Conejo Valley Quilters Programs
General meetings are held at the Ascension Lutheran Church, Pederson Hall in Thousand Oaks. For more information about membership and our meetings, click here.
We are excited to offer these lectures and workshops and hope you enjoy them. If you have a speaker or topic you would like to see the Guild offer, please let one of us know. We would love to incorporate your ideas!
March 16, 2020 Meeting: "QUILT APPRAISING: From Civil War to Present Day" with Julia Fikse
Quilt appraising is not just for vintage quilts. All quilts have value. The value may be sentimental, it may be monetary and/or it may document a particular time in history. Julia Fikse will be joining us for a discussion of quilt appraisals and our format will be a bit different than usual so all may participate. She will start at 6:30pm with a “Bed Turning”. That means that she will layer two tables with quilts and one by one uncover them and briefly talk about each of them. We will all gather around for this part of the program. After the usual business part of our meeting, Julia will begin her lecture talking about and bringing us quilts from each era beginning in the Civil War to the present day. She will tell us about how you can tell when they were made, trends from each era and more.
In addition to your attendance, there are two ways you can participate:
1) Discussion of a your quilt: If you would like Julia to discuss your quilt she will include it in the “Bed Turning"
2) Written Appraisal: The cost for this appraisal is $75. This is not required for inclusion in the “Bed Turning"
To have your quilt included in either of the two areas described above, please send a photograph of your quilt to me (Alison Rowe at alisonrr@me.com) by March 10th. This will allow Julia time to prepare her feedback. You will also need to bring your quilt to the meeting.
This will be a fun and interactive lecture and we look forward to hosting Julia!
April 20, 2020 Meeting: "Playing With Precuts" with Colleen Granger
Colleen will provide demonstrations on using pre-cuts to create some of Colleen’s patterns. She shows some tips and techniques to use when using pre-cut fabrics. She will also have a trunk show of quilts created with pre-cut fabrics.
May 18, 2020 Meeting: "Philanthropy Sew-In"
June 15, 2020 Meeting: "Quilt College and Scissor Sharpening"
Conejo Valley Quilters Workshops
For more information about attending a workshop, contact Workshop Chair: Chris Stout at
or 805-231-0297.
February 15, 2020: Saturday Sew-In
Bring Everything you need to sew for the day. Work on your current project, a philanthropy quilt or just come to hang-out.
Location: New Hope Lutheran Church
29295 Agoura Road (near the corner of Kanan Rd.)
Agoura Hills, CA
Lots of room to spread out, tables, refrigerator, microwave.
No fee.
March 15, 2020: "T-Shirt Quilts" with Debbie Bayer
Have you ever wanted to learn how to turn t-shirts into a quilt? Debbie Bayer will teach a class on how it’s done. It’s not too late to sign-up but you'd better hurry. Contact Chris Stout (csstout01@aol.com) if you are interested.
Workshop location: Kingdom Sewing Center
1790 E Los Angeles Ave, Unit D
Simi Valley, CA
Cost:$45 for CVQ Guild members; $55 for non-members.
April 19, 2020: "Rings of Change" with Colleen Granger
This design can be customized to your liking. Pick fabrics that you like; you’ll need 18 - fat 1/8 yards (9" x 20"). This project can also be done using a 2 1/2" strip pack. There are also laser cut kits available in either American Made Brand fabrics (shown with the 4-patch background) or laser cut batik kits featuring Hoffman fabrics (shown with the black background). Lots of choices. www.sewlittletimequilting.com
Workshop location: Kingdom Sewing Center
1790 E Los Angeles Ave, Unit D
Simi Valley, CA
Cost:$55 for CVQ Guild members; $65 for non-members.
May 16, 2020: Saturday Sew-In
Bring your current project, work on a philanthropy quilt or just come to hang-out.
Location: New Hope Lutheran Church
29295 Agoura Road (near the corner of Kanan Rd.)
Agoura Hills, CA
Lots of room to spread out, tables, refrigerator, microwave.
No fee.
June 14, 2020: "Collage Quilt" with Julie Snow
Ever wish you could create one of those cool fabric art scenes that look so visually interesting? Come play with your fabric with us and have a fabulous time as we visualize, create and stitch up real works of art. Absolutely NO experience necessary. Start looking through your stash for novelty prints. It helps to have a plan of what you hope to create. Maybe something “boy” centric, or girly, or something in flowers, or musical, or wine and food. The sky’s the limit! Finished size roughly 16” x 20”. I love holding workshops where we plan to completely finish our art works – no UFO’s!
Workshop location: Kingdom Sewing Center
1790 E Los Angeles Ave, Unit D
Simi Valley, CA
Cost:$45 for CVQ Guild members; $55 for non-members.
