Stitch Modern 2013

STITCH MODERN IS BACK AND BETTER THEN EVER!!!!!! Here are the deets:

We are at the Piedmont Center for the Arts
located on 801 Magolia Avenue in Piedmont/Oakland.
The gallery hours are Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays 12-3pm
from February 1 through the 24th.

Please come by and visit. The gallery will be staffed by one of our very own East Bay Modern quilters, so please feel free to ask questions!

We have several awesome events that will interest quilters and non quilters alike.

Lecture: Modern Improv Quilting and Process by Sherri Lynn Wood
Feb. 5, 7-8:30pm
Piedmont Center for the Arts
$5 entry fee
An exciting lecture and trunk show by the artist, Sherri Lynn Wood who will share the ideas behind improvisational quilting and her unique design process.

Textile Design Panel Discussion and Q&A
Feb. 9, 12:30-1:30
Piedmont Center for the Arts

We’ve lined up an exciting panel of local, Bay Area fabric designers to tell us about their process and to answer all of our textile design questions.  The event will be moderated by EBMQG’s own Kim Andersson and the panel will consist of Ellen Heck of Cathy Heck Studios, Pati Fried, Sandy Klop of American Jane, Jennifer Moore of Monaluna, and Carol Van Zandt.

Family Activity Day
Feb. 10, 12:00-2:30
Piedmont Center for the Arts

This is my favorite event since I love to get my boys and husband involved in my little hobby;) Bring your kiddos and/or your significant other for a fun day with textiles and crafts. There will be a scavenger hunt, fun crafts, and snacks! It will be a great opportunity to explore the world of fabric and thread with your whole family, plus you can check out the quilts of the Stitch Modern 2013 show while you’re there.

Lecture: Threads of Transition, Patterns of Change: Rabari Appliquéd Textiles of India by Kristine Vejar
Feb. 13, 7-8:30

**To be held at A Verb for Keeping Warm**
Join the East Bay Modern Quilt Guild for a lecture by Kristine Vejar as she discusses the gorgeous, appliqued textiles of three nomadic camel herding tribes in India, known as Rabari.

This lecture is free and open to the public, but PLEASE RSVP as space is limited!

Sew SaturDay with East Bay Modern Quilt Guild
Feb. 16, 12-3
Piedmont Center for the Arts
Come and join us for a Sew Day! Bring your sewing machine or hand-work project and hang out with us as we sit and sew at the Stitch Modern 2013 exhibit!

Too far away to make it? Check out our flickr and some of our member’s blogs (like here, or here, or here, here, or even here) on the goings on.

If you can’t make it in time to see Stitch Modern at the Piedmont Center for the Arts, don’t worry!  You can catch our quilts in the Stitch Modern special exhibit at the San Francisco Quilters Guild Show on Saturday and Sunday, March 9 and 10 at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco.

I will leave you with this, EBMQG’s new logo!!!

Great job to Joel Ignacio and Kim Andersson for their snazzy new design!!!