Aprils Topic: Memory Quilts

Join us in welcoming Lisa Ohnemus to speak at our April 14th meeting! 

Lisa is a member of the Eastern Polk Quilters guild and a quilter that learned the craft from her mother, a long time quilter.  In 2023, Lisa took on a labor of love to create a pixelated quilt of her daughter and used the Youpatch pixel software to create a pixelated quilt pattern.  The Youpatch app allows you to submit a photo to that will come back as a pixelated pattern and includes the colors you will need to create your quilt.  That sounds easy but when you see the quilt that Lisa created you’ll realize what a unique process it really is.   Lisa's made a second pixelated quilt which she'll bring as well. Lisa will also share some other memory quilts she's made.

Show and Share: Have you made a memory quilt? Bring it to share with the group!

Quilted Post Cards

Joseph will share his story with us, talk a bit about his blocks, the technique he uses to capture the pictures he uses on the quilts, and his amazing quilts; he will also be giving us a truck show.

Joseph, aka @the_gay_church_lady , began quilting during the pandemic. After George Floyd was murdered he decided to create social justice themed quilts which eventually led to the format I first encountered on Instagram, his strong women quilt tops #strongwomenquilt.

His quilts are scrappy and consist of a picture in the middle of the a block - actors, singers, police officers, judges, fictional characters, professionals (mathematicians), movies, astronauts, royalty, Barbie, and so much more.  I’ve seen blocks made in log cabin, courthouse steps, sawtooth, kings crown and other block types that bring a focus to the center of the block.   

If you follow the_gay_church_lady instagram account you’ll see each entry is accompanied by a biography of the person pictured in the quilt.  For some charity quilts he has compiled a companion hardcover book with those biographies included.

Carolina Oneto will be joining our September meeting via zoom presenting a virtual lecture on “Limits & Creativity”. This will be a PowerPoint presentation with question and answer time to follow.

Limits and Creativity lecture: Limits and an be counterintuitive but limits are essentials to create, they allow us to create connections, to avoid choose paralysis and to get a deep understanding of our medium. In this lecture we will talk about what kind of limits we can use to empower our creative process.

Date: Saturday, Sept. 13th, 2025 9am - 12pm CT

In this class I will teach you how to make curved shapes with your sewing machine! I explain step by step, in detail, how to make these beautiful shapes, which will give you the possibility to freely create shapes on your quilts! It is not Appliqué. In addition, I will show you 3 variants of these forms (one form on top of another, one form next to another and one form within another) and I will give you ideas to inspire you in your next creations! - Carolina Oneto

3 hour workshop will be live on Zoom and include demos and one on one assistance.

Instructor: Carolina Oneto

Non-Member registration opens mid-April.