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Calendar of Events
Nimble Fingers Calendar Notes 2011-2012 Feb. 1 - Our February lecture will take you to a new dimension when Eileen Doughty from Virginia discusses her techniques for “Three Dimensional Thread Sculpture.” Visit her web site at www.doughtydesigns.com to see these gorgeous creations. March 7 - Jennifer Amor is known for her beautiful and functional patterns and she will share her knowledge with us in her lecture entitled “Wearable Art?!” and in her full day workshop on March 8. You will make your own customized “Pop Top Jacket.” Check out www.jenniferamor.com. April 4 - Chris Meyers from Fil-Tec Industries will visit us to talk about his company’s threads, bobbins and other specialty products for quilters. Visit www.bobbincentral.com to learn about Fil-Tec, located here in Maryland. The April meeting will also offer members a chance to recycle their unused, like new quilting and sewing supplies in our Yard Sale. The Nimble Fingers Annual Meeting and Election of Officers also will take place. May 2 - Nimble Fingers is delighted to welcome Pat Ferguson from Connecticut to our May meeting to lecture about her method of Zen Quilting. She will teach two workshops for us, a half day on May 2 from 1-4 PM on the creative doodling phenomenon called Zentangle and a full day class on Thursday, May 3 about translating those Zen doodles into free motion quilting. Her web site is www.patfergusonquilts.com or visit www.zentangle.com to learn more about this art form. June 6 - Nimble Fingers is delighted to welcome Ellen Anne Eddy to our June meeting to lecture to explore the elements of design to make nature quilts that move and that move you. The design concepts are easy to understand and so much fun. You'll see how to build a path through your quilt that feeds the eye and the soul. The lecture focuses on taking geometric forms, translating them to organic shapes and creating nature quilts that live, move and breathe. She will teach a workshop for us on Thursday, June 7 using a 12" square project with most the design decisions made for you gives you the time and space to focus on learning technique and finishing what you’ve started. Make a great bobbin work dragonfly in this quick and easy class. Her web site is www.ellenanneeddy.com/For further information on any Nimble Fingers program, please contact Susan Sellers, program chair at sjsellers@aol.com. Monthly Quilting Bee Location Quilt Restorer
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