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• Traveling Teacher Cindy Grisdela- Fabulous Freehand Curves

  • When
    8 Apr 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Gulf Shores, AL

  Traveling Teacher Cindy Grisdela of Cindy Grisdela Art Quilts kicks off her Spring 2025 tour of the GSQA Guilds on April 8, 2025 and wraps up with a lecture at the GSQA General Membership General Meeting on April 12, 2025.  Contact the guild for registration.   Note: Guests (non-members) must pay additional $30 workshop fee. 

  Workshop name: Fabulous Freehand Curves

  

  Cut large scale curves freehand without templates or patterns. Add dots, skinny lines, wonky triangles and more to give each curve its own personality, then combine them into a fun original design.

  We’ll talk about color and design to create the composition as well as the techniques needed.

  Basic sewing skills and a sewing machine in good working order are necessary.

  Best for students with some experience with curves.

  
  Hosting guild: Island Quilters Guild

  Contact for workshop: Sherry Johnson 

  crazierquilter@gmail.com

  
  

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• Traveling Teacher Cindy Grisdela- Lecture: Anatomy of an Improv Quilt

  • When
    8 Apr 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Family Baptist Church, 5454 Mobile Hwy., Pensacola, FL 32526

  Traveling Teacher Cindy Grisdela of Cindy Grisdela Art Quilts kicks off her Spring 2025 tour of the GSQA Guilds on April 8, 2025 and wraps up with a lecture at the GSQA General Membership General Meeting on April 12, 2025.  

  Pensacola Quilters Guild invites you to attend the lecture at one or both of their monthly guild meetings.  Each meeting will feature a different lecture.

  Cindy Grisdela will lecture on "Anatomy of an Improv Quilt" at the Tuesday evening meeting.

  

  Hosting guild: Pensacola Quilters Guild

  
  

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• Traveling Teacher Cindy Grisdela- Artful Improv

  • When
    9 Apr 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Pensacola, FL

  Traveling Teacher Cindy Grisdela of Cindy Grisdela Art Quilts kicks off her Spring 2025 tour of the GSQA Guilds on April 8, 2025 and wraps up with a lecture at the GSQA General Membership General Meeting on April 12, 2025.  Contact the guild for registration.   Note: Guests (non-members) must pay additional $30 workshop fee. 

  Workshop name: Artful Improv

  

  Hosting guild: Pensacola Quilters Guild

  Contact for workshop: Cena Harmon

  cenaharmon@mac.com

  
  

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• Traveling Teacher Cindy Grisdela- Lecture: Journey of an Art Quilter

  • When
    10 Apr 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Family Baptist Church, 5454 Mobile Hwy., Pensacola, FL 32526

  Traveling Teacher Cindy Grisdela of Cindy Grisdela Art Quilts kicks off her Spring 2025 tour of the GSQA Guilds on April 8, 2025 and wraps up with a lecture at the GSQA General Membership General Meeting on April 12, 2025.  

  Pensacola Quilters Guild invites you to attend the lecture at one or both of their monthly guild meetings.  Each meeting will feature a different lecture.

  Cindy Grisdela will lecture on "Journey of an Art Quilter" at the Thursday morning meeting.

  

  Hosting guild: Pensacola Quilters Guild

  
  

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• Curves and Stripes with Traveling Teacher - Cindy Grisdela

  • When
    10 Apr 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    A & E Fabrics and Crafts, 923 N. New Warrington Rd, Pensacola, FL 32506
  • Spaces left
    19

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  Learn to create Improv Curves and Angled Stripes to make this cheerful wall hanging.  Even if you've never sewed curves before, you'll be confident in no time, because there are no pins, no templates, and  no seams to match.  Use your favorite colors and fabrics in solids, prints, or a combination.

  Basic sewing skills and a sewing machine in good working order necessary.  All levels.

  Cost $50

  Link to Cindy Grisdela's website

  

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• Traveling Teacher Cindy Grisdela- Improv Puzzle

  • When
    11 Apr 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Mobile, AL

  Traveling Teacher Cindy Grisdela of Cindy Grisdela Art Quilts kicks off her Spring 2025 tour of the GSQA Guilds on April 8, 2025 and wraps up with a lecture at the GSQA General Membership General Meeting on April 12, 2025.  Contact the guild for registration.   Note: Guests (non-members) must pay additional $30 workshop fee. 

