Technique Sharing Workshops


What is a Technique Sharing Workshop (TSW)? A TSW is a way for guild members to teach a technique they have found especially helpful in improving the quality of their quilts and quilting experience. These workshops are usually 10-15 minutes long and have been taught after general meetings in the past. Now, with the advent of Zoom and YouTube, members can share something they have found, or demonstrate their technique, and have it posted on our Website.

Our guild is thriving because we have volunteers who share their time and talents. If you are looking for a way to be an active member, please consider being the chair of TSW. The chair searches out possible members to teach or share a technique and schedules the workshops for a year.

Sewing Roll with Janice Juul

Jan 2nd, 2025 to Jan 2nd, 2025

This lovely little sewing kit rolls up neatly and holds thread, scissors, pins, and just about anything you need for a hand-work project. Make one for yourself or make one for a friend. My mother and I made a sewing roll for each other – something I cherish every day.

I hope to see you in January for the first TSW of 2025!

Janice Juul

Sewing Roll pattern

 

Receiving Blankets w. Self-facing Mitered Corners with Brenda Kobrin

Apr 14th, 2025 to Apr 14th, 2005

Brenda Kobrin at Village Sewing Center on Lewis Road at 3:PM-5:ish Monday April 14th. Receiving Blanket with mitered corners and other baby necessities from blanket scraps.

ONLY 10 seats available.

Jar for donations 

Brenda Korbin at Village Sewing Center on Lewis Road at 3:PM-5:ish Monday April 14th. Receiving Blanket with mitered corners and other baby necessities from blanket scraps. 

ONLY 10 seats available.

Jar for donations

Click on link for instructions: Self Binding Baby Blanket

 

 

Portable Ironing Board with Sue Stone

Jun 5th, 2025 to Jun 5th, 2025

After meeting 15 minute TSW

Presented by Sue Stone - 

A Portable Ironing Board, a perfect solution for the "on the go" quilt classes or just right to take from room to room when at home. Make the size you want or use the process to convert a folding TV Tray.
So easy you will want to make several of different sizes.

Instructions for the Portable Ironing Board

 

 

Kitchen Witch with Rhonda Denny

Jun 12th, 2025 to Jun 12th, 2025

Member-Sponsored Sew Day at the Veterans Memorial Building,

Hello Good People,

Here are the details for the Kitchen Witch. I am making copies of the pattern for Sew Day. I will provide the cream and green muslin for her head (If you want her to have a green face) and stuffing for her body and head. I will also have roving wool for her hair and small buttons for the eyes.

You need to bring: Your machine (in good working order). An old-time quilt block for her dress. A scrap about 10” X 10” for her hat. Her arms and legs are made of sticks. Bring four gnarly sticks from the Forest floor of your choice. The sticks should be around the thickness of a jumbo crayon or thereabouts. The leg sticks should be around 9” long and the arm sticks about 6” long. You will also need embroidery floss and hand-sewing needles of your choice to create her face.

She is assembled, in part, with a glue gun so if you have one, bring it. I will bring mine (if I can find it) for shared use. She will take approximately 2 hours to make. I am ordering 25 of the patterns. If more sign up, I can have more. If there is a designated photographer/videographer, this project may be recorded for the guild website.

It will help me to get signups early to know how many copies to print. Please email me.

Looking forward to an amazing day getting spooky with you!

Rhonda Denny

How to Bind Your Quilt with Vicki David with Vicki David

Jul 3rd, 2025 to Jul 3rd, 2025

How to Bind Your Quilt

 

During this demonstration I will discuss how to get your quilt ready for binding
and how to apply it so that the beginning and ending of the binding is
indistinguishable.  I will also show you some tips on how to achieve square
corners and keep your quilt from rippling along the edges.

 

Vicki David

Janet Tonkin and The Accu Quilter with Janet Tonkin

Jul 11th, 2025 to Jul 11th, 2025

Super-sized Technique Sharing Workshop featuring

Janet Tonkin and the AccuQuilt Cutters & Dies - July 11 2025

Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center 2050 Yulupa Ave
$20.00 per person to cover the rent, checks to:SRQG

(9:AM set up – 2:30 clean-up - 3:PM  Lock the doors)

 

Our Guild website  SRQG.Org has many AccuQuilt dies for strips, blocks and designs, as well as the cutter machines that go with them. ALL AVAILABLE FOR LOAN. Join Janet and learn how easy they are to use and how to obtain the loan of the dies AND the cutters.

 JANET is showing a quilt made with the AccuQuilt Cupcake dies.

 

Click below on the link to see what all we have in the library and use the Accuquilt link to see all the available items from the company.

SRQG Library for GO! Items 
Search in  for      Type the word GO! in the space, press "Go" and you will see all the items pertaining to AccuQuilt.

https://www.accuquilt.com/ for more information

Coiled Basket with Genelle Voorhees

Aug 8th, 2025 to Aug 8th, 2025

Held at the LBAGC: Time TBD

These two bowls were made from cotton fabric strips. The green bowl was made from one fabric and the multicolored bowl was made using several different colored fabric strips. You get fantastic designs using assorted fabrics from your stash. Even undesirable fabrics make beautiful bowls.
And, bowls make wonderful gifts!

Rhonda Denny's Community Project

Dec 1st, 2025 to Dec 31st, 2023

Hello Good People,

It’s time to update the Baby Closet at Santa Rosa Community Health Lombardi Campus.  After two full years of service, we want to standardize and streamline content for easier access and opportunity. This means we are eliminating and adding baby basics.

The approve list consists of: 

-          Clothing such as onsies, pajamas, sweatpants, t-shirts and socks. Sizes 0 to 2 years or (24 months)

-          The greatest need is boys, 6 to 9 months. Boys, boys, boys, and gender neutral.

-          Journals for mom’s - any and all. The feedback on journals has been positive. We’ve had plain to beautiful books - some hard cover, some soft, some with pockets, some with locks. These journals encourage dreams, desires, intentions and a feeling of well-being that is mom’s alone.

-          Burp Cloths are used often, many times a day. A fat stack of burpees can be depleted in just a few hours. The most loved burpee pattern can be found on the TSW page.

-          Receiving blankets – one sided with finished edges or two-sided, flannel on flannel or flannel on one side and cotton on the other side.

-          Doll quilts, dollies, or stuffed animals. Also, books that can be read to the babies.

-          Small quilts or blankets.

We want to put each set into a big, fabric bag. Lady Mary W made over 100 bags last year and, already this year, 100 more!

Off the list:

-          No more Tegan hats. The noggin nubbin was just too problematic. (The Tegan hats will be replaced with super simple, knitted hats, sizes newborn to 6 months.TBA)

-          Circle receiver, kerchief, cat friend, knit blankets, and bibs.

Note: any larger sizes will go to the Pediatric Clinic. At this point, the Lombardi Campus wants only sizes 0 to 2 years.

Thank you for giving to the families in our communities that need it the most.

 

Rhonda Denny

Burp Cloth instructions

Receiving Blanket instructions

Stuffed Cat Pattern

Baby Bag Tote Pattern

Circle Receiving Blanket Pattern  

Kerchief Instructions