General Meetings

General meetings are held on the third Monday of every month, except for January and February when the meetings are on the third Tuesday of the month due to Monday holidays. Please note this isn’t always the Tuesday after the holiday!

All meetings are currently being conducted over Zoom. Breakout rooms for socializing open at 6:15 pm, and the main meeting starts promptly at 7 pm. Announcements and show-and-tell precede the speaker presentation.

Registration for the next general meeting can be found here. To register for other meetings, click on the meeting title on the right, and there will be a link on that page to register.

Meetings are free for GQCCC members, and a $10 fee for visitors.

In the future, when in-person meetings resume, they will held at:

Centre Concord
5298 Clayton Road
Concord, CA 94521

Upcoming Speakers

May 17, 2021 – Fabric 411

featuring Penni Domikis Did you ever wonder about the fabrics we all love? How are they made? Where does the process begin? We all know our favorite fabrics are created from cotton but what exactly is the process from the factory to the shop? How does a company pick designs and how long does it […]

June 21, 2021 – Love Where You Create: It’s Not a One Size Fits All Solution

featuring Lilo Bowman Learn to build a creative place that works for you, your space, your budget and where you are right now. Lilo Bowman has worked as a floral designer, translator, tour guide, wedding planner, and is now editor-in-chief of TheQuiltShow.com. Her work has been varied, often challenging, but always creative. Since early childhood, she […]

July 19, 2021 – Diamonds are a Quilter’s Best Friend

featuring Krista Moser Krista Moser is the designer of the Creative Grids 60 Degree Diamond Ruler and Mini Ruler. She has published more than 20 patterns with more on the way! She has been teaching sewing and quilting lessons for more than 25 years. Join us and learn all the tips and tricks for cutting […]

August 16, 2021 – Casting Shadows: Creating Depth in Quilts

featuring Colleen Wise My quilts are distinctive for their illusion of depth. I love to play with three dimensions! Objects such as leaves or planets appear to float above a two-dimensional surface. I have a virtual toolbox full of tools I use to create that depth, and I will bring a big trunk full of […]

September 20, 2021 – Quilt Appraisal, Repair & Trunk Show Lecture

featuring Julia Fiske Julia Fikse’s one hour interactive, fun, and informative lecture will teach quilters the value of appraisals and answer the question, “Should I get my quilt appraised?” Included in this lecture is information about how to care for and repair quilts. Then, enjoy looking at quilts through the ages with Julia’s collection of […]

Past Speakers — 2021

April 19, 2021 – My Favorite 3-Ds: Dresden’s, Diamonds & Drunkards’ Path

featuring Lori Dickman A trunk show of Lori’s favorite “D” quilts! This show features over 30 of Lori’s quilt designs with styles that will cover every quilter’s favorites: from traditional to applique to modern and everything in between! Quilting templates have always been Lori’s “go-to” tools for piecing fast and fun quilts. In this lecture, […]

Kate Colleran March 15, 2021 – How to Smash Your Stash

featuring Kate Colleran This lecture and trunk show focuses on quilts that use precuts, and includes tips and ideas on how to use precut patterns to work through your stash…even if you don’t own any precuts! After all, a precut quilt is just a curated scrap quilt! Kate will share quilts from her book, Smash Your […]

February 16, 2021 – Photo to Fabric: Design in the Palm of Your Hand

featuring Lisa Thorpe Lisa will demonstrate, using her iPad, how to take a simple photo, manipulate it in app and print the image onto fabric on a home printer. She will share a variety of art quilts she has created with these images as a central theme. As well as several art quilts using multiple […]

January 19, 2021 – Quilt to a Tee: Using T-Shirts and Unique Clothing in a Quilt

featuring Beth Sullivan Have you ever wondered how to make a T-shirt quilt? Beth will provide inspiration and guidance for quilters who are thinking about tackling a T-shirt or memory quilt. Quilt samples and photos are used to show how quilters can expand the possibilities of the conventional T-shirt quilt to include anything that can […]

Past Speakers – Prior to 2021

2020

December 14, 2020 – Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill – Aurifilosophy https://www.wholecirclestudio.com

November 16, 2020 – Alex Anderson – “A Quiltie Life” https://alexandersonquilts.com

October 19, 2020 – Jennifer Sampou “Light Your Ombre’ Fire”  YouTube Free Tutorials
Class – Modern Madras Table Runner

September 21, 2020 – Colleen Pelfrey – “Life with a Border Around It”   https://colleenpelfreyquilts.com/

August 17, 2020 – Quilt Shop Tours, In Between Stitches, Not Just Quiltz, New Pieces Quilt Shop, The Cotton Patch

July 20, 2020 – Margaret Linderman- Trunk Show

June 2020 – Mel Beach “Free Motion Crea-TV and Reality” via Zoom Mel Beach

February 2020 – Ora Clay “Telling My Story”  Quilts By Ora

January  2020 -Sue Fox and Julia McLeod [Silk and Salvage] “New Quilts from Rescued Materials” Silk and Salvage/        @silkandsalvage on Instagram

