Current and Upcoming Lectures and Events

 

September 17, 2024 to January 5, 2025

Iowa Quilt Museum

Winterset, Iowa

Paper Work: English Paper Piecing and Foundation Paper Piecing

 

November 8 & 9, 2024

Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild

Kirksville, Missouri

Feed Sacks talk and String-piecing workshop

March 6 and March 8

Minnesota Quilters

St. Paul, Minnesota

March 6 - Feed Sacks talk via Zoom

March 8 - Feed Sacks talk and String-Piecing Workshop

April 5, 2024

Vernon County Wisconsin Quilt Guild

Viroqua, WI

Feed Sacks talk

May 19, 2025

Eastern Polk Quilters Guild

Altoona, Iowa

Feed Sacks talk


September 25 & 26, 2025

Q.U.I.L.T of NW Arkansas

String-piecing workshop and Feed Sacks talk


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Past Lectures and Events

September 19, 2024

Heartland Quilters Guild

Manchester, Iowa

Feed Sacks talk

September 24 & 25, 2024

Pryor Patcher’s Quilt Guild

Pryor, Oklahoma

Feed Sacks talk and String-piecing workshop

March 23, 2024

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

Feed Sacks talk

March 16, 2024

Prairie Point Quilt Shop, Lenexa, Kansas

Trunk Show

February 16 & 17, 2024

New Braunfels Area Quilt Guild, New Braunfels, Texas

String-piecing workshop and Feed Sacks talk

October 27, 28, 29, 30

Quilt Market, Houston, Texas

30s Playtime Market introduction


October 19, 2023

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, West Branch, Iowa

Feed Sack talk (private event) accompanying Thrift Style exhibit


October 11, 2023

Quilters Plus of Glenwood, IL

Feed Sacks talk


August 16-18, 2023

Quilter’s Gathering in Berlin, Ohio

Feed Sacks talks, trunk show, workshops


May 9 & 10, 2023

Quilter’s Guild of Arlington, Arlington, TX

Feed Sacks talk and string-piecing workshop


May 8, 2023

Common Threads Quilt Guild, Gainesville, TX

Feed Sacks talk


April 11, 2023

Montezuma Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Montezuma, IA

Feed Sacks talk


January 29, 2023

Zoom with Chris English (@afullenglish) via Crafty Monkeys

Feed Sacks then and now


November 14, 2022

Lincoln Quilt Guild, Lincoln, NE

Feed Sacks talk


September 12, 2022

Booneslick Trail Quilter’s Guild, Columbia, MO

Feed Sacks talk


April 13 — July 16, 2022

String Theory: String-pieced Quilts from Past and Present

New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA New England Quilt Museum

Curator


May 10, 2022

Ankeny Area Quilter’s Guild, Ankeny, IA

Feed Sacks talk


April 8, 2022

Measure Twice, Cut Once with Susan Smith

Podcast guest


March 26, 2022

Peoria Riverfront Museum, 2 p.m.

Feed Sacks talk, in conjunction with
Uncovered: The Ken Burns Collection


January 7, 2022

Southford Falls Quilt Guild, CT

Feed Sacks talk via Zoom


August 2, 2021

Quilt Guild, Rochester, MN

Feed Sacks talks (1 & 7 pm)


July 8, 2021

The Quiltmakers of Kankakee, Kankakee, IL

Feed Sacks talk


May 4, 2021

Mississippi Valley Quilters’ Guild, Davenport, IA

Feed Sacks and Art Quilts of the Midwest talks


January 5 to March 21, 2021

String Theory: String-pieced Quilts from Past and Present

Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset, Iowa

Curator, participated in virtual talks with collectors and artists


 

