Sandra J. Hopkins - Fiber Artist

Fiber artist Sandra J. Hopkins, who will present her program at our October 8th meeting, describes her work.

          "I will be sharing my story of how I moved from painting to sewing
           art out of reclaimed fabrics. As we engage with my work, I will
           also discuss profound intersections we have with our places and
           how that influences my work."

Sandra J. Hopkins lives in Northern Colorado. She creates fiber art quilts composed of reclaimed fabrics out of a belief that nothing is waste and all that is has value. Her work has been shown in juried and group shows in the U.S. and Canada. A recipient of several awards, Sandra is also a member of CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts).

Here are three of Sandra's beautiful creations. Click HERE to visit her web site.

English Bay

Longs Peak

Sherri Bain Driver Shares Her Quilts

 

Sherri Bain Driver delighted her audience at the EVQG meeting last evening with her stunning quilts and stories. She described her "inspiration process" and techniques she uses to achieve award winning results.

Several of our members brought their own quilted creations to show.

August Program - Sherri Bain Driver

Sherri Bain Driver is a well-known name in the quilt world and EVQG is fortunate to have her scheduled as its presenter for the August 13 meeting. During her program "Sharing Inspirations and Techniques" she will show many of her quilts including several prize winners.

Sherri is an author, teacher, quilt judge, and associate editor of McCall's Quilting and McCall's QuickQuilts. 

Please join us for an evening of beautiful quilts and inspiration.

"On the Road Again"

Our speaker at the June 11 meeting will be Nancy Newell, Quilting Tools Distributor for E.E. Schenck Co., presenting "On the Road Again: How does all that new stuff arrive at your local quiltshop?" Nancy has just returned from the International Quilt Market in Pittsburgh and has many new products to show.

Join us at 6:30 Wednesday for an interesting evening.

Mary McCauley - 3D Fiber Artist

Mary McCauley inspired the audience with her Wednesday evening presentation at our meeting. She has developed techniques for constructing fascinating and beautiful sculptures from fabric and other fibers. She brought many of her award winning works and delighted us with her explanations and stories.

Monarch

Pop-Up Folding Fabric Garden

In addition to Mary's presentation, we enjoyed seeing our 

members' Show & Tell quilts.

Traveling to See Quilts

International Quilt Study Center & Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska

If you love quilts and travel, this article from USA Today is just for you. Colorado's Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum is one of the featured sites. How many have you visited? Click on the title below to read the article.

10 best places to see amazing quilts

The National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Partner

Estes Valley Quilt Guild has recently joined Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum as a supporting partner. Our partnership comes with benefits including a trunk show and program at a future meeting here in Estes Park.

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum is currently hosting Quilting - Past, Present, and Future, an exhibit by Front Range Contemporary Quilt Guild which will be on display through July 29, 2014. 

The museum is located at 1213 Washington Avenue, Golden, Colorado. The hours are: 

• Monday - Saturday 10:00-4:00
• Sunday 11:00-4:00

It is well worth a trip to Golden to see the current exhibits and visit the museum gift shop. The museum's website contains a lot of interesting information so visit it as well by clicking here.