January
Our own Merrie Ford will present a lecture, “I Love Chocolate”. Merrie loves the color brown and will show us how she incorporates this yummy color into her quilts. Think chocolate, coffee, caramel, toffee, nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon.
Workshop – Merrie will also be offering a day and half workshop on the Laura Heine Collage Techniques teaching the Laura Heine collage method. This workshop will be held in the afternoon of the January Guild Meeting (Tuesday) and all day on the following day (Wednesday
). You will have a choice of patterns – Featherweight Sewing Machine, Flaura the Vintage Camper or Doodle Doo the Rooster. Sign ups for the workshop will begin at the November meeting. Please plan to reserve your spot with a check. Information about costs and additional materials will be available at sign up.
February
Charity Sew Day – More Information will be given in January
March
Will be announced soon
April
Sharon McConnell, Color Girl Quilts, will present a trunk show and talk on the creative use of fabric, color, value, and making unique quilts. There will also be a workshop that will focus on curved piecing using Sharon’s Classic Curves Ruler. (Details Below)
Sign-ups for the Color Girl Workshop will begin at the December BVQG meeting. Please note this workshop will be held on Monday prior to the BVQG meeting.
Monday, April 6, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM – Color Girl Workshop
Fee is $20.00 and payable by check to BVQG at the time of registration. You may choose from either of the patterns: Pisces (Beginner) or Bloom (Intermediate).
You must purchase a pattern and the Classic Curve Ruler ($28.50). Sharon has very 
generously offered a coupon code to those who enroll in the workshop that will allow you to get the PDF pattern free with the purchase of her ruler. There will also be no shipping as the rulers will not be sent to you individually but will be at the workshop for you to pick up. Sharon will cut kits for both patterns so please indicate if you want to buy a kit and for which pattern when you sign up. Information on kit costs will be available soon.