February 22-23, 2020

QuiltCon 2020, Austin, TX

Feed Sack book signings with Brooklyn Haberdashery and Honeybee Quilt Store

February 1, 2020

Home Ec Workshop, Iowa City, IA

Flour Garden fabric Trunk Show and Feed Sack book signing

January 27, 2020

Creekside Quilting, Des Moines, IA

Flour Garden fabric Trunk Show and Feed Sack book signing

September 26, 2019

Muscatine Melon Patchers, Muscatine, IA

7 p.m., Feed Sacks talk

July 19, 2019

Quilt Guild of Greater Houston, Houston, TX

My Unexpected Journey: Saying Yes to Quilts talk

July 18, 2019

West Houston Quilt Guild, Houston, TX

Workshop

July 17, 2019

West Houston Quilt Guild, Houston, TX

Feed Sacks talk


July 16, 2019

Quilt Guild of Greater Houston, Houston, TX

Feed Sacks talk

July 15, 2019

Bluebonnet Area Quilt Guild, Bellville, TX

Feed Sacks talk

June 13, 2019

Newton [Iowa] Public Library

6 p.m., Feed Sack talk

April 27, 2019

Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset, IA

Quilts included as part of the “Airing of the Quilts” celebration

March 26-27, 2019

Des Moines Quilt Guild

Feed Sack talks and string-piecing workshop

Sept. 27, 2018

Parson’s School of Design, New York, New York

In conjunction with New York Textile Month:

Feed Sacks: The Colourful History of a Frugal Fabric

Sept. 24, 2018

American Patchwork and Quilting podcast with Pat Sloan

Fabric, books, museum curation

Sept. 14, 2018

Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset, IA

Feed Sacks talk and Trunk Show

 

September 10, 2018 

Eddyville Public Library, Eddyville, IA

Feed Sack talk

 

September 9, 2018 

Home Ec Workshop, Iowa City, IA

String-piecing class

 

Sept. 4, 2018

Pella Area Quilt Guild, Pella, IA

Anniversary dinner speaker: Quilting (and Living) Out of the Box

 

July 18, 2018

Home Ec Workshop, Iowa City, IA

String-piecing class

 

June 21, 2018 

Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild, Galesburg, IL

Feed Sack talk

 

June 6, 2018

Gems of the Prairie Guild, Peoria, IL 

Feed Sack talk

 

May 12, 2018 

Jewel Box Quilt Guild, Grinnell, IA

Feed Sack talk

 

March 17, 2018 

Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset, IA

Feed Sack exhibition gallery tour and talk

 

April 30, 2018

Guest on American Patchwork and Quilting podcast with Pat Sloan 

Feed Sacks, Fabric

 

Feb. 16, 2018 

The Spoiled Quilter, Fayetteville, TX

Feed Sack talk

 

Jan. 28, 2018 to Feb. 4, 2018 

Textile Research Centre

Leiden, the Netherlands

Feed Sacks and Art Quilts of the Midwest talks; Gallery tours

String-Piecing and Stitch-and-Flip Workshops

 

Jan. 2, 2018 to April 15, 2018 

Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset, IA

Curator, Feed Sacks exhibition

 

Nov. 10, 2017

PEO, Iowa City, IA

Feed Sack book talk

 

Nov. 4, 2017 

The Book Vault, Oskaloosa, IA

Feed Sack talk

 

Aug. 19, 2017

Lone Star Quilt Study Group, Georgetown, TX

Feed Sack talk

 

June 1, 2017 

Guest on Talk of Iowa, Iowa Public Radio

Feed Sacks: https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/timelessness-feed-sacks#stream/0

 

May 15, 2017

Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City, IA

Feed Sack talk

 

Feb. 2, 2017 

Austin Modern Quilt Guild, Austin, TX

Feed Sack talk

 

Oct. 3, 2015 

Iowa City Book Festival, Iowa City, IA

Art Quilts of the Midwest talk

 

Oct. 2, 2015 

Monticello Public Library, Monticello, IA

Art Quilts of the Midwest talk

 

Oct. 19, 2015 

Pella Public Library, Pella, IA

Art Quits of the Midwest talk

 

July 20, 2015 

Waukee Public Library, Waukee, IA

Art Quilts of the Midwest talk

 

Aug. 17, 2015

Marshalltown Public Library, Marshalltown, IA

Art Quilts of the Midwest talk

 

May 15, 2015

Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN

Art Quilts of the Midwest talk


Feb. 20, 2015 

QuiltCon, Austin, Texas

Feed Sack talk






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