
Accordingly, Arliss will be conducting a retrospective lecture with visuals about the historical journey of the Guild.
Included, she will note the “how and why” we went from a handful of charter members to the vibrant Guild we are today.
** JUNE LUNCHEON**
The Village Quilters MEMBERS ONLY "Stars and Stripes" luncheon will be held June 13, following the June guild meeting!. The cost if $25 . click the link below to signup and pay.