2019

November 2019 – Lenore Hubal “Quilting Journey”

October 2019 – Claire Witherspoon “Confessions of an Ecclectic Quilter” Claire Witherspoon Blog

September 2019 – Joe Cunningham “My Life in Quilts”   Joe the Quilter

July 2019 – Lynn Wilder “Geography of a Quilter”  Sew’n Wild Oaks Blog
Free Classes on The Quilt Show
PATCHWORK MATH Presentation
Patchwork Math Supply List

June 2019 – Linda Schmidt “Down and Dirty Designs and Terrific Techniques”   Linda Schmidt

May 2019 – Colleen Granger   Sew Little Time Quilting    
Class – Chugach Range or Ninja Star

March 2019 – Kathryn Pellman “A Fashionista’s Journey into Art Quilts – Whimsical to Traditional”       Kathryn Pellman

February 2019 – Sandy Klop “American Jane”    Sandy Klop

January 2019 – Mary Boyer “The Art of Treasure Hunting and Wearable Art” by Mary Boyer “The Green Quilter”     Mary Boyer

2018

November 2018 – Inger  Blood “Progression of a Quilter”        https://www.facebook.com/ingerblood

October 2018 – Linda Wagner – “Make Mine Scrappy”   Linda Wagner

September 2018 – Jenny K. Lyon “Quilting is a Contact Sport!”  Jenny Lyon
Class –  “Yes, You CAN Free Motion Quilt!”

August 20, 2018 – Guild Program: Hot August Demo Night
Dresden Plate by Diane Slattery
Half Square Triangles by Mary Stockler & Mary Pimentel-Wheeler
Chix ‘n Noodle Soup and Sammie by Nancy Van Meter
English Paper Piecing by Dale Wolfe

July 2018 – Christine Barnes & Heidi Emmett “A Kaffe Fassett Extravaganza”

June 2018 – Geri Patterson-Kutras “The Artist Within”

May 2018 – Nancy Brown “My Animal Quilts”   Nancy Brown
Class  “Pets in the Garden”

April 2018 – Kevin Kosbab “Fabric Outside the Lines”     Kevin Kosbab

March 2018 – Victoria Johnson “Forever Quilting for You”    Victoria Johnson

February 2018 – Cathie Hoover A Trunk Show     Cathie Hoover

January  2018 – Joanna Figueroa “A Different Perspective on the Color Wheel”    Joanna Figueroa

2017

November 2017- Sheila Collins “My Creative Journey”   Sheila Collins

October 2017 – Patti Fried “Watching Tradition Evolve”   Patti Fried

September 2017 – Mel Beach “Challenge Yourself”    Mel Beach

July 2017 – Denise Oyama Miller “Painting With My Scissors” 

June 2017 -Lisa Norton and Lora Zmak “Discovering Your Quilting Personality and Personal Color Therapy” 

May  2017 – Ann Shaw “Photos and Quilts”  Ann Shaw Quilting
1 Day Class – “Chicken Challenge” with Ann Shaw

April 2017 – Diane Steele “Group Quilts: Round Robins, Block Exchanges and Challenges”     Diane Steel’s Blog

March 2017 – Julie Silber “Rare and Historical Quilts” 

February 2017 – Sandra Mollon “A Trunk Show”   Sandra Mollon

January 2017 -Marie Straight “Scrap Quilts 2.0” 

2016

November 2016 – Jan Soules “Spectacular Borders”

October 2016 – Young-Min Lee “Bojagi, The Art of Wrapping Cloths”    Young-Min Lee

September  2016 Jennifer Rapacki “Creativity Unleashed:  Modern Technology for Quilters”  Jennifer Repacki

July 2016 Judy Coates-Perez “It’s All in the Process”  Judy Coates-Perez

June 2016 Laura Fraga “My Dear Jane Experience”  and 1 Day Class – “Dear Jane Appliqué”  Laura Fraga

May 2016 Carol Van Zandt “Modern Collaborative Design” Carol Van Zandt

April 2016 Peggy Martin “Enjoying the Journey”   Peggy Martin

March 2016 Sandra Bruce “Material Matrix and the Paths Taken”   Sandra Bruce

February 2016 Lisa McKissick “Tool Time Girl” 

January 2016 Nancy Ritter [guild Member] ”My Quilting Journey”

January 2016 – Jenny Lyon “Introduction to Fearless Free Motion Quilting”   Jenny Lyon

2015

November 2015 – Sherri Lynn Wood “Improvise! Creating, Quilting & Living Courageously”    Sherri Lynn Wood

October  2015 – Liz Piatt “My Quilting Journey Trunk Show” 

September 2015 – Rita Hutchins “Totally Tubular Journey Through Color and Pattern”   Rita Hutchins