Lorain County Piecemakers

PROGRAMS FOR 2008 - Nancy T. & Donna W.

February 14, 2008 Cindy Oravecz of Quilter's Fancy in Cortland, Ohio Cindy has lectured and taught in many shows and guilds throughout our area.She has also appeared on HGTV Simply Quilts. NEW Lecture! What's Weird & Wacky & New In The Sewing World...Watch Cindy pull all sorts of unusual projects from her sewing bag of tricks. The stories will be as wild and wacky as the projects. What Fun! Visit her website at www.quiltersfancy.com

March 13, 2008 Sue Spargo of Sue Spargo Folk Art Quilts, Uniontown, Ohio Sue is a well known lecturer and teacher throughout the US. She has appeared on HGTV Simply Quilts several times. Visit her website at www.suespargo.com - focused on nurturing each participants own creativity I have enjoyed leading quilt making workshops and giving lectures about creativity throughout the USA . These have ranged from short lecture/presentations to multi-day retreats. My approach is to guide rather than teach. I share all my accumulated experience, pass on many techniques and tips and gain the greatest satisfaction from helping people find and act on their own creative ideas.

April 10, 2008 Linda Sekerak of Cottage Garden Quilts, Litchfield, Ohio Linda will give a lecture about how she started her home based business of machine quilting. She will also do a trunk show of some of her award winning quilts.

May 8, 2008 Nelly Vileikis, of Aurora, Ohio Nelly is a very knowledgeable teacher from local quilt shops. She has also taught at NEORQC. She will be lecturing about her quilting techniques. She will have a trunk show to share. Visit her website atnellyvileikis@aol.com

June 12, 2008 Melissa Becker of Melissa Becker Designs, Chagrin Falls,Ohio Melissa is a wonderful clothing pattern designer and button designer. She will tell us how she got started in her business and she will bring lots of goodies to sell.

Possible July 10, 2008 Welcome to Aunt Lenie's Attic! We are an Ohio based online quilt shop specializing in all your favorite quilt kits, fabrics, notions, books, and patterns at incredible prices! We sell the latest designs from Brannock & Patek, Fig Tree Quilts, Blackbird Designs, 3 Sisters, Jo Morton, and much more. We carry fabric lines from some of the biggest names in the quilting industry like Moda, BaumTextiles, Andover Fabrics, Marcus Brothers, and if you are looking for Civil War reproduction fabrics, we have them too. Our friendly,knowledgeable staff are always happy to assist you with any questions orconcerns to make your online experience a pleasurable one.

August 14, 2008 Traditional summer picnic.