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The Flying Geese Quilters Guild
is an organization with general meetings that offer quilt related programs from our
talented membership and other locally recognized fiber artists, as well as
nationally and internationally recognized guest speakers.
The Flying Geese Quilters Guild meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at 6:30 pm in Irvine, CA.
Our in person meetings are held at:
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School
4861 Michelson Dr.
Irvine, CA 92612
Map: Click here for a map to Rancho San Joaquin Middle School
If possible the meeting will also be presented via zoom.
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Program: November 11, 2024
Sujata Shah
Lecture: My Journey a Trunk Show
Program
In November, we welcome Sujata Shah, an artist whose medium is quilt making. She is a graphic designer and textile enthusiast originally from India. She is also an award-winning quilter and pattern designer. Her quilts have received recognition at local and national shows, including AQS in Lancaster and Paducah and the Pacific Northwest Quilt-Fest. Her work thrives on the beauty of simple shapes and their subtle variations, capturing the essence of block prints. Hand stitching serves as both therapy and a connection to her heritage and culture. Her ever-evolving design philosophy embraces the unknown, making the creative process an exciting journey.
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While growing up in India, rich colors hand woven textiles and hand crafts were part of her daily life. She learned to appreciate the irregularities and imperfections of handmade crafts. Her instinctive ability to work with colors and textures combined with education in graphic design has helped her develop a unique style as a quilt designer. Sujata's unique style fuses abstract utilitarian quilts from Gee's Bend with the rich crafts of India, influenced by her natural talent for working with colors and textures and her background in graphic design.
Inspired by utilitarian quilts and handmade crafts from around the world, she developed an abstract form of traditional quilt blocks. In 2014, she authored "Cultural Fusion Quilts – A Melting Pot of Piecing Traditions," introducing free-form blocks as an abstract take on traditional quilt blocks.
Sujata's presentation includes a slide show of her travels in India as well as her journey as a quilter. The slide show is followed by the trunk show of original quilts. She will share how she connects the dots between the memories of the past and today’s creative process.
Learn more at: therootconnection.blogspot.com
Follow on: Instagram @therootconnection
Don't miss the Workshop in November:
Sunday November 10 - Improv Sunburst
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The Flying Geese Quilters Guild general membership meetings, offer quilt related programs from an extraordinarily
talented membership and other locally recognized fiber artists, as well as
nationally and internationally recognized guest speakers. Our speakers are
quilters, quilt designers, clothing designers, doll makers, and textile
designers – in other words, experts who impact our love of quilting. Without
fail each month our guild members present a spectacular Show and Tell and a
hint of the quilt show we present every other year. Before the meeting and during break there is time to browse our extensive
lending library, socialize, and enter opportunity drawings for small wall hangings
and door prizes. Between meetings we offer a variety of activities, such as
workshops, philanthropy sewing days, and small friendship quilt group meetings.
The Flying Geese Quilters Guild was founded in 1985 by a group of about 30 quilters. In the past 29 years the guild has grown to approximately 300 members. The quilters guild was organized to promote and educate its members and the public in the techniques and methods of creative quilting and fiber arts, to preserve the heritage of quilt making, and to promote quilt related activities. Regular meetings usually feature nationally known speakers. Members can also attend some speaker's workshops for a small fee. Other benefits of membership include opportunities to join friendship groups, check books out from the Guild’s extensive library, and participate in quilt related philanthropic and community education projects. Other activities include a biennial quilt show, biennial quilt auction, and quilt retreats. |
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