Announcing the 2025 slate of Programs and Workshops.In 2025, SRQG members can enjoy a wide selection of Speakers and Teachers from around the country, both via Zoom and In Person.We have the chance to design a quilt inspired by architecture, use up some of your scrap fabric to create a beautiful quilt, have local friends help you learn EPP, also a sew day for all to bring their project to work on, a workshop on embellishment, learn how to paper piece with a holiday tree skirt. You will also learn foundation piecing, introduction to curves in a quilt. We will meet our new members and see what they have been up to though out the year.
See below for the full slate of programs and workshops and look for more information in the Stitch’n Times and on the SRQG website.
Improv Art Quilts
with Judy Mathieson
Jan 15th, 2026 to Jan 15th, 2026
Program: 10:00 am in Person
SRQG member, Judy Mathieson will be the speaker at the first program meeting in January. She Has been a member for 20 years after moving to Santa Rosa. Her 30 year career as a teacher of quiltmaking took her to 48 states and 6 countries. Most of her workshops and books were focused on the Mariner’s Compass pattern. She has also explored animal portraits and art quilts She promises to bring all of the quilts that she currently owns.
Star Demo
with Judy Mathieson
Jan 16th, 2026 to Jan 16th, 2026
Sew Day: Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
$10 Cost for members & registration is required in advance
A workshop day has not been scheduled, but Judy will attend the SewDay, open to members of the guild who sign up .
She will not offer a full workshop, but will do demonstrations of star patterns using her freezer paper template method.
Some of Judy's beautiful quilts to the right.
The Joys of Handwork
with Pattie Klimek
Feb 19th, 2026 to Feb 19th, 2026
Program: In-Person Lecture & Trunk Show
Pattie Klimek is a traditional hand quilter, hand piecer and hand embroiderer who works in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her mission is to remind quilters of the Joy of Handwork. Pattie lectures and teaches at quilt stores and Guilds to remind us of the hand-quilting techniques of generations past, along with her own techniques. Her lectures promote quilting as a time to sit down with friends and work with our hands. Pattie will share techniques, as we put away our machines and learn to hand quilt. She will remind us of the rich history of quilting and the joy of handwork.
Big Stitch Hand Quilting
with Pattie Klimek
Feb 20th, 2026 to Feb 20th, 2026
Workshop: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm at LBAGC
$50 for SRQG members (Registration opens Nov 1, 2025) ​$60 for non-SRQG members (Registration opens to other Guilds on Jan. 15, 2026)
Big Stitch Hand Quilting is an eye-catching embellishment for your quilt.It can be combined with machine quilting to give texture and details to not only traditional quilts, but Art Quilts, Contemporary and Modern Quilts.It is easy to do with the proper needles and cotton embroidery thread. In this workshop, you will be introduced to the basics of big stitch quilting, the materials needed, how to baste, how to tie and set a knot, and the rocking stitch.I will go over how to find a proper thimble and how to fit it.Then we will discuss various design elements using Big Stitch Hand Quilting and how to incorporate it into your quilting designs.(Bring in your quilt tops to discuss and together we can talk about how to choose a pattern using this technique to make your quilt a unique piece of art.)
Pattie will supply a pre-marked top and batting for a $10 fee payable to Pattie at the time of the workshop.
Check out this short video to learn more about Pattie and her workshop with SRQG "Big Stitch Hand Quilting"
Quilt Judging - What Judges Look For
with Julie Curry
Mar 19th, 2026 to Mar 19th, 2026
Program:
Julie Curry is a lifelong quilter with a passion for all things quilting. She coordinated the Creative Home Arts Department of the San Mateo County Fair for more than a decade, which included hundreds of quilts each year. In doing so, Julie worked with many quilt judges and this experience piqued her interest in the judging process. She received her quilt judge training at the West Coast Quilt Judging Academy in 2012 and has judged for many groups throughout Northern California. Julie is committed to judging in a manner that is fair, thorough and compassionate.
Bay Area Quilt Artist
with Mike McNamara
Apr 16th, 2026 to Apr 16th, 2026
Program - 10:00 a.m. In - Person
Mac McNamara is known for quilt designs which seem haphazard, disconnected and random. But they keep you looking, searching for a structure, a deeper meaning and that is Mac’s intention. There is always a deeper meaning below what is readily apparent in his quilts. In describing his quilt making process, Mac says that he essentially sews in curves and if done correctly, the quilt will lie flat.
An experienced quilter from New England, Mac experienced the devastation of the HIV/AIDS crisis first-hand as it took the lives of friends and many community members. When news about the Aids Memorial Quilt spread to the East Coast, Mac got involved immediately. “I first started working with the AIDS Quilt in the ‘80s. We had panel-making set up in an old church in South Boston.” Mac’s panels honor those taken by HIV and AIDS with a touching tribute to a key interest or aspect of their lives and their stories.
Mac now lives in San Francisco and is a frequent speaker at quilting associations around the state and at Handicraft and Art Fairs. Mac shares that he loves to have his quilts hanging next to quilts made by children because “Children have a certain freedom to do what they want without the objections that we adults have learned over the years.”
