Pride of the Prairie Quilt Guild Happy Spring!
2026 Meetings
May 21, 2026 - Back Talk: Lecture by Colleen Carlson
June 18, 2026 - Trash Talk: Sustainability in Focus; Lecture by Maday Delgado
June 18, 2026 - Trash Talk: Sustainability in Focus; Lecture by Maday Delgado
All about quilt backs! Every quilt has a back. Listen as a seasoned quilter and certified quilt judge, Colleen Carlson, shares insights on aspects of quilt backs. Durability is key and Colleen has surveyed experienced long arm quilters for their insights as backing experts. Also hear about easy hanger options and labels for your quilt backs.
June 18, 2026 - Trash Talk: Sustainability in Focus; Lecture by Maday Delgado
June 18, 2026 - Trash Talk: Sustainability in Focus; Lecture by Maday Delgado
June 18, 2026 - Trash Talk: Sustainability in Focus; Lecture by Maday Delgado
Maday Delgado can’t imagine a more expressive, comforting and connecting medium, than textiles. The stories they carry are a powerful reminder that a sustainable future is important to responsibly move our craft forward, for future generations. Maday will discuss how she reuses, repairs and up-cycles textiles in her creative practice as a way to mend our relationship with “waste” in the textile industry.
July 16, 2026 - Beyond Basic Bindings: Lecture by Kathy Herbach
June 18, 2026 - Trash Talk: Sustainability in Focus; Lecture by Maday Delgado
August 20, 2026 - Intro to Stripology Rulers: Lecture by Lynn Vock
Kathleen Herbach will help us explore ways to make finishing your quilts with pizazz. Accurate super skinny border, scalloped inserts, facing, and several multicolor and decorated binding options will be discussed.
August 20, 2026 - Intro to Stripology Rulers: Lecture by Lynn Vock
September 17, 2026 - Yellow Creek Quilt Designs Through the Years: Lecture and Trunk Show by Jill S
August 20, 2026 - Intro to Stripology Rulers: Lecture by Lynn Vock
Learn to save time and effort by using the Stripology approach. Lynn Vock will explain the functionality and proper usage of the full line of Stripology rulers.
September 17, 2026 - Yellow Creek Quilt Designs Through the Years: Lecture and Trunk Show by Jill S
September 17, 2026 - Yellow Creek Quilt Designs Through the Years: Lecture and Trunk Show by Jill S
September 17, 2026 - Yellow Creek Quilt Designs Through the Years: Lecture and Trunk Show by Jill S
Join us as Jill Shaulis shares her journey through the years of being a shop owner, pattern designer, and fabric designer, all shown through her quilts.
October 15, 2026 - Creative Backgrounds: Creating a Radiant Landscape Quilt: Lecture by Monique Klei
September 17, 2026 - Yellow Creek Quilt Designs Through the Years: Lecture and Trunk Show by Jill S
September 17, 2026 - Yellow Creek Quilt Designs Through the Years: Lecture and Trunk Show by Jill S
The perfect background can turn a beautiful focus art piece into a stunning art piece. In this lecture, Monique Kleinhans, will explore Gloria Loughman's applique tiling technique and discuss how to use different fabrics and colors to create a "light source", giving your work the look of glowing from within.
November 19, 2026 - Holiday Party!!
December 2026 - No Meeting This Month
December 2026 - No Meeting This Month
December 2026 - No Meeting This Month
December 2026 - No Meeting This Month
December 2026 - No Meeting This Month
2027 Meetings
January 21, 2027 - 400 Years at the Click of a Mouse: Lecture by Meg Cox
February 18, 2027 - How to Make Rugs from Fabric - Weaving, Twining, and Locker Hooking: Lecture by
February 18, 2027 - How to Make Rugs from Fabric - Weaving, Twining, and Locker Hooking: Lecture by
Meg Cox’s lecture on hidden online quilt archives is a breezy and practical look at surprising resources to inspire quilters. This isn’t just a list of links, but a travelogue of sorts, sharing secrets to navigating the very best online collections and interactive resources. Did you know you can browse the entire quilt collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art? Or check out dozens of state documentation projects whose amazing quilts were long ago swept back into attics? Meg will also give you solid advice on copyright law, so you know how to adapt the eye-popping designs you spy online into your own quilts – legally.
February 18, 2027 - How to Make Rugs from Fabric - Weaving, Twining, and Locker Hooking: Lecture by
February 18, 2027 - How to Make Rugs from Fabric - Weaving, Twining, and Locker Hooking: Lecture by
February 18, 2027 - How to Make Rugs from Fabric - Weaving, Twining, and Locker Hooking: Lecture by
In this lecture, Ann Jordan will describe three methods of rug making, using fabric. The first method, locker hooking, uses a tool called a locker hook to weave fabric strips through rug making canvas. Locker hooking is fun and easy, and she has made quite a few rugs this way. Next Ann will discuss weaving rugs on a floor loom. Finally, she will describe rug twining. After doing some research, Ann discovered this old technique, which is based on braiding. She read some books and watched some videos, and made her first rug. Since then Ann has made several more. Rug twining can really make a dent in your stash!
past Speakers
October 16, 2025
Shannon Leigh Roudhán and Jason Bowlsby are the dynamic DIY duo from California. Their award-winning crochet, knit, quilting, and sewing designs have been published in books and magazines around the globe.
Shannon and Jason will present two beloved textile arts, quilting and sashiko, that have been around for centuries. The “edu-tainment” experience of a class with Shannon & Jason will leave you informed, empowered, and in stitches;)