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Sunshine Quilters of San Diego
2024-2025 Guest Lecturers and Workshops

 

January 18, 2025   10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Featherweight Maintenance Workshop with Tom Griesgraber
Lakefront Mobile Home Park Community Room, 9395 Harritt Road, Lakeside,

Tom Griesgraber, an expert Featherweight technician, will show us how to care for and maintain our individual Featherweight machines. Tom will be available from 10 – 2 and afterward we can work on our own projects using our newly adjusted machines.

Workshop fee is $40. Contact Kathy Barnes to sign up or [email protected].

Supplies needed:

Machine Oil

Small lint brush

small screw driver (to remove needle plate)

Canned air

Paper Towels 

Tom will have other supplies as needed (e.g. machine belts, etc).

 

February 11, 2025   7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Member Meeting featuring Pam Davis
Renette Community Center, 935 Emerald Ave, El Cajon

Join us to hear from our very own Pam Davis! Pam will present a trunk show featuring her Kim Diehl quilts and share some inside secrets!

Doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting begins at 7:00 PM.

Members are free, guests are $5.00 per person.

March 11, 2025   7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Member Meeting featuring Sue Bouchard
Renette Community Center, 935 Emerald Ave, El Cajon

Join us for an evening with Sue Bouchard. Sue has been sewing since she was four and quilting since she was twelve. She loves to design and make modern quilts which are influenced by traditional designs. Her passion is teaching and inspiring others. Sue has taught at many Quilt Guilds, International Festivals and Craftours throughout the world. She’ll share her journey and insights discovered by finding solace in her sewing room. Explore ways to combine styles, techniques and colors to create your own one-of-a-kind quilts. Special emphasis is the use of directional fabrics for effective design elements. Over 35 samples will inspire you!!

Doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting begins at 7:00 PM.

Members are free, guests are $5.00 per person.

March 15, 2025   9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Sue Bouchard Workshop “Moon Dance”
(Location to be announced)

Combining triangle in a square patches with pieced triangle squares give the illusion of curves without any curved piecing. The stars are brought together with quarter square patches. Your patchwork will dance across the background!

Workshop fee is $40.

Kits are $60 and include all fabrics, pattern and template to complete the 32″ x 42″ quilt top, including the binding.

 

April 8, 2025   7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Member Meeting featuring Christy Sprecco
Renette Community Center, 935 Emerald Ave, El Cajon

Join us for a presentation and trunk show from our own Christy Sprecco. Christy will share her quilting journey and present generational quilts with some of her own.

Doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting begins at 7:00 PM.

Members are free, guests are $5.00 per person.

May 13, 2025   7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Member Meeting featuring the Challenge Reveal!
Renette Community Center, 935 Emerald Ave, El Cajon

Join us as Jane St. John presents the entries to the 2024-2025 Challenge Project and vote for the winners!

Doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting begins at 7:00 PM.

Members are free, guests are $5.00 per person.

June 10, 2025   7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Member Meeting – Annual Summer Potluck
Renette Community Center, 935 Emerald Ave, El Cajon

Join us to close our guild year with our traditional potluck dinner. During the meeting we will enjoy our fellow members, hold the final drawings and discuss the 2025-2026 guild year.

Doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting begins at 7:00 PM.

Members are free, guests are $5.00 per person.