  Workshop name: Improv Puzzle

  

  Hosting guild: Azalea City Quilters Guild

  Contact for workshop: Kim Collum

  msuksc@gmail.com

  
  

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• Flip and Fuse Table Topper with Cena Harmon

  • When
    11 Apr 2025
  •  
    10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    A & E Fabrics and Crafts, 923 N. New Warrington Rd, Pensacola, FL 32506
  • Spaces left
    17

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  GSQA's own Cena Harmon is offering a class  on Friday, before the General meeting.  This members-only class is a great opportunity for those who are attending the GSQA-sponsored Traveling Teacher workshop on Thursday as well as any members who want to extend their visit.

  

  Learn a technique to create beautiful curves without the need to sew a curved seam!

  Fabric Requirements: (These colors are based on the sample shown)

  (1) 8” x 16”       background fabric 1 (pink)             

  (1) 8” x 16”      background fabric 2 (purple)

  (1) 5” x WOF    melon fabric (plaid)

  (2) 5” x WOF    border fabric (bunnies)

  (1) 20” x 20”     backing fabric (bunnies)

  (1) 5” x 40”       Pellon 911FF Interfacing

  (1) 20” x 20”    batting/fusible fleece or fusible foam.

   

  Do you want to do a facing? You will need an additional 20-inch square of a fabric that plays well with your backing. Otherwise, you will need to make 85-100” of bias binding from the fabric of your choice. Or if you don’t want to do scallops you can bind the square topper with 80” of straight binding.

   

  Bring:

  sewing machine with power cord and foot pedal

  walking foot for your machine if you have one

  marking utensils for fabric

  sharp scissors

  ruler/rotary cutter

  regular sewing notions

  thread to match

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• GSQA General Membership Quarterly Meeting - April 2025

  • When
    12 Apr 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, 3200 N. 12th Avenue, Pensacola, FL

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  Hosting Guild : Pensacola Quilters Guild, Pensacola, FL

  Directions when heading from locations to the west:

  Drive on I-10 to Pensacola

  Take the I-110 interchange South towards Pensacola Beach

  Exit on right at Fairfield Drive, exit #4

  Turn Left onto Fairfield Drive

  Turn Right on 12th Avenue

  The church is on the left approximately 1 mile ahead

  Maps for nearby food/restaurants will be available at the meeting.

  Guest Speaker - Cindy Grisdela:  Free Motion Quilting With Style

  

  You’ve gotten comfortable with stippling. What’s next? Are you curious about adding interesting motifs to your free motion quilting? Cindy Grisdela shows you how in this fun lecture. Put different motifs in different areas of your quilt or mix it up all in the same space! Cindy uses her quilts as examples to give you ideas you can put to use in your next quilt.

  Block of rooms at the Marriott Towne Place Suites at 481 Creighton Road.  10 rooms available at $119/night that have a queen bed and sofa bed. Those room rates cover both Thursday night and Friday night if people come for both workshops. That is a good deal during spring break! The deadline to make those reservations is March 10th.  The reservations are by Individual Call-In at 1-888-236-2427 - the member must request to book “Gulf States Quilting Association group rate at the TownePlace Suites Pensacola.

  Charity: Donations of non-perishable food items or money to support the Epps Christian Center Feeding Program. The cost of groceries is high today and our hosting church works with the Epps Center to assist in getting food to low-income families.

  Excellent items for donation: peanut butter, canned vegetables/fruit, brown rice, whole grain pasta, canned beans, canned soup/stew.

  Avoid foods that require refrigeration or the addition of meat or milk.

  
  

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• GSQA Member Retreat Spring 2025

  • Start
    7 May 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    10 May 2025
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • Location
    William J. Kelley Retreat Center 510 N. Second Street Bay St Louis, MS 39520
  • Spaces left
    13

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  Join your fellow GSQA Member quilters for a weekend of sharing ideas, tips, and lots of quilting inspiration. Beginning and advanced quilters alike will enjoy the getaway.  Sign up as soon as you can!

  Important Details:

  Cost - 

  Double Occupancy Room - $250 per person (deposit=$125)

  Single Occupancy Room - $300 per person (deposit=$150)

  • Deposit is Due at Signup and is Non-Refundable.
  • Balance Due by March 17,2025  (45 days prior to start of retreat)
  • Cost includes Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (worth $30/day)

  **If you need to cancel your retreat registration, you are responsible for finding your replacement & are also responsible for getting your money from them.  Please notify the Retreat Chair of the change in attendee.  Once you have paid through the website, any money exchange for cancellations will not go through GSQA.

  This is a Free Sew Retreat - bring your own fabric projects!
  An Ironing Station & Cutting Station will be available.

  PUT YOU NAME ON EVERYTHING!

  NO EMBROIDERY MACHINES, we received complaints about the noise.

  Bring your own rotary cutter and special rulers.
  You are encouraged to bring your own personal iron & cutting mat for small pieces.
  You are encouraged to bring your own Design Wall if you have one.

  
